The Straits Times, 12 November 1958

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    21 1 avi -it \c;i daily certified sale cxrrrns 80.000 The Straits Times Halt* 6 Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1958 15 CENTS
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    OIL STRIKE PUT OFF
    750 1 MINUTES TICK B Y .DEADLOCK IS BROKEN Unions order withdrawal of boycott on overtime Negotiation on two-month bonus issue SINGAPORE, Tuesday. [HE THREATENED oil strike here was put off temporarily, i few hours before 2,700 workers in three oil companiewere due to walk out at midnight
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    Now rubber tops year's best...
    72 1 SINGAPORE, Tuesday.— Rubber closed at 91 7/8 cents today its best price yet for the year and a gain of 1 1/8 cents over yesterday's price. Good buying and improved London and New York prices were responsible. At one stage it reached 92 3/8 cents.
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    Man killed by gunmen at Cyprus wedding
    58 1 Man killed by gunmen at Cyprus wedding NICOSIA, Tues. Masked gunmen burst into a wed. ding feast last night at Ayia Varvara, south of Nicosia, singled out one of the guests and shot him dead, an official communique reported. The bride and other women at the feast shrieked as the
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    UP, UP, UP SHOOTS RUSSIAN TYRE OUTPUT !
    197 1 UP, UP, UP SHOOTS RUSSIAN TYRE OUTPUT IZUALA LUMPUR, Tue^. I\ Tyre production in Russia shot up from 5.000,000 units a year in 1955 to nearly 13.--000,000 In 1957 says the latest issue of Natural Rubber News The publication adds: 'The Soviet automotive industry has helped to pay for substantially
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    Lock icon Evatt fit again
    25 1 MELBOURNE, rues The Labour Party leader. Dr Herbert Evatt left Melbourne today to continue his election campaign after 10 days' illness.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Liz denies she'll wed Eddie
    47 1 HOLLYWOOD. Tues—Elizabeth Taylor today declared that a report that she was going to marry singer Eddie Fisher within a month was a "complete fabrication." The British-born film star, widow of Mike Todd. added: "There's not a word of truth in it." Reuter.
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    MILLIONAIRE CLAMPED IN JAIL WHEN HE WENT IN SEARCH OF FUEL
    573 1  -  SIT YIN FONG NOW THE SAILING ROMANTIC HAS BIG 6ROUSE AGAINST INDONESIANS: 'EVEN THEIR SEAMANSHIP IS BAD' By Singapore, Tuesday (SINGAPORE, Tuts.— American shipbuilding millionaire, (U--vear-old Mr. Fred Peterson sailed his two-masted gleaming, white 50-ton luxury round-the-world yacht into
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    Polio: One new case
    27 1 SINGAPORE, Tues. Only one new case of polio was reported in Singapore today, bringing the total since August to 271. (See P. 5)
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    Lim may form coalition in three weeks
    1071 1 Lim may form coalition in three weeks SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, is to x form a People's Alliance— UMNO-M.CA. coalition Government for Singapore next month. It is expected that he will announce the composition of his new Government to the Legislative Assembly when it meets
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    Lock icon A state of siege in Argentina
    91 1 A state of siege in Argentina BUENOS AIRES. Tues. A STATE of siege was proclaimed today throughout Argentina. The Government declared the state of siege for 30 days to face the challenge of the oilmen whose strike was declared to be subversive by President Arturo Frondizi in an address to
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    STOP PRESS
    16 1 CYPRUS: 2 KILLED NICOSIA. Tur> i vpriot Turk:* >lx>t nd another wo *■>'-! Cjrpnu utrr
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    NANYANG'S PLEA
    181 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. The executive committee of the Nanyang University Stu d c nts' Union today called on the Federation Government to follow the lead of Singapore in giving aid to the university. A Student's Union statement said that as the university "belongs" to both territories, and was helping
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    Twenty-one guns boom finale of King's visit
    56 2 LAND ROVER ESCORT FOR DRIVE THROUGH TOWN IN CREAM-COLOURED ROLLS THE YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG saying goodbye to the Regent of Johore before he left Johore Bahru by special train yesterday morning for Kuala Lumpur after a threeday State visit to Johore with the
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    THE 500 th SHELL OIL WELL IN SERIA
    185 2 THE 500 th SHELL OIL WELL IN SERIA SINGAPORE, Tues. The Sheli Company j announced today that i its engineers have be- j gun drilling the five hundredth well to be j sunk at Seria, Brunei, I since oil was discovered there In 1929. Three hundred wells are now in
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    THE BRAGAS HAVE LUNCH WITH TOKYO ENVOY
    88 2 TOKYO. Tues.— The visiting Singapore Minister of Health. Mr. A. J. Braga, accompanied by his wife, today called on an "old friend" of his. Sir Alan Watt. Australian Ambassador to Japan, and Lady Watt to have a lunch together. Mr. Braga said he
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    A FAREWELL SMILE
    35 2 THE YANG DI-PERTIAN AGONG and the Raja Pri maisuri A gong smile goodbye to me in Tiers of the Johore royal family and senior State officials from the train. Straits Times picture.
