The Straits Times, 8 June 1959

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    16 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Est4)^1845^ MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1959 15 CENTS
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    NEW DEAL FOR LABOUR
    614 1 GOVERNMENT tO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION SOON Industrial dispute court to be set up: Plan to unify trade union movement Byrne: No red tape with me SINGAPORE, Sun.— Legislation is to be introduced as soon as possible to initiate the first phase of the PAP Government's fiveyear plan
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    Lock icon MINISTER: STOP THESE CHILD MARRIAGES
    117 1 MINISTER: STOP THESE CHILD MARRIAGES SYDNEY. Sun— A leading Methodist Minister here tonight called for an end to 'primitive' Australian laws which allow girls to marry at the age of 12 and boys at 14. The minister, the Rev. Alan Walker, addressing a special youth service in Sydney's Lyceum Theatre,
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    3AUDOVIN MEETS THE PRESS
    79 1 King Baudovm of the Belgians (right £*>ntrc foreground) holds a press roniorrn. after his return from America in the midst JX a *o> a l crisU. Later it was «ftnf^nr/n that his father. ex-King Leopold, who Is sairfto have been wielding toe much infiu. •>n Baudovin.
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    4 DIE, 27 HURT AS BUS SOMERSAULTS INTO RAVINE
    193 1 4 DIE, 27 HURT AS BUS SOMERSAULTS INTO RAVINE KAJANG, Sunday. pOL'H people were killed and 27 injured when a bus rolled down a 25-foot ravine, three miles north of here, tonight. The bus was carrying 31 passengers back to Kuala Lumpur after a day at Port Dickson. The names
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    Lock icon POLICE QUELL YOUTH RIOT
    90 1 POLICE QUELL YOUTH RIOT WELLINGTON. Sun. All available police in Christchurch, New Zealand, were rushed to the main square last night to quell the worst riot in the City's history. It Involved between 290 and 400 youths. The riot started when a policeman intervened in a fight between two youths
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    2 senators for nuclear talks
    45 1 WASHINGTON. Sun. Two senators who could influence the ratification debate over any nuclear test ban agreement, have been alerted to fly to Geneva to attend the negotiations with the Soviet Union. They are Senator Albert Gore and Senator Bourke Hickenlooper.
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    Lock icon Two missing
    33 1 SAN PAULO, (Brazil). Sun. A train engineer and a signalman were reported missing today as authorities investigated the cause of a head-on train crash that killed 48 persons on Friday. U.P.I.
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    In remembrance
    45 1 LONDON. Sun. Hundreds of coloured and white people today marched from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square in remembrance of Kelso Cochrane, a west Indian carpenter stabbed to death by a band of white youths in the Notting Hill district of London last month.
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    Lock icon Nuclear arms
    27 1 LONDON, Sun. Mr. Harry Van B. Cleveland, in an fflclal report today, said it was possible Japan might have nuclear weapons within a decade. Reuter.
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    Philip to lay keel of atom sub
    69 1 Philip to lay keel of atom sub LONDON, Sun. The Duke of Edinburgh will lay the keel of Dreadnought, Britain's first nuclear-propelled submarine, on June 12. The submarine is British but it will have an American type hull and will be powered by an American propulsion unit. It will not,
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    Lock icon Death penalty
    34 1 BELGRADE, Sun. Yugoslavia is to abolish the death penalty for embezzlement and gaol sentences for anti-State activity will be limited to 15 years instead of 20. a Government official said today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Car race win
    32 1 BUERBURGRINO. (West Germany), Su:i. Britain's Stirling Moss and Jack Fairman, driving a Aston Martin DBR 1/30 C. today won the 1.000 kilometres (621 miles) sport car race here. Reuter.
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    ICELANDIC PROTEST REJECTED
    66 1 ICELANDIC PROTEST REJECTED LONDON, Bun. Britain has rejected Iceland's contention that the British destroyer Chaplet was responsible for a collision with the Icelandic gunboat Odinn on May 22. A Note delivered to the Icelandic Foreign Ministry yesterday in reply to an Icelandic Aide Memoire of June 3 said the British
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    Lock icon Mao sick with cancer—paper
    162 1 Mao sick with cancer— paper ROME, Sun. An Italian news agency said yesterday that the Chinese Communist leader Mr. Mao Tsetung is suffering from cancer of the liver. The Agenzla Continentale. which specialises in Communist affairs, said Mr. Mao was being trea ed by Russian and Swiss physicians and scientists
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    TWO DIE IN DRAMA OF SEPTIC TANK RESCUE BID
    608 1 TWO DIE IN DRAMA OF SEPTIC TANK RESCUE BID JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. A ROUTINE check of a septic tank in the grounds of the General Hospital here today resulted in the death of two men and in another four being overcome by poisonous fumes. The two dead are Ibrahim bin
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    2 British climbers die on peak
    123 1 2 British climbers die on peak KATHMANDU, Sun. Two British climbers have been killed in a bid to reach the summit of 22,300-foot Ama Dablam Peak in the Nepal Himalayas, accprding to reports reaching heretoday. The two men died on May 21 while making a final bid to reach the
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    Lock icon Call for Balkan summit meeting
    182 1 AM OSCOW, Sun. Ru- mania yesterday called for a "Balkan summit meeting" to bring about "collective ro-operation between the Balkan countries and safeguard peace In the region," the Soviet news agency Tass reported. It quoted a Rumanian Government statement as saying Rumania, "cannot Ignore the
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 PRINCESS MARGARET IN PORTUGAL ISMN, tai ruwd of 1 reeled Prll ml when s '>< fivlnnu vill i cli ivt- into Po i (on n tr> side Reatei
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    23 1 GETTYSBURG. Sun. Special prayers were said today at President Eisenhower's church for the success of the Geneva foreign ministers meeting. U.P.I.
