The Straits Times, 23 August 1958

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    Lock icon MID-EAST: U.N. ACCORD
    363 1 ARAB RESOLUTION ENDS A TENSE SITUATION Rare unanimity greeted by a great burst of applause The war fears are dispelled NEW YORK, Friday. fHE U.N. General Assembly yesterday gave unanimous approval to an Arab resolution aimed at restoring stability in the Middle East and securing the early
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    FORCES BAG EIGHT BANDITS: THREE QUIT
    983 1  - FORCES BAG EIGHT BANDITS: THREE QUIT HENRY PAUL IPOH, Friday. gECURITY forces killed seven terrorists, including, two high ranking hardcore leaders, and captured a suspect in the Sungei Siput district on Wednesday. Three other terrorists surrendered to a civilian at Pusing, nine miles south of Ipoh. last Saturday. These 11
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    Soviet submarines may give Nasser undersea parity with Britain
    134 1 Soviet submarines may give Nasser undersea parity with Britain LONDON, Frt.— Four Soviet submarines and their depot ship neared the Mediterranean today amid speculation that they are bound for Egypt The ships moved through the Straits of Dover on Tuesday and are reported sailing in the general direction of Gibraltar.
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    Lock icon Indonesia to • cut army by half
    207 1 Indonesia to cut army by half JAKARTA, Friday. INDONESIAN ARMY headquarters indicated today 1 that Indonesia's permanent standing army would probably be slashed by more than half. A spokesman said this cut was likely to be timed with I conscription which will put more Indonesians under arms than ever before
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    Lock icon Grivas 'no' to plan
    71 1 NICOSIA, Frl. Col. George Grlvas, leader of the EOKA terrorist organisation, refused today to co-operate with British attempts to impose modified self-Govern-ment partnership plan for Cyprus. He turned down Britain's plan in the first leaflet he has Issued to the Cyprlot people since the Aug. 4
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    Lauren asks for $4,500 more
    63 1 LOS ANGELES. Frt. Actress Lauren Eacall Is seeking a U851.500 („4.500) Increase In the monthly allowance she receives from the estate of her late husband Humphrey Bogart In a petition filed yesterday Miss Bacall said the Increase was needed to support her and her two
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    Lock icon Formosa defence
    37 1 HONG KONO, Frl Capt. Henry Kerby, British Conservative M.P., said here today that Nationalist defences in Formosa and the offshore Islands were "practically Impregnable." Capt Kerby has Just concluded a 10-day visit to Formosa. Reuter.
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    Lock icon UP GOES A $30 m HOPE ...hi smoke 77 seconds —later —
    45 1 UP GOES A $30 m HOPE ...hi smoke 77 seconds later THE U.S. Air Fere* rocket AM* I in flight moment, offer being launched at Cop* Canaveral, Florida. Its destination: The Moon, lilt 77 seconds later Hi* rocket exploded. Cost off the project: $30,--000,00 picture.
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    Lock icon Stripper loses bikinis
    57 1 OTTAWA, Frl. -Curry Ricki Corvette, a strip teaser has reported the theft of her working wardrobe Including six pairs of net strip panties, one bikini set and a couple of bras. Mss Corvette, who stands six feet eight Inches tall, told reporters: "If the thief can wear
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    Lock icon RIDDLE of U.S. YACHT WITH 4 ABOARD
    129 1 HONG KONG. Friday. AMERICAN authorities here are investigating the whereabouts of the 14-ton yacht Tora, which is reported to have left the Formosan port of Keelung 'or Hong Kong on July 7. The yacht was manned by four Americans D.C. "Buzz" Boghlng, 28.
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    Composer dies
    28 1 MINNEAPOLIS. Frl.-Com-poser-conductor Walter Schumann. 44. died here yesterday shortly after heart surgery which he was told wou:j either cure him completely or bring about his death
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    POLICE WARN ON TOY BOMBS
    178 1 POLICE WARN ON TOY BOMBS Parents are told: Hand them in KUALA LUMPUR, Frl.— Parents in the Federation have been asked to surrender to the police "life size" toy handgrenades, which they have bought for their children. A strict ban. gazetted yesterday has been Imposed on Importation of these toys
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    Lock icon Chiang award
    36 1 TAIPEH. Frt President Chiang Kai-shek today decorated Vice-Admiral Wallace M. Beakley. outgoing US Seventh Fleet Commander with the "Order of the Precious Tripod." the top Nationalist military honour which can be awarded to foreigners.—Reuter.
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      Lock icon CRASHED PLANE'S LOGBOOK FOUND
      70 1 SCHIfHOL (near Amsterdam), Fri—A Dutch government aviation expert said here today that a Spanish trawler had picked up the logbook of the KLM -Super-Constel-lation Hugo Oe Groot, which crashed In the Atlantic on Aug. 14 with the loss of 99 lives. Mr. A. W. Fourniern of
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      BEIRUT SHOOTING VICTIM CRITICAL
      52 1 BEIRUT. Frl.—Th* French Consul. Mr. Jean Gaspard, 35, was shot and critically wounded by terrorists last night while driving to the airport. He was not expected to live. Mr. Gaspard, first foreign victim of the recent outburst of terrorism la Lebanon, was hit in the stomach
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      Lock icon U.S. READY TO HALT NUCLEAR TESTS
      148 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. President Eisenhower announced today the United States wa s ready to suspend nuclear weapons tests for one year starting Oct. 31 if Russia did not resume its tests and agrees to negotiate on world ban on such tests. The President said that
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      Lock icon TEST: 10 MINUTES
      46 1 IIiNDDV. Fri —Onir tn mlnote* play wm prnMble this momln* mi th* necond dir of the afth test between Fnrland and New ZeaKnd at the Oval. Enrland renaming at SS—4 In renW to New ZenHnd'x 1(1, <*<d not add to their score.— Reuter.
