The Straits Times, 8 February 1958

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  • 21 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1958 it ft 15 CENTS Mai***
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  • 440 1 OPPOSITION ENVOY DOESN'T APPEAR Palembang demand: Purge the Reds KOBE, Friday. PRESIDENT SOEKARNO said in a speech here today: "I see no reason or cause for anxiety or alarm at the present situation in Indonesia." The President was referring to rebel threats to proclaim a revolutionary Government
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  • 31 1 REPLY TO THREATS TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT He recalls two other rebel proclamations since independence Queen expresses her sympathy with dead footballers' relatives: 'Deeply shocked 9
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  • 590 1 Governor broadcasfs to the people |>HE Governor of Sarawak, Sir Anthony Abell. last night announced British proposals for unifying the three Borneo territories under one central au- tnonty. In a broadcast to the people of Sarawak. Brunei and North Borneo, he stressed that some such
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  • 189 1 City council in new marathon sitting SINGAPORE City Council yesterday embarked on another marathon debate, this time on councillors' allowances. At 2.30 p m. the council went into session to deal with the remaining items on the agenda of last week's 12-hour sitting. But after four and a half hours,
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  • 31 1 CHICAGO. Frl. Mr. Adlal Stevenson, the U.S. Democratic Party leader, will visit Russia for two weeks after a buslne&o trip to Britain In June, it was announced today.
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  • 35 1 NEW YORK. Frl. Ths Panamanian freighter St Elerterio loaded with sugar sank yesterday about 210 miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico. A navy des troyer picked up the 29 man crew.— UP.
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  • 15 1 TAIPEH. Fri. A mild earthquake shook Taipeh today but caused no damage Reuter.
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  • 39 1 LITTLE ROCK. < Arkansas Frl. A negro girl has been suspended and a white girl has been withdrawn from the recently integrated Central High School here after a rash of racial Incidents among the students.
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  • 235 1 GENEVA. Frl. After 65 years of International health control, the Mecca pilgrimage has now been freed from the complex health regulations introduced to prevent the spread of plague, cholera and other Infectious diseases often brought by the pilgrims, the World Health Organisation announced here.
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  • 164 1 CHAMBER POLL WILL GO ON— PRESIDENT "THE president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tan Siak Kew. said yesterday that the annual elections, due to be held tomorrow, could not be postponed. Mr. Tan was commenting on a petition for a postponement sent in by a group of
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  • 27 1 PEKING, Frl. Premier Chou En-lal will head a government delegation to North Korea In the middle of this month, the Chinese Government announced today.
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  • 973 1 LONDON, Friday. MESSAGES of sympathy flowed into a mourning Manchester from all parts of the world today, following the plane crash near Munich in which seven members of the Manchester United football team were killed. Four team officials, eight sports writers, a passenger and
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  • 108 1 THE 21 WHO DIED IN THE CRASH TV/A' following is a 1 complete list of the dead: PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS Roger Byrne (captain): Mark "Junes (centre half); Billy VVhfUn (inside rlfbt); Eddy Colman (right half): Tommy Taylor (centre forward); Geoff Bent (left-back): David Pegg (outside left): Walter Crickmer (team secretary);
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  • 95 1 THE Federation Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, and his wife, will arrive in Singapore today after attending the Independence celebrations in Ceylon. After they disembark from the French liner Cambodge they will be met by the Chief Minister of Singapore. Mr Llm Yew Hock, and other Singapore
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  • 270 1 2 a.m. news roundup FUCHS MAKES IT TO DEPOT 700 WELLINGTON. Frl. Dr. Vivian Fuchs. Iradrr of the Commonwralth Trans-Antarctic party, conquered another lap of his race across Antarctic tonight. He made it to Depot 7N. the first re-suply base after the South Polr itself on his pacemakinff trek across
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  • 62 1 LONDON, Frl A new letter from the British Prime Minister Mr Harold Macmillan. to Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Premier, I will bs delivered In Moscow j tomorrow and published during the weekend, wellinformed sources said here today. The source said that the letter was
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  • 368 2 LONDON, Friday. fa 11-YEAR-OLD photographer's model today alleged in the Hijjh Court here she was the mistress for 1"> years of millionaire baronet, Sir Strati Ralli, 81. She was suing him for return of jewellery which she said he had given her when she
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  • 254 2 Survivors: A voice shouted 'run for it' VI INICH, Fri.— Two of IVI the Manchester I'nited team. Hary Gregg and Bill Foulkes. told in a hotel lounge here how Miry heard one of the crew of their crashed airliner shout "run for it" and they rated away from the wreckage.
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  • 197 2 DURBAN. Fri —The South African Minister of Justice. Mr. Charles Swart, decreed yesterday that a white man and a coloured woman, jailed i under the Immorality Act ;er a.s man ;md wife for 14 years and having two children, will no: i;t further prosecuted. Tin
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  • 109 2 Gen. Festing to honour Burma dead RANGOON, Fri— Genera. Sir Francis Festing Commander-ln-Chief of British Land Forces in the Far East, arrived here by air yesterday to unvtil a war memorial at Taukkyan on Sunday. The British cruiser Newcastle and the frigate Modeste arrived at Rangoon harbour later bringing a
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  • 97 2 Her jewels sfolen from his car Princess Alexandra of Kent 21. was having an early morning c«ip of coffee with her escort. David Bailley, 23, an old Etonian, at his home at Sotting Hill. London, soon after midnight when a thief broke into his car. parked
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  • 389 3 RUSSIA TALKS OF REUNIFICATION AND AN ATOM-FREE ZONE-ON CONDITIONS 'BUT BOTH STATES MUST UNCONDITIONALLY BAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS 9 HAMlSritt;, Friday. PI'SSIA was prepared to discuss the reunification of (Jerman>, hut both the divided states would have to negotiate together on military measures, the Soviet
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  • 40 3 FRANKFURT, Fri. Dr. Hans-Bodo Gorgas, a physician sentenced in 1947 to life imprisonment for the war- time euthanasia killing of at least 1,000 inmates of Hadamar asylum for the insane, has been released, it was announced today. Reuter.