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      85 1 PATEK PHILIPPE VICTORIES Results of the 1958 Competition announced February 5. 1959 First in wrist watch category (best individual result) holding this record since 1955. The Master watchmakers of Geneva. Sole Agents: H. SENA. LTD. Singapore Penang Tiger Beer Testimonials Miss "WIGGLE" DE CHASSIS, curvacious Singapore Model, says: "I often
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    Socialist wins worry Alliance
    429 2 SEVEN-SEAT LOSS IN URBAN AREAS: AREAS: A PROBE IS LIKELY PARTY CHIEF: IT COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE BIG PAP VICTORY IN SINGAPORE PENANG. Sunday. pRtSII trom their 17-7 victory in the I'enang state polls, the state Alliance faces two immediate post-eketion tasks: The formation
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    Lock icon HUNT FOR A LUCKY DOG
    71 2 TOKYO. Sun. Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Mlchiko today went husband- hunting for their two-j year-old female collie. About 250 collie dogs ga- thered at a collie festival held at the compound of a wo- men's university here in commemoration of the wedding of the
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    Only one of 6 measures up to City Council job
    196 2 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Only one of the six applicants from India and Celyon for the six vacancies in the City Council electricity department has been found to have the necessary qualifications. Mr. L. A Estrop. a senior electrical engineer in the
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    Lock icon KISSES FOR BESSIE, THE MERMAID
    56 2 A 21-YEAR-OLD typist. Miss Bessie Lee Lay En*, winner of the "Miss Mermaid" beauty contest organised by the Rex Theatre (Kong Ngee Organisation). Klang, receiving congratulatory kisses from the runner-up. Miss Molly Lee Geok Hoon (left), and Miss Annie P'ng Ean Ling after the prize
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    Political party for Sarawak
    175 2 BU. WANS, DAYAKS HAVE DOUBTS KUCHING, Sunday. 1 POLITICAL party— the the Sarawak United People's Party has been formed here. A statement by Mr. Stephen Yong. a Kuching lawyer and one of the Party's sponsors, said the founder-mem-bers considered the time had come to form a
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    CAO NOTIFIES LAWYERS OF SUSPENSION ORDERS
    79 2 CAO NOTIFIES LAWYERS OF SUSPENSION ORDERS SINGAPORE. Sun.— Mr. P. C. Marcus, the Singapore City Council's Chief Administrative Officer, has notified his lawyers of the suspension orders servojl on him yesterday morning relieving him of all duties. Mr. Marcus today told the Straits Times that he received the suspension orders
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    Lock icon A scientific 'no' to travel at the speed of light
    238 2 A scientific 'no' to travel at the speed of light MEW YORK. Sun. n Two of Americas leading space scientists have expressed doubt that rocket vehicles could ever reach speeds approaching that of light suggested that it and by implication would never be possible for man to explore solar systems
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    FRONT TO CELEBRATE WINS WITH VICTORY PARADE
    500 2 PENANG. Sun.— The Socialist Front, which took all seven seats In the urban areas at last night's state election, will stage a "victory parade" on Tuesday evening. Party leaders will drive round seven wards at 5.30 p.m. to thank their supporters. This will
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    Lock icon NEW POWER APPEARS IN S-E ASIA —US PAPER
    326 2 NEW POWER APPEARS IN S-E ASIA —US PAPER NEW YORK, Sunday. JHK NEW York Herald Tribune said in an editorial today on the Singapore election that a new power now appears in South-East Asia. "A new Government has just taken office in Singapore. It is the government of Mr. Lee
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    Lock icon That space flight: Eggs went, too
    218 2 That space flight: Eggs went, too WASHINGTON, Sun. A successful experiment with sea urchin eggs in the missile which carried monkeys Able and Baker into space has probed that liie cell development can continue under space conditions. Six vials containing the eggs in fertilised and unfertilised conditions were launched In
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    Plant deal
    24 2 HONG KONG. Sun Ceylon is to buy from China a complete textile plant with capacity of producing 10 million yards a month.
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    Woman killed
    28 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A woman. Chan Sek. 66. was killed when sne was knocked down by a bus near the Majestic Theatre in Pudu Road today.
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    BACK TO NORMAL NOW
    53 2 JOHORE. BAHRU. Sun Johore Bahru settled down to normal today after witnessing the impressive funeral of the late Sultan Ma-Jor-Gen. Sir Ibrahim, yesterday. The enormous crowd which j yesterday filled the town j dispersed after midnight. All Government offices reopened today after having i been closed
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    Lock icon ARMY LEADERS' GRIP IS STRONGER
    293 3 Praise for Nasution's 'moderate steps 9 JAKARTA, Sunday. leaders have strengthened their grip on the internal situation in Indonesia following the ban imposed on all political activities when a constitutional crisis blew up on Tuesday, political observers said today. The ban followed the failure of
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    Lock icon Nehru: A dangerous situation in Kerala
    231 3 jtfADRAS, Sun. The iTI Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, in a statement today on the situation in the Commun-ist-governed Indian state of Kerala, said it was obvious that a large section of Kerala people mistrusted the Communist Government. He said: "A dangerous situation full of
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    3,200 miners earned out
    49 3 TOKYO. Sun.— Police carried out bodily 3.200 coal n ners who staged a sit-down strike at the Shlme Coai mines. Fukuoka. yesterday. It was the first vlolene: over a Government decision to sell the colliery to a private firm because of low coal reserves.— UPl.