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    'LIFT TAX ON GOLD AND SILVER' PETITION
    135 2 'LIFT TAX ON GOLD AND SILVER' PETITION PENANG. Fri. Penang's 3.000 goldsmiths are to ask the Federation Government to abolish the import duty on gold and silver ornaments and jewellery entering the mainland Mr Khong Peng Lin. chairman of the Goldsmiths Guild, said today: "Penan* »s part of the Federation
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    Mr. Wong's visit
    27 2 PENANG. Frl. The Chief Minister, Mr. Wong Pow Nee. will see Scout and Cub masters undergoing training at Coronation Camp and Jubilee Camp tomorrow.
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    More progress in phone pay talks
    58 2 The Singapore Telephone Board and its employees' union yesterday agreed on new wage scales for three more grades of workers. They are tracers, draughtsmen and watchmen. The only remaining scales to be settled are those for the day and night operating staff. These will
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    NORDHOLM IN STORE ON MAIDEN RUN
    47 2 NORDHOLM IN STORE ON MAIDEN RUN The 8,854-ton Danish car-go-liner Nordholm arrived In Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage round the world. Her master is Capt. H Bergh Hansen. Air-conditioned throughout, the Nordholm wa& built in Denmark this year and has a cruising speed of 17 knots
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    11 Singapore seamen tell of the terror in a ship
    213 2 NORWEGIAN SHIPPING LINE SUED IN NEW YORK FOR $4,950,000 NEW YORK, Friday. PLEVEN CHINESE seamen from Singapore yesterday sued a Norwegian shipping line, claiming that they were "cowed into terror" and that they suffered "brutal physical and cruel mental treatmei
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    COLLEGE CUT ON ASIAN STUDENTS
    131 2  - COLLEGE CUT ON ASIAN STUDENTS K. D. GOTT From MELBOURNE, FrL—Swinburne Technical C«l--lege, situated la ttw Melbourne suLurb of Glenferrie, has received over 5M enrolment applications froir Asian students for next year but can accept only 47. The vice-principal, Mr. Bernard Banes, said today: "We have to cut dowa on
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    Lock icon MADE TO WORK IN ENGINE ROOM
    115 2 MADE TO WORK IN ENGINE ROOM In New York, an organisation for the protection of the rights of Chinese seamen, which had arranged the earlier talks with the company, learned of the seizure and brought Hoegh Lelf Into a Massachusetts Federal Court to account for the detention of the men.
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    Katherine and father want to stay after Malaya tour
    334 2  -  ZAKARIA HASHIM By PENANG, Friday 'TWO artists from Hong Kong— a father and daughter have grown so fond of Malaya after a tour of the country exhibiting their paintings that they want to live here permanently. Lovely 24-year-old Katherine Wu, and
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    -ANNA – WILL SING IN THREE LANGUAGES
    71 2 -ANNA WILL SING IN THREE LANGUAGES MISS ANNA CHONG, 2S, who will sing Malay, Eng. lish and Chinese songs nightly at the Embassy Hotel. Kuala Lumpur. Anna, who was born in Sere m ban started singing II years ago. She is single but says: "If the right man comes along
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    100 centres set un to teach Malay
    193 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. 'THE Federation Government has set up more tha 100 centres where Government officers and tl I public can learn Malay Tuition is free in the el mentary Malay classes b those who want to learn t national language up to
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    6 societies struck off
    64 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. The following societies In Johore have been struck off by the Registrar of Societies because they are no longer functioning: The Nurses Sports Club United Taxi Owners and Drivers Association, Segamat; the Dapat Badminton Party. Johore Bahru: the Johore Postal and Telecommunications Club,
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    Currency man
    30 2 Mr. B. A. St. J. Hepburn tvs been appointed a member of the Board of Commissioners of Currency. Malaya and British Borneo He succeeds Mr A N. Goode.
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    BOY, 18, STOLE FROM HABIT, COURT TOLD
    171 2 PENANG, Friday. A BOY accused of stealing came from a very good family which had intended to send him to Australia for higher studies, defence counsel, Mr JagJit Singh, told the Sessions Court here today Mr. Jag -Jit Sing h was i pleading
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    A.D.O. transfer
    30 2 TAPAH Frl. Inrhe Hamn bin Arlffln, Assistant District Officer. Ipoh. has been transferred to Parlt. He has been succeeded by Inche Zakarla bin Sulong, from Kuala Kang. sar.
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    Pledge for Kedah fishers
    233 2 Pledge for Kedah fishers KUALA KEDAH, Fr —The Minister fo Agriculture, Inche Ab dul Aziz bin Ishak, t( day assured flsherme in Kedah he would per sonally investigate thei grievances. Inche Aziz gave this oledg after a spokesman of th fishermen, Inche Abdullal bin Hassan, had accused th government of
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    7,725 registei
    16 2 KLUANO. Mon. Total 7,725 men In the Kluane d trlct have registered national service.
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    Lock icon Ike reported to be ready to propose a suspension of nuclear tests
    277 3 WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER was reported by reliable diplomatic sources last night to be ready to announce a one-year suspension of American nuclear tests provided Russia agrees to enter into negotiations for an international ban. Yesterday top Communist
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    Teatime for a dictator
    44 3 IBAQ dictator Gen. Karim Kassim takes tea with two delegates to the Afro-Asian solidarity meeting in Bagdad. On his left is the Egyptian poetess Isha Abdul Rahman. During the reception. Gen. Kassim wore a revolver In his holster.— D.P.l, picture.