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    A SPECIAL GOODBYE FROM THE ROYAL SISTERS
    242 2 A SPECIAL GOODBYE FROM THE ROYAL SISTERS JOHORE BAHRC di-PcrliK,,, (111 and Ins Conson in, or Kua »a.Limi PU "us morning after a three-da> state visit to Joh After a Stat through tl from the Is'; His Majesty greeted at the with a 21-g fired from Bukil balan. Members ol
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    Lock icon Hussein gets 12 British jets
    334 3 -AS WAR OF WORDS DEVELOPS BETWEEN ORDAN AND U.A.R. AFTER AIR ATTACK ON KING AMMAN, Tuesday. I KLVK British jet fighters arrived here from Cyprus today as a war of words developed Mm Jordan and the United Arab Republic Kmg Hussein's accusation that his plane
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    'Quit Korea' call by Peking, Moscow
    155 3 'Quit Korea' call by Peking, Moscow vKW YORK. Tues. Moscow and Peking rday called for the rawal of United tions armed forces south Korea. United Nations, the Deputy Foreign MinisVakrian Zorin. told nited States delegation: ir troops out of there Korea) before the people throw them In Peking, the Chinese
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    Lock icon U.S. TIGHT FOR BERLIN'
    76 3 U.S. TIGHT FOR BERLIN ASH I NGTON. Tues. —The ted States last night red lo a Soviet proposal to the lour-power occupam Berlin with a pledge ight if necessary to hold Berlin against the Com- The State Department spokesman. Mr. Lincoln White, recalled last night that the Secretary of State,
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    Lock icon French award for Sir Winston
    52 3 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL sits beside Gen. de Gaulle to receive one of France's highest honours, the "Cross of the Liberation" a jewelled Cross of Lorraine wartime symbol of the Free French forces led by Gen. de Gaulle. The ceremony took place in Paris last week.
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    Lock icon DEATH for IRAQI EX-PREMIER
    211 3 Two others get same sentence BAGDAD, Tuesday. A FIVE-MAN special hip,h military court last nigh: sentenced Mr. Fadhil al-Jamali, former Iraqi Prime Minister, and two other former statesmen to death by hanging. The court's verdict is subject to confirmation by the Prime Minister. Brigadier Abdul Karem
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    EXTRA CASH FOR NAAFI WORKERS
    5 3 EXTRA CASH FOR NAAFI WORKERS
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    Cable flashes Unions ban 'convenience' flags
    300 3 Cable flashes Unions ban 'convenience flags LONDON. Tues. A £3-a-week "danger money" bonus is being offered to men and women who volunteer for service in the NAAFI (Navy. Army and Air Force Institute! in Cyprus. This was disclosed here last night by Mr. H. P. Prideaux. NAAFI assistant managing director,
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    Lock icon PORTUGAL BANS ANEURIN BEVAN
    44 3 LISBON: The Portuguese Government announced that it had refused to allow an opposition political croup to organist* a lecture tour by the British Labour Party politican. Mr. Anrurin Bovan. because it might "constitute an interference into Portugal's internal affairs." Reuter.
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    Lock icon 43 held in plot to kill Ghana premier
    71 3 43 held in plot to kill Ghana premier ACCRA. Tues.— The Ghana Government last night ordered the immediate arrest of 43 Ghanaians alleged to be involved in a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. and two other ministers. The announcement by the Prime Minister's office said there
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    LONDON STOCKS
    382 3 T ONDON, Tues.— There was it considerable end of account influence in London .stock markets today and, in view of the big profits made during the past fortnight, it was inevitable that some selling would materialise. There was also a tendency for investors to proceed cautiously. The gilt-edged
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    Lock icon QUEMOY: BACK TO NO-BREAK FIRING?
    220 3 QUEMOY: BACK TO NO-BREAK FIRING? yA I PE H Tues. A faintly-heard relay over ampnriers on the Chinese mainland may mean resumption of full-time shelling of Quemoy. The broadcast to the offshore islands was thought by the Nationalist Defence i Ministry and American uiili- tary sources to have an- 1
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    Lock icon Chrysler strike
    27 3 DETROIT. Tues. More than 8.000 Chrysler Corporation salaried employees went on strike today, threatening to cut off all production of the corporation's 1959 cars. -U.P.I.
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    Off-course bets for $1 members
    200 4 TURF CLUB BRANCH OPENS TELUK ANSON, Tuesday. PUNTERS in the Lower Perak district can now place off-the-eourse bets at a branch of the I'crak Turf Club which was opened in Anson Road here today. This is the first branch office of a turf club in
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    CITY SECRETARY DECISION TODAY FOR COMMITTEE
    126 4 CITY SECRETARY DECISION TODAY FOR COMMITTEE SINGAPORE, Tues.— The City Council's staff committee, which meets tomorrow, will be asked to approve the secondment of Mr. Carl Schubert, the council's prosecuting officer, to be acting City Secretary. The present City Secretary, Mr. H. D. E. MacVitie, has resigned. He is on
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    Sabin gives 4-month safety Hale tells polio audience
    356 4 Sabin gives 4- month safety Hale tells polio audience QINGAPORE, Tues. Prof. H. J. Hale, the top polio expert here, told a packec audience at a polio symposium tonight that that Sabin vaccine will give effective immunisation from the disease for a minimum of four months. After this period, which
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    NEW PAY OFFER FOR WALK-OUT TEACHERS AT J.B.