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  • 31 3 RABAT, Fri The Moroccan irregular "Army of Liberation of the Sahara" today claimed it had "cleaned up" the Ait Ba Amrane zone in the Spanish enclave of Ifnl. —Reuter.
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  • 140 3 LONDON, Fri— An engine driver whose train crashei Into another at Dagenham. E^sex. last week told an inquiry yesterday that he had been "a b.t muddled" about signals 011 the line. The driver. Mr. R S Barnes. 25. added, however, tha' he did not
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  • 64 3 MAN WHO PUT AMERICA' BACK IN SPACE RACE I>K Wi-rnlirr von Braun, the German-born scientist who designed the Army's Jupiter-C rocket, displays a model of the missile that launched the first U.S. earth satellite from Cape Canaveral The four-stage. 76-foot rocket, tipped with the tube-shaped satellite, named "Explore.' is a
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  • 38 3 NEW YORK. Fri. The Mace TM76 tactical missile, using a new guidance system, was successfully launched at Alamagordo, New Mexico, yesterday and landed on target 650 miles away, the United States Air Force announced Reuter.
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  • 30 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The United States Congress yesterday completed action on an emergency bill appropriating $4,230 million US$l,4lO million) to pay for Increased missile and air defence programmes. Reuter.
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  • 23 3 THE ROCKET GOING UP AM) HERE is a picture showing the Jupiter-C rmkfl blasting off. carrying the satellite "Explorer" into space.— l.P. pictures.
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  • 58 3 1 NICOSIA Frl. Politlca. prisoners at Nicosia centra' prison were reported las> night to have declared a hunger strike for six day s in protest against punishment imposed on them earlier th> week for "breaches of disclp line." The prisoners are all Cyp--1 riot Greeks, believed
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  • 78 3 NEW YORK. Fri. The I United Nations Secretary- General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, said today it was too early to decide whether the United Arab Republic result- ing from the merger of Egypt j and Syria would occupy one or two seats in the United Nations.
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  • 308 3 LONDON. Thors Clo.-Jng middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £48 L Funding 4.. ..£BB 916 War 3 £65 BANKS Mercantile (£1) 32 6 Chartered <£!> 41 6 6 Hongkong ($125) £45 4 INSL'RANCB Con. Un. nr.M 75 la —'44 Royal 77, 7'
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  • 222 3 SPACE TRAVEL BY A-POWER -U.S. FORECAST WASHINGTON, Friday. \IR. LEWIS STRAUSS, chairman of the U.S. ATI Atomic Energy Commission, forecast today that results in harnessing nuclear power for space travel might be achieved in the next 10 years. He was speaking on television after telling a con! gresslonal committee that
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  • 28 3 BERLIN. Fri The Ea.st German Foreign Ministry today rejected a protest by the Western powers against the parade of armed civilian fighting groups In East Berlin.—Reuter.
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  • 180 3 WASHINGTON Friday. yHE Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dulles, has challenged Russia to renounce the use of force and to agree to President Eisenhower's proposals on the control of outer space His challenge was contained in a lettpr to Klngsle? Martin, editor of the New
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  • 87 3 DAG PLAN FOR MOSCOW VISIT NEW YORK. Fri -Th e UN Secretary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld. Indicated today that he hoped to go to Moscow for top-level diplomatic talks within the next few months He might go either oefore or immediately after attending a meeting of the Economic Commission for Asia
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  • 37 3 CAPE CANAVERAL. Fri Divers yesterday recovered from the ocean floor the battered first stage of the Navy's Vanguard rocket which broke to pieces in the attempt to put a second U.S. satellite into orbit— UP.
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  • Rubber fears: Men who quit may control world trade
    • 120 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Thirty Malay beauties will demonstrate Malay classical and folk dances at the South-East Asia international cultural festival ln Colombo soon. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, had promised to send a troupe to the festival. A government spokesman said today the
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    • 45 4 KUANTAN. Fri. -Tht Mer. tn Besar of Pahang. InchAbdullah bin Tok Muda Hal Ibrahim, has been unani mously elected president the Kuantan Club. The State Information Officer. Mr. Trevor Wilson will be secretary tor this year and Mr K M. Stimpsc treasurer.
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    • 103 4 WARNING ON COURT APPEALS PENANG, Fri. The Penang Appeal Judge, Mr. Justice Rigby, today told a convict the court had the power not only to decrease sentences but also to Increase them. "Indeed it is with great difficult that I refrain from substantially increasing yours," he said to Tan Kirn
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    • 22 4 KOTA BHARU, Fri. Mr A.RA. Nachiappan president of the Kelantan Indian Association, has been appointed to the Kelantan Executive Council.
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    • 29 4 JOHORE HAHRU. Fri The St. John Ambulance Bri cade Johotv rt'vslon won a shield for t'v. bevt drc^o I unit in an optn competitloi with other states.