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    Lock icon TITO: WATCH OUT FOR RED TROJAN HORSE
    157 3 TITO: WATCH OUT FOR RED TROJAN HORSE BELGRADE, Fri—President Tito in a speech published here yesterday warned that Yugoslavia's enemies wouid continue to apply Trojan Horse tacics in an effort to break national unity. "Do not imagine that our ■nemies. disturbed by our monolithic ranks, will not try to break
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    Lock icon Turkey wants partition
    57 3 ANKARA, Fri. The TurKish Foreign Minister. Mr Fatln Zorlu. said here last night that Turkey 'still wants partition,' of Cyprus. Replying to opposition criticism of the Turkish policy on Cyprus at a meeting of the National Assembly, he said Turkey had made a new offer for a
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    Todd: Liz files a suit for SI sm.
    185 3 Todd: Liz files a suit for SI sm. NEW YORK, Fri— Screen actress Elitabeth Taylor and her late husband's son, Michael Todd Jr.. filed a $15 million suit in court today against the owners, maintainers and controllers of the rented plane which carried Michael Todd. to his death on March
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    Lock icon U.S. to stay in Dahren
    47 3 WASHINGTON. Frt. A State Department spokesman said yesterday he had no information on reports that Saudt Arabia Intends to oust U.S. forces from the Dahren airfield. The agreement under which U.S. forces may use the field does no. expire until 1962.— U.P.1.
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    Hussein wants the British to stay
    216 3 AMMAN, Fri King Hussein declared yesterday he would ask British troops to withdraw from Jordan only when external threats to Jordanian sovereignty had been removed. He told a Press conference he was opposed to the stationing 01 U.N. forces in Jordan and said the
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      'CATTALO' FOR YOUR TABLE
      37 3 \f ONTREAL, F r i.— iTI Scientists have successfully crossed cattle with buffalo and come up with a "cattalo." scientists from 47 countries attending the 10th International Genetics Congress here were informed today.
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      32 3 WASHINGTON: The United States atomic submarine Skate twice crossed under the North Pole on Aug. 11 and 17 when It followed the route pioneered by the Nautilus, the navy announced here Reuter
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      33 3 WASHINGTON: The U.S Navy is launching rocket* from aircraft high over the Pacific, possibly in an effort to put a tiny satellite Into orbit around the earth informed sources here said -UP I
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      34 3 KARACHI: The Pakistan Prime Minister. Mr. Firoz Noon, has formally accepted Sept. 10 as the date for his conference at New Delhi with the Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, to discuss Indo-Pakistanl border disputes.—Reuter.
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    Arms for Amman
    34 3 AMMAN, Fri. Six 2bpounder guns have arrived in Aqaba and are on the way to Amman to provide artillery support for the 3,000 British troc; 5 stationed at the airport. Reiner
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    Lock icon COCKTAILS GOOD FOR YOU
    75 3 PHILADELPHIA. Friday. ALCOHOL does not harm the heart as much as anger, fear or excitement and In some raves a few cocktails may do a little good, according to a study released today by a research team at Lankenau Hospital The study to be presented to
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    LONDON STOCKS
    367 3 RUBBER riN 1 ONDON Thurs Btcc*markets 1 in London made further headway today, although conditions were not quite so buoyant an at the start of the new account yesterday Industrial equities continued to attract a large business and further widespread gains were established The Kilt-f "ed market drifted
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    Lock icon Arms: Jakarta looks to Britain, too
    172 3 TOKYO. Friday. TTOE INDONESIAN Foreign Minister, Dr. Subandrio. 1 said today it would not be surprising if Indonesia began purchasing arms from Britain as well as the U.S.. Antara news agency reported. Dr. Subandrio said Indone- 1 sla would purchase arms and military equipment
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    Lock icon Rebel chief to meet Nasser
    38 3 LONDON, Fri. Bagdad Radio said yesterday that Kemal Jumblatt. leader of the rebel Druze tribesmen in southern Lebanon, is now In Damascus. He intends to visit Cairo later to meet President Nasser. Reuter.
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    GIRL WHO FOUGHT MOTHER VANISHES
    76 4 GIRL WHO FOUGHT MOTHER VANISHES IPOH, Fri. A rhrl who quarrelled with her mother has keen reported missing from her home in Jalan Datoh. Ho Foont Lin. 15. daughter of a Chinese medicated tern seller, left her bouse Immediately after fighting with her mother. Madam Chow Oy Chee. 38. yesterday
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    T. B.: ROW OVER 'NO' TO BID FOR $900,000
    286 4 ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The IXI Social Welfare Lotteries Board was today attacked for rejecting an application for $900,000 by the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. The M.A.P.T.B. secretary, Mr. Ng Kon Chee, said: "I'm more than fed up with
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    The 60 men who work without pay
    78 4 The 60 men who work without pay IPOH. Frl. rE Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. Tan Slew Sin. yesterday congratulated 60 men who are working without pay to help complete a road. He was on a tour of Perak. The men are widening a road at the Chenderoh dam,
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    Cheque solves their $64,000 problem
    188 4 MALACCA. Friday. Vf ALACCA State Welfare Committee's problem of ITI obtaining $64,000 to complete its $268,000 children's orthopaedic home at Tanjong Kling, seven miles from here, is over. The money, which was required for the erection of attendants' quarters and a nurses' hostel, and for
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    PPP leader says no
    55 4 IPOH, Frl. Mr. D. R Seenlvasagam. secretary-general of the People's Progressive Party, said here today that he would not attend the meeting called by the Labour Party and Party Rakyat at Malacca on Sunday. Mr. Seenlvasagam did not disclose his reasons for turning down the invitation
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    A CALL TO OLD FREES
    95 4 PENANG, Fri. The President of the Old Frees Association, Dr. Ooi Kee Wan, today appealed for support from members to form a Pan-Malayan Old Frees Council. Representatives of Old Boys from the different states will be Invited to join the council. Dr 00l told the
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    Woman: heard my man cry in agony
    178 4 Woman: heard my man cry in agony OUTTERWORTH, Frl An intruder attacked a sleeping couple In their bedroom and slashed the husband to death, a preliminary inquiry was told today. Teh Toe Thai, 26. a shop assistant, was accused of murdering his neighbour Cheah Lean Keat, 38. a bicycle repairer,
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    Rob schoolboy charge
    40 4 Tan Koek Cheong, 19, was charged In Singapore yesterday with robbing a schoolboy. Tan Wah Heng. of 20 cents in Linden Drive, 00 Dunearn Road, on Aug. 12. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded till Monday.