    183 4 KUALA LUMPUR. T r[E FEDERATION Government has cir new pay scheme for the 100 Malay teachen who walked out of the Language Inst Johore Bharu last week protesting again scales of salary. The Minister of Defence. Oato Abdul Razak bin Hussein (who
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    POLICE IN HUNT FOR TAXI AFTER BRAWL
    203 4 POLICE IN HUNT FOR TAXI AFTER BRA WL SINGAPORE, Tuesday. POLICE, up till late tonight, were looking for s, taxi with four men one badly injured— which drove off from the scene of a gang fight in Joo Chiat Place. The clash started in a bar and developed into a
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    Surgeons' exam for doctors
    108 4 Surgeons' exam for doctors SINGAPORE, Tues. Medical graduates of not less than one year's standing who wish to sit for the primary examination of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, to be held here next March, should forward applications to the Dean of the Medical Faculty, Prof. E.S. Monteiro. An
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    Chaplains tour army units
    46 4 IPOH. Tues. The Aus trallan Army's Angllcar Chaplain-General The Rev A. E S. Bebgle. and the Methodist Chaplain-General The Rev C. K. Daws, have been visiting units of the 3rd. Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, in var ious parts of North Malaya
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    Economics talk
    44 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Prof. H. W. Arndt. professor of economics of the Canberra University College. Australia, will give a lecture on "Problems of stablisation and economic development in primary producing countries" at the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall here at 5.30 D.m tomorm"
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    Sale to aid centre
    63 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Y.W.C.A. will hold a secondhand shop at its Raffles Quay headquarters at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Goods on sale at bargain prices include handbags, dress materials and jewellery. Funds raised will go to the Outram Road recreation centre. The Chinese Ladies" section will hold
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    Site can't resist our cloth dolls
    67 4 Site can't resist our cloth dolls PRETTY 23-year-old radio and television singer, Josephine Anne said yesterday in Singapore: "I just cannot resist buying the cute Chinese doth dolls on sale here." Josephine, who is one of the members of the Tony Fayne and David Evans team entertaining the Ser. vices
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    Civics course
    30 4 KOTA BHARU. Tues. A| civics course for local councillors will be held at the St. John Ambulance Brigade Headquarters at Jalan Bayam for three days from Nov. 25
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    A Tengku forged signature
    90 4 A Tengku forged signature KANGAR, TIN Yahya. 23. Mentri Be*ar 1 Tengku Ismail, waj bound over for forging the E his younger brotrn-r. ku Abdul Harr.id. letter for the purp cheating, at Arau, on June 16. The magistrate. Ir.che A:mad Hanafl. told 1 Yahya that he had i graced the
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    Deepa vali theft
    30 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A shop in Pudu Road was 1 broken Into over the Deepai vali holidays and pen I arettes and tobacco worth $327.70 were stolen.
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    Council seeks expat accountants
    154 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The City Council will soon be advertising abroad for two experienced accountants and offering them short term contracts at a salary of between $1,400 and $1,900 a month. Although the posts are classed as assistant treasurers, the salary range compares with that of the
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      473 4 POLICE BAND concert a. the PEACE COVE: oospei meeung Esplanade Gardens, 5.30 p.m. to at 393 Jon Chlat Road, 8 p.m. 6.30 p.m. TELOK AVER CHINESE MEKOTAK v CLUB: Weekly Inn- THODIST CHURCH: Weekly cheon— and talk on "The Army's prayer meeting, church auditorium. Public Relations" by Col. R. A.
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    Student volunteers aid polio drive
    224 5 50 TEACHER TRAINEES, ZOO UNDERGRADS, ALL RALLY TO HELP IMMUNISE CHILDREN SINGAPORE, Tuesday. UOUT 15$ student volunteers from the tea chers' Training College have been released n lectures to act as registration clerks in the urnment's Sahin vaccination campaign. ney were briefed in. duties today.
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    Servicemen called for check-ups
    115 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. National Servicemen, who have received medical notices must appear for medical examination either at the General Hospital Outpatients Department or at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Rotary Clinic tomorrow and on Thursday between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Those who fail to turn up
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    11th anniversary
    36 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. The I Governor, Sir William Goode. i and Lady Goode will attend 'the 11th anniversary celebra- tions of the Gimson School for Boys in Clementi Road at 4 p.m. on Nov. 22.