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    • 64 4 SIAMESE ENVOY NEW DIPLOMATIC CORPS DOYEN The Siamese Consul-Ge-neral. Mr. Nibhon Wilairat (above), has succeeded the former Japanese ConsulGeneral. Mr. Ken Ninomiya as Doyen of the diplomatic corps in Singapore A law graduate. Mr. Wilairat came to Singapore last January lie has been in the Siamese diplomat itservice for 12
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    • 142 4 LIE CHARGE: DPP APPEALS AGAINST ACQUITTAL ITU ALA LUMPUR. Fri. —The Deputy Public Prosecutor has appealed against tht acquittal of R. Munusamy 29. an assistant passport officer with the Malayan High Commission in Pakistan. Munusamy. a former Selangor. Penang. and North cricketer, was cleared by the Sessions court here on
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    • 172 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE Federation Government is sending a strong delegation to the 14th annual session of the Economic Commission for Asa and FVr East whicn opens here on March 5 The leader of the delega tion will be the Deputy Prim Minister. Dato Abdul
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    • 316 4 Health row: Council broadside planned SAMBANTHAN WILL BE THE TARGET I^UALA LUMPUR, Frl. The Government will come under heavy fire at the next Legislative Council meeting in April for the "deplorable and shocking lack of facilities and accoinmodation' 1 in hospitals. The at'aek will be directed at the Minister of
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    • 161 4 IFOH. Fri. Motorists and cyclists in Ipoh are to b? cajoled into helping to make the town accident-free. From Monday next, military units and the State traffic policy will be engaged in a Safety Week" organised by the Ipoh Rotary Club. Military units will n:ve free
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  • 150 5 THIEF HAD 16 CONVICTIONS -NOW YEAR'S JAIL WILL MAKE IT 17 IPOH Fri. A thief with 16 previous convictions was Jailed for a year here today for stealing a camera from an Assistant Superintendent of Police and a wrist watch from a woman. V Suppiah. 29, pleaded guilty to stealing
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  • 31 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Fri. Nah binte Lahat. 65. died yesterday after being knocked down by a taxi at the 10th mile of the Bukit Mer-tajam-Nibong Tebal Road near Bukit Minyak.
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  • 141 5 Leader of notorious thug band picked up while loiter 1 DENANG, Fri. The secret societies subbranch of the CI.D. has detained a leader of the notorious Ji Leong Hor Gang. He Is being held under the restricted residence enactment. He was picked up whllloitering in Penang Roai
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  • 69 5 IPOH, Fri— A pedestrian, Fong Thim Fook. 69, was seriously injured at the 6th mile Ipoh-Batu Oajah road, this morning when he was knocked down by a car. Mr. A. Petrus. O.C.P.D. Batu Gajah, who was passing by, helped Fong Into a passing military Land
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  • 321 5 Schools row: They are surprised by 'complacency' 'TENGKU SHOULD FLY BACK TO MEDIATE' PENANG, Friday. pENANG UMNO leaden today expressed surprise at the "complacency" shown by the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdnl Rahman, over the Malay education r»w. "We cannot understand why he should choose to return from Colombo by boat
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  • 36 6 U Wtrdt tl* l Minimum). THB ENGAGEMENT la announced between Ong Hood Chye, youngest son of -Mr. Mrs. Ong Blew Jiang and Bvelyn Tan, second daughter of Madam Leong Ngan Eng. on 8 2 1958.
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  • 25 6 I* **rt, tit (Minimum). JAMES J- (JIM) MOORE Suddenly at Kuala Lumpur Beloved Husband of Denlse and Loved Stepfather of Dennis So sadly missed.
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  • 59 6 in Horrf. $1$ (Minimum). MR. MRB. AW THIAN WAH Thank all relatives and friends for Uielr kbid wishes and beautiful gifts on the occasion of their marriage recently. ka.miLY of me late Mdm. Ho Suat Choo thanks all relatives and friends for their gifts, messages of condolence, wreaths, loan
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  • 38 6 111 »,.rW« \ln (Himimum). CHERISHED MEMORIES Of our dearly loved son. Anthony Neal Grcgson 8.2.57. IN LOVING MEMORY of the late Kaumathy Krlshnan who died on 8 2.57. Sauly missed by her beloved husband and children.