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    Hong Kong investors told: Have no fear about Malaya
    417 5 LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF INDUSTRIAL STRIFE HERE, SAYS GOVT. IT IS THE MOST STABLE COUNTRY IN S-EA KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MALAYA is the "most stable" country in South-East Asia and there should be no fears of any sort in investing in industries
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    Dr. SACRIFICE
    199 5 Whitley chief volunteers to take a $350 pay cut himself I^UALA LUMPUR, Fri. The chairman of the arbitration tribunal, Whitley Council, Dr. Chua Sin Kah, has given up his monthly retainer of $350 in support of the nation wide call for strict financial economy. He will continue serving
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    MOTHER: 'SEND MY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING SON FAR AWAY'
    101 5 PENANG, Fri. An «M«Hy www ask«i the President of the Sessions Court hora today to send her "good -for- nothing" son, Teh Hong Hwot, 18, "far, far away." "Whenever we advised him to look tor a job, ho would boat either hit poor
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    PLEA FOR WORLD RUBBER TALKS
    227 5 Union urges price stabilisation KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AN immediate conference of rubber producers and consumers aimed at stabilising the price in the world market is to be urged at the fourth Asian regional conference of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions opening here on
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    A call for M-prayers
    78 5 PENANG. Frl. All mosques, temples and churches In Penang and Province Wellesley have been asked to pray for the "well being of the country and Its inhabitants" on the first anniversary of independence. The request has been made by Mr. Koh Sin Hock, chairman of the
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    Royal couple attend feast
    77 5 KUALA TRENGGANU, Frl. —The Sultan of Trengganu and the Tengku Ampuan Besar were among more than 1,500 people who attended a feast here last night to celebrate the marriage of Tengku Khalidah, niece of the Raja Permalsuri Agong. to Tengku Abdul Jalil, younger brother of the
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    Boy, 10, is schools chess champion
    121 5 Boy, 10, is schools chess champion rN I.IAN ANN, Singapore's 10-year-old chess wonder, swept the board In the Singapore Schoolboy Chess Championships yesterday to become the 1958 Schoolboy Chess Champion Lian Ann, the youngest entrant, is a student of Wi list nit School. His opponent in the final was his
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    Planned: A model Malay kampong for tourists to visit
    255 5 Planned: A model Malay kampong for tourists to visit SINGAPORE'S Direc- tor of Tourism, Mr. Robert Howlett, plans to develop an east coast kampong as a show place for tourists to visit. Mr. Hov/ktt visualises the kampong as a place where tourists could see something of Malay village life, watch
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    Trisha rider dies at work
    49 5 PENANG, Frl. A trisha rider. Peng Ah Llm. 59. collapsed and died while carryIng a passenger along Ayer Itam Road yesterday afternoon. Peng had recently been discharged from the hospital after a long illness. He was riding past a Chinese school when he died.
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    Marine Police find body
    49 5 PENANG. Frl. A body was found in the Penang Channel, off Mitchell Pier, yesterday afternoon. The body, with the left arm missing, was recovered by a Marine Police patrol. The dead man. who has not yet been identified, wore a white shirt and blue trousers.
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    M-day stamps
    41 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. All post offices and postal agencies in the Federation will be open for business for a few hours on Sunday, Aug. SI. to sell a special issue of postaee stamps to commemorate the first raerdeka anniversary
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    Modern smokes factory is urged
    349 5 CHAMBER CHIEF: CALL IN THE FOREIGN FIRMS I^UALA LUMPUR, Frl. Overseas cigarette manufacturing companies should be encouraged to set up a modern tobacco factory in Malaya, the Secretary of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce, Mr. Henry Wong, said today. He was commenting on a
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    QUERY ON THOSE MARINES FOR ASSEMBLY
    183 5 QUERY ON THOSE MARINES FOR ASSEMBLY MR. Lim Cher Kheng, JT independent Assemblyman for Changi, wants the Government to state the purpose of the visit of the United States marines to Singapore. In questions he has tabled for the Legislative Assembly meeting; on Sept. 10. Mr. Llm also wants the
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    Official call on Mr. Lim
    52 5 Mr. Sterling S. Winans, head of the Department of Recreation of the Singapore Labour Ministry, yesterday paid an official call on the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, at Assembly House. He was accompanied by Mrs. Winans. Mr. Winans was formerly director of the Recreation
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    Civics for 80
    23 5 KLUANG, Frl— The Information Department is holding a one-day civics course for 80 Chinese at Kahang lew village on Sunday
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    170 6 t* Ww4l lit (Mimimum). BEROHINER. IZEC DOCTOR, of 5 Hlllway Nedlands Perth W A late of Singapore on 21st August after one month's severe Illness. MR. KHOO OON KIONO Died at his Residence 19 Tong Watt Road, on Friday. Funeral leaves Residence on Sunday 24 8 58 at 10
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    IN MEMORIAM.