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    Appeal verdict is reserved
    61 5 ■A PORE. Tues. Mr. Chug In the Hiyii here today reserved :.i in the appeal ot Peng Keen, a taxi I .i gainst a lower court j 100 and fine of $500 charge of using cri- rce on Inspector Lt o dn. of tln> Beach j
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    BUILDERS TO MEET AGAIN
    58 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. A meeting of private housing i estate developers called for today to consider a draft constitution of a proposed Housing Developers Association was postponed because only a small number of prosi pective members had turned I up. Another date for the meeting will be
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    Professor's wife loses bag at harbour
    88 5 Professor's wife loses bag at harbour SINGAPORE. Tuts.— Mrs. T. 11. Silrock. wife of the Professor of Economic* at the I'niversity of Malaya, today reported to police the loss of a blue Inn IM»1 bag containing her personal effects. She said the bag vanished from the new customs shed in
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    Killed him? He was my friend: Accused
    386 5 COURT TOLD OF AXE MURDER SINGAPORE, Tuesday. lIARCHAND SINGH of the Army Depot Police. n accused of the murder of Narain Singh, a vvatch- man and money-lender, at Bukit Gombak. in Bukit i Timah Road on Nov. 30. told the Assize Court today
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    Exhibits on Wm. Blake
    73 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. An exhibition to celebrate the' anniversary of the birth of William Blake, the famous 1 English poet and artist, will be opened at the University of Malaya Art Museum to- 1 morrow. The exhibition, which isj open to the public, will com- prise renroduction.s
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    A Buddhist ceremony
    67 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. A Siamese Buddhist party from Chiangmai and Lumpoon will arrive in Singapore to perform the "Kalhina Presentai tion" ceremony at the Arandamelyarama Temple in Silat Road on Friday and Saturday. The Kathina ceremony is i observed annually in Siam. Burma. Ceylon, Laos and Cambodia when
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    'Cultural Night' at new Vic
    65 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. The 1 I Persatuan Persuratan Pemuda Pemudi Melayu (Malay Youth Literary Association) will hold a 'Cultural Night" at the new Victoria Theatre I here on Friday at 8 p.m. to I commemorate the assoclaI tion's tenth anniversary. The concert is under the patronage
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    GODDESS OF MERCY LOOKED GENTLE, HENCE HIS TATTOO
    128 5 GODDESS OF MERCY LOOKED GENTLE, HENCE HIS TATTOO SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A BUS driver who had a tattoo design of the God- dess of Mercy on his shoulder was jailed for six months by a district court today for being a member of trie Group 108 secret society. He was Ng
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    Manager is fined $500
    67 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Lee Chuan Swee, manager "f the Kuala Sidili Transport Co. was today lined S5OO in the Magistrate's Court for allowing his lorry to carry an excess weight of one ton. Lee told the court that while the lorry was on the way to
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    New magistrate
    34 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. H. L. Goh, a former Deputy Public Prosecutor, started work today as Singapore's Second Traffic Magistrate. He succeeds Mr. Robert Chee who is transferred to the Seventh Magistrate's Court.
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    Opening date
    31 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will officially open Shaw House the Shaw Foundation's multi-million dollar building in Orchard Road on Nov. 22 at 4.30 p.m.
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    YOUTHS ARE MAIN EXTORTION OFFENDERS: JUDGE'
    134 5 YOUTHS ARE MAIN EXTORTION OFFENDERS: JUDGE' SINGAPORE, Tues. Extortion is vorv prevalent in Sinc;apor^ and the offence seems to be confined principally to youths Mr. J. F. McWilliam. a district Judge, said today. He said this when be ordered Lim Bng Kwang, 20. to undergo reformative training for extorting $200
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    Labour branch
    18 5 MERSING. Tue.s.— A branch of the Labour Party of Malaya will be formed here next month.
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    DEATHS
    99 6 in norms 9MV < 'linirnun: MR. FOO YEOW KHWOI pa*-ed away peacefully at 437 Joo Cliiat Road 10 n-58 8.30 p.m. Leaving behind two daughters, one son to uioiini. Funeral Today. MADAM THAM SWEE LAN Moved wife of Choo Thoong San nassed away on 11.11.38. Cortege ■«TOnC 40 Broadrick
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    218 6 o T°,Mn AL AGEN "CY lor Holland <i Villaee is now located at Cold Storage. Holland Rd TRY THE SCRIPTO Perfected i :>iill pen for a smooth even line Scripto writing is excititm writinc BIOMALT WITH VITAMINS nukes convalescence pleasant and practical. It certainly does you •^oodr Get U
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Wed. Nov. 12. 1958. The Peoples' Alliance
    592 6 The Straits Times S'pore, Wed. Nov. 12. 1958. The Peoples Alliance Mr. Lim Yew Hock's cal for a united front to safe guard Singapore's permanen interests against "destructivi forces" has attracted wide support than appeared liken only a month, or even week, ago. The Singapon People's Alliance is led bj
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    Five Point Plan
    336 6 A more generous American interest in the stabilisation of commodity prices was apparent when the Common wealth Economic Conference assembled in Montreal in j September. Addressing th i Consultative Committee of i the Colombo Plan countries. Mr. Eisenhower has now j referred specifically to American readiness to
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    Strike Averted
    210 6 Agiciincnt by the oil workers' unions to negotiate new wage contracts with two of the three companies with whom they are in dispute has removed the fear that this morning the men would strike and Singapore be tacing a disconcerting issue. The third company, which negotiated wage rates