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    AKIHITO AND MICHIKO TOGETHER AGAIN ON THE TENNIS COURT
    49 3 PHOTOGRAPHERS surround Crown Prince Akihito and his bride Princess Michiko at the Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club, where they played their first game of tennis since their wedding on April 10. It was tennis that first brought them together.— UPl picture
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    Lock icon Nikita: World situation is now much better
    293 3 Nikita: World situation is now much better MOSCOW, Sunday. MR. NIKITA Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, told a Hungarian news agency that the international situation was better than it was two or three years ago. "A pointer to this improvement in the international situation is the Foreign Ministers conference in
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    Lock icon SAMPAN GIRL SUSIE TO WED DOCKS OFFICIAL
    150 3 HONG KONG. Sun.— Miss Susie Ho, 23, a sampan girl, who In 1945 v as a number of a paint-chipping gang on Prince Philips destroyer, is to marry a British dockyard official. Miss Ho made news last March when the Prince invited her
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    Lock icon Jail and fine for mills manager
    131 3 Jail and fine for mills manager I AHORE. (Pakistani. Sun. Gajanand Dalmia. general manager of ihe Sutlej Cotton Mills, was sentenced to five years Imprisonment and a 500.00 jrupee i about MS318.000) fine at a military court here yesterday. He was charged with interfering with the martial law authorities, obstructing
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    Lock icon DRUMMER RORY SETS A NON-STOP RECORD
    95 3 DRUMMER RORY SETS A NON-STOP RECORD LONDON. Sun. A London drummer last night beat the world record of 28 hours' non-stop drummine, set in New York in 1953 by Ben Pollack, an American. After breaking the record, the British champion, Rory Black well. 24. continued for another three minutes and
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    Lock icon Elephants stampede
    54 3 JAKARTA. Bun. Two rubber estates in Langkat regency. North Sumatra suffered heavy losses when a group of 30 stampeding wild elephants from nearby Jungles destroyed a large number of young rubber trees. A police unit rushed to the estates to prevent the elephants from harming the population of
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    Quadruplets
    31 3 NEW YORK. Sun.-A 32--year-old woman gave birth to quadruplets yesterday at East Orange general hospital. New Jersey. Bhe and the four infants were reported In satisfactory condition— U P I
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    Lock icon Huge plans for cancer survey
    118 3 Huge plans for cancer survey NEW YORK, Sun. Th* American Cancer Society announced today that it was undertaking a sixyear survey of 1,000.000 Americans in an attempt to test a number of theories about the origins of cancer. The survey, most ambitious medical statistic* project ever attempted in America, will
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    Lock icon A Canadian moon soon
    91 3 A Canadian moon soon OTTAWA, sun. Canada will launch an earth satellite in 1961 with the cooperation of the United States. Mr. John Dlefenbaker. the Canadian Prim* Minister announced yesterday. He said Canada was designing a high-altitude rocket "which has every indication of being a highly efficient research instrument" and
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    Lock icon Margaret: Tm no political football'
    234 3 Sun. The Sydney Mirror reported today that Princess Margaret told the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies last week that she would not visit Australia "as a political football:" The newspaper, in a dispatch from London, said Mr Menzies. who is on a world tour, had
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    Lock icon 5 OFFICIALS KILLED IN SIAM CLASH
    79 3 BANGKOK. Sun.— Five officials In Korat province, north-east Slam, were killed by a group of itinerants from the other north-eastern province of Übolrajthani. an official police spokesman reported. Nine officials went to Interrogate about 100 people who had emigrated Into Korat from Übolrajthani. They
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    23 3 TOKYO. Sun. Sources close to the Japanese Government said today that Indonesia had asked Jaoan for a loan of U.S.S4& millionReuter.
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    Tengku suggests a solution 'to satisfy everybody'
    280 4 NEGRI ALLIANCE COMMITTEE TO MEET ON MENTRI ISSUE KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday fUK A LLIANCE leader, T«nj(ki Abdul Rahman, tonight culled ;in I'mergency meeting of Hie Negri Sembilan State Alliance Com- mittee for Saturday to choose i Mentri Besar for the State. UMNO wants
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    Questions about the other new Mentri for meeting
    188 4 Questions about the other new Mentri for meeting Qttf<?ttovc KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. UESTIONS on the appointment of Inche Abu Bakar bin Baginda as Selangor's first elected Mentri Besar are expected to be raised when the executive committee of Selangor UMNO meets here tomorrow. Five UMNO branches in Kuala Lumpur oppose
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    PARTY WILL BAH STRIP SHOW 1F...