    34 6 W»r4* Sl* I Minimum) IN LOVING MEMORY or oui beloved father, Mr. urn Teck 800 mho departed from us on this day Asleep In our Saviour till He comes at si n
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    157 6 U Hmr4t lit <Minimum!. THE COCKPIT 8 Java Rij.sttafe! ts served every Saturday and Sunday lunch time. TABASCO A FUNUENT Sauc» that turns the simplest food into chef's deli.ht Available »i al' tood stores. BOY SCOUTS job week 27tb to 31st Aiißu.-t Arranite now for Sroats to do your
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      Banning The Tests
      590 6 Half the problem of banning nuclear tests has been overcome. It is the most difficult half how to police an agreement to suspend them. At Geneva, nuclear scientists of the Communist and Wcstiin worlds have adopted agreed conclusions on the technical equipment necessary to supervise a suspension
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      Jobs Survey
      296 6 A survey of the unemployment problem in Singapore has long been needed, and while its usefulness should not be overestimated it will be a major achievement if the committee produces the statistics which will provide at least the essential facts. The Government has tended to take the view
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      Election Year
      226 6 The long lull in Federation party politics is breaking Next year is election year. But belore the parties join battle they must form sound idea of the sort oi campaign they intend to wag*?. For the Alliance the problem is a relatively simple one. It is to retain
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    191 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO (From the Straits Times of I August 20. 1908) =Mr. K. H. .MaiiU-niii.li is orE pa nisi ne a Singapore Boys' 5 Scouting Corps, under the rules and regulations of th* Baden-Powell Corps. There E are to be seven patrols of seven boys each, the ages 3
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    As I was saying...
    1217 6  -  CYNICUS by T^HE discovery that the official Malay translation of the Federation s constitution needs to be revised Is less star.; linn than it sounds. There are no serious errors of translation. It Is a matter of consistency as much as anything, and of the exact
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    WEEK-END STUDY
    8 6 SILHOUETTE Photo by K. S. Kong.
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    PEON IS CLEARED OF FRAUD CHARGE
    224 7 PEON IS CLEARED OF FRAUD CHARGE KUANTAN, Fri.— The Sessions Court President, Tuan Sheikh Abdullah, today acquitted and discharged a peon, Abdul Manaf bin Tahir, 21, without callIng his defence in a case of alleged cheating. Abdul Manaf, who faced two charges of cheating the postal department by dishonestly inducing
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    Art exhibition
    24 7 Lady Goode, wife of the Governor of Singapore, yesterday opened an exhibition of paintings by Miss Elva Blacker at John Little's Restaurant.
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    Man to die for centre murder
    68 7 Ghanl bin Jonlt. 22. a Singapore City Council labourer, found guilty at the Assizes of murdering Tan Sian Bock, a labourer, at Sims Avenue Community Centre on May 18 last, was sentenced to death yesterday. Ghanl's elder brother. Ahmad bin Jonit, 24, and Hassan
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    D.O. for U.S.
    34 7 TAPAH. Fri.— The District Officer, of Batang Padang, Tuan Syed Zahlruddln bin Syed Hassan, leaves on a six month seminar course in advance administrative training in the United States on Sunday.
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    Runaway son prisoner in Red China
    478 7 GRIEF-STRICKEN MOTHER TELLS CHIEF MINISTER OF FRANTIC EFFORTS TO GET BOY BACK BEREFT mother yesterday told the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, of the fate that has befallen her runaway son in China because of his desire to return to Singapore. Madam Chan
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    Witness: 'I was afraid to look'
    215 7 Witness: 'I was afraid to look' ITU ALA LUMPUR, Fri. A prosecution witness in the Fonseka murder Inquiry said today that he was afraid to look at a person lying face downwards on a bridge in Bungsar Road on the night of May 11. Mohamed Naslr bin Omar, a stamping
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    20 killed in streets
    29 7 Twenty people were killed on the Singapore roads last month seven more than in June. During the month there were 2.187 accidents < 2.019 ir June).
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    COUNCIL POSER: TO REFUND OR NOT?
    295 7 COUNCIL POSER: TO REFUND OR NOT? rpAIPING, Fri. The Taiping Town Council was told last night that the recent decision by Mr. Justice Good on the assessment appeals by 115 landlords had placed the Council in a difficult position. Mr. O. C. Norrls. the chairman, explained that the High Court
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    SIX SOLDIERS BAG 4 TERRORISTS
    70 7 MEN OF 1* PLATOON of "D" Company of the Ist Bn. New Zealand Regiment, who killed three terrorists and captured a fourth on Wednesday in the Sungei Siput area of Perak. Picture shows from left to right: Pte. H M. Wibongi. Company Sergeant Major B
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    Warning on tricksters who offer land
    189 7 Av/arnino to beware of tricksters who offer building sites in the Malay Settlement, Jalan Eunos, for a "cash consideration" was put oat yesterday by the management of the settlement. The warning followed an anonymous letter alleging that such offers had been made. In a
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    Johore Royal cousins to wed
    130 7 Johore Royal cousins to wed SULTAN GIVES ASSENT IN LETTER fOHORE BAIIKI Kri. Two royal cousins, both grandchildren of the Sultan of Johore, are to wed here soon. HE h Teruku Osman. 26. whose father, Trncku Temi nggong Ahmad, is the Sultans third son. SHE is Tenrku Maimunah. 19-year-old daughter
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    TIGHT' CALL TO MALAYAN WOMEN
    180 7 TIGHT' CALL TO MALAYAN WOMEN MALACCA, Fri. Wo--ITI men in Malaya i should be prepared to i struggle and fight for I the defence of the 1 country, Che Zalnab binte Ahmad, president of Wanita Rakyat women's section of Party Rakyat said here today. She said women In the days
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    New job for Mr. Adams
    85 7 PENANO. Fri. The City Council's finance and general purposes committee has recommended that the present city secretary. Mr. S. V. Adams, should serve as a supernumerary administrative and valuation officer from Aug. 26. The Assistant City Secretary. administration, Mr. Ong Hock Chuan, will act as
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      LET 'OUTWARD BOUND TRUST DEVELOP YOUTH OF MALAYA
      530 8 LET 'OUTWARD BOUND TRUST DEVELOP YOUTH OF MALAYA P recent months Malaya's sportsmen and athletics have been exposed to the full blast of international competition, and throughout the country their performances have been appraised or criticised. Disappointment at some of the results may have directed unjustified criticism at men who
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      Swift retribution for jaywalkers on way
      199 8 AS the Singapore traffic gets thicker and faster it is a comfort to remember the Police Secretary's assurance that "jaywalkers" will not be prosecuted. We are all jaywalkers. We have to jaywalk to cross the street. Even the motorist must jaywalk to reach his
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      Underground car park at Raffles Place?