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    Malaya persuades the smallholder to replant
    1128 6  - Malaya persuades the smallholder to replant TAN TOCK SAIK COMIC STRIPS, SONGS, SHOWS IN CAMPAIGN by KUALA LUMPUR. CIX YEARS AGO rubber replanting scheme was started jointly by the industry and the government offering Malaya's 391.000 smallholders the chance of increasing their incomes perhaps five fold and playing a major
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      NANYANG FEES: A STUDENT'S APPEAL
      143 6 U t hen Nanyang Univer»V "S established Mr. Tan Lark Sye the chairman of the Executive Jjommittee. emphasised that it would be a university not only for the rich but also the poor. B" 1 now Poor students In the University and ambitious youths who
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      ANTI-POLIO MOVE
      72 6 f OCAL authorities should y forbid the use of night soil as fertiliser. Indiscriminate disposal of human manure is a factor responsible for the spread of poliomyelitis." Thus speaks no less a personage than the Fede ration Minister of Health I wonder if ever any responsible Singapore health
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    3 hours to Singapore a thrill in the sky
    420 7 THE DA V PILOT AND HIS PASSENGERS FOUND DULL FLIGHT ENLIVENED BY 'MURDER' AND THEN THE LAUGH OF THEIR LIVES y R. CHANDRAN Singapore. Tuesday pAPTAIN H. SCHULTZ, pilot of a KLM airiner with 23 passengers on board, and iw f'onnd
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    SYLVIA IN PRE-DAWN TOPOVER ROUTE TO HONG KONG
    137 7 SYLVIA IN PRE-DAWN TOPOVER ROUTE TO HONG KONG SINGAPORE. Tues. Top king British film star Mlxia Syms was left E liv autograph luints when she flew into Singapore hy BOAC this morning. Till REASON: Her plane delayed. It was to have arrived here at i. m.. then 4 a.m. It
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    Poppy Day dance
    16 7 lues. A dance hold ai the Governre on Friday In Poppy Day fund.
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    Malayan passes bar exam
    38 7 SKREMBAN. Tues. Mr. Tara Singh, an old boy of the King George V School, has passed his bar finals examination in London. He is the second son c Mr. Uiaiiar Slnsh. a police pensioner
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    7 MORE COUNCIL EXPATS RESIGN
    138 7 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. more expatriate officers of the City Coun- cil have resigned. Four are engineers in the Electricity Department and three are assessors the last remaining expatriates in the City Assessol's Department. Six Of them sent in their resignations today. The seventh resignation, sent frum
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    STABBED MAN NAMES FIVE
    72 7 KU\LA LUMPUR rues. A. Pirisathu. a clerk of the Forestry Department, who was stabbed several times at the entrance to the Chin Woo Stadium here on Sunday, has given the police the names of five of his assailants. Parisathu la now on the "out of danger"
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    MENTRI: DON'T GOSSIP
    108 7 KUALA TRENGGANU. Tues. The Mentri Besar, Trengganu, Dato Hajl Kamaruddin bin Haji Idris, today asked Malay women to cease the habit of gossiping about the affairs of other people. Speaking at the opening of a three-day civics course for 50 members of the Women's Institute in Trengganu,
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    Two knifed in street at lunch time
    236 7 Two knifed in street at lunch time THUGS: 'WHAT GAME DO YOU PLAY?' gINGAPORE, Tuem. Two people were slabbed in !wo se- parate attacks at lunch time here today. VICTIM No. 1 is Lee Swee Keok. 28. It is thought that hv was attacked in connection with a gambling dispute.
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    Thugs rob invalid of prayer money and gold ring
    168 7 rO SICK to go to church. Madam Leone Siew Lan. 50, always said her Sunday prayers in her room in the St. John's Home for the Aged at Sennett Estate. And after each prayer, she would drop a 50-cent coin into
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    Council to buy Army Bailey bridge
    62 7 Council to buy Army Bailey bridge Singapore. Tues. Residents of Lorong 3. Geylang, are assured of the continued use of a Bailey bridge over a swavip outlet there. The council's finaice committee decided yesterday that the coimcil should buy the bridge from the Army. It has been on hire from
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    'HERE FOREVER'SHIP TO LEAVE AT LAST
    175 7 'HERE FOREVER' SHIP TO LEAVE AT LAST SINGAPORE. Tues. After nearly nine years of idleness the 7,223-ton Julia, formerly the Hai Hsuan, today made final preparations to leave Singapore. With 400-tons of fuel oil for her engines, the Julia yesterday had a trial run off Singapore to adjust her compass.
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    Gurkhas find a Red skeleton
    52 7 IPOH. Tues.— A patrol of the 2/6 Gurkha Rifles, operating in the Ipoh area jungles, found the skeleton of a terrorist on Nov. 15, it was disclosed here today. Along with the remains, scattered nearby, were a carbine. 50 rounds ol ammunition, a grenade and
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    LIB-SOCS WARN OF THE BIG SWING LEFT IN SINGAPORE
    232 8 Directive urges party delegates: We must fight this threat before it destroys us all SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE Liberal Socialist Party secretariat today warned delegates to its annual conference on Sunday to prepare to fiirht "Left-winsr extremism." In a directive to the
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    Police sent to oil isle, court is told
    132 8 Police sent to oil isle court is told SINGAPORE. Tues.— A I magistrate was told today that policemen i > had been sent from Singapore to Pulau Bukom as the oil workers there might go on strike. Inspector T. s. Zain, i prosecuting. said this when he explained why he
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    3 years for '303' man
    69 8 SINGAPORE. Tues.— An unemployed youth. James Bodestyne. 19. was sentenced to three years' corrective training today by the district judge. Mr. Choor Singh, for being a member of an unlawful secret society. Acting D. S. P. Koh Lian Wah identified the two dragons with the
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    Man who lived and died for opium...
