The Straits Times, 9 February 1959

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  • 18 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times New**** Estd. 1845. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1959 15 CENTS
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  • 586 1 IT'S THE BIGGEST SUCCESS SO FAR THIS YEAR Leader, deputy killed and woman terrorist captured Fourth free but state white soon KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. gECURITY forces last night eliminated three of the four remaining hard-core terrorists in Ulu Selangor. This success the biggest this year took
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  • 231 1 SINGAPORE, Suh. Salvage operations on the Singapore Harbour Board tug Pitho, which sank yesterday after a collision with a Japanese freighter at the western entrance, continued today without success. The Pitho was carrying a crew of 13 when she and the freighter. Takeshlma
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  • 74 1 SINGAt >RE. Sun. A Naval Base "oiler maker, Ow Tat Chew, i died tonight after his car verturned at the 13th mile Woodlands Road here. Ow was the drive, of the car. Six other youti. who went on a Chinese New >ar drive with him
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  • 29 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Quek Seng Teck ajid Quek Seng Yeh mere each fined $15 in the Magistrate's Court yesterday for firing crackers without permission of the police.
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  • 97 1 THE QUEEN MOTHER HEARS TRIBUTE NAIROBI, Sun. The Queen Mother was in the congregation in Nairobi Cathedral today as a preacher paid tribute to the Royal Family for setting a "standard of Royal service as no other monarchy in history has ever equalled." The Very Reverend Geoffrey Lester, said: "One
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  • 42 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Che Malmah binte Abdullah, the wife of a Federal councillor, Oato Haji Yahya bin Dato Abdul Razak. died In Klang District Hospital today. She will be buried at the Muslim cemetery in Ampang Road here tomorrow.
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  • 90 1 Two escaped youths are caught SINGAPORE. Sun.— Two youths escaped from the Singapore Reformative Training Centre at Changl this morning while working on the centre's farm but were caught later. The youths, Kee Bok Van, 18, and Kwek Sim Tang, 19. were captured two hours later at 11.30 a.m. at
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  • 27 1 SINGAPORE. Sun. A schoolboy, David Roberts, 18, who has been reported missing from his home in Telok Kur au since last Sunday, has been found.
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  • 146 1 Family lose $7,ooo gems in sa.m. raid SINGAPORE. Sun.— A Chinese family was held up oy three men In their home in Jervois Road at 5 20 a.m. today and robbed of $7,000 worth of jewellery. A police spokesman today said that one robber had a revolver. The others carried
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  • 156 1 SINGAPORE, Sunday. PRINCE Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia, arrived in Singapore today on his way to Indonesia for a state visit. He arrived at Changl aerodrome this afternoon In his private plane. He will leave early tomorrow. He Is staying overnight in the Cathay flat
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  • 36 1 cha-cha-cha? TCHAH! JAKARTA, Sun. The police commission in Soerabmya has banned "such dances as the cha-cha-cha, rhumna main bo and the like in order to safeguard general order and to keep up the moral norms."- D.P.I.
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  • 235 1 CHIANG AIDE SAYS: WE'LL ANNIHILATE THE REDS T'AIPEH, Sun. Gen. 1 Wang Shu Ming, Chief of the General Staff, last night assured the people of Formosa and overseas Chinese that the Nationalist armed forces had the determination and confidence to annihilate the Communists in case of an invasion of Quemoy.
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  • 70 1 SINGAPORE. San.— As the other children put their hands to their ears before a cracker explodes. the boy on the right seems to ask: "Who's afraid?" The little group was amonc the hundreds of Chinese New Tear holiday-makers who thraneed the
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  • 167 1 T ONDON. Sun". The three-day fog which j blanketed most of Britain recently probably; cost the nation about £30 million a day, an official of the National Clean Air Society here estimated. Much of this bill is for loss of revenue
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  • 23 1 LONDON. Sun An unofficial strike of 200 studio workers, which upset independent (commercial) television programmes- here last night, ended today. —Reuter.
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  • 249 2 BUT FIRST THE PSC MUST GIVE APPROVAL SINGAPORE, Sun. A long-standing complaint by the Sin- gapore Teachers' Union that normal IraiiwH teachers i should enjoy the I same privileges as the other categories of the Education Service scheme is now being considered by the Public
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  • 34 2 WEDDING DAY SMILES FROM HAPPY COUPLE Mr. Victor Norman Haywood and Miss Carol Ruby Fernando, who were married in Singapore on Saturday at the Church of Christ the Kine. G.H.Q., Tanglin. Straits Times picture.
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  • 198 2 .MALACCA, Sunday. 4 JAPANESE anthropologist said today that A independence had awakened the Malays to a greater extent than he had expected and had imbued them with a pride they had not had before. But. he said, they stould work harder and make tt.emselves self-supporting.