      171 8 /yHY not "Cars AND If 1 Flowers?" l suggest that ..les Place be excavated to a depth below road level of approximately 20ft and a below street level car park constructed and gardens cultivated at road level. This would beautify the city centre, relieve
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      Learn from the rapidly vanishing species
      175 8 MR. CHANG HAN PIN raises many interesting points in his letter (ST. Aug. 14). In the Federation too we encounter the same problems in the schools. We have many Asian lecturers in education who rule with an iron hand the student teachers and Normal
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      CLEAN UP ANOMALIES IN EDUCATION SERVICE
      176 8 rpHE Federal Minister for Education's remarks about the "cash consciousness" of teachers are most timely and should make the teachers' unions realise that negotiating for higher salaries alone does not Justify their existence. It is time they consider the numerous other problems which have
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      BADMINTON 5O YEARS AGO
      105 8 WITH reference to Mr. Lye Chin Lot's query whether badminton tournaments were organised In the Victoria Institution about 46 years ago, I dont know when Mr. Lye left the Institution, but when I left In January 1919 none nad been held. Tennis tournaments were however held
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      THROWING SAND INTO THE RICE — BOWLS
      101 8 THROWING SAND INTO THE RICE BOWLS GRADUATES from the day training centres are degrading the general standard of education in Malaya. Their inadequate qualifications are detrimental to the future generation who will suffer immensely under their inefficient instructions. Moreover, this batch of inexperienced graduates is throwing sand into the ricebowls
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      HERE PUPILS PAY FOR THE CURTAIN
      78 8 HERE PUPILS PAY FOR THE CURTAIN HERE in Lenggong there is a school whose children trouble their parents for money daily. Handwork fees are collected, but pupils are asked to bring their own home scissors for handwork. Their mothers have to stop all sewing work until their children return from
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      NEGLECTED ROAD
      63 8 NEGLECTED ROAD rpHE metalled road from •1 Pontian to Kukup is important for the thousands of people who live along the areas it serves. But it is discouraging to see the amount of tall grass left to grow, and very rarely cut. along the roadsides. The grass grows so strongly
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      SINGAPORE NOT ALIEN
      61 8 SINGAPORE NOT ALIEN MR S. K SUNDRAM. a member of Federation Central Welfare Council, was wrong when he said Singapore was an alien country and opposed giving a contribution of $1,000 to a fire relief fund in Singapore. (ST. Aug. 20). Singapore has helped us in many cases and Malaya
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      THE STAGE HAD MANY HOMES IN SINGAPORE
      1207 9  -  LLOYD MORGAN by Amateur theatricals were flourishing when building of the Town Hall began in 1853. The first show was staged there two years later. JHE story of the stage in Singapore, soon, one hopes, to enter ite finest era with the opening
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      278 9 TURKEY DINNER- IN- A-DISH BIRDS EYE QUICK FROZEN TURKEY PIE Prtp m r r d from lender fbOL-~^^&tS~-*^~~~^- d lorktj, garden -fresh pr..- j jj&SJ^£ '> *m': 1 •nd tellrioai sauc* with r^vjr^Rr A -hnrt i u*t pastry, Bird* Jp^ 'JS" \^k tjt Turk-% |'ie is ill read> l>jl^ Jjjf
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      152 9 tirntvn A Vn. By l##fo Thy Saint By I i>sli<> Vhurtvris Bp^^^(i^sm'l Spl^BrW^rß KmE^J^|^^^_ WF^6 l^^~~*~**' —^—-v-fc, Jt^L. 7~ I *^?fc^Bßßßir Kk-'j^H it^Wl' ~l_7 AjC&rs*Tr\& °^"~^rM i I Ir^r^r^r^H BJr C'»» »,:4 t^^. f -15'flL J KU 1 /H/SfZ/^** f /r^H Uuli Trury By o tt<>st<>r tumid I "I I
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    QUIETLY STEADY TONE CONTINUES ON SHARE MARKET
    496 10 By Our Market Correspondent CONDITIONS on the Malayan Share Market yesterday were again quietly steady following the pattern which has prevailed throughout the weekV trading in the absence of any adverse factors. Prices in all sections have only moved very narrowly and short-cover
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    23 10 SINGAPORE. AUG. 22. RUBBER: 81 cents per lb. (unchanjfd) TIN: $369.25 per picnl (up 54 cents). Inofficial estimated offering 116 tons.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    121 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In Us rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 13 W, O.D. 32 15 16, 00 d/st 331/16 credit bills. 33 3 16 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 11 '16,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 10 September Irst gra4e rajbber boywt fob. closed In Singapore yesterday at SI cent* per lb unchanged on Thursday's closing price. Claaif teae Quiet Citing price* In cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S S Spot fob. buyers tIH. sellers 11%; Int. 1 R.S.B. Sept. buyers 81
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    ing operations have been BROKERS' REPORT
    321 10 ing operations have been BROKERS' REPORT The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "All sections on the local share market were quietly steady, and the turnover was small" Singapore and r'etleraUen brokers reported the followinf butinpss done yesterday: Fraser Si Neave ords 12.85; Oamniua 11.48% and $1.4j; W. Hunmer 11.63 and
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    112 10 Singapore Chinese Prod ore Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: steady; OK /Continent August/September 832% buyers. 833^ sellers Coconut efl: steady; bulk 849 Vi sellers, drum 861 sellers. Pepper: steady; about 80 tons of business reported done; Muntok white 1127, Sarawak 8126, special Sarawak black 175