    160 8 Man who lived and died for opium... SINGAPORE, Tues. An opium addict who was remanded in police custody, hanged himself in his prison cell as it was "useless for him to live if there was no opium." This was suggested today at an inquest on Lim Tua Tow. a puppet
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    Two killed in jungle clash
    47 8 IPOH. Tues. A terrorist who fired on a patrol of the 2 6 Gurkha Rifles in the Sungei Siput area of "Operation Ginger on Saturday was shot dead. The terrorist's bullets hit Rifleman Mm Bahadur Mail who died of the injuries later
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    M-STAMPS TO BE WITHDRAWN ON NOV. 29
    92 8 M-STAMPS TO BE WITHDRAWN ON NOV. 29 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Postmaster-General. Malaya, announced today that the Federation's special merdeka anniversary stamps issued on Aug. 31 last year will he withdrawn from all post offices in Singapore and the Federation after Nov. 29. Philatelists are advised that stocks of these 10
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    MRNVR parade
    30 8 SINGAPORE. Tues. Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, Commander-in-Chief Far East Station, today inspected the annual parade of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at H.M.S. Laburnum. Telok Ayer Basin.
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    THE BOOTYS FACE NEW CHARGES
    192 8 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. T^HREE summons charges against Dudley Edgar Booty and his wife, Joan May Booty, director? Of Progress Advertising Ltd., alleging breaches of the Companies Ordinance, were withdrawn by the Crown today. Mr. J. F. McWilliam, First I Criminal District Judge. ordered their acquittal on
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    GUILD WILL NOMINATE TO COUNCILS
    84 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. i University of Malaya grad- uatfs have been asked to Inomi n a t c representative.-: from their guild to the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Divisional Councils ol the University. Under the new constituI tion. there will be eight re- presentatives from
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    Police change
    25 8 BENTONG. Tiu.v TIM crimes investiiiatiiiu of'icer here. Mr. Nitih Soon Hock, has been transferred to Kuantan. His successor ts Inche Rahini bin Vim
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    MUSLIMS FOR FORMOSA
    161 8 MUSLIMS FOR FORMOSA KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation Govern- ment today confirmed the sending of an unofficial flve- man Muslim mission to Fori mosa headed by the Presi- dent of the Johore Religious Department. Dato Ra.ia Ha.ii Omar bin Chik. The other members are a I central executive committee i
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    People's Day
    16 8 KUALA TRENGGANU. Tues. —Party Rakyat today celebrated 'People's Day" at its i local headquarters.
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    Study awards for 7 varsity students
    149 8 SINGAPORE. Tues. The > Tamil Language Scholarships Association of Malaya has awarded seven scholar hips i for this academic year to students studying Tamil at: the University of Malaya. The scholarships will be continued till the award-win-ners obtain their degrees (in about four years)
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    Council advised: Promote Marcus
    141 8 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Public Service j Commission has ad- j vised the City Council! to promote the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. P. C Marcus, to Chief Administrative Officer. The Council has sought the concurrence of the Mm- ister for Local Government, j Lands and Housing.
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    Radio present
    21 8 KOTA BHARU. Tues.— Tho Rotary club here will present a radio to the T.B. Inmates of the general hospital.
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      271 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS he's nothing complimentary! 1. Talk about port for ancient i9i. war transport (7). 6. Has a touch of emotion? (5). 5. There Isn't enough money for 7. Quality of a man who has the business to show it <7i. cvi himself on ice? (4-11). 9. Run
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE 'Little Wonder' cricketer made the game pay dividends
    1552 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE 'Little Wonder' cricketer made the game pay dividends JOHN WISDEN MADE HISTORY WITH CRICKETERS' BIBLE i\ 1 the editors 10 Wisden Cricketen 1 Almanac faced L ir greatest dilem- the almost cen|rV o ns history of (tu famous publicajon known the world ou r as the
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    146 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 7/8, O.D. 33, 90 d/st 33 3/16 credit bills, 33 5/16 trade bills. Canada buying airmail T.T. 32, OX). 32 |t, 90 d/st
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    RUBBER REACHES YEAR'S BEST LEVEL: TIN DOWN $3 1/2
    524 10 RUBBER REACHES YEAR'S BEST LEVEL: TIN DOWN $3 1/2 By Our Market Correspondent WHEN the Singapore Rubber Market reopened yesterday the price was taken up to over 92f cents, the highest level for the current year, and although there has a slight reaction later the closing price at 91$ cents
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    646 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday "Tins were Inclined to ease at the close after an enthusiastic support before the announcement of the price of the commodity, while Industrials and rubbers were steady The turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business; Fed. Dispensary
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    STOCK INDICES
    18 10 Malayan Share Market: Not. 11 Nov. 8 Industrials: 90.86 90.15 Tins: 95.22 91.99 Jan. 1 1958=100
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 10 November first grade rubber buyers 1.0. b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 91 "i cents per lb up l'» cents on Friday's closing price. Closing- tone: Quiet. Closing prires in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91 T sellers 92',; Int. 1
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    89 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady; UK/Continent November/December $391 2 buyers, $40 1/2 sellers. Coconut oi| steady; bulk $61 V2 sellers, drum $65 sellers. Pepper; quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $125, Sarawak $124 (both down $6), special SarawaK black
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    16 10 «Hupofti l 5 RUBBKR. "v 11 TIN: iSii'jS 'down UM) Estimaterl offering iqq t,,,""0^
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    76 10 MEI.UO JNVESTMEN 1 x steady I Mmmc Board oils Bgaln qm Oil Searil, and iimniim firm tone. Loans 3,-: 1954 Bank of N, Con. Zinc. Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill am so Mount Mors.m".'." 1?',?, Peko ™/JH Western Minimi'" nffi Ampol Ex. Oil Search Timor Oil Aust. Con.