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  • 325 6 Wur4t $19 immutn > POSITIVELY LAST DAY Of V.iiiiV.n Sale. Open until 1 pm Vanity, 11 Buttery Road. WHERE TO GO? What to do? The Cockpit's jual the place for you. Rijstialel is *ened every Saturday and Sunday CURRY AT ITS Best at Prln■sVS Sunday luncheon where you lmi
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    • 797 6 Federation of the three I Bornean territories, a possibility officially put forward by the Governor of Sarawak in d broadcast last night, is not a new idea. It was very much in the air some five years ago when the Governors of Sarawak and North Borneo and
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    • 392 6 The Journal of the Malayan Alumni Association has alleged that "no serious attempt" is 1 Deing made to increase the number ol medical graduates from the University of Malay a. More than four years have passed since the Lindsay Keir Committee recommended increasing the intake of medical students
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  • 1305 6  -  CYNICUS by Fthe Alumni Association's criticism of the University's failure to turn out more doctors does nothing else It has at least directed attention to the Univer s 1 1 y s financial troubles, for which the vice-Chancellor and Senate will be grateful. Four years ago
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  • 777 6  -  CLELL BRYANT LONDON. "THE House of Com- mons debate last week spotlighted the workings of the Bank of England, where high finance and colourful history mingle in marble corridors To the 'Old Lady of Threadneedle Street <u> the Bank is nicknamed, it was only
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  • 80 6 (From the Straits Times of Feb. 8, 1908) SHOULD a judge of the Supreme Court be permitted to vacate the bench and plead from the bar on behalf of the Crown? This was the point at Issue In the Legislative Assembly this week when the Colonial Secretary
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  • 289 7 Academy 'reject makes world musical history ASIAN CONDUCTS A EUROPEAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OIK years ago, a young: Singapore man was k refused admission to the Royal Academy of music in London because he was "too younf." Last night he made world music history by becoming the first Asian musician to
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  • 51 7 IPOH. Fri. Nearly 200 families who have been occupying land in the Asto.. Settlement at Kampar on temporary occupation licenc e.s for the past 20 years will soon get 25-year-leases. The families, totalling 1.300 people, will each have to pay a total of $449.50 before obtaining
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  • 493 7 XOVT. SERVANTS MAY NOT PUBLICLY DISCUSS MERITS OR DEMERITS OF POLICY' 'YOUR UNIONS CAN BE CLOSED IF YOU PURSUE AIMS NOT IN YOUR CONSTITUTION' KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. I TMNO headquarters here today warned 10,000 members of the Federation of Malay School Teachers' Associations thai they would
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  • 104 7 SCHOOLS BODY WORKING SOON KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The town's local education authority will become "fully operational" by the end of next month, the Municipal Education Officer, Mr. J. R. Davidson, said today. The authority Is looking for a deputy municipal education officer, typi.st.s and other staff. The authority's work at
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  • 71 7 KUALA TRENGGANU, Fri The Trengganu Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Kamaruddin bin Haji Idris has been re-elected president of the rrengganu Cosmo Club Other officials are. vicePresldent, Mr M J T McCann, secretary, Mr. J. Brown; treasurer. Mr C. O. Virgis; sports secretary. Mr Llm Beng Teck. committee.
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  • 182 7 Sultan opens mosque New building cost $200,000 1/UALA LUMPUR. Fri. 1V —The $200,000 new mosque in the Malaysettlement here, Kampong Bharu, will be a "monument to the unity and good-will of all races in Malaya." the Sultan of Selangor said today. He said this when he declared the Jame 1
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  • 79 7 TELUK ANSON. Fri. A former Orang Beaar Jajahan Lower Perak Uentftoriai chief). Raja Hirdan b.n Raja Abdul Hamid. 45. pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here yesterday to Criminal breach of trust of $7,800 between January 1965 and July 1956. Ball of $10,000 was granted and the
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  • 53 7 IPOH. Fri— A mason, Yeow Har Chai. 28. was found hanging dead from a fruit tree near his house in Ountong new village her* this morning. His wife. Yam Ah Chlew, 28, missed Yeow from the house at about 3 a.m. and two hours later she
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  • 132 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The postal authorities are having a tough time translating into English the address of thousands of Chinese New Year greeting cards. A spokesman of the Postal Department told the Straits Times today: "This is our No. 1 problem." He said that everything
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  • 48 7 PENANO, Fri The first magistrate, Mr. Au Ah Wah, today fined a father $15 for falling to obtain an Identity card for his 15-year-old son three years ago. Ong Mah Kirn, pleading guilty, explained he had been so busy he "forgot the matter completely.'
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  • 37 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Wong Fook Lam 20. was sentenced to a year's tail in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today when he pleaded guilty to housebreakine and theft on Jan. 1 at Ipoh Road
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  • 26 7 PENANO, Fri Alfred Kannablran, was fined $50 here today for trying to sell black market cinema tickets in front of the Paramount Thea tre
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  • 186 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri —A soldier who has served against the terrorists In Malaya has had his services recognised by the Royal Air Force. Corporal Stanley Lldster. 22, of 55 Air Supply Company, Royal Army Bervlce Corps has received the Distinguished FlyinE Medal. He had completed
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  • 58 7 Tbe star of the Shochiku Revue, Miss Michiyo Ogi, presenting the Raja Permai.Mirj Agong with a bouquet. The Van* di-Pertuan Agong (left) and his Consort at- tended the revue at Capitol on Thursday night. In the centre is Incbe HusSein Maricar. an official
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  • 257 7 PLANTATION MEN'S NEW DEMAND KUALA LUMPUR Friday MALAYA'S plantation workers have submitted new pay demands asking for a minimum wage and greater total earnings. They hope to have adopted the new system by April. The National Union oi Plantation Workers submitted a memorandum to
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  • 106 7 EX-HOCKEY PLAYER IS BURIED IPOH, Fri— A large (fathering of relatives and friends from all over the count rv flew to Kota Bharu to attend the funeral of ex-Perak hockey player, Mr. C- Somanithy yesterday. Mr. Somanithy. 32. a form' er teacher of the Sultan Tussuf School in Batu Gajah
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  • 37 7 KUANTAN, Fri. Polic« yesterday recovered the body of an eight-year-old school--1 iiy Nasir bin Abdul Manaf from the Kuantan River. His parents told the police [that Baslr fell Into (he river I accidentally.