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    71 10 Skips lying alengaMe the Blngaporr Harbour Board wharves or expect -d todaj are: Sour a bay a Mam 1/2. Benmacdhul 4/6, Nagashlma Maru 6A, Mlyotama Maru 8/7, President Hayes 8/9. Benlawers 10/11, Kajang 11/14. Thermoplae 15/16. Benmhor 18. Leneverett 19/20, Benvag 21/22. Easterd Maid 23/24, LlpU 36, Larut
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    STOCK INDICES
    17 10 Malayan Share Market: Aug.St Aug. 21 Indnttrlah: 88.5s 87.81 Tins: 78.75 7172 Jan. 1 19M:=1M
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    160 10 MELBOURNE. Frt INVESTMENT shares maintained a strong trend on the Stock Exchange here today. Bank of NSW gained 325. 6d. reaching £38 buyer while Humes eased back I*. 9d. to 57* 6d. I Mining shares held a steady 1 tone with rises and (alls tit balance. Ampol-Ex provided
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      317 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Cltlsens. and from serving permanent Government Officers Including those on probation for appointment as Secretary/Receptionists In the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, In the salary scale of $253x14-351/EH Bar/366x 14-422 plus cost of living allowance at current rates. Candidates must have attained their 17th
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      852 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VOLUNTEERS are required from women of a good educational standard between the age of 17 years and 35 years for the Women's Section ef the Singapore Division, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. The branch for whtch volunteers are now required is: (a) Secretariat Conditions of service are that
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      53 10 NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that the annual delegates conference of the Malayan Graduate Teachers Union will be held at the AngloChinese School Library. Ipoh, on Wednesday 27 August, at 5 p.m (and not at 10.30 a.m. as previously notified) The conference will be declared open by the Hon The
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      175 10 NOTICE THE SHELL EMPLOYEES Union hereby wish to make it known that the Secretary of the Federation of Singapore Petroleum Employees' Onion misunderstood the dispute between our Union and the Shell Company m reported In the press on 14. 6. 1968 as the Onion Is still in the Process of
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      1190 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES j HOMEWAIOt SAUINSS FOR ADEN. PUT Ull. 6EROA, ANTWERP, ROTTEIOAM ■lEMEN, NAMIOM. COPEHH»t»R, (OTMNBURC, OSLO riara m m Pa«a«t LAUNIIA" It Part »/M Aat BVI7 Aaf < UNA" M/ 17 faff aVillapl SELANOIA" Tt/ltttft a/It Seat O/BtPpi < •Catliat Cdyna -Part Sadat OPTWARJS SAILINGS FM BANCKOI AM/M
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    1200 12 Race I I. SO: (Class 5. Dlv. J) 6 Furs. 1 ***** Freak Mystery (Ts Stable) E. Breuk 6 9 0 (SF) Barrati 2 ***** Sweet Violets (Oldrldge ft WilLsi Allan. 6 B. IS IO) Geyer 3 ***** Mysterious (M.S. Leong) Donnelly. S 8.12 IF) Donnelly 4 *****
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    Consistent Pleasure Park should get winning break
    1149 12 Consistent Pleasure Park should get winning break RACING with EPSOM JEEP EXHIBITOR II HAS LITTLE TO BEAT PLEASURE PARK has been consistent in (stamina tests and I am confident he will get his winning break in the Class 4. Div. 1. 9' handicap (Race Five) at Kuala Lumpur today. At
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    151 12 ipsom Jitr CALL •OT POINTER R.« 1 FRESH MTSTIRT Praatat Myttartaa* MYSTtftlOOT PROCTOR Pwdwi C.«n 2.J0 R«. 2 EXHIBITOR II CaarMar tomhiM toy IXMIMTOR II TuM^ilm toy IXMItlTOR II Swmhtn» R*v J0O toe* 1 TARZAN OistriWto, II Fir. Pawar RIGHT ITU III PhjtiHojlM M FIRI POWER PittrifcutT II
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    Lock icon Yorks merchant hits 'jackpot'
    58 12 LONDON, Ftl A Yorkshire woollen merchant, Mr J. Robinson, yesterday won £59.453 (or a stake of £10 to bring off one of the most spectacular ante-post bets of the century His wager paid off when Gladness won the Ebor Handicap at York, completing a £5 each.
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    Lock icon Be Careful
    38 12 YORK. Frl. Mr W. Hill's Be Careful won the Oimcrack Stakes by three lengths from Lord Rosebery's Captain Kidd here yesterday. Third was Mr. J. 8. Gerber's Ink Spot another two lengths behind. Twelve ran. Reuter
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    496 13 HEATHER YOUNG WINS 100 METRES Disqualified, then Rawson is awarded a gold STOCKHOLM, Fri.— There was a sensational ending to the 800 metres event in the European athletics championships here last night when British runner Mike Rawson, who finished first, was disqualified and then later reinstated as
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    New Zealand batting fails again in Test
    263 13 I ONDON, Fri. Eng land made a fine start in their bid for a clean sweep In the Test series against New Zealand on the opening day of the fifth and final Test at The Oval here yesterday. They dismissed New Zealand for
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    SURREY ARE WELL SET NORTHANTS
    283 13 SURREY ARE WELL SET NORTHANTS I ONDON, Frl-Close of play scores in yesterday's matches Dover: Middlesex 311; Kent 140-8 (J. Pettiford 42 n.oj. Rain ended play. At Eastbourne: Sussex 175 (Shackleton S 60) and 70-7; Hampshire 83 (Thomson 6-14). Rain ended play. At Northampton: Northamptonshire 119 (Lightfoot 48 no.)--Burrey 74-2.