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      757 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS BRITISH COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIPS 1959/60 Applications are invited from Singapore Citizens of graduate or equivalent status for British Coun cil Scholarships for postgraduate study in Britain of any recognised academic subiect, including English Language Teaching and Music. These scholarships provide maintenance in Britain for 10 months, and fares td
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      228 10 SHIPPING NOTICES T/v. "CAMBODGE" This Vessel previously scheciuled to arrive on 2;>. 11.58. i, nowdue at Singapore on 30.11 58 and will sail on the same day- to Europe Mevageries Marilimes Co Kinla.vson House Mid. floor) 4 Raffles Quay Tel: ***** (five lines) NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES S.S. "GAASTERKERK" Berthed: 9.11.58.
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      Smart snake
      56 12 Q. What is more useful 1 when it is broken? A. An egg. Q. Why is a snake like a smart boy? A. Because you cannot pull his leg. Q. What stays where it is when it goes off? A. A gun. Q. What can be opened, but
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      SOME MORE PEN PALS
      293 12 HERE are some more pen pals for you. William Ng. aged 16. 69 Spottiswoode Park Road. Singapore 2. Swimming, camping, stamps. See Teow Gua, 525-B Havelock Road, Singapore 3, writes to say he has a lot of Indonesian pen pals, and if any Wise Owl writes
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      Flipper meets more friends
      230 12 Deor Boys ond Girls, "t Here are the six winners of our Flipper contest in which you had to find Jane's mis- sing shopping. Tan Hock Heng, 195 New Bridge Roc Singapore I, 4. Bharoti Ramakrishnan. 18 T Pearl's Hill. Singapore 3, Alfred Tan, 89-1 3rd
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      THE JUNGLE PEOPLE PUT ON A CONCERT
      974 12 THE JUNGLE PEOPLE PUT ON A CONCERT Ali and Rukiah are sumj moneel into the jungle. They find the animate have received a notice saying that a King of the Jungle is to be chosen next day and candidates should present themselves at Kolam Ayer where the: would have to
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      DON'T BE SILLY
      40 12 ■Don l laKt tuii, itu'ict o) that notice, says younu Pirki tl the friendliest of chimps. "It's just that they've •put me into the leopards cage for a day or two. Now they can be tricky customers."
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      39 12 i Name Age Address M w Sex Please enrol me as a member of the Wise Owls Club ana send me a badge, i am enclosing stx C.C.C. coupons and a stamped self -addressed envelope. Name .,^.«-~.-.>-« MHMMMMatMaa^Mih Addrest Immwmmmmimmimmmwmii
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    Nathan avenges defeat and wins a title
    270 13 MALACCA, lues.— V. S. S. 1 Nathan, Hie Singapore runner-up, won Ihc Malacca open singles badminton title here last night, beating local player Wee Say Lock 18*13, 15-5 in the final. In the semi-finals Nathan had smashed his way to a 15-10. 15-4
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    Lock icon PROFIT OF £33,000 FOR EMPIRE GAMES
    123 13 PROFIT OF £33,000 FOR EMPIRE GAMES CARDIFF. Tues. The British Empire and Commonwealth Games held here this year are expected to show a surplus of £33,000. Mr. David Vaughan, the treasurer, stated last night at the final meeting of the Games Executive Committee. The Games had a trading loss of
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    Lock icon Fullmer wins
    30 13 SALT LAKE CITY. Tues.Gene Fullmer (Utah), former world middleweight boxing champion, knocked out Joe Miceli <New York) in the second round of v 10-round fight here last night.-Reu-ter.