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  • 424 8 JumMwy: This gftow* Latnwr Govmment wants to help the workers Minister opens $1,300,000 home for Asian crews; It's a 'beacon', he says THE $1,300,000 Asian Seamen's Club was opened in Singapore yesterday by the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, who described it
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  • 169 8 Widow, 50, had baby fined for not reporting birth MALACCA, Fri— A woman of 50 was fined $25 here today for failing to i report the birth of a I child. I did not have a baby." said Itam binte Mohamed. '"I have been a widow for many years. I
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  • 304 8 RECOGNITION FOR TWO UNITS IPOH, Friday. 4 GREEN flag with yellow stars— signifying the number of 'kills"' will be flown to welcome troops of the 2nd and 3rd. Bn., Malay Regiment, returning from successful operations against ter- rorists. Every time a terrorist is killed,
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  • 21 8 TANA RATA. Fri —A Good Citizens' Committee has been set up in the Bertam Valley new village, near here.
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  • 22 8 TAIPING, Fri The Alliance Party will hold a social and dance at the town hall here tomorrow from 8 p.m.
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  • 162 8 India's woman Minister makes many calls in the capital I^UALA LUMPUR. Fri. It was a busy day here today for the In- dian Deputy Minister for External Affairs, Mrs. Lakshmi Menon. The day began with visits in the morning to the acting Prime Minister, Dato Abdul i Razak
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  • 156 8 MALAY WOMEN TOLD: DON'T BE SHY, SPEAK YOUR VIEWS PUN ANG, Kri. The chairman of the National Association of Women is Institutes. (Malaya). Che Fatimah binte Musa, yesterday urged Malay women to in a k <• yourselves heard." "Malay women appear to be too shy to voice t ht-ir views
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  • 47 8 PENANG, Fri.— Khoo Bens Chye. a labourer died in hospital after being buried in a landslide at Bukit Gambler six miles from here yester day. Khoo was operating an excavating machine levelling a hillside for a housing project when loose earth fell ou him.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 297 8 ECZEMA Maddening irritation goes. Sores^ y dry up. You enjoy blessed relief! /lf(^/^ Now there is new hope for you who miffer tha y I \^_y f torment and miaery of Eczema srvl other irritat-^r l^gg\\ L inu skin diaeaaw. Cooling, healing D.D.D. f ~sg[~^^_\ Prewription bruin* instant reltif. t*
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 356 8 eel (5). Straits Times Crossword ZB^&TZ n d hair i.l). i 3 1 4 s s 25 Rest without a cape Is iv ■asrj <— > K- J r— r ——r— m» i DOWN 1 Pi ii iM II Us HI H 9 2 Trade hit poor quality (5-4». _1
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  • 1221 9 ACHIEVEMENTS OF A PIONEER THE Americans had failed. The Italians had failed. And the Austrians had failed. But William Pryer, sole British representative in North Borneo, was determined not to fail. He looked out to sea at the threatening Spanish warship. Eldorado, and made up his
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 160 9 with rhe outstanding new HICH FIDELITY Amplifier and Pre Amplifier fpqJ I: on .p. ,uIU dr,. n»d I'llra lintar. f.rM.,, ri-,,1.. Pr rf In rmmprtr in fhr Amrriran n.uk I with Ihr f:i.»«l .mn\ Hrr. Ihr wnrM iliri. K> ntl. rnahlr« toil to rrrr iir it an> volume !.>.! 11..
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    • 216 9 Keep out infection with a 'BAND-AID' W% FIRST AID \p^ CUTS AND SCRATCHES GET BETTER QUICKLY IF YOU COVER THEM FROM INFECTION in place and arc o .^^^^^K^m. m cas V to P ut on Alwayi i *^\s^\lj*jf/fi^ PLASTIC The Borneo Company Limited (Incorporated in England) r rfr- CATHAY -KERIS
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 212 9 f 'uiii4>n A I<>. tty .t##fs Saint iSy l.t'slif 0 hurl4>ris I '^r^^ 7 y£S -S'g "i 5 COLONEL XES. /VdSS VdaddY. TmOSE HOW'BIE y <5OOD h£avenS\ \YG\J WILL AQRAHGEl6^\}^V>^^- SR4W IN ™ERE?/^ 'i/— -|J PANTHER S HAVE BEEN/ I'LL ATTEND TO PiCk UP yOUN6 w/ftTTS !/*^tet 7=^ f4i J
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  • MORE MONEY COMING INTO LOCAL SHARE MARKET THIS WEEK
    • 426 10 The .Halayan Share Brokers' A-wclation reported: 'Industrials were Irregular, tins «ere firm and there was selective support for ."übberv The turnover was small." Singapore and federation brakers reported the following business done yesterday: Con. Tin Smelt. 01 as. $2 10. Praser Sc Neave ords. $2.57 s 1 overnight
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    • 68 10 The Malayan Exchange- Banks' Association made the following I i-hanges In Its rates to merchants 1 yesterday (all rates to $100): Selling T.T. ar O.D. ready: Belgian Francs 1614' i. On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the IT.S-dollarl T.Sdollar was quoted at 5.87 for ra<h
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    • 21 10 SINGAPORE. Feb. 7 RIBBER: 77 3/8 cents per lb (down Z cents). TIN: $360.25 per picul (down 75 cents)
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    • 362 10 Rubber price premium rpHE steadier trend In J. rubber which started at the end of last week continued with temporary setbacks throughout the current period, report Holiday Cutler Bath Co. Ltd. in their weekly rubber Market Survey. After a quiet past-holiday oprnlng the market gained more momentum and periods of