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    HARRIS SCORES A HIT
    33 13 ROY HARRIS (left) lands a long left to Patterson's head. Patterson went down for a no count, but recovered to keep his world title by a knockout mn.-IPI photo.
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      89 13 Straits Times Crossword ACBOSS 12 Bird taking bread among 1 A cross on an Island la sail- other things (9). «M»n7 /V> IS oacer •wuttalaai list (9). evwent (8) 18 Ambw flsh (5) 4 She will not be presentable 17 Ransack (8). neit year (9). 19 Missing harmony in song
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      29 13 BUCKRAMIKENBWAL A«O*Bai«A»A«E*A POURI NOWITHRAIN TBNHTBHgNBUBTKO I STLBITR I UMPHAL BIIIRIHNHMBII MARMALADEBB I RKN MiPsiTiifasluaßr DIRGEITI S I PHONE EIOMHIMPIA N CAPRI CORNIORRI S AlOlClLlolßlD 1 MABTBROFNOTHING P|ABN|G«CIE|N«N JALS IFYIENRAGES
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    WE CAN REPEAT 1954 WIN-LOH
    132 14 WE CAN REPEAT 1954 WIN-LOH AiIKM) but very lit fen ang team, headed by their president and manager. Mr. .1,1 Hoot Keani arrived in Aiiala Lumpur yesterday evening by aa>maii Mr. i.vii told the StraiU rimes: M We have a very cood chance of repeating our performance of 19&4 Our
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    SOH: WE EXPECT A HARD FIGHT
    174 14 SOH: WE EXPECT A HARD FIGHT '|\ir. Singapore soccer te*m left for Koala Lumpur by air yesterday evening io make their 29th ap ear ance In the Malaya Cup Anal since the competition began in 1921. But all six Biug*|iore Amateur Football Association officials, who acvempanieu the team, would not
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    S'PORE -say 55 PERCENT They are better all round team
    586 14  - S'PORE -say 55 PERCENT They are better all round team KEN FERNANDEZ TONIGHT'S MALAYA CUP FINAL OPINION POLL From KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MALAYA CUP Final opinion poll conducted here today among more than 50 soccer officials, players and fans showed that Singapore are hot favourites to beat Penang in the
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    Oei-FIFA referee
    127 14 MR. OEI K>H HWA. 39. wHc Cup Final between Sinua pore and Penang in K.ala Lumpur tomorrow. ha^ been recommended for appointment as an lnterna tional referee. The F.A of Malaya has ȟbmitted Mr Oeis name to F.I.F.A (the Federation International de Football Association) In Switzerland as a
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    DID beaten 3-0
    31 14 TELJK ANSON Frt. Sungei Bernam Estate beat Drainage and Irrigation Department 3-0 in a Dlv. One '.eague match here yesterday 3corers were Ansor Ram I and 3umlthran (2).
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    Lock icon HUTTON: MCC SHOULD NOT HAVE DROPPED WARDLE FROM THE TOURING TEAM
    182 14 LONDON, Frl. Answering questions about the Johnny Wardle controversy in BBC's television "press conference" last nigbt Sir Leonard Hut ton former Yorkshire player and captain of England, said: "I am very sorry that he was dropped from the MCC
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    Tengku explains why schools did not get grant
    279 14 Tengku explains why schools did not get grant ,/UALA LUMPUR. Fri. Prime lv Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, yesterday said that the Government had turned down the application for $25,000 made by the Federation of Malaya Schools Sports Council because the council had failed to supply -further particulars" asked for by
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    22-horse field 'unfair and risky'
    422 14  - 22-horse field 'unfair and risky' EPSOM JEEP U. CMS All JEETC IQT£S: m we n By ITU ALA LUMPUR Fri. —The Singapore Turf Club's decision to handicap all 22 entries for the Class One 1} miles in one race the Singapore Cup, at the August September meeting on Aug. 30.
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    Perak women champions
    41 14 penang. Frt Perak retained the women's championship In the Federation inter-state basketball competition held here last night by beating Kedah 45-15. In the men's section, Selangor entered the final to meet Perak with a M-59 victory over Johore
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    Kowloon beat Malacca 64
    52 14 MALACCA. Frt— The tourIng Kowloon Motor Bus soccer team beat Malacca 6-4, after leading 5-1 at half time, here today Kowloon scored through Lav Chee Lam <2> Ycung Wai Too (2) and Chow Shut Hung (2i. Malacca replied through Beng Keen, Ah Kah, Hamzah and Lee
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    Weekend Sport
    114 14 TODAY KUALA Lt'MPUR: Soccer: Malaya Cup Final— Pcnang v Singapore. Merdeka Stadium (I pm i IPOB: Water Polo: Merdeka Trophy (final)— Klnta Swimming Club v Ipoh Swimming Club, KSC Pool. S 30 p m PARIT BI'NTAR: Sorear: sultans' Oold Cup— Perak Malays v Negrt Sembllan Malays, padang. MTJAB:
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    SH A: Another bid for coach
    298 14 By FIBDY SALAHVDIN yHE Singapore Hockey Association has instructed its secretary, Mr. S. Yogarajah, to write to the *.niian Hockey Federation once again to f!nd cut the possibilities of engaging a first-class coach Mr. Yogarajah has written to the I.F.H. twice. In repljr to
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    2 goals each
    22 14 PARIT BUNTAR Frl Suara Muda and Ounong Semanggol drew 2-2 In a I 'iv 1 soccer match here vwterday.
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    Wong wins in 2 sets
    76 14 JOHORE BAHRU fn Results in the fohora Bat.ru lawn tennu- <>Des) championships yesterday Men* Singles— T T Wong beat Harun Ahmad 6-2 10-4. Men's Doubles BaKei and Harun beat P Class and Chlew Song Thong 4-3 6-3; T T Wong and Alladad Khan beat H
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