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  • 99 2 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Mr. Bob Marshall, manager of the John C alvert Show, said today that he would seek help from local shipping authorities to trace the luxury yacht. Sea Fox, if he did not receive news from it by Monday. Mr. Marshall is getting worried because
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  • 41 2 PART of the crowd which visited the Singapore Exposition on Chinese New Year's Eve. Fair officials said the attendance fell short only of the 60,000. who were present at its opening. Straits Times picture.
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  • 317 2 'NO' TO STATE COMMITTEE CHANGE |> U TTER WORTH, i Sun. Penang delegates to the UMNO assembly in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow have been directed to i oppose a proposal to amend the organisation's constitution to provide for state liaison committees to replace the present state
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  • 35 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Loh Nam Seng, whose road tax licence had not been renewed since June. IJ>5B. was fined $45 in the magistrate's court yesterday for using a car with an expired licence.
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  • 116 2 A course on how to step up output SINGAPORE. Sun. The Chief Minister. Tun Llm Yew Hock, will open a three-day seminar on Industrial productivity at the Cultural Centre in Canning Rise on Friday. The Seminar ttIII be conducted by a three-man team of experts from the International Labour Organisation
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  • 176 2 IPOH Sunday. T<HE Minister for WoFks, Post? and TelecommuniA cations, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, last night urged UMNO members to serve the nation with "a redoubled spirit of selflessness." Speaking at an extra- r ordlnary general meeting of the Peralc UMNO here. Inche
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  • 310 2 Cheap air travel could be a boom for trade SINGAPORE, Sun. *^The Director of Civil I Aviation. Mr. W. P. 1 Nicol, said here today I that there was a growing demand for lowcost air services between Singapore and Britain. He said: "The "economy class 1 of travel which is
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 589 3 IF WE LIQUIDATE CHIANG POSITIONS WE LIQUIDATE THE ENTIRE FAR EAST 'PHILIPPINES WOULD BE ENDANGERED' WASHINGTON, Sunday. MR. John Foster Dulles knows of no way to liquidate the Chinese Nationalist positions on Quemoy and Matsu without liquidating the entire free world position in the Far
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  • 31 3 ROTTERDAM, Sun. A Dutch cigar factory here has started manufacturing cigars with a built-in filter, which the makers claim, cools the smoke without spoiling the cigar's flavour. Reuter.
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  • 68 3 ACTRESS Audrey Hepburn manatees a smile for her husband. Mcl Ferrer, from her hospital bed. Miss Hepburn sustained a severe back injury when she fell from a horse during filming of a scene of "The In forgiven" on
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  • 97 3 LONDON Sun. A full emergency was called at London Airport last night when a Singapore-bound plane with 64 passengers on board developed engine trouble. The plane, a four-engined He. -nes, belonging to Airwork, a private charter company, was carrying British servicemen. It had just left
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  • 275 3 CHILDREN RIDE AS ROYAL ESCORT NAIROBI, Sunday. ABOUT 18.000 children cheered themselves hoarse for 20 minutes, as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was driven among them at a showground j arena here yesterday. I Children on horseback formed an escort for the Royal car
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  • 51 3 MOSCOW. Sun. Singer Paul Root-son now in Moscow is the subject of a documentary film Hearing completion there, the Soviet news agency Tass reports. The film, directed by V Katanian. is devoted to Robeson's life as a singer and •'champion of peace" the agency said.
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  • 26 3 NEW YORK. Sun. Mr Averell Harriman. former Governor of New York, left oy air for India last night for a four-week visit.— Reuter.
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  • 65 3 A WEEPING Diana Dors leave* St. James's, Spanish Place. London, after the funeral services for her husband, Dennis Hamilton. the man who made her a star. Hamilton went into hospital before Christmas with a heart complaint. He came out, but had to return
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    • 70 3 'CHECK YOUR NEIGHBOUR' TAX PLAN FOR FRANCE PARIS. Sun. The French Government has Introduced a scheme under which citizens will have the right on request to be told the details of taxes paid by their neighbours. This is part of a plan to curb tax evasion. Tax-dodging in the past
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    • 17 3 MOSCOW: President Voroshllov of Russia will pay a goodwill visit to India at the end of February.
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    • 15 3 NEW DELHI: The Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, has accepted an invitation to visit Afghanistan.
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    • 23 3 BONN: The U.S. Secretary of Btate, Mr. John Foster Dulles, had talks with the West German Chancellor. Dr. Adenauer, on the Berlin situation.
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    • 18 3 JAKARTA: The Indonesian Prime Minister, Dr. DJuanda, announced that he had accepted va Soviet invitation to visit Moscow.