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    • 129 10 MELBOURNE Frl INVESTMENT shares maintained a steady tone on the Stock Exchange here today Some leaders eased slightly with 1.C.1. down 9d providing the steepest movement Loans 3,: 1956-59 C 99 2s 9d Loans 3 1 1956-58 £100 9* 3d Con. Zinc 60/6 Bank of NSW £36 buyer
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    • 146 10 February Itral grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at H% cents per rb. do» n 2 cents on Thursday's closing 1 price C'looinf lone: Dull. Closinf prices In cents per I* yesterday were: OFFICIAL- feat 1 R.S.S. Spot fob buyers 11 V seller* 11\: Int 1
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    • 81 10 Singapore Chine«e Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul ymterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent January/Fybruary $30 4 buyers, $31', sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $45 sellers, drum $49 sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business reported done: Muntok white $101. Sarawak $100. special Sarawak black $62 tall unchanged) Singapore Copra Asaociatlon
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 689 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited for Part-time Instructors at the Balestier Junior Trade School. Evening Classes. Balestier Road. Singapore 12, for the following subjects:— 1. Telecommunications Engineering 2. Electrical Engineering Practice 3. Refrigeration Practice 4 Mechanical Engineering Design 6. Motor Vehicle Mechanics' Work 6. Machine Shop Engineering 7. Electric-arc and
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    • 718 10 NOTICES NOTICE FEDERATION OF MALATA $41J5*.M*/-4% REGISTERED STOCK IKS/197S Notice is hereby given that the register of the abovementloned stock will be closed from 15th to 28th February. 1958 both days Inclusive for preparation of interest warrants. THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, 1950. (No. .I-.' OF 1951 D. Local Authorities
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    • 870 10 NOTICES M.8.5., K. LUMPUR AND A.S.C. IPOH OLD BOYS RESIDENT In Singapore or J. Bahru Interested In participating In a dinner In honour of Mr. Sc Mrs. Hlnch are Invited to contact Mr. L C. Loong. 25 Bank of China Building. Singapore. (Phone *****). Estat, of ANDREW FRANCIS EE also
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    • 690 10 NOTICES WILLIAM JACKS k COMPANY (MALAYA), LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore). I NOTICE 18 HEREBY OIVEN 1 THAT the 29th Ordinary General Meeting of William Jacks Sc Company (Malaya). Limited will be held on Saturday, Ist March, 1»5« at the Company's Registered Office. Ocean Building. Singapore at 13 o'clock noon. At
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    • 688 10 H NUT SEN LINE orient servick FROM CANADA/US PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Soilta* So. Arrl.m, Vane***** Francisco S>o'« Sw»tt Ptmnj F'mnHo ANNA BAKKI Sot«« •/HFth UF«t IJ/M F.k 21 F«» ELISAttTH BAKKI %•>** t F.k 11/1 J M« 14 Mor U M.r U Ms* OifRTRUO IAKKf 12 F.k 2* F.k
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    • 1355 11 Tel: 1405 MANSFIELD ox CO., LTD. T«i: 2,412* 1 18 lines) Incrrporoted in Singapore) (12 lines) Sh.pp..g XHE BLrJE F|JNNEL LINE Trove. SAILINGS lo LIVtKruOL, GLASGOW, LONDON 1 CONTINENTAL PORTS (Via tarn with liberty to proca«d v.a Panama or Cape et Goad Hapa) Comers option to uroceed vio jthei puilt
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    • 1214 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OK FAR EAST Penong P. S'hom S'pora LALANOIA" 23/24 Fab 25/24 Fob 17/ 2 Mat KOREA" 25/24 Feb 17/27 Fab IS/ 2 Mar BUSUANGA" 24/27 Fob 28 Feb/ 1 Mar 2/ 1 Mar "SELANDIA" 9/10 Mor 11/11 Mm 13/14 Mo, Accepts corgo far
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    • 1116 11 building THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. T iujT SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) 5 LIiUS SAILINGS TO ADEN, U.K. A CONTININTAL PORTS S'pora P. S'hom Penang BENVENUE for Liverpool, Rotterdam, Homburg G. 25-26 /11 Fab 11/14 Fab IS/17 Feb BENALDER for Aden, Jeddoh, Port Sodon, Rotterdam, Hull 14/17 Fab
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    • 1268 11 McALISTER e« CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ELLCRMAN LINES KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. HAVREajROTTERDAM. LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG SEATTLE, VANCOUVER A PORTLAND onej to. U.S.A., North AtlonfK Ports A ««P«"9 cargo tor Control ft South ond Conodo vio Colombo l t eo CITY OF OXFORD Spore LU fe ig IS/^
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  • 25 12 Mr. Marshall: "He (the Mayor) has said 'I managed to get 40 per cent more standpipes I, I, I, 1,
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  • VOTERS BEWILDERED AND CONFUSED
    • 81 12 rOIVE ,ur Fed-ration Flag "dignity ana per sonallty" Warga Negara suggests that we call it "Sang Belang Thi.. may be appropriate because it has stripes But it does sound unpleasant and awkward? Furthermore 'Sang Belang" is used now to describe a particular animal In Malaya. I
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    • 48 12 EVER\ morning I see a large queue of men, women and children at the Registration Olnce, Teluk Anson. Some go there in the morning so as to be in front of the queue. Cannot the Government engage more staff to deal with the rush? VOTER Teluk Anson.
