The Straits Times, 18 January 1958

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    21 1 AVERAGE DAILY IIMII ll» SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times fat**" Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1958 ft 15 CENTS
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    INDONESIA GRABS 8 SHIPS
    598 1 JAKARTA ACTS TO SMASH COLONY BARTER TRADE WITH SUMATRA Seizures? They are 'captures' claims an Indonesian attache in Singapore HELD AT CHECKPOINT IN PULAU SAMBOE All-out bid to stop illegal trading EIGHT Singapore -owned ships have been seized by the Indonesian authorities. 17ast night thev were
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    He'll cycle 8,000 miles to keep date
    114 1 PENANG. Fri. A former national serviceman, John Robert Martlnciale. 22. is cyclin? 8.000 miles to keep a Christmas date with his mother. Mrs. M. E. Martindale, of 22 Westwood Road. Portswood, Sou'hampton. "I hope to spend the next Christum with her and my
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    Lock icon 85 miles to go
    34 1 WELLINGTON. Fri. Dr. Vivian Fuchs and his Commonwealth transantarctio expedition were today reported only 85 miles from the South Pole and were expected to reach there tomorrow or Bunday Reuter.
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    RUSSIA OFFERS TO ARM JAKARTA
    270 1 RUSSIA OFFERS TO ARM JAKARTA Cut-price Soviet weapons pAIRO, Fri.-The Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr. Subandrio, said last night the Soviet Union was offering "better arms at a better i price" than the West I and warned Indonesia J was out to get the best arms deal she could. He said
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    TEARS—AND SILENT GAZE-OUTSIDE COURT
    12 1 TEARS— AND SILENT GAZE-OUTSIDE COURT Abdul Rahman is led away to jail
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    Mac's pledge to Russia: We will never attack you
    447 1 Mac's pledge to Russia: We will never attack you LONDON. Friday. 'THE British Prime Minister, Mr. Macmillan today "most solemnly" assured the Soviet Union that no British Government would ever commit or condone aggression against Soviet Russia. In a letter to the Soviet Prime Minister. Marshal Bulganln. replying to one
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    Lock icon Police fire halts fight in Borneo
    102 1 JAKARTA. Fri. Police in East Borneo fired shots to stop a brawl between 31 British seamen and an Indonesian crowd, the Jakarta newspaper Sin Po said today. The paper said eight Britons and two Indonesians were Injured in the fight at Ballk Papan. i
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    Lock icon Street fighting
    26 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. New street fighting broke out in Caracas last night despite determined measures by the Venezuelan Government to squash ill political opposition. UP.
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    Hug for son who slew mother's lover
    490 1  - Hug for son who slew mother's lover V. P. NAYAGAM By ITU ALA LUMPUR Fri. A man of 28 was hugged by his father outside the Supreme Court here today after he had been convicted of killing his mother's 27-year-old Jover. The father choked over a mumbled blessing Then he
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    Lock icon SARAH CHURCHILL TELLS COURT OF THE PAIN TO THOSE I LOVEf
    303 1 SARAH CHURCHILL TELLS COURT OF THE PAIN TO THOSE I LOVE f I THINK I WAS MORE ILL THAN DRUNK. SHE SAYS LOS ANGELES. Fri. Actress Sarah Churchill yesterday pleaded Ruilty to a charge of drunkenness and paid a $50 (about Malayan $150) fine. Miss Churchill. 43-jear-old daughter of Sir
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    BANDITS IN CENTRAL PERAK SHELLED AGAIN
    195 1 BANDITS IN CENTRAL PERAK SHELLED AGAIN IPOH, Fri.— The 276 1 bandits in central Perak were heavily shelled today for the second day running. There was intense predawn fire by the guns of the "C" Field Battery. Ist Singapore Regiment, Royal Artillery, and the 100 (A) Field Battery Royal Australian
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    Lock icon Fire in 'Malaya'
    33 1 BREST. Fri.— A fire blazing in a hold of the 8.437-ton Danish freighter Malaya since Monday was put out by marine firemen last night when she dropped anchor here— Reuter.
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      IPOH GRENADE INCIDENT
      87 1 IPOH Fri. A handgrenade was Huns at a house in Anderson Road just before midnight tonight. It was believed to have been thrown by secret society gangsters. The grenade exploded on the roof of the kitchen of the house. No one was injured. Only slight damage was
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      Lock icon 1.500-MILE MISSILE FIRED IN U.S.
      95 1 CAPE CANAVERAL. (Florida). Fri— L'.S. Navy I i' l l\ launched a Po'ar't 1 .'OO-mile ranee missile d^isned 1 for operation from powered submarine aid other s!rns. The Ihl vehicle streaked \crtical!y into a rloudIps blue sky about an hour after sunr'sc towards an undisclosed
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      Lock icon 'ASTONISHING' MOVE BY RUSSIANS
      47 1 WASHINGTON. Fri.— Mr. Oorte V. Alk n. director of the United States Information Ae?ncy. said h«re tod;>v he h-»d recently rrivrd "an astonishing r-port" from the Middle Fist "that the Russians themslves have b°Riin tn t'-.i-h English to Egyptians and other Arabs."— Reuter.