    85 4 PARTY WILL BAH STRIP SHOW 1F... KOTA BHARU, Sun. The Pan-Malayan Islamic Party will impose a total ban on strip tease shows, rock-'n'-roll dances. hula hooping and obscene books if it is returned to power in Kelantan's state election on June 24. The party's manifesto published today pledges to encourage
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    Customs officer hit as Verey answers signal
    175 4 SINGAPORE. Sunday A lieutenant in the customs service was hit in the left temple when a Verey pistol was discharged in his boat last night. The victim was Lieutenant Kong Soon Seng. 21, who was in command of a patrol boat on an
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    Firkusny holds Spore audience spellbound
    138 4 Firkusny holds Spore audience spellbound SINGAPORE. Sun.— Rudolf Firkusny held musicloving Singapore spellbound for two and a half hours tonight In the Victoria Theatre. No wonder. The famous Czech-American pianist ranged the whole gamut of planLstic emotion, from the high classicism of Beethoven's "Pathetique" and an unannounced set of Mozart
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    ALLIANCE 'BIG GUNS' FOR POLLS CAMPAIGN
    121 4 T^OTA BHAKI. Sun. The IV Alliance is sending several "big guns'* here to take part In the State election campaign. Heading the campaign will be the Minister of Agriculture. Inche Abdul Asii bin Ishak. Other "big guns" coming include Tengku Abdul Rahman, Tuan Syed
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    Tengku's rally
    27 4 KLUANG, Sun. Tengku Abdul Rahman, former Prune Minister of the Federation and leader of the Alliance, will address an election rally in Kluane tomorrow night.
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    Birthday songs for Saint
    52 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. The followers of the Indian saint Brt Ramakrlahna, celebrated his birthday this evening with a programme of speeches, music and dances at the Ramakrlshna Mission at Bartley Road. Srimat Bwaml Madhavanandajl MaharaJ, general secretary of the mission, spoke on the life and teachings of
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    CID man saves a hawker from gang assault
    142 4 CID man saves a hawker from gang assault SINGAPORE. Sun.— A police officer tonight shot and wounded a youth after saving a hawker from assault by two protection racket thugs in Upper Thomson Road here. Police later said Insp. Y. T. Wong, of the CID, opened fire only when he
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    The number was wrong
    46 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Bun. The Department of Information here has issued a correction to the list of prizewinning tickets In the Social and Welfare Lotteries draw last Friday. The number of one of the 75 eighth prizes should read *****81 and not *****91.
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    Malays are healthiest
    38 4 IPOH. Sun. According to statistics compiled by the Perak Government. Malays appear to be the healthiest community in the state. Records show they are less liable than other communities to dysentery, beri-berl, pneumonia and tuberculosis.
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    First meeting
    27 4 SINGAPORE. Bun. St. Stephen's School will hold its first annual sports at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the St. Patrick's School ground in East Coast Road.
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    Unclaimed $30,000
    59 4 JESSELTON. Sun. No claim has been made so far for the first prize of $30,000 in the Social Welfare lottery drawn here more than a month ago. Ticket No. *****1 was drawn at the Royal North Borneo Turf Club meet on May 2. The second prize of $15,000
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    DR. WU IS CHOSEN
    80 4 IPOH. Sun.— World famous plague expert. Dr. Wu Lien Teh, was elected president of the Perak Library at its annual meeting here today. Dr. Wu is also an author. His autobiography. "Plague Fighter", which describes how the plague epidemic In China |in 1911 was beaten, has
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      211 4 Today's Singapore diary I MVKBSITY OF MALAYA FEDERATION OF BOYS' I Y.W.C.A.: Talk on fashion by ART Ml SEVM: Collection of con- CLUBS (Queen Street): Judo 6 Roland Chow at 4.30 pa at temporary Malayan painting, In- pun.; motor-repairing art class, Raffles Quay. dian and South-But Asian sculp- photography 7
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    1135 5 Iwffl IN WENT THE PLANES N April, 1945, the largest battleship I ever built steamed through the East China Sea and headed for Okinawa waters. The mighty vessel was the 72,220-ton Yamato, flagship of the Japanese fleet. Soon she
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    33 6 It WmrU Sit (Minimum). THE CHILDREN OF the !r te lira. E:h»l Buxton thank ail friends for their kind expressions ol sympathy in their sad bereavement and their attendance at her funeral.
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    The Straits Times. Political Violence
    617 6 The Straits Times. Political Violence Monday, June 8, 1959 I An alleged deterioration in the international situation is just a tame excuse that Dr. Adenauer has cooked up for his decision not to relinquish the chancellorship of West Germany after all. Professor Erhard, the Economics Minister, who seemed sure of
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    Opening Up
    393 6 First benefit of the Federation's $30 million American loan is to be the speeding up of completion of the trunk road from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bharu in Kelantan by undertaking a full-scale bridge building programme. This will eliminate most of the bottle-necks on the present road caused
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    Alliance Again
    220 6 Although seventeen seats out of twenty-four make a comfortable majority for the Alliance in Penang's new fullyelected State legislative assembly, the margin of victory in Saturday's polling is the narrowest thus far in the series of State elections. Winning seven of the eighteen constituencies in which it had
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    A NATION'S TREASURES GO ON DISPLAY
    1270 6  -  CHERMIN BOTH MODERN AND ANCIENT ART OF INDIA TO BE EXHIBITED AT KUALA LUMPUR'S NATIONAL GALLERY By 1^ HE National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, is today a shrine of art dedicated to the timeless spirit of India. For the next two months the public
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    GREATER NEED IS MORE PLAYING FIELDS FOR OUR SCHOOLS...