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    • 164 12 HOW Ml iII MILK TO The Tin? MY colleague^ dna 1 in the course oi out dut> travel a lot and stay at places where food r estric Uoik are in torce We have had the experience ol hay ing gone to bed #ithuui food at these places lue to
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    • 76 12 Towards safer bus ride OMNIBUSES in Singapore have their entrance doors in the middle ol the left side of the body i.e., between the front and the rear mudguards This is dangerous as passengers falling off by accident while boarding or alighting may be caught between the wheels. Why not
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    • 42 12 PEOPLE wishing to buy 1 stamps at Alor Gaja Post Office have to wait long at the counter while the clerks smoke at leisure or read newspapers unheedlngly. They even shout: "Eh! come this s.de." DEMOCRAT V»r Gajah.
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  • 290 12 GIVE MORE FACIKITIES TO LEARN AND TEACH MALAY UNTIL such time as the Malay Language Institute has produced enough teachers to teach Malay sufficiently well In the Malay primary classes and the standard-type secondary schools (English, Chinese and Indian schools) and suitable Malay books have been produced for the use
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 661 12 l-IIBIOIBIDIIIIIIfDIfI i-hone &ffl^jflniTsl£> llth Ui nxy 1 >!i759 )AuMgy 11, 1.45.4, 6.3U&9.30 Teresa Wr.ght "CC/ADAni lal I ADAM" Cameron Mitchell fcilAHAllt IN JAKAW To h iKKt»i Tunißlit "ftJirUT DACCATC" .lami-s Stewart Andie Murphy M'NITE NIUHI rAiiA'Oc Tr> |,niiama Si Tech. (Ul) Today 8 a.m. "SINCE YOI' WENT AWAY" Man.'arln Tomorrow
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    • 758 12 r yTai,*J "I. A\\ 2I 6 lUB T! 6.45 A 9.30 p.m. I, Jr»-- r 'l:*»:i iiKHK l N EASTMAN Ol OK (Rank) st'a R n K A O( b\k" k "CAMPBELL'S KINGDOM" 1 W MIDNKiHT TONIC.HT In Trchnicnlur tColumhiai RITAIIAYWORTH wnai mCV" KIM NOVAK 'K FRANK SINATRA 'RL JUCI
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 812 13 I I*l y f^ySl I'll lln O 1^ Jiiil'ikl L^ Mi 2 Check Betore Posting r Replies to Box Numbers Utmost care should be rik n I when replying ro box number t I Jds. to me the CORRECT > s NUMBER md Addrcn to the I Str.iiM Times. Cct.il
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    • 817 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT ill Words <i Mm I Mot 111 els M*M VACANT NOW! 12KA Tembslii"r Road Dim 15. 3 Rooms M San. Rent $175. Apply Mr. Lee, 123 Queen smet. Tel. *****. IWO-STOHEY Terrace House. Fully furnished 3 bedrooms. 2 ba'hrooms, 2 servant.,' quarters. Dlsulct 9 Immediate entry Tel. 250.(4
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    • 849 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE it Word, ti (Mm.) Box SO cl: exlrm. VACANT LAND 999 years leasehold langlln District over three and half acres ideal for housing, factories or development sche ne. Particulars apply 44-B Rallies j Quay. Singapore No brokers. 3 BEDROOMS. Bi Sitting Room. M S.. New Bullffmt!.
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    • 947 13 VEHICLES FUR SALE 2tWoitl<sS(Mln.) Box S» el: exlrm. STANDARD EIGHT 1948 Model Black. Insured to Nov. New battery, good overall condition. Phone *****. Seen 39 Lorong 34. Geylang. 1955 AUSTIN A4O, Two Careful European Owners. Regularly serviced, excellent condition, WSW Tyres. Quick sale $3,800. Phone ***** office hours. 1953 SOMERSET.
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    • 444 13 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES It Word, ti (Mm.) Box St el: exlrm. LOANS ARRANGED 2%. Phone Chew *****. 23 Middle Road. Why Pay More. Pay 30% less car/fire insurance. WANTED 2* Maafj ti i Meg Box st <•<« ee»m WANTED TO PURCHASE One to one and one half acres freehold land Pahang
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    • 367 13 FOR SALE in Word, tS (Mm.) it el: exlrm. ATTENTION MUSIC LOVERS! Well-known Singapore Imi« v Hoiue reorganising storks and have large selection standard, extended play, and long play records (or direct sale tv public at unrepeatable prices. Records are new and unused. Catalogue and prires on application. b<x A
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    • 120 13 THE SHEER L00K... copied, imitated, 0 but NEVER equalled F RIGID AIM There is a model to suit fl^*^ rw nT both your home and your H- kju HEi pocket. Capacities range I S a^fcr^i horn 3-l to 14tl cubic |i P*>t-l_~ help you. hire purchase I) •^'^a^B»^^^ terrrs can
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  • ODDS FAVOUR SPORE BLUES
    • 24 14 BRIGHTON, Fri. The Whitby Dunlops. Canada's team for the world ice hoc key championships. beat Brighton Tigers 8-2 here last night. —Reuter.