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    MCC WIN BY 87 RUNS ON STROKE OF TIME Lock 6-74 as Victoria are beaten in the last over
    474 13 MCC WIN BY 87 RUNS ON STROKE OF TIME Lock 6-74 as Victoria are beaten in the last over From JACK FINGLETON Melbourne, Tues. WriTH the clock show- ing five minutes past six here tonight, the M.C.C. won a most sensational match against Victoria when Ron Swetman. the substitute fieldsman
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    SCOREBOARD
    188 13 M.C.C. IST INNS. 396 VICTORIA IST INNS. 252 M.C.C. 2ND INNS. Richardson c Kline b Meek, ft 40 Milton run out 10 Groveney not out 78 Subba Row c Maddocks b Salmon 16 Extras 5 Total (for 3 dec.) 149 Wkts. fell ot: 28, 92, 149. Bowling: Meckiff 7-1-16-1;
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    Lock icon Sobers, Holt in big stand
    66 13 BARODA. Tues. An unbeaten 188-run stand for the second wicket between John Holt t94 n.o.t and Garfield Sobers < 108 n.o.i placed the West Indies in a commanding position at close of play in their match against Baroda here today Scores. West Indies 239 and
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    140 13 KI'dGER: Sanderson Cvp 61 Signals Unit v R.A.F. Seletar. Sembnwang. Friendlies Singapore Asians v R.A.F. Seletar "A Thomson Road; REME v Soutli Johore "A", Ayer Rajah; Army Royal Navy. Tanglin; R.A.F. Seletar "B" v 19 AFS. Seletar; R A.F Tengali v 443 BOD. Tengah; S.C.C. "A" v Royal
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    BAM WILL DISCUSS CALL TO ROTATE VENUES
    315 13 BAM WILL DISCUSS CALL TO ROTATE VENUES KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Badminton Association of Malaya will soon discuss the suggestion of Mr. David Bloomer, vice-president of the International Badminton Federation. to move the venue of the final stages of the Thomas Cup from a tropical /one to i> temperate zone
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    124 13 gINGAPORE, Tups.—Singapore Lawn Tennis Association has decided not to ir.vite Budge Patty, a former Wimbledon champio.i. to give exhibitions during h.s oneweek stay In Singapore. Mr Chua Choon Leone:. S.LT.A. president, told the Straits Times that it was i impossible to arrange rxhibition matches
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      861 13 EDUCATION 20 Words Si (.Win.)— Box iO els. extra. L.C.C. EXAM. B/king Inter. Acctß. Higher questions an- bveM 1947-.=> B, also T/wrUlng qns available from T. G. Samuel P.O. Box 1731. Singapore. ENROLMENT FOR 1959 classes Prinsep Street Church Kinder- garien, 77 Prinsep Street. Singapore, as from today 9.00 a.m.—
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      955 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE 2(1 Words $i (>tin.)—Box 30 el: txtr; A.40, 1949. K ood condition, S9OO or offer.— l 32 Sophia Road, 9. MARK VII JAGUAR for sale, owner dm en in good condition.! j Phone Seremban 333 during office hours. STANDARD 10 Pennant Registered 30.7.58. Excellent condition. Phone 2815
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      446 13 FOR SALE ?0 Word, S3 < Win.J— Box 30 rts. ealru. j BARGAINS: Typewriters, sew- I ing: machines, watches, mixers, camphorwood chests, fans. Danish cooked bams, 21bs. $5.50. cutleries, 6 Foch Road, Singapore *****. CACTI EXCHANGE Buy or Bell, huge variety all sizes. Hardier i than recently imported ones well
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    BOX OFFICE II IS BEST BET AT K.L. TODAY
    1211 14 Cayman can rout field RACING WITH EPSOM JEEP He goes up only 34b for Penang second DOX OFFICE 11, winner of two races in four starts, is my best bet at Kuala Lumpur today (Race Eight). This Orthodox three-year-old made the
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    Going —Today's best
    634 14 Going Today's best EPSOM |EEP's best bets for today are Magic Note (Race 3). On Screen (Race 4) and Box Office II (Race 8) CALL BOY's double is Erik (Race 7) and Box Office II (Race 8). 10 ***** Setla (Sutan St.) E. Breuk.. 3 8.4 (O) King 11 *****
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    S'pore Asians XV versus Seletar
    52 14 SINGAPORE. Tues. Singapore Asiai.s team to meet R.A.F Seletar "A" in a friendly rugby match at Thomson Road tomorrow Is: A. Rajaratnam; Said Mustapha. Wells, Lee Yuek Luen. Chan Onn Leng; Cheng Peng, Wah Fatt; Ibrahim Miah, Weng Ho. Frugneit. Slew Khow. Fox; Kraal. Scharenguivel
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    NEW JOCKEY TO JOIN MARTIN
    43 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Wilfred Burg, a leading Irish jockey, is coming out to join Penang trainer Jimmy Martin. Burg, who is 32 and can ride 7.5. is expected here thisj week. He may make hi« debut on Saturday.
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    Lock icon Craig to lead NSW against MCC
    135 14 gYDNEY Tues.— lan Craig has been retained to [captain New South Wales jaguinst M.C.C. in the match beginning here on Friday This announcement was made despite Craig's "duck" m the Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia The New South Wales team includes six players
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    Arthur Koh plans to play for Selangor Rangers next year
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    44 14 SINGAPORE, i Singapore Ho League Div. 1 match behtf Police and I'rm rangoon Road today i postponed to tomorrow I cause of rain. The other D. between Sincap Club and R A P abandoned after There was no BO
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