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  • 84 3 ZURICH, Sun. Donald Hume. In prison here on a charge of murder, refused to answer any more questions after a week-long Interrogation by Swiss police and went on a 24-hour hunger strike. Zurich police sources said yesterday. Hume, arrested last Friday week has been charged with
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  • 322 3 COL. AREF (No. 2 OF IRAQI REVOLT) TO DIE BAGDAD, Sun.— Colonel Abdel Salam Aref, No. 2 man in Iraq's post-revolution- I ary government, was sentenced to death last Thursday at a secret session of the Iraqi people's court. Bagdad Radio announced last night. Col Aref was convicted last j
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  • 33 3 BONN Sun. An American soldier was killed here yester day when an "Atomic Annie", an atomic cannon, was in collision with a bus. The cannon caught fire after the collision. —Reuter
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  • 28 3 BONN. Sun.— A snuff-taking competition is to be held shortly In Bavaria by a club of over 100 members to keto the ancient art alive. Reuter.
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  • 295 4 STALWARTS JOIN OTHER POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. PARTY NECARA hat lost contact with 97 of its branches. It does not know what has happened to them. The party has lost several stalwarts who have gone over to other parties. The most recent
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  • 90 4 Now Johore speeds up opening of new land JOHORE BAHRL, San. Schemes are now either underway or being investigated by the Johore Land Development Board for planting 70,040 acres with rubber, oil palm or fruits. Selected areas formerly barred for development because of the Emergency, are now being opened up
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  • 64 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. The following were ejected officials of the People's Education Association for 1959: President: Mr. S. Q. Mohamed Ghows; *rtce-pre-sldents: Messrs. Ahmad Khan Surattee and K. Ramakrishnan; general secretary: Mr. B. O. Sahai: honorary treasurer: Mr. B. G. Ramzan All; Committee members: Messrs. Phang Soon Hock,
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  • 25 4 TANJONG MALIM. Sun. Miss H. M. Gomez, of Ipoh, has assumed duties as the only nursing sister in the Tan Jong Malim hospital.
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  • 70 4 NO-ONE was injured yestrrday afternoon when this car collided with another car. shot over a four-foot drain, crashed through a glavanised-lron fence and smacked into the pillar of a house at Seotts Boad. One of the cars was overtaking the other near the
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  • 238 4 SINGAPORE, Sunday. OOLICE cadet corps must not be formed in secondary schools here in a "higgledypiggledy" fashion or the project will be shortlived. This warning came from the Students' World, a periodical for schoolchildren, which said in an editorial In its February issue that
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  • 45 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Fire crackers sparked off three attap hut fires here this mornIng. In all cases, only a small portion of the roofs were damaged. The fires were at Jalan Kembangan. oft Changi Road. Singapore Dairy Far Road and Thomson Road.
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  • 93 4 RECORD 996 PEOPLE GIVE BLOOD IN ONE MONTH SINGAPORE. Sun. A record 996 people gave oiocx) to the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service last month The service reported yesterday that the Blood Bank had been very low at the beginning of January, but the number ot donora bad increased satisfactorily so
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  • 37 4 JOHORE BHARU. Sun. The Chinese community In Johore Bahru through the Malayan Chinese Association today distributed New Year gifts to the Inmates of the Leper Camp, the Prison and the Homes for the Aged.
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  • 52 4 KLUANO Sun. The district Officer Kluang opened the Schools Arts and Craft:Exhibition at the 0.E.8 Hall yesterday afternoon The exhibition part of the civics month programme consists of exhibits from schools In the district and will be open to the public till Saturday from 2 pm to
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  • 41 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM SeaChinese New Year crowd.thronged the fun fair at Jit Sin School here last night The fair. In aid of the school building fund, wa* opened by the Chief Minister Dato Wong Pow Nee.
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  • 200 4 NO MORAL SUPPORT FOR MORAL DEFENCE BODY I£UALA LUMPUR, Sun. lV —The Pan-Malayan Islamic Moral Defence Organisation —set up early last year to combat prostitution among Muslim I women in the Federation is to fold up. The reason. Lack of moral support from members and financial difficulties. The assistant general
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  • 32 4 BINGAPORE. Sun. The City Council has decided to stage concerts in front of its pavilion at the Singapore Constitution Exposition. They will be held nightly at 8 p.m.