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    UNIVERSITY DEGREES: GOVT. URGES INQUIRY
    221 2  - UNIVERSITY DEGREES: GOVT. URGES INQUIRY By LLOYD MORGAN A COMMISSION of overseas scholars suggested by Nanyang University to settle the question of recognition of its degrees, will be set vp if the university will put up firm details of its plan. This was indicated yesterday by the Minister lor Education,
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    PANEL OF SCHOLARS TO PROBE NANYANG
    525 2 PANEL OF SCHOLARS TO PROBE NANYANG adequacy of constitutional and administrative arrangements in the universities. 1 Mr Chew said yesterday he had had discussions with i Dr. Chang Tien Tse on the university's proposal that noted scholars be engaged to form the university commission to examine academic standards. He had
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    Nine army officers held in Turkey
    149 2 PLOT TO OVERTHROW GOVT. ISTANBUL, Friday. 11ILITARY authorities here said last night thai iT nine army officers, including three colonels hacl been arrested for attempting to overthrow tht Government. One of the colonels was on the retired list Although the arrests were made some
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    Lock icon MURDERERS DEATH WISH: GIVE MY EYES TO BLIND
    137 2 MURDERERS DEATH WISH: GIVE MY EYES TO BLIND TORONTO, Fri. The eyes of a murderer were removed by a surgeon a few minutes after he was hanged at Welland today and were rushed by police car to an eye bank where they will be stored until used in a transplanting
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    Lock icon Mo's money — $110,000
    37 2 Mo's money $110,000 SAN DIEGO. Fri. A cheque for US$llO,7OO iM5332.000> \va s being sent today to Maureen ("Little Mo'j Connolly, former lawn tennis champion, to end litigation over injuries which she said ruined her career. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Soviet atomic scholarships
    57 2 LONDON. Fri —Russia has told the International Atomic Energy Agency that she is prepared to grant scholarships to 25 students from under-developed countries belonging to the agency. The letter said the scholarships would be for 1958 and 1959. Russia would provide facilities for 15 to 20 students
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    Lock icon Fujiyama-Mac talks today?
    47 2 TOKYO. Fri. The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Aiichiro Fujiyama, will mi ft the British Prime Minister Mr. Macmillan tomorrow evening In Singapore, usual- j ly reliable sources said here tonight. Mr. Fujiyama leaves tonight I by SAS for Jakarta via Sin- j gapore— Reuter.
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    Wedding day kiss for Jayne
    88 2 Wedding day kiss for Jayne Film star Jayne I Mansfield is kissed hy music man husband I Mickey Hargitay after j their wedding at Palo* Verdes near Hollywood, j Jayne said it would i>r i a quirt wedding, but in- vited 100 press and trievision men to the crre mony.
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    Lock icon Doctor brushes away fingerprints
    208 2 CHICAGO. Fri.-A doctur said here last night that he had changed the fingerprints of two of his patients to Mich an extent that the prints would be worthless in establishing their identity. Dr. James Burks, of Tulane University School, of Medicine, New Orleans, removed prints with
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    New African crisis for France
    349 3 TUNISIAN PRESIDENT REFUSES TO SEE GENERAL -INTIMIDATION/ HE SAYS SEQUEL TO ALGERIAN BORDER SKIRMISH: 'HAND BACK PRISONERS/ PARIS DEMANDS TUNIS, Friday. A NEW crisis between France and Tunisia, a former French protectorate, flared up last night after the Tunisian President, Mr. Habib Bourguiba, refused to
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    Lock icon Rail engineers demand rise
    41 3 LONDON, Fri. Unions representing 120.000 engineers in the workshops of British Railways yesterday demanded a substantial wa?e increase and a 40-hour week Engineers in the shops earn fr< m £7. 16s to £9. 4s a week.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon MAKARIOS: A BETTER CHANCE FOR CYPRUS
    175 3 MAKARIOS: A BETTER CHANCE FOR CYPRUS f ONDON, Fri.—Arch- bishop Makarios, leader of the Enosis (union with Greece) movement in Cyprus, today expressed the belief that the climate oi opinion in Cyprus and Britain might now b? more favourable for dt-aling with the problem of the island. In an interview
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    Lock icon Radioactivity is 'contained'
    69 3 LOS ANGELES. Fri. Dr. Wiliiard F. Libby, a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, said here last I nipht that scientists have .jroof that radioactivity can op contained. A nue'ear device detonated 800 ft below the Nevada De- I sert bad proved that not only 1
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    Lock icon FOR ROYAL EVENTS IT'S SPORTSWEAR
    185 3 Aussie surprise for Queen t'other MELBOURNE, Friday. QUESTS at the Victorian State reception to the Queen Mother in Melbourne on Feb. 27 may v. tar sports coats— but only if they do not own the appropriate clothes. Government officials suzested today guests who did ot
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    An air era ends at Biggin Hill
    110 3 An air era ends at Biggin Hill BIGGIN HILL. Fri. An era in Royal Air Force history ended here today when IHlllll Hill, famous Battle of Britain fighter station, closed as an operational base. In future, only trainee airmen will be stationed on the aerodrome that wa s the nerve-centre
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    Lock icon CRIME-ITS A GAMBLE
    44 3 CHICAGO, Fri. Hector Pierre. 27, Identified himself as a policeman to three men playing pinochle In a bar and I tried to ronfi: :-a',> the money as "evidence." The care i l.i\ -p offduty policemen wi a promptly arrested Pierre.— UP.
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    Lock icon JAPANESE NAVY GOES BACK TO PEARL HARBOUR
    72 3 THE destroyer Harukaze (1,700 tons) pulls away from a Tokyo pier on a training cruise to Hawaii one of three ships making the first visit there since a training; fleet of the Imperial Japanese Fleet docked at Pearl Harbour in 1938. Japanese naval
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    808 HOPE: I ALMOST BALED OUT-WITH NO PARACHUTE
    140 3 808 HOPE: I ALMOST BALED OUT -WITH NO PARACHUTE HOLLYWOOD, FriComedian Bob Hop* d m luM-d today that h» nearly ejected himself from a jet bomber flying at 18.000 feet— while he was not wearing a parachute. Hope was flying be- i- n Tokyo and Guam during In. annual Christmas
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    Lock icon Scottish trade to Far East
    57 3 GLASGOW, Fri— The cargo liner Suim sailed from dangemouth ye terday for the Far East v itli a eargu ,of vehicles, machinery and food to sta-t a new direct service from the east coast of Scotland. The Surat will call at Port Said, Atirn, Penan;'.
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    Lock icon Call for increased pact co-ordination
    224 3 PROPOSAL FOR SEATO MEETING 4 PHILIPPINE proposal the three Western all the Bagdad Pact will I for the next Seato forei it was reported here toda The move follows recent favourable leaction from the United States and Britain on 'he need for correlation and lore
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    Lock icon 13 years asleep
    27 3 CHICAGO, Fri —Paul Sowa. 19, by Monday will have spent 13 years in a coma. He has infectious encephalitis, known as sleeping sickness.— Renter.
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    Lock icon CASH-AS GOOD AS GOLD
    89 3 BONN, Fri— West Germans are fo confident in their currency that they prefer »he Mark to bar gold. The oflicial Government i bulletin reported that although gold bullion can be bought freely at any bank few Germans are buying it. The confidence the German people have
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    LONDON STOCKS RUBBER and TIN
    267 3 LONDON. Tliurs. Clourg middle prices of selected stocks Dot including stamp duty were: Consols £47 t •"nun ii 11; 4'< 18i; War 3V, £63', 1/16 BANKS blercanlile (£1 fully paldi 25 Chartered <£li 36 3 iongkong <»125> £44 < t INSURANCE ;om. Un. (ula.) 71
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    RUBBER
    28 3 LONDON, Thurs Spot 23\ri Feb. 24 Ml Mar. 235.d. AprilJune 23\d. July-Sept 24d Oct.-Dec. 24'«d..Jun. c.l.f. 22% d Feb. c.l.f. 23d. Mar. c.l.f. 23'» d. Tone: Steady.
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    TIN
    19 3 LONDON. Thurs—Buvers £730. file's £730li. Forward buyers £712; sellers £713. Settlement £730 Vi, am. 700 pjn. 160 tons-
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    Lock icon 'Control space now'
    334 3 DULLES, MAKING THIS PLEA, DECLARES THAT RUSSIANS SHOULD 'JUMP AT THE CHANCE' WASHINGTON, Fri.— A plea for international control of outer space for peaceful purposes was made yesterday by Mr. John Foster Dulles, the U.S. Secretary of State. He declared that the Soviet Union should jump at
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    PEARK'S NEW JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
    93 4 PEARK'S NEW JUSTICES OF THE PEACE THE Sultan of Perak celebrated his 68th birthday on Wednesday and he appointed eicht new Justices of the Peace for the State. The picture shows seven of the new justices. They are, left to right: Inche Mohamed Noordin bin Haji Baharuddin and his elder
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    PLANS FOR APPEALS TO PRIVY COUNCIL ALMOST COMPLETE
    209 4 New role for Yang di-Pertuan Agong I^UALA LUMPUR, Fri. Appeals to the Privy Council both civil and criminal cases will again be possible by the middle of the year. The Federation and British Governments have almost completed plans to resume the pre-merdeka
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    Man, girl broke a 'stay out of village' order
    139 4 IPOH. Fri— A girl, Chong Chin. 18. and ('hoong Nk Yuan. 21. today pleaded Ruiliy to a charge of failing to comply with an order made against them by the Ipoh O.C.P.D. on May 8 and June 4 last year under
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    RIDA chief thinks again on hotel
    103 4 RIDA chief thinks again on hotel If U ALA LUMPUR, Fri The chairman of the Rural and Industrial Development Ajthority. Inche Ahmad bin Perang, is having second thoughts about a plan to build a $100,000 Malay hotel here. He said today that he had still not decided if it would
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    Theft of beer
    24 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Two cases of beer were stolen from the Selan-;or Golf Club yesterday afternoon. Three Malays have been arrested.
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    Warrant of arrest against stay-put smelting striker
    354 4 ANOTHER THREE TOLD TO QUIT: JUDGE REJECTS 'NOWHERE ELSE TO G0 f PLEA PENANG, Friday. WARRANT of arrest is to be issued against an Eastern Smelting Company striker, Mohamed bin Che Leh. On Jan. 3 Mohamed was ordered to quit the company's quarters.
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    Alliance men quit Town Council
    145 4 Alliance men quit Town Council BUKIT MERTAJAM. Fri. Two Alliance councillors. Mr. Ooh Chool Cheng and Mr. Ta n Cheng Bee. have resigned from the Buklt Mertajam Town Council, to which they were re-elected last December. Both confirmed today they had sent their resignations to the Governor of Penang. Raja
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    Drainage man transferred
    35 4 TELUK ANSON. Fri.— lnche Shaari bin Abdul Wahab of the Drainage and Irrigation Department here has been transferred to the sub-trea-sury in Tapah. He is secretary of the Lower Perak Alliance Committee.
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    'I QUIT' CHIEF SHOCKS COUNCIL
    213 4 'I QUIT' CHIEF SHOCKS COUNCIL MALACCA, Fri. The sudden resignation of the Malacca Municipal secretary, Mr. S. A. Rees, has surprised and puzzled the public and Malacca's 12 municipal councillors. Mr. Rees tendered his resignation to the Gover-nor-in-Council after Wednesday's stormy council meeting, at which six Alliance councillors walked out.
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    New course
    36 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The Muslim College in Klang will soon start a correspondence course on Islamic religious knowledge for students taking the subject in the Lower Certinicate of Education and Cambridge School Certificate examinations.
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    Union building
    42 4 PENANG. Fri —The Deputy Regional Commissioner for Labour (North). Inrhe Ami- ruddin bin M. Hallim. will de- clare open the new $22,000 building of the North Malaya 1 Toddy Tappers Union a' i I.arichang Road on Jan. 22. AUSTRALIAN ENVOY:
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    Probe into varsity 'quit' call to Malayans
    276 4 Probe into varsity 'quit' call to Malayans NO COLOUR BAR I(UALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaya's H: p h Commissioner in Australia, Mr. Gunn Lay Teik, ordered a "fullscale"' investigation Into the threatened eviction of 17 Malayan students from a Sydney university hostel before he flew home this week. Mr Gunn, revealing
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    2 hurt in collision
    90 4 IPOH. Fri— Haji Taliir bin Lebai Intan. 55, a I driver of the Department of Religious AUair.s. Perak and Mr. Koo Wan. 42. a carpenter. were seriously in i I a road accident outside SunI gei Siput. 18 mile.s north <>f here, yesterday. Haji Tahir. on
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    Man from motor boat found dead
    142 4 AFTER HIT-AND-RUN' CRASH PENANG, Friday. THE body was found today of Tham Kong Yu, one of two amateur fishermen missing alter a •'hit-and-run' 1 tongkan? had collided with their motor boat in the Penang channel on Tuesday night. Marine police recovered the body, which
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    Transferred
    27 4 TAPAH, Fri. Mr. C. P Arumugam, of the GovernI ment English School here, has been transferred to Ipoh as an assistant organiser of Indian schools. Perak.
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    FLO A TING BONES IDENTIFIED
    54 4 PENANG, Fri. Some human bones contained in a bag found floating off Swettenham Pier two days ago have been identified as the remains of a 76-year-old Chinese. Kwok On. Kwok died on Jan 6 and his bones, after rr< D were placed in the sea
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    Victory party for councillor
    67 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The new president of the Kuala Trengganu Town Council. Dato Stia Jaya, was among the 100 people who attended the buffet and dance party at the Hokkien Association premises here last night. The party was held by the association in honour of Mr.
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      133 4 RADIO MALAYA The UUa Amrfcaa v sim ti'iiKK Saiuni. Pmni. a3O Juke B. < Mrdmm »a\c 4:6 m clrc, V M 4p Kl\l\ II tin k Teß »>an<e. sno (appro: j PI V Medium wave 366 m.lrr, «■*'■> 11-,,,, And News 7 19 Latin Medium »aye M 0 metres T3O
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    These regulations crippling us, say trade men
    332 5 These regulations crippling us, say trade men PENANG FEARS LOSS OF PORT TRADE, AND UNEMPLOYMENT PENANG, Friday. "THE new Penang Entrepot Trade Sub-com-mittee today decided to ask the Federation Government to remove the "strangulating regulations at present crippling Penang's trade. The committee agreed that unless such restrictions were relaxed, the
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    MISS GUNN GREETS HER FATHER IN K.L.
    41 5 Selancor State Councillor and lawyer. Miss Ou.n Chit Wha. greets her father, the Malayan High Commissioner in Australia. Mr. Gunn Lay Teik. on his arrival back in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Straits Times picture
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    THERESA, the FLASH FIRE VICTIM, IS BURIED
    177 5 THERESA, the FLASH FIRE VICTIM, IS BURIED n \BY" Theresa Tay, ■^tragic victim of the: Bencoolen Street loduin? house fire last Sunday. was buried at Bidadari cemetery. Singapore, rday. Present at the funeral ceremony wus her 38-year-old An-glo-Burmese husband. Joseph Dean, who was allowed special i leave from the Outram
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    Aid to Ceylon
    39 5 KLANG. Fri. The KKinc and coast branch of the Ceylon Federation of Malaya will meet on Monday at 5 p.m. at the Subramaneya Sw-ami temple hall to consider raising funds to help the Ceylon flood victims.
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    Arms charge
    33 5 RAWANG. Fri. Yap Peow Sin. shot and arrested by a j security patrol near here on I Jan. 2- was charged in court here today with unlawful I possession of firearms.
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    5 GUILTY OF PLOT TO ROB MAID
    202 5 5 GUILTY OF PLOT TO ROB MAID I^UALA LUMPUR, Frl. Five members of a six-man gang were today found guilty by the Sessions Court of making preparatipns to rob a maidservant who had won a Singapore Turf Club lottery. The sixth member. One Hoon, was shot and killed as he
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    More phones
    23 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The Telecommunications Department installed 528 new telephone lines in December last year an increase of 36 over November.
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    ROAD BARS AFTER THEFT
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Road blocks were set up here last ni^ht in police drive to recover a stolen motor-cycle. The machine was stolen yesterday afternoon from a house in Kampong Pandang i government housing settlement here.
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    FIFEMEN ASK: WHY MUST WE ALL BE SCHOLARS?
    96 5 KUALA LUMPL'R, Fri. The- Kuala Lumpur branch of the Fjre Fightin« Services' Union today renewed its demand to the Municipality to relax the qualifications for sub-offi-cers. The branch secretary, Inche Sham.suddin bin Abdul > Manan. said the Municipality's policy of recruiting only
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    The Tengku sheds a silent tear -at tomb of his parents
    159 5 PRIME MINISTERS HOLIDAY ENDS AT LANGGAR A LOR STAR, Fri. The Prime Minister, Tengku AMul Rahman, shed a silent tear this morning at his parents' tomb in the Royal Cemetery of l.anggar, five miles from here. The Tengku, who
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    He objects to Governor at party
    237 5 MALACCA. Frl. A local i businessman and Malayan Party official, Mr. Yap Eng Tee, has objected to the attendance of the Governor Mr. Leong Yew Koh. at a garden party because it would appear to conflict with his political lnpartiality. He says in a
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    42 6 M M or*. tit (Minimum) DAVID LEE SOON HOW. third ton of Mrs. Lee Shin Chong, of 392-32 Kirn Chuan Road, off Paya Lebar. passed away on 17th Jan., 1958. Funeral today at S pjn. from above residence to Bldndarl Cemetery.
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      Towering Summit
      559 6 Towering Summit The meeting at the summit appears to be receding. Everest was not harder to climb. But perhaps the difficulties can be accepted optimistically as merely confirmation of the need for careful preparation Mr. Dulles is not the only major obstacle. The Russians too have dug in. giving nothing
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      The Mayoral Reply
      263 6 The old Municipal Ordinance, remarked Mr. Ong Eng Guan in his speech yesterday at the Singapore Union of Journalists luncheon, gave a lot of power to the President of the City Council. So it did. The Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Ong added, "would greatly admire the
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      Any Time Now?
      343 6 Some eighteen months have passed since the Singapore Legal Aid and Advice Bill was rushed through the Assembly on a certificate of urgency. So impatient was the Assembly to make the courts more readily available to the 1 needy poor that less than an hour was spent
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    As I was saying...
    1291 6  -  CINGAPORE Is not easily shocked by its politicians. But the P.A.P. proposal that the $200 a month allowance for City Councillors should be doubled is sticking in most throats. If the Labour Front had proposed it, how righteously Indignant P.A.P. would have been. And how would
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    A ROMANTIC IN A CYNICAL AGE
    788 6 VERNON BARTLETT WRITES ON HAROLD MACMILLAN MY COLLEAGUE. Stephen Barber of the "News Chronicle" claims that there was an almost nostalgic flavour of viceregal days about Mr. Harold Macmlllan's arrival in Delhi. ■'A-whiff of the past that somehow commanded respect". The Prime Minister is
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    131 6 (From the Straits Times of Jan. 17. 1908) REPORTS from Brussels and Antwerp indicate that a grave crisis has arisen in the rubber market. The Congo administration has brought enormous quantities of rubber into the markets and has been obliged to effect a forced sale at four
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    'I stay for country's sake'
    281 7 'I stay for country's sake' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. -The Minister for Health. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, said today he would Rive up his Minis t c ri a 1 appointment and quit politics "if not for the present critical position of the country." He told the Straits Tinvs: "If I
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    NEW WAGE DEAL
    126 7 Bank clerks get 2! years' back pay: and annual leave scheme too I7UALA LUMPUR. Fri i —The managers of! 11 banks in the Federation today officially sinned a new high wa^e agreement with their employees. The agreement was reach d after several months' negotiation between the Malayan
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    Pressure on for Malay secondary schools
    88 7 Pressure on for Malay secondary schools KUALA LL'MPL'R, Fri. Support for the Penant; UMNO demand* that secondary schools with Malay as the medium of instruction be established is growincTwo unions representing 13.000 Malay teachers are planning joint action if the demand is not met. Committee members of the Federation of
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    Crash story from bed
    73 7 PENANG. Fri —An injured clerk. Lee Saik Lon. 52. testified from his hospital bed today against Private Yassin bin Basir. who was fined $20 for inconsiderate driving at Weld Quay on Oct. 10. Lee said he was walking at the side of the road and was
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    Aid to padi men
    32 7 PENANG. Fri. The Apex Bank of Malaya has granted the North Kedah Co-opera-tive Banking Union a $100 000 loan to purchase padi from farmers during the 1957-58 harvest.
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    Hawker street chaos in Singapore
    387 7 STALLS PARKED TWO-DEEP AT ROADSIDE-SOME EVEN IN A3DDLE OF ROAD TRAFFIC HELD UP: MAN COMPLAINS 'IT TOOK HOUR FOR AMBULANCE TO ARRIVE FOR WIFE' THE City Council's "new deal" for hawkers it* already causing congestion and chaos in many Singapore streets. Hawkers are pitching their
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    No more tapioca on tap for terrorists
    246 7 No more tapioca on tap for terrorists IPOH. Fri.— The Perak Government has "conclusive proof" that tapioca factories in the state have been a regular source of food supply to the terrorists. That is the reason for the decision to regroup 17 tapioca factories under the giant starve them out"
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    Two more to leave
    66 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri —Two more senior officers of the Malayan Railway the traffic manager, Mr. J. E. A. Foreman, and the chief mechanical engineer. Mr. A. J. Ballwill retire soon under the Malayanisatlon programme. By the end of this year 36 expatriate officers would have left,
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    Body recovered
    55 7 KUALA TRENOGANU. Fri A member of the Polic«* Volunteer Reserve. Inche Hashlm bin Mohamed. fimni the body of a Chinese floating in an irrigation drain at Buklt B<M>ar. three m.les from here, yesterday. Police have Identified the body as that of Wee Fook On. 45. an Inmate of
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    Club dinner
    27 7 PENANG. Fri. The American Universities Club of Malaya will hold their annual dinner and dance at the E. and O. Hotel on Thursday. Jan. 30.
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    $30,000 Malacca school for farmers
    188 7 MALACCA. Fri. The Governor of Malacca. Mr. Leong Yew Koh. said today that the $30,000 rural training centre at Bungel Udang. 13 miles from here, was designed to meet a most pressing need in the rural economy of Malacca. Mr. Leong. who opened the centre
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    RUBBISH AT STREET CORNER
    30 7 THIS fire hydrant at thr corner of Upper Chin Chew Street and South Bridge Road is almost i-omplrtHy hidden by boxes and crates Irft by hawkers.
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    TIN SHOCK: BUFFER STOCKS SINKING
    313 7 Journal: Final shares already sought THE third and final contribution to the interna--1 tional buffer stock has already been requested, states the New York Journal Commerce quoted by There have been repeated rumours in the past two days that Malaya's final contribution of $11.7 million
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    11 men plan the battle of rubber
    144 7 ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The first step to plan an I elaborate programme to I strengthen Malaya's rubber industry was taken today. A working committee of 11 men representing the Federation Government and I the industry met for a pi eliminary talk lasting an
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    Expert probes plan for central bank
    303 7 ECONOMY MA V GET A BOOST KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MR. W. H. WILCOCK, the new Australian bank adviser to the Federation Government said to|day that his main objects were to find out how a central bank could help the people of Malaya and the
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    Political talk
    30 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri -Dr. Robert Scalapino, an A",fl*| can professor of political science, will speak on political development in South-East Asia at the University h<re on Jan. 20.
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    Union man warns: Watch out for Reds
    317 8 Union man warns: Watch out for Reds IPOH, Fri— A leader of the 300,000-strong National Union of Plantation Workers, Mr. Noel Emmanuel, warned here today there was danger of Communist infiltration into the labour movement and suggested three measures to counter it. The measures are: Qoser co-operation between management and
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    Judge cuts sentences
    106 8 Judge cuts sentences PENANG, Fri. The Pen- ang appeal judge, Mr. Justice Ri<;by. today reduced from $***** to $6,000 a fine which a lower court had imposed i on a lorry driver, Law Kirn I Seah, and cut the alternative prison term from three years to one. Law had been
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    AN IPOH STUDENT FLIES 11,000 MILES TO TASTE FIRST HOT DOG
    148 8 AN IPOH STUDENT FLIES 11,000 MILES TO TASTE FIRST HOT DOG Miss Lee Hup Suan. l"-year. old student of Ipoh. has flown 11.000 miles to taste her first American hot dog in New York (itv, where she will spend three months as Malaya's delegale t the 1958 New York Herald
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    CURFEW SHOCK
    158 8 Guard coming off duty one of eight new villagers arrested fPOH, Fri.— A home guard was one of eight people arrested for breaking a food check curfew at Simpang Pulai new village early yesterday. The guard. Tan Men Choon, 44, was admonished and discharged after he said: "I
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    New school to open on Monday
    41 8 KLANO. Fri— A new private English School will be started at Kampong Java Road here on Monday The school to be called the Public English School will > have classes from Standard II to Form IV.
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    HIGHEST PAID MAYOR IN THE WORLD
    674 8 HIGHEST PAID MAYOR IN THE WORLD If People's Action Party has its way THE Mayor of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng (ivan, will be the highest paid mayor in the world and the highest paid official in the Colony if the Peopled Action Party has its way. PAP city councillors have
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    More Alliance delegates here
    41 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Eleven delegates to the South East Asian Conference of the International Cooperative Alliance arrived here by air today from Pakistan and Burma. The conference will be held here from Monday to Wednesday next week.
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    H.G. transfer
    24 8 SUNGEI PATANI, Fri. Tnche Mohamed Salleh. of the Home Guard office at Anak Bukit, Alor Star, has been transferred to Sungei Patanl.
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      334 8 nothing more (7). Straits Times Crossword "is?."— T"" urn DOWN I 2 Involving *atT power <9). 5 I j 3 "ryp* of heron wlth hea<l for -V? iss: example (5). I 8 4 Turn .way from a green (5). K^ I 1 „i. 2SS 5 Patent certainly changes for--9 v
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      RIDDLE OF FRANCIS LIGHT, MALAYA'S FIRST BRITISH PIONEER
      1006 9  - RIDDLE OF FRANCIS LIGHT, MALAYA'S FIRST BRITISH PIONEER LLOYD MORGAN By Story about which historians differ niD Francis Light, "Malaya's first British pioneer" as he ha.s been called, marry a daughter of the Rajah of Kedah? And was the island of Penang her promised dowry? A reicnt Straits Times epec.al
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      397 9 Now KUALA LUMPUR to BANGKOK by MALAYAN AIRWAYS With effect from Saturday 25th January M.A.L. services ML3O6 T^ByEffi and ML3OS will c;ill at KUALA LUMPUR. This has necessitated slight alterations to the schedules as follows: ML3O6 ML3OS 0745 dep Singapore arr 1800 0920 arr K. Lumpur dep 1630 0940 dep
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      80 9 f eirnieii A Co, lit/ Maa lf:*> Saint tiu Lvsliv i hurivris p- 1 J*&\ y OC/ I /%*&V- if- 111 /VIAS7 iS DOWN ll^L^, 7^ jffrtj.kk Mirk Trary iiig 0 h vsiv r Goutd |FWELL.IP TWIS WAS JUSTAN^I NQjPE PQ^T, H^^j LET ME CFT V^? wUmT jU MEAN, 1
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    JUMP IN METAL PRICE SURPRISE ON LOCAL MARKET
    918 10 JUMP IN METAL PRICE SURPRISE ON LOCAL MARKET By Our Market Correspondent '"JMN provided a surprise on the Singapore market yesterday by a jump of $2.62} to $355.25 per picul when it was generally expected that the price would go lower. In London overnight the market had been featured by
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    Rubber market 'stubborn'
    364 10 rTTHE keynote of the week's ■I rubber trading has been the stubborn steadiness In the Singapore market In the face of apathetic overseas advices report Holiday, Cutler, Bath ft Co. Ltd. In their current market survey. This steadiness has been assisted by pin-pricks of concern from Indonesia
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    112 10 Singapore C bines* Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quietly steady: OK/ConUnent January/ February $30 buyers. $30 S sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $46 sellers, drum $50 sellers- Pepper: quiet, no businessreported done. Muntok white $100. Sarawak $99. special Sarawak black $64 (all unchanged 1.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    22 10 SINGAPORE, JAN. 17. RUBBER: 771 rents per lb (up a quarter of a cent). TIN: $355.25 per picul (up |2.62i>.
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    Java Amalgamated
    53 10 I The directors of the Jay« Amalgamate? Rubber Estates consider "the time has now arrived I when th« company s name 1 should reflect the broadening base lof its activities The name chosen Is Amalgamated Rubber and Industrial Products. Consent of the Board of Trade haa been obtained
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    129 10 MELBOURNE Ft! INVESTMENT shares recorded a firm tone with few major price variations. Hume Industries pref rose 6d Mining shares recorded a variable tone. Ampol-Ex reacted 6d to close at Bs. Bonds recorded 1 a firm tone. Loans 3.": 1956-59 £98 17s. 3d. Loans 3*% 1956-58 £100 ss.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    145 10 February first grade rubber buyers fob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 77% cents per lb. up a quarter of a cent on Thursday's closing price. Closing tone: Quietly steady. Closing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int 1 RSS f.o.b. buyers 77H. sellers 77%; Int. 1
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    135 10 Ship* lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves at expected today are: Straat Bali 1-2, Dongkun 3. Nissan Maru 4-6. Leneverett 6 A. Benavon 6-7. Ravensteln 8-9. Glengarry 10-11. Chyebassa 13-14. Mataram 15-16. Utrecht 18. Mandowi 19-20. Karsik 21-22. Spiingbank 23. Benveg 24. Marudu 25-26. Itria 27-28. Salatiga
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    69 10 The Malayan Exchange Bank.l Association made the following changes in its rates to merchant* yesterday (all rates to $100): Selling TT. or O.D. ready: Canada 32: Belgian Francs 1617 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5 89\ for cash
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    HARPENDEN SALE
    85 10 Harpenden (Selangor) Rubber announces that Its Oxted Estate haa now been sold, and the proceeds received In the United Kingdom, and a contract signed for the sale of its Pandrklga Estate, subject to Treasury consent. The Oxted Estate, comprising 500 acres, has been sold at ap- proximately £56
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    SELAMA RUBBER
    93 10 The directors of S sis ma (Malaya) Rubber Estate* announce thai, following completion of the sale of the estate, the position as at December 3i indicates that net assets will realise approximately ss. per 8s unitOn a liquidation, distributed profits tax would be Incurred estimated to absorb 5d
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    Bukit Nilai rubber
    19 10 It is announced that the Bank of Europe has gained control of Buklt MUal Rubber EstaM.
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      442 10 PUI 1C APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are tnvlted fw the following pasts on the.staS of the Rural Trade School at Rembau. Negrl Sembllan. Instructors for the following Trade and Subjects:— (A) Fitting and Machine Shop Work 1. ib> Blacksmithlng and Welding (Oxy. Acythene and Electric Arc) 1. (C) Carpentry and
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      NOT TOO OLD AT 55
      177 12 NOT TOO OLD AT 55 WHAT has happened to the proposal to raise the optional and compulsory retirement ages to 55 and 60 respectively? Ls the Government taking the loss of its most experienced officers lightheartedly in the face of acute shortage of staff which is going to be felt
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      Additional bus stop
      98 12 VERY often, passengers find the bus routes lying far off from their houses or offices. A slight change of these routes will go a long way to minimise inconveniences. The present terminus at Shell House, which is, by and large, the centre of the net-work of the
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      The mace controversy: Let posterity judge
      998 12 I HAVE read with interest the controversy in your paper on the documentary history of the Mace, the fracas on the City Hall steps, and the "trappings" of the Mayor. I am an expatriate and one who has had many years experience in the
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      EUSOFF HOSTELS FOR GIRLS
      70 12 WE strongly object to the name, Euson* Hostels, for the new girls' hostels of the University of Malaya. We request the authority concerned to reulai'e it with a lenUntnfi tn-Tie. The name of cur present hostels. Mount Rosie, sound* pleasant enough. The person who thought out
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      135 12 Now there are Ei*V'*r!z^ I 4 delicious I SatehefoU I I j js*^*2!£~iis^^\ What a wonderful range Wf of delicious tempting soup* W Xr^t^S- /V I Batchelors make. Try r '|l I^2^== ttvlJ golden Chicken Noodli \!t —~i for a start and y° u si;^ ../^/^nl E. I taste what
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    Lock icon This new French sport is rough and rugged
    59 13 THE LATEST sport in France is "judo Savate" and its rough ana rugged. Here Roger Arbus (left) and Jacques Cayron. the French boxing professor, are seen kicking each other. Though boxing gloves are used, all the various judo tactics are permitted and
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    SAFA COURSE A GREAT SUCCESS, SAY COACHES
    379 13  - SAFA COURSE A GREAT SUCCESS, SAY COACHES SAUL JOSHUA By ""UK first organised coaching course for Singapore A schoolboy footballers has proved a tremendous success. The 12-day course, run jointly by the Singapore Amateur Football Association and the Ministry of Education, ended yesterday with officials enthusiastic abcut the good it
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    SELANGOR OPEN 'QUAD' WITH 3-0 WIN
    238 13 SELANGOR OPEN 'QUAD' WITH 3-0 WIN IPOH. Fri.— Selangor beat 1 Peiak 3-0 in the opening tie of the quadrangular hockey tournament on the padang here today. Selangor who were faster and more constructive m attack. opened scoring the 36th minute through inside left Jeffrey de Silva who netted off
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    S'gor Club held
    41 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A late try Inabled 74 Field Park Suadron to hold Selangor Club to a 3-3 draw at rugger on the padang today. Club scored a penalty through Scaife while Jackson crossed over for the Gunners.
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    Lock icon Scots beaten
    20 13 EDINBURGH, Fri. England beat Scotland in a badminton international here last night by eight matches to one— Reuter
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    Lock icon Peter R. shows his old form
    146 13 Peter R. shows his old form NAIROBI Fri. Peter Richardson, the Worcestershire and England opening batsman, hit 131 bis first century of the tour to dominate play in the MCC 'n one-day match with a Kenya Festival XI, which ended in a draw here yesterday. Striking his best form for
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    Training: 20 invited
    99 13 PENANG, Fri. The Pen■ng Badminton Association today invited 20 players --ten mm and ten women for training under the scheme drawn up by Eddy Choong. the Malayan and All-England champion, at UMNO, hall here tomorrow. They are: MEN: Law Tei 1 Pron, Toh Boon l i l.im
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    TA Police lose
    31 13 TELUK ANSON. Fri.—Taiplng Police beat Teluk Alison Police 2-1 in their inter-dis-trict soccer league match here for the PA.F.A day. There wa.s no score in the first half.
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    Police match
    19 13 TAPAH. Fri. Tapah Police beat Ipoh Police 7-2 in a Perak Police inter-circle soccer match here yesterday.
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    Another world mark by boy star
    94 13 QJYDNEY, Fri.-The phenomenal Konrads, Jon >nd lisa, have a dual target 15-voar-old Jodn to be the !h t man in the world to break 4min 20sec. for 440 -ds, 13-year-old lisa the tnst woman to clip 4min. 40sec. Last night at North 1 Sydney
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    FIRST TRICK CAN DO IT
    422 14 EPSOM JEEP says: HERE'S ONE TO BEAT THE FAVOURITES This old grey has developed stamina with age FIRST TRICK has developed stamina with age and, k with galloping conditions in his favour, he has a firstrate chance of top pling the likely favourites, Sterling and
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    138 14 ErSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINIER Race 1. 2.15P. DEALER Grandeur Storekeeper STOREKEKPER iV|>|MT D<-.il«-r Greet STOREKEEPER Pepper Dealer Jupiter Race 2. 2.45 INF- REGION Acrostic Olrander II WEEM Banfkok Arro.llc COUNT PAID Rantkok Arraatlc Race J. 3.15. THE BKASTIE BUchan Honey Kee WINDSOR II The Beaatl* Blachan BLACHAN Honey
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    1403 14 RACE 1: X.IS (Class S. Div. 9 Furs. 1 ***** Marvel of Pe. v II tPil S: > Bagbv. 6 9 0 (Ol Mortimer 2 ***** Storekeeper iCS Poh > Yong. 5 9 0 IF) Awl 3 ***** Jupiter 'Peggies Kcngsli Rodger.s. 58 13 IO) Don- v 4
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    COURSE FACTS-AND FANCIES
    124 14 IT pays to follow apprentice Chris Dragon. A level stake of a $5 win ticket on his mounts on the first two days of this meeting show a neat profit of sits. His best prospects today are PEPPER DEALER (Race 1), HOLIDAY FLIGHT (Race 8) and JOLLY
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    Horses at Highlands
    93 14 AMONG the horses spelling at the veterinary sana torium. Cameron Highlands, are newcomers General Pil. 1 Night Sentry. Bogside. Paopa Prince. La Pann, Leander. Magic Kent. Bright Ship and Mllreoch. Today Matinee. The Cobra. Flying Princess. Charge Sheet. King Pap. Adelaide Star. Crown Link. Grey Court. Princely
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    Lock icon Dower returns as bantam
    60 14 BIRMINGHAM Fri Dal Dower, former British and Empire flyweight champion, outpointed Eric Britt in an ei2ht round bantamweight flght here last night. Dower, who gave up his flyweiiht titles aftrr his disastrous world title bid last March when he was knocked out in the first round
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    Back The Beastie to complete a double
    876 14 at his best alter a lapse Last week he ran an encouraging race to finish third with 8.5 to Jolly Day over 7f. Infernal Region has yet to go beyond a mile but. judging by the way he finished. he should easily get
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    12 teams for 'sevens'
    74 14 PENANO, Fri. Twelve teams, including two from Taiping and one from Sungei Patani will compete in the Penang Rugby Union's seven, a-side tournament at Western Road tomorrow. Play will begin at 4 p.m and the draw is: R.A.AF. "A" v Penang All Blues: Griffins v 3
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    Nomads lose
    21 14 TAIPINO, Fri. -The Survey Sports Club beat Garri son Nomads 3-2 In a league hnckev rnsteh nf> 'e 1
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    GIVE YOUR SUPPORT TO THE CUP DEFENCE — HEAH
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    Agong to see the Cup Final
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    Lock icon Rain: No tennis
    23 14 SYDNEY, Fri.— Rain today washed out play on the openIng day of the Australian tennis championships at White City— Reuter.
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