    143 6 I TAKE off my hat to those animal lovers who want a zoo in Vnalo Tnmniir Kuala Lumpur But I suggest that they postpone their generous effort till our schools have adequate basketball and badminton courts, and two or three football
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    SWITZERLAND MAKES IT A THIRD PARTY RISK
    59 6 SWITZERLAND MAKES IT A THIRD PARTY RISK IT may interest your readers to know that in Switzerland all dog owners havei to effect compulsory third party insurance as protection against claims by persons bitten (postmen or otherwise). Such rover can also he obtained from most insurance companies in Malaya, premium
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    Taxi drivers: It is time something was done
    189 6 I7VER since the delimltation of tfcs number of taxis in Singapore, ordinary motorists have had to face the prepetual rudeness of these taxi-drivers who are all under the assumption that they "own" the roads. To Quote /just a few instances. Almost every
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    SCOTTISH DANCING IS NOT A SEREMBAN PRESERVE
    110 6 THE rather large "splash on Scottish country dancing in the Sunday Times of May 34 gives the Impression that this grand pastime is practised only In the Seremban Club. In Malacca there are two groups at present running, one in the Malacca Club
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    VALUES THAT COUNT...
    58 6 AS a Chrlstan minister I am happy to note that "all PAP Assemblymen will have to maintain a high code of conduct." (S.T. June 4). Living as we do in an intensely materialistic world, it is fatally easy to forget that, after all. it is character and
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    Stamps I'D LIKE TO
    161 6 Stamps I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY MY COVERS WERE SPOILED i HUGE number of stamp collectors recently queued patiently for hours for the latest stamps of the State of Singapore. Quite a number even registered their letters to ensure that the first day covers they sent would be received by
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    JOBS PLEA TO GOVT.
    68 6 IN the past two months x vacancies in some Government departments have been advertised in the papers. Almost all these posts required at least a Cambridge School Certificate. It would help the thousands of jobless, with only Form 111 and IV certificates to get employment if
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    DRIVING TESTS: LONG WAIT
    79 6 TIE public may be aware that some of the licence testers at Maxwell Road have left and now only a few remain. These cannot cope with the large number of learner drivers waiting to be tested. Some who failed in April, i understand, will have to
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    Postal union's 3-point plan
    202 7 REVISION OF PA V SCHEME TOP OF THE LIST: LEGAL SECTION TO HELP MEMBERS IN DIFFICULTY KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE newly-formed National Union of Postal Uniformed Staff, which is expected to be registered soon, has a three-point plan for immediate implementation. TO DEMAND a revision of
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    Travel men to visit Hong Kong
    140 7 Travel men to visit Hong Kong SINGAPORE, Sun. Ten travel agents rrom Singapore. Malaya and North Borneo will leave here by Comet 4 tomorrow for Hong Kong where they will be guests of BOAC for three days. They are Mr. Lo Hung Ee. Mr. Cheah Phie Klat. Mr. R. J.
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    Medal for architect
    56 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Mr. K. C. Duncan, architect of the British Council buildIng in Bluff Road, will be presented with the Royal Institute of British Architects' bronze medal tomorrow. The representative of the Britlsn Council. Mr. J. P. Lucas, will be host at an "at home" at
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    School opening
    26 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khlr bin Joharl. will open the High Btreet School here on Friday at 5 pm.
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    ARMY'S NEW DIRECTOR TAKES OVER
    62 7 ARMY'S NEW DIRECTOR TAKES OVER SINGAPORE, Sun— MajorGen. A. P. W. Hope, who has been appointed major-gene-ral in charge of administration, GHQ. Farelf. arrived to take up his post today. Major-Gen. Hope succeeds Major-Gen. J. C. dA Dalton. who returned to Britain as Director of Quartering at the War Office.
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    100 at meeting to form PTA
    48 7 KLUANO, Sun.— More than 100 parents and teachers of the Tengku Mahmud School attended a meeting here called to form a parent/ teacher association. An interim committee under the chairmanship of Mr. A. C. Lewis has been formed to draft the rules
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    Royal audience
    32 7 KOTA BAHRU. Sun.— The Sultan and Raja Perempuan of Kelantan will receive their subjects in audience at the Balai Besar here on Hari Raya Haji. June 17, after morning prayers.
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    Report for board
    29 7 KUALA LUMPUR. SunThe board of governors of the Pudu English Secondary School here will meet at the school library on Tuesday to receive the secretary's report.
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    'Green engineers in top jobs9—union leader 1.000 GUESTS AT BERSANDING
    233 7 'Green engineers in top jobs 9 union leader 1.000 GUESTS AT BERSANDING KOTA BHARU, Sun. A union leader has claimed that "green engineers" have been placed in executive and administrative post In the technical departments. The chairman of the Kelantan division of the Malayan Trade Union Congress. Mr. P. S.
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    Murdered girl sets a riddle
    189 7 POLICE SEEK IDENTIFICATION MUAR, Sunday. THE unidentified body of a Malay woman was found ■I yesterday at the Ist milestone, Tanjong Agas, Muar. She had been strangled with a rope which was round her neck. A police spokesman today described her as being approximately >21
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    WARDER FINDS PRISONER HANGING IN CELL
    59 7 WARDER FINDS PRISONER HANGING IN CELL PENANG. Sun.— A prisoner on remand in the Penanc Prison was found hanging in his cell today. A warder on rounds discovered Wong Yean. 41, hanging from a handkerchief at 2 a.m. The warder had peeped through Wong's cell and missed him. On closer
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    YIP guests
    38 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Sultan of Selangor and the Prime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, will be the main guests at the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Installation dinner at the Lake Club here on June 26.
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    Catholics are told of 'sacred duty' to back Govt.
    260 7 Catholics are told of 'sacred duty' to back Govt. SINGAPORE, Sun.— Catholics in Singapore have been told that it is their "sacred duty" to co-operate with the new government. A newsletter of St. Joseph's Church published today declared: "We have w new government constitutionally elected. It Is the sacred duty
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    St. John rally on June 21
    55 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The St. John Ambulance Brigade. Federation of Malaya, will hold a Cadet Day rally at Batu Road School here on June 21. The Sul an of Selangor and the Tengku Ampuan will be present The Tengku Ampuan will present certificates at
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    Many expected at banquet
    39 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Hundreds of people are expected to attend a public banquet to mark Kuala Lumpur's centenary on Saturday. The banquet will oe field at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Birch Road, at 8 p.m.
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    Co-op meeting
    28 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Selangor Government Servants' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd will hold Its 36th annual metting at Hotel Majestic here on June 18.
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    Council meeting
    21 7 KUALA LUMPUR. K-n. The Federal Legislative Council will hold a meeting at the Council Chambers here on June 24.
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    Envoy to speak
    36 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Bun. The Malayan High Commissioner in Australia, Dato Ounn Lay Teik. will be the guest speaker at the weekly lunch of the Rotary Club at the Cog dOr here on Wednesday.
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    $700 fine for 30 pictures
    30 7 JOHORU BAHRU, Sun. Mook Kam Ylng, 30, of Kuala Lumpur, was fined $700 today for importing 30 obscene photographs. They were ordered to be destroyed.
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    Private car was used for hire
    39 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. K. Suppiah. of Tebrau Estate. was fined $300 today for using a private car for hire and for driving without oelng covered with an insurance policy. His licence was endorsed
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    Rotary speaker
    29 7 BINOAPORE, Bun. Mr. W.B. Woon. the Director of Social Welfare, guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon meeting on Wednesday, wir speak on "Social Services li Singapore."
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    TEACHERS URGED: SUPPORT GOVT. PLAN
    352 7 Union's circular calls for a unified education service SINGAPORE. Sun.— The Singapore Teachers' Union today called on teachers to support the Government's programme for building national solidarity. Mr. S. Sivanandam. president of the union, which has 3.000 members, made the call In a fourpage cyclostyled
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    TENGKU TO WIND UP THE JOHORE CAMPAIGN
    353 7 TENGKU TO WIND UP THE JOHORE CAMPAIGN JOHORE BAHRI', Sunday. 4 ITER a three-day "lay-off" political parties con- testing the Johore state elections today stepped up their campaign. The parties stopped campaigning on Friday as a mark of respect for the late Sultan, Sir Ibrahim, who was burled yesterday. "Die
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    2,500 TROOPS REHEARSE FOR 818 ROYAL PARADE
    82 7 2,500 TROOPS REHEARSE FOR 818 ROYAL PARADE SINGAPORE. Sun. Roads surrounding the padang were closed for over two hours today during the rehearsal for the Queen's birthday parade on June 13. Members of Commonwealth and local forces, together with representatives from the Singapore Police Force and youth organisations took part
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    SMOKES FIRM TO INVEST $26.5 miL
    152 7 SMOKES FIRM TO INVEST $26.5 miL ITUALA LUMPUR. Sun 1V —A British firm, the Malayan Tobocco Company Limited, is to invest $26.5 million in the Federation in its expansion programme. The general manager. Mr. R. J. E. Price, told the Straits Times today that the company would increase its production
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    Parties to pick candidates
    43 7 BUNGEI BAKAP, Bun. The Alliance and the Socialist Front here are expected to meet tomorrow to select their candidates for the Province South rural district council by-election at Sungel Bakap on June 25. Nominations will close on June 9.
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    The new officer
    32 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Bun. Mr. Soon Cheng Hor has been appointed State Information Officer. Johore, In succession to Inche Zainal. Abldln, who is now in the Kuala Lumpur information office.
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    Annual meeting
    24 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Federation's Adult Education Association will hold its seventh annual meeting at the British Council here on June 14.
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    PRIZE DRAW CORRECTION
    49 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— j The Department of Information here has issued a correction to the list of prizewinning tickets in the Social 1 and Welfare Lotteries draw last Friday. The number of one of the 75 eighth prizes should read *****81 and not *****91 as stated.
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    Pen pictures span an era of great change
    501 8 Pen pictures span an era of great change THE TALE OF A COLONY AS TOLD IN 28 MAPS DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. 1941-50. Edited by L. G. Wickham Legg and E. T. Williams. (Oxford. £5 55.) Reviewed by Valentine Heywood. THE prefatory note to this latest volume of the D.N.B.
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    The story of Hong Kong
    420 8 The story of Hong Kong THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON AS TOLD IN MAPS. By T. R. Trefear and L. Berry (Hong Kong University Press 10s.) WHEN Lord PalmerTT ston heard in April 1841 that Captain Elliot had restored Chusan to the Chinese in return for the cession
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    Poor boy wins rich girl
    73 8 CHILDREN Ol PRIDE. By Reginald Griflillis Uarrolds. 155.). SET in South Africa in the middle of the last century, this tale of love and adventure has all the old-fashioned conventional, sentiments about such subjects. Poor boy rescues rich girl from an octopus, goes whaling to
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    WHERE YOU SLIPPED UP
    802 8 'THE results of the Ma- lay an Monthly's Free Entry Word Puzzle "D" (May) were announced yesterday in the Sunday Times. Here are the judges comments on what they thought were the most apt and accurate answers to some of the more difficult clues. ACROSS 4:
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    Quietly steady week
    1167 10 NO FRESH BUYING POWER By Our Market Correspondent FOLLOWING the Singapore elections on May 30 the Malayan Share Market turned very quiet and featureless, thus indicating the large proportion of business which the former Colony contributes to the pan-Malayan sum total. Two or three days after the
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    407 10 j THE Singapore Rubber Market last week was trendless and a mixed sentiment was reported. June first grade rubber fell below the dollar again on Monday, rallying above it on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, but finally closed the week at 98 3 i cents
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    821 10 rE following list of revised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share v.-1,. «__.__:-4;,__. Brokers Association after its last meeting: On Saturday (Jim- R\ VJUneb). INDUSTRIALS Bayen Srllm Mei Bdcu pNf 1.9U tJO Ord» tJO 3J0 tiki IM 1140 M ih'i»" B. B. Petrol 53 54'-xdccl
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      434 10 NOTICES THE METAL BOX COMPANY OF MALAYA LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tenth Annual General Meeting of The Metal Box Company of Malaya Limited will be held on Thursday 16th July, 1959. at 11 a.m. at the Registered Offices of the Company at l.ja Milestone.
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    2343 11 COMPANY MEETING Fiftieth Annual General Meeting to be held on 10th June, 1959, at the Savoy Hotel, London, W.C.2. SIR JOHN HAY'S STATEMENT The average price of rubber for 1958 was significantly lower than that for the preceding year and our revenue from
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    Hong Kong keep Cup
    943 12  -  AFTER 15 MINUTES, MATCH BECAME A ROUT KOH's GOALS ONLY HIGHLIGHT FOR MALAYANS KUALA LLMPLR. Sun.— A brilliant 1 1-minute spell of attacking football in the first half gave Hong Kong their fourth successive victory in the Ho Ho Cup soccer competition when they met Malayan
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    Presentation
    37 12 SINGAPORE. Sun—Certificates for the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's honorary coaches will be presented to the 46 qualified candidates by Mrs. A. T Rajah at a tea party at Robinson's Cafe on June 12 at 5.30 p.m.
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    Malaya to invite 7 nations to M-tourney
    353 12 Malaya to invite 7 nations to M-tourney By VIC NAYAGAM, Kuala Lumpur, Sun. C.A. of Malaya will invite seven nations Hong 1 Kong. India, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines to the Merdeka Anniversary soccer tournament in August. Each invited nation will be asked to bring along a II
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    287 12 INDONESIA HAS NO OBLIGATION TO AFC MALADI JAKARTA, Sun.— Tlve J chairman of the Indonesian Football Federation said the Indonesia has no responsibility or obligation to the Asian Football Confederation. Maladi. who Just returned from attending the meetIng of Olympic Games representatives in Rome, upheld similar statements made by the
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    Koe for course in Switzerland
    84 12 IJUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Mr. Koe Ewe Teik. chairman of the F.A. of Malaya Referees Board, has been Invited by F.I.F.A. to give lectures at the referees' course In Switzerland In August. FAM Council, at its meetIng here today, decided to extend Mr. Koe's tour to
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    Swim record
    25 12 TOKYO, Sun. Tsuyoshl Yamanaka of Waseda University today established a new national swimming record of 17mln. 56sec. In the 1.500 metres freestyle event
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    Penang selection go down fighting
    127 12 DENANG, Sun.— Taiping Prison beat Penang selection by six goals to four in a friendly soccer match at the City Stadium today Penang started off well and i took a 2-0 lead, centre-for-ward Aziz Ahmad scoring both goals Prisons setled down and their speedy forwards
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    Indonesia invites
    97 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Kumala Hiuup Swimi| Club of Jakarta has ln- .«ed Singapore swimmers and waterpolo teams to compete in their 20Lh anniversary championships at Jakarta from Sept 11 to Sept. ID* The invitation was made in a letter to Singapore Amateur Swimming Association. The letter also said
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    Nine schools in trophy cricket
    57 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. VINE schools have entered 11 the Vanderholt :ricket competition for Selangot Schools. The draw Is (top section): Sentul MBS vs Maxwell Road; High School. Kiang, vs Victoria Institution. XL. Bottom section: High School, Kajang, vs ACS, Klang: St. John's Institution, XL. vs
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    Australian football results
    129 12 SYDNEY, Sun. Resulta of to day's Australian foot on matches: Queensland Div. Blackstorr 1 Corinthians I. Qaeefisland Div. 2— White Stars 1 Easts 3. K.S.W. Dtr. 1 North— Cessnocfc 3 Adamstown 3; West WaUseud 3 Cardiff 0; Newcastle Aust o Awabs. Blacksmiths l Charlestown 8. N.S.W. District
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    MALAYA CUP: 5-3 VICTORY FOR KELANTAN
    166 12 MALAYA CUP: 5-3 VICTORY FOR KELANTAN I^UALA LJPIS, Sun. Kelantan beat Pahang 5-3 in an east zone Malaya Cup soccer match rtere today. Pahang opened the •coring after 10 minutes when centre-forward Amaran smacked the ball in from a Fernando centre. Kelantan equalised five minutes later through Hamid Ohani. Fifteen
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    Jollilads 6-0
    25 12 SINGAPORE. Sun—Jollllads beat Queenstown 6-0 in a S.A.F.A. Dlv. 3A soccer match at Farrer Park today. Scorers: Ma lid (4). Hussein and Arunasalam.
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    23 12 ADELAIDE. Sun— Hearts, the crack Scottish football team, beat an Australian XI 6-0 here yesterday after leading 2-0 at half-time. Reuter.
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      66 12 mm? Soccer: SJLfJL League, Dlv. 3 A Setia Jaya v T.8.A., Oeylang; Maxwell v Indian Youngster*. UJ-A. ground; Indian Brotherhood v Serangoon M.Y., Farrer Park. Athletlca: St Stephens Bchool meet, St. Patricks School, 3 pjn. Golf: Singapore Women's championship (2nd qualifying round). RIC course (2.15). Cricket: Inter-School Paslr Panjang v
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    HIGH SOCKS TAKES TOP SPRINT
    2059 13  -  EPSOM JEEP 3 winners: Good day for Ward and Daniels By Ipoh, Sun. GRAND COUP MAKES AMENDS TO WIN 9F CONSOLATION DERBY: $94 UPSET BY LORD FREDRICK II MR. K. Y. LIM'S brilliant sprinter, High Socks, 1 finally won a race outside his home ground
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    BIG SWEEP RESULT
    62 13 TOTAL POOL. 5210.500. Ist No. *****1 ($58,150). 2nd. No. *****3 ($27,330). 3rd. No *****8 (513,956 1. STARTERS ($l,BlB each) Nos *****7, *****7, *****8. *****8, *****0. *****8. 2»ltM, *****2. CONSOLATION (SM.OOO earn) Not. *****1, *****1, *****0, *****2. *****4, *****6. *****3, *****0, *****8, *****1 Twenty tickets bear. ing last
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    172 13 LONDON, Sunday. BUSSIA wil: be represented in the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships for the first time in this year's tournament, which opens on June 22 The four Russian players who arrived here on Friday were all among the accept a aces announced by
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    136 for first wicket
    50 13 PENANG. Sun—Sathaslvam (7i not out) and Nagendran shared a 136-run first wicket partnership the highest this season when Malayan Teachers College beat Penang Sports Club by eight wickets at Western Road yesterday. Scores: PS C. 155-5 dec. (J. Collbeck 53. J. Humphreys 51 ret.); College 160-2.
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    FAM selection
    37 13 KUALA LUMPUR.— F. A. of Malaya selection team to meet Hong Kong Chinese on June 16 is: Lourdes. Nagaratnam, Vacu. Wai Hong, Breakwell. Cheong Liam. Arthur Koh. Ghani. R Choc Gabrielle. and Woo Ah Wan.
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    Watt, Shaw re-elected
    94 13 SINGAPORE, Sun.— Mr. W. McGregor Watt and Mr. Runme Shaw were re-elected president and vice-president respectively of the Racehorse Owners Association of Malaya. Committee members are: Singapore Messrs. Wong Slew Lene. Choo Lye Huat, Tan Eng Joo. T. E. Atkinson, Alllngton Kennard. Lim Eng Kwan, Joe Caun
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    Lock icon Wilson wins Priory title
    53 13 BIRMINGHAM. Sun.—Bobby Wilson beat fellow-British Davis Cup player Mike Davis 3-6. 6-2. 10-8 in the men s singles final of the Priory international lawn tennis tournament here yesterday. Maria Esther Bueno of Brazil took the women's title, defeating British international Ann Haydon 3-6. 6-2. 6-4 in
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    Lock icon LAN BLACK CRACKS WORLD MEDLEY RECORD
    90 13 LAN BLACK CRACKS WORLD MEDLEY RECORD CARDIFF. Son.— lan Black. Scottish schoolboy swimmer who won three European titles last year, broke the world record for the 4 x 110 yards individual medley at the Empire Pool here last night The 17-year-old Scot clocked 5 mm. 8.8 sec. compared with the
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    Champs beaten
    34 13 SINGAPORE. Sun. Rest of Singapore won the J.W. van Daatselaar Memorial Shield when they beat the Singapore champions, Chinese Swimming Club. 8-6 in their annual S.A.S.A, waterpolo match at Amber Road today.
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    Wood's medal
    36 13 SINGAPORE. Sun. W. Wood won Royal Singapore Golf Club's "A" Division monthly medal stroke competition at Sime Road yesterday. Runners-up were J. C. A. Patterson and C. Pa-get-Hoblyn. P. Franklin won the ball sweep.
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    Lock icon Northern title to Neilsen
    110 13 MANCHESTER, Sun.— Kurt 1 L Neilsen, the Danish Davis Cup player, won the men's singles title of the Northern lawn tennis championships here yesterday, beating his compatriot. Torben ulrlch 4-6. 6-3. 6-4 in the final. After the first two sets, during which there was a slight
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    N.S. Club win
    49 13 SEREMBAN. Sun. Negrl Sembllan Club beat Garrison by 13 runs at cricket here today. N.S. Club 135 (P. O. de Sllva 27. G. R. C. Hamlln 22, R. Glasspool 5-31; M. W. G. Burt 4-27). Garrison 122 (