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  • 150 4 [MALACCA, Sun.— The ifl Malacca Tamil Education Board has provided $50,000 for the building of a Tamil primary school at Kubu Road near town. The building was first mooted In 1951 when the Board promised to give $70,000 towards the project and the State
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 332 4 Singapore diary... INIVKKSITY OF MALAYA: Exhibition of Chinese Painting at the Art Museum 10 am to 4.30 pjn. CHINESE V.M.C.A.: Rover Scouts Chinese New Year dance 8 p.m. VIKING YOUTH CLUB: Koon tow, sewing, embroidery, dancing, language classes 6.30 to 9.30 p m FEDERATION OF BOYS' CLUBS (Queen Street): Judo
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    • 255 4 photography 7 p.m. KATONG BOYS' CLUB (Oulllemard Boad): Badminton, Indoor games 3 p.m.; sepak raga 5 p.m.; bodvbullding 6 p.m. BI'KIT TIMAH YOUTH CLUB: Table-tennis. Indoor games, football, bodybuilding 4 p.m.; badminton 4.30 pjn. JOO CHIAT YOUTH CLUB: Embroidering (girls) 4 pjn., badminton, table-tennis 4 p.m.; bodybuilding 6 pm. Radio
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  • 277 5 They were blocking roads and hindering Exposition man hits at hawkers: We must have order SINGAPORE, Sunday. A SWOOP on hawker stalls which were blocking roads or obstructing exhibitors at the Constitution Exposition resulted in the seizure of more than 50 stalls today. Mr. Lam
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  • 82 5 THE POPE HONOURS IPOH ORGANIST IPOH, Sun.— The 50 years of faithful church service by Mr. V. Manickam. choir-master and organist of the Church of Our Lady Of Lourdes here, has been officially recognised by the Pope. Mr. Manickam was awarded the Pope's gold medal, by the Vatican's charge ..'affaire
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  • 68 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Wee Tin Teck..of Singapore, was fined $15 in the magistrate's court here for using a car without a valid road tax licence. He pleaded guilty. Wee said that in Singapore a month's grace was allowed for renewal of the tax. He added he
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  • 83 5 Miss Lai Kwai Ching (centre). 18. a Chinese school student, won a singing competition in conjunction with the Mandarin film "Air Hostess" at the night club in the Kinta Swimming Club, Ipoh. On her teft is Miss Ong Boon Kee, 20 who was second, and on
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  • 86 5 Ong invites Mayor of Penang PENANG. Sun.— The Singapore Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan. has sent invitations for the Mayor of Penang. Mr. D.S. Ramanathan. and two other city councillors and their wives to visit the Singapore Exposition. The visit would cover three days. Feb. 19 to 21. with all
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  • 167 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. »THE EASTERN philosophy that children are the gift of God is one "important reason" why Malayan parents are not in favour of family plann- ing. This point will be stressed by the president of the Family Planning Association of Malaya, Mr.
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  • 168 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.The Association of Apex Clubs in Australia has vdted nearly $20,000 for Malaya in their International project to aid cured lepers. Meanwhile, the 15- member Kuala Lumpur Apex Club :s completing plans to run a project to help cured lepers in Sungel Buloh.
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  • 218 5 Row over member's absence IPOH UMNO ASKS FOR ACTION IPOH, Sun.— The Ipoh division of the UMNO wants the Alliance committee to take action against an Alliance councillor, Mr. Chong Hong Chew, who was absent from a recent meeting of the Ipoh Town Council when a proposal for multi-lingualism was
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    • 239 5 SPEECH CONTEST Chew expresses his best wishes to the would-be politicians SINGAPORE. Sun.— The she would take part in poMinister for Education. Mr. litics if she could make SinChew Swee Kee. yesterday gapore better. expressed his best Wishes to "Thoueh women ai-P nnt fhp stnriHnts whn >cniH thpw inougn women
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  • 104 6 Jt Wordt Sit (Minimum). COGHILL: On February 3rd, 1959, very peacefully at M Silverdale Road, Eastbourne, Joscelyn Kendal Bushe Coghlil, beloved husband of Evelyn, and father of Sheila, Muara and John. MADAM TAN YEW NEO NEE late Mrs. Kho Keng Chuan passed a iv peacefully at G.H. 9 a.m.
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  • 93 6 !U Words tit (Minimum). MR. SB MRS. S. K. CHAKRAVARTI Thank Relatives and Friends for Valuable Presents and Assistance on the Occasion of their Marriage on 17.1.59. MR. Jc MRS. T. R. GLASSVANDER BEEK Thank all Friends and Relatives for their Condolences, Attendance and Assistance at the death of
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  • 148 6 It W»r4t (If (Minimum,). BLY NOW pay later. Ask >our Travel Agent about BOAC's Credit Plan. Only 10', of fare needed as downpayment. YOU'VE HEARD OP wicks and you've heard of tricks but have you heafd of the wick that does the trick. It's Air-wick the odour killer. Good
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  • Monday, Feb. 9, 1959. Mission To Australia
    • 540 6 Mission To Australia Indonesia's Foreign Minister arrives in Sydney tonight on a somewhat belated but carefully prepared mission. Friendship with Australia has been strained since Indonesia made Western New Guinea a major issue. While Dr. Subandrio does not expect to revolutionise Australian policy, ,he is aware of Australian anxiety lest
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    • 428 6 There is an old tale or two of the opium smugglers in the report of the Customs and Excise, and the chief and un- fortunate impression is the i somewhat unsatisfactory re- ward of ps>«'ent vigilance by i customs officers. In the first case watch was kept on
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    • 218 6 Johore has begun a civics month aimed at encouraging the quarter of a million school children in the state to think of themselves as Malayans. They will sing the national anthem and be told about the functions of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Prime Minister. They will
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  • 1303 6  -  TERENCE PRITTIE by— JF it has done nothing else, the Soviet threat to Berlin has reawakened a realisation in Western Germany of the fads of Berlin's economy. It requires a po wer ful political prod to take the minds of West Germans off
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    • 436 6 REFERENCE your leading article "Scholarships on Loan" (S.T. Jan. 16) It is only In recent years that promising students, with good records, but with parents who belong to the average wage-earner's class, have been able, with the aid of scholarships and Government bursaries, to
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    • 142 6 SNAGS IN PLANTING SCHEME THE Replanting Board issues planting materials, fertilisers and progress payments to the smallholders. This scheme Is unsatisfactory in that the smallholder may not be able to make the best use of the money and fertilisers. The effect would be damaging to the rubber industry. I suggest
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    • 63 6 THE MAYOR IS WRONG rt Mayors fight for exceptional power to Intervene in the daily working of the staff of Singapore City Council Is absolutely undemocratic. Even if the executive power is not expressly denied him In the Local Government Ordinance, it Is only in keeping with the dignity of
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    • 219 6 ABOUT the middle of January this year a Police notice published lit the Singapore newspapers stated that all Import permits for arms into the State of Johore would not be valid after January 31 .^59. New applications for Import permits could be made to
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    • 194 6 ALL opposition parties in Malaya, it is reported. (ST. Jan. 22) may be asked to boycott the coming general and state elections If the proposed amendments to the Elections Ordinance are passed This statement, coming from the secretary of the People's Progressive
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  • 341 7 A UPLAND WEAPONS AMIS RECOVERED FROM A HIDEOUT NEAR KUALA LUMPUR 200 THUGS POISED TO WAGE WAR' WITH ACID BOMBS, PARANGS AND CHAINS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. gWIFT ACTION by police h-s prevented what experts believe would have been the biggest gang clash in Kuala Lumpur
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  • 82 7 KUALA TRI.NGGANU, Sun. Police today intensified investigations into the theft of $42,000 In cash from the safe of Kerteh Estate, 75 miles from here. Several people have been interrogated but until tortay, no arrests have been made. The manager of estate. Mr.
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  • 91 7 Seven more lose citizenship KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Seven more people in the Federation have been deprived of their Federal citizenship, bringing the total deprived since Aug. 31, 1957 Merdeka day— to 31. A spokesman of the Registrar General of Citizens Office told the Straits Times that In one case citizenship
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  • 171 7 MALAYAN AIR FORCE GETS 3 MORE GIFT PLANES FROM BRITAIN IfUALA LUMPUR, Sun. —Three gift planes from Britain to the Royal Malayan Air Force arrived here today after being delayed in Africa by dust storms. The planes bring the strength of the R.M.A.F. up to four aircraft. At the airport
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  • 45 7 KOTA BHARU. Sun.— Mr Rahim Merlcan, a Kirkby Teachers' Training College graduate and teacher at the Sultan Ismail College here, has been selected to undergo one year's training in metal work a; the vocational teachers' training: centre In Brunei on three years' secondment.
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  • 190 7 BINGAPORE, Sun. Th« Malayan Indian Congress. Singapore, today called for the reservation of one nominated .seat In each district council for a member of the Indian community. It was made in a resolution adopted unanimously at the annual delegates' conference of the congress held here
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  • 34 7 THE SATURDAY night scene in Petaling Street in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture shows the crowd in the lastminute Chinese New Year rush.
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  • 125 7 Vacancies at Kuala Lumpur varsity KUALA LLMPLR. Sun. The University of Malaya here wants a registrar, bursar and librarian. Now there are only an acting Registrar. Mr. Foo Yeow Yqke. a financial assistant. Mr. Cheah Hoong Tuck, and an acting librarian. Mr. Beda Lim. The qualifications required for the new
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  • 258 7 BUT THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM IPOH, Sunday. rrHE CRISIS at the blood bank at the general hospital here this month which caused five major operations to be postponed has ended. A total of 491 people from Perak. Selangor and Negrl Sembilan offered blood In
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  • 155 7 Mimi the loris goes back to owner SINGAPORE, Sun. Mimi the pet loris which got lost from its home in Tioug Poh Road on Tuesday, is now back with its owner. The loris was sleeping In a home-made cage when a Straits Times reporter called yesterday. Her owner. Mr. Tang
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  • 41 7 KLUANG, Sun. Koh Chin Teng. 36. a cigarette stall holder living at Jalan Hajl Manan, Kluang, was jailed for seven days and fined $700 or six months' Jail for assisting in a 10.000 character lottery.
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  • 52 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A new private ward is to be added to the Lady Templer Tuberculosis Hospital here, the medical superintendent Dr. M.R.J. Snelllng. disclosed today. The new block will be a temporary building to be constructed of prefabricated material and will have accommodation for
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  • 28 7 SINGAPORE, Sun. The inaugural meeting of the Federation of Parent-Tea-cher Association In Singapore will be held in the Monks Hill School on Saturday at 2.30 p.m.
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  • 42 7 SINGAPORE. Bun. The C-ln-c Par East Land Forces Lt-Gen. Sir Richard Hull and Lady Hull will fly to would &ISo make available all Its resources to fight the People's Acting Party They will return to Singapore on Friday.
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  • 221 7 NORMAL MEN 'DO NOT NEED DIPLOMA' SINGAPORE, Sun The Singapore Teachers Union will ask the Ministry of Education here to exempt graduates with Normal qualifications from the University of Malaya's Diploma in Education course. Mr. S. Sivanandam. the president of the S.T.U.. disclosed this to the Straits Times today when
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  • 63 7 KOTA BHARU. Sun. Inche Amaluddin Darus. an executive committee member t the Kelantan branch of the All-Malaya Islamic Association, has been appolntd the party's chief publicity officer. He will be stationed in Kuala Lumpur. Inche Amaluddin worked as a driver for more than 10 years
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  • MALAYA SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1117 8 INDEX UP THREE POINTS By Our Market Correspondent MAIN feature of the Malayan Share Market last week was the upswing in tin counters which for a long time past had been a comparatively neglected section of the market. The continuous rise in the metal price on
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    • 24 8 McAlistcr and Co. Ltd. t Interim. Currrnt payment Date of payment FVb 23 Total Total for for previous year year 15 o
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    • 309 8 The Malayan Share Broken' Association reported on Saturday: "All sections on the local share market were quietly steady and the turnover was small." Singapore brokers reported the following business: Fltapatrirks $1.03 'j; Fraser Neave pref. $4.20; Hume Industries ords Ass. l'-jd.; M. Colls 55 cents: O. Chinese Bank
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    • 555 8 COMMODITIY REVIEW MAIN feature on local commodity markets last week was the almost continuous gain in the tin price which reached its highest levels since December 1956. Except for a slight set back of 25 cents on Monday, the price resumed its advance and by
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    • 640 8 rpilE following list of revised 1 quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after its but meeting on Saturday (Feb. 7). imh >rnm.s Bujrrri Srllrra Prat 1.60 1.80 Ords 2.20 3.30 Atla* Ire 11.00 10 louyeni B. B. Petrol 41- 4Tt B. M Trustee! SOO
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 740 8 NOTICES SELANGOR TURF CLUB NOTICE MEMBERS are reminded that the SECOND DAY'S RACES will be held on TUESDAY THE 10TH of February 1959 and not on Wednesday the n Ui. A. H. L. WHEELER. Secretary. S.T.C. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Lim Juak Chin Left this firm as
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    • 1004 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Cltisens and from serving permanent Government Officers including those on probation age 30 but under 50 years for the post of Matron at the Malay College, Kuala Kangsar. The salary scale of the post is $223-Al4-307/324-Al4-366 per month plus Cost of Living Allowance.
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    • 809 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS GOVERNMENT VACANCIES AND NOTICES APPLICATIONS are Invited from Malay Federal ClUaer.s for the post of Head of Religious Affairs Department and President of the Council of Religion and Custom, Pahang. The salary scale is $836 x A2B 1032. Applicants must have completed their 30th birthday and must have
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    • 1559 9 r t.i: X405 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. M» (Incorporatad in Singapore) (11 Htoi) o^r" THfc BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS TO LIVERPOOL, lUSCOW, LONDON t CONTINENTAL PUT (Via Saai witb iiterty tt prKeed via Panama ar Capo af Saejd Nape) Carritri option to proceed via other ports to load and discharga
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  • 868 10 YOUTHS' DAT IN ENGLISH LEAGUE SOCCER WOLVES TAKE OVER DIV. ONE LEADERSHIP LONDON, Sunday. TWO 17-year-olds made their soccer dreams come true in yester day's English Football League programme. They were leftwinger Bobby Tambling and centre-forward Barry Bridges, whose goals in
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  • 1089 10 FOURTH DIVISION P W D L P APte Port Vale 28 17 6 5 72 39 40 Coventry 29 16 7 6 60 29 39 Millwal 31 17 4 10 56 39 38 Exeter 26 16 5 5 57 33 37 York 29 13 10 6 48 32
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  • 339 10 SCOTLAND SURPRISE TO BEAT WALES EDINBURGH, Sun. Scotland confounded their critics yesterday by beating Wales by six points (one penalty goal, one try) to five points (one goal) in the Rugby Union International here. All the points were scored in the first half and when Wales took the lead with
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 618 10 *THE CATHAY ORGANISATION* C. v. WISHES ALL x|^S'^^ patrons tfMrl A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR SPECIAL CONCESSIONS J Half-prirr Concession* for Children air available at all the •71 Cathay Organisation Theatres for all Shows except the last 3 Show and Midnisht. Tt~ Please note: Extra shows at 8.45 a.m. Tomorrow
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    • 474 10 M IMM 1 B p= HALF-PRICE CHILDREN'S CONCESSIONS ~l j AC IKIIAI t shaw thMtr— aU films, all shows BJ UJUML XC ept the but shows and midnights for children UNDER 12 YEARS— the only Cinema Organization to offer this service. PHONE TOn. I 1' No Free List 1 284
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 250 10 25 Attracts everyone sure to be Straits Times Crossword »«mS: 3 .b^ tatt y evening (7. 6). DOWN J |2 I rj I tt I Tj j r^ 1 hh 1 Controlled like a chap L^B^^l L___J L___J L___l L__J L-_l L-_H 3 Feed on affectation? Imagine l I B^Bb
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  • 481 11 'Prince* will miss Gold Cap Light of Burma up to Class 3 EPSOM JEEP'S JOTTINGS IT U ALA LUMPUR, Sun. Prince of Lalita winner ox the Governor's Cup at Bukit Timah last month, will not run in the Selangor Gold Cup race over Urn at
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  • 65 11 CAPETOWN, Sun. Sir Foster Robinsons 7 to 4 favourite. Time to Shine, won the Cape of Good Hope Guineas event over one mile here yesterday. Time to Shine, by Good as Gold out of Clodia, won the £5.250 race by aquarteofa length from the 20 to one
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  • 452 11 HTEIGHTS for all act c n races at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow are: Cl. l Div. i-*r Distine >.10 High Socks MS Malay n Scholar 809 Year Highness II B.o* Monitor 8.02 Sovereign Flame S.M Artina S.M Tourong 7.13 Tudor Wonder 7.1Z st Vitas 7.12 Bed Sunrise 7.11 Marigold 7.M
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  • Article, Illustration
    43 11 MR. TAN CHENG HTAW, of Irrawaddy Stable, leading in Light of Burma (King) after his smashing six-length win over the Kuala Lumpur s^f on Saturday Light of Burma has been promoted to Class 3 for that win. Straits Times picture.
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  • 340 11 KONRADS WON'T BE STALE FOR ROME, HE SAYS SYDNEY, Sun.— The secretary of the New South Wales Amate.ir Swimming Association. Mr. Syd Orange, predicts that John and lisa Konrads. of Sydney, will be the outstanding performers I and personalities at the 1960 j Olympic Games in Rome. lie said on
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 707 11 Chick Before Potting 1 Replies to Box Numbers I Utmost care should be token I when replying to box number i od>. to mm the CORRECT j I NUMBER and Addrew to the j 1 Straits Tim«s, Time* House, i River Valley Road. I Cash mutt be sent by regis-
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    • 712 11 i HOUSES LAND FOR SALE i it WtrH, ti (Mim.)-Btx it ctt. txtrm. EASY PAYMENTS Modern i Attractive Houses at Lorong 101, I I 27, Tanjong Katong Road A I Guillemard Road. Good Localities. I 1 Solid Construction. Prices from j $15,5(10. Enq. Melodies Ltd. 133 Queen Street, Singapore. Tel
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    • 330 11 &OPWAT J<Ws stomach ...with ;S^inflflvMr the fin3S%!r^ LATEST vIKSj^ C>h JAPANESE DISCOVERY WEISEN TABLETS A NEW THERAPY FOR PEPTIC AND DUODENAL ULCERS Cn Normal treatment of gastric "~a^ r***) and duodenal ulcers is by /C "vT'y neutralising the excess acid, v^y < *y/' B *'i but it has been found
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  • 527 12 SOUTH HOCKEY QUADRANGULAR STARTS WITH UPSET Singapore unlucky against Selangor JNonis scores but goal disallowed SINGAPORE, Sun. Defending champions Negri Sembilan were unexpectedly held by Johore to a scoreless draw in the opening match of the Malayan Hockey Federation southern quadrangular tournament on the padang here
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  • 53 12 NOTTINGHAM FOREST goal keeper Thomson Jumps In to punch the ball away from West Ham United centreforward Keeble (right) during the First Division match at Upton Park on Jan. 31. Running-in (foreground) is McDonald. Forest's left-back. West Ham won this match
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  • 65 12 PENANG. Sun. Penang made a grand recovery in the uiiiih.ilf to beat Kedah 2-1 in a friendly inter-state hockey match on the Western Road ground here yesterday. Kodah. who led 1-0 at the interval, scored through centreforward Derek Scully in the 13th minute. Centre-forward S. Devadas equalised
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  • 237 12 HOLT HITS 123 AS W. INDIES GET 408-4 IN TEST NEW DELHI. Sun.— West Indies scored 408 for four wickets in reply to India's first innings total of 415 on the third day of the fifth and final Test here. Openlne bat John Holt made 123. Yesterday C Borde had
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  • 312 12 Kuala Lumpur, Sun. There were two upsets In the AllMalayan Malays tennis championships when the second days matches were played today at the Sultan Sulaiman Club courts. Shahrin Osman of Singapore third seeded in the singles bowed out to Dom Janudln in the third round. Dom tired
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  • 277 12 f ONDON, Sun. Remits of rugby matches played yesterday: International: Scotland 6 Wales S (at Murrayfleld). County championship semifinal: Middlesex 3 Warwickshire 8 County Championship play-off-Durham 11 Cheshire 3. Club Matches: Guys Hospital 3 Coventry 9: London Irish 0 Blackheath 12; London Scottish 3 Leicester
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  • 157 12 Ferguson accepts Indonesian invitation SINGAPORE, Sun. Popular Singapore soccer and rugger referee John Ferguson will stand in an international soccer match between East Germany and Indonesia at Jakarta on Wednesday. This Is the second time that Ferguson has been selected to referee an international
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  • 76 12 LONDON, Sun. Patrick Lee, a 19-year-old Malayan, appearing In his first badminton tournament In England won the men's singles In the Middlesex championships at Stamford Hill here last night. He beat Colin Beacom (Surrey) 15-10. 15-2 In the final. Lee. who arrived In Hritaln about a
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  • 24 12 BELFAST. Sun. Scotland beat Northern Ireland by four goals to one half time 2-1) In a Youth International football match here yesterday.—Reuter.
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  • 102 12 DELANY SCORES 27th VICTORY BOSTON, Sun.— Ronnie Delany, Ireland's 1,500 metres Olympic champion scored his 27th consecutive indoor mile victory when he clocked 4 mm 4.3 sec at the Boston Amateur athletic games here last night. Brian Hewson, Britain's European 1,500 metres champion, who led from the start, finished fifth.
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  • 182 12 Still leads N.Malayan qualifiers IPOH, Sun. Captain Ronald Still, an Army doctor attached to the 6th Battalion. Royal Malay Regiment in Kuala Lumpur, returned the best qualifying score of 156 on the opening day of the North Malaya golf championships on the Tiger Lane course here today. Still who tied
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  • 30 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Selangor Rangers Invitation eleven tonight humbled Singapore s Cup champions. Fathui Karib. by six goals to three. The score at half-time was 2-1.
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  • 286 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. »pWO upsets, both in the men's singles event, highlighted the opening day's play in the All-Malayan Malays badminton championships at the Selangor Badminton Hall here today. The first surprise came when seeded player Jaffar Hassan (Malacca) was eliminated in a
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  • 247 12 din Sulaiman bt. A. Bakar Kassim 15—9, 15-8: Harun Mohamed bt. Maslan Embong 15-10. 15-4; Ahmad H. Abdullah bt. Idrls Kadlr 15-12. 18-15; Othman Saral bt. Anitr Manan 15-5. 18-15: H. Ismail bt. Ahmat Depot 15-9, 15-4; A. Rahman bt. A. Rahim Amin 15-6,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 65 12 SINGAPORE RUGGEB: Combined Malaya and Singapore Asians v Singapore Combined Services. padang. HOCKEY: M H.F. quadrangular: Selanßor v Johore, 3.55 p.m.; Singapore v Negrl Sembilan, 5.15 p.m. (both rames at Serangoon Road); Farelf (semi-final): It A.F.B. v 7 'DEO.) Gurkha i Federation). Tanglln. KI'ALA lIMHR TENNIS: Malayan Malays championships, Hale
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