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    • 47 14 vi k\i\ Kam Pak Ismail Boon Bee Rodrigues Seng toon Sharkawi Shaharuddin Keng Soon Suan Ooi Omii.im Idris Nashatar Sprldwinde Dattaya Tbillai A PORE Malrk Seevaratnam Ramli Caong Yew N Other Eng Siang Wah Fatt Bulat Pent Hong Meyhendran Woothrapathy Sundram Adam Hashim F l.ai
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    • 86 14 MANCHESTER UNITED vs WOLVES MATCH POSTPONED LONDON, Frl. Tomorrow > match between Man Chester United and Wol verhampton Wanderers has been postponed. All other matches will be played. There will be two minutes silence before each Leagur match kick-off, flats will fly at half-mast, and play ers will wear black
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    • 65 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— A Trengganu eleven beat Kinjang Club 3-1 at soccer at Paya Bunga Padang to day. The match whicn was u< ad of the Olympic '"ouncii fund was watched by a crowd of 2.000 At half time Trenggan i led 2-1 Scorers for Treng ganu
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    • 179 14 WE CAN RETAIN ASHES— TYSON MELBOURNE. Friday. Vl'E can retain the Ashes again," is the message England fast bowler Frank Tyson, will take back to his Test teammates after a three-month stay in Australia. Tyson and his Melbourneborn wife Ursula, sailed for England in the Orsova tonight to make their
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    • 140 14 Two bodies for NS referees one to go OEREMBAN, Fri. One of the two scccer referees' bodies in Ne?ri Sembilan the N.S. Referees Board and the N.S. Refei^es Society—will shortly oe dissolved. Mr. M. Muthucuma"-;!. who is chairman of both bodies, complained at last night's annual general meeting of the
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    • 21 14 KUANTAN, Fri. Kuantan Youth Club beat Sultan Abu Bakar School 4-1 in a badminton match held here last nir:ht.
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  • 162 14 NEW YORK, Frl. Archie Moore, 41-year-old holder of the world llght-heavy-welght title, said here last night he was again challenging 23-year-old Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight crown. Moore said that his manager Charley Johnstone, had begun negotiations with promoter Jack Kearns and It was hoped to
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  • 276 14 TESTS: Pakistan four down for only 91 DORT OF SPAIN, Fri. 1 —The West Indies held a strong hand after two days in the Second Test match here when, after scoring 325 runs In their first innings, they claimed four Pakistan w'.ckets for 91. All-rounder Collie Smith was chiefly responsible
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  • 68 14 JOHANNESBURG. Fri.— lan Craig, Australia's captain, won the toss for the third successive time In the Test series against South Africa today and decided to bat first In the Fourth Test here. At lunch, Australia were 47 for one. Play began in hot cloudy weather on
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  • 76 14 PORTSMOUTH. Frl -Joseph Chllds. first Jockey to thelate King George V for ten years, died here on Wednesday He was 73. Chllds rode the winners of 15 English classics. Including wartime substitute events. Apart from these successes, he won most of the big handicaps in
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  • 18 14 TATPING. Fri Garrison Nomads beat Chinese Recreation Club 2-1 in a League hockey match here yesterday.
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  • 19 14 KAMPAR, Frl. Methodist Afternoon School beat AngloChinese School Union 2-1 in a League hockey tie here yesterday.
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  • 26 14 SYDNEY. Frl. The first women's three-day cricket Test between England and Australia scheduled to start here today, was washed out by rain. Reuter
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  • 18 14 TAPAH. Friday. Tapah beat Batu Gajah 6-1 in a Perak Police inter-circle soccer match here.
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  • 299 14 ACCEPTORS for today's gymkhana meeting at Penan g are: RACE ONE: I.JO (CIMS 5)-*'. (Catchwelghts 12.7). Bubbles. Colleen, First Venture. Oirlle, John Willy. Kolek. Sultan. Venturesome, WUlors. RACK TWO: J. 05 (Cl j 4)-S». (Catchwelghts: Class 3 12 12: Class 4 12.0). No Regret* 12.12. Sllcknesa 12.12: Star
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  • 239 14 EMPIRE CHAMPION RETIRES KUALA M Ml'l K. Friday. TWO weightlifters who represented Malaya in the 1 1956 Olympic Games at Melbourne, will miss the Asian Games at Tokyo in May. They are Koh Eng Tong, a former Empire Games gold medallist, and Chan Pak Lum,
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  • 193 14  -  EPSOM JEEP By AMBASSADOR, a great favourite in amateur racing, should win the main race— a It handicap for M.A.R.A. Class 1. Div. 1 horses— at today's amateur meeting at Penang. In his last appearance at Bukit Tlmah In December, this old stager romped
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 847 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. "AT ¥OUR SERVICE" jo Wordt til (Minimum). Dnil, 1 momlh. II Wordt tt.il (Mlm.) A LOAD ON Your Mind? Phone ***** for T&S service. BVaWaTn IKrtVtL SERVICE. 11 Collyer Quuy clrtßapore Tel: ***** FOR THE NEW YEAR, novel Indoor plants. Cactus Shop, Orchard Road. bi'tClAl. IKEATMEN'I. Skin Diseases
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    • 204 14 It is no mere accident that the watch you buy from us is such a remarkable timekeeper. Before we sell It to you it is carefully inspected, thoroughly tested and accurately regulated. Our experts who give your watch "that final touch" have years of experience in making the delicate adjustments
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 92 14 TODAY IPOH HOCKEY: North i championships: Prnang v Krdah, padang. KI'ALA LIMPIR BADMINTON: Scrond Thomas Cup trials. S.B.A. hall. 7.3* p.m. RIGGER: All Blues (final): Singapore v Prrak. Merdeka Stadium. 5 p.m. HOCKEY I "I. i|». Wi\ Cup: Malay Regiment v R.A.F. Rrginn mi (Malaya), Armed Forces ground, S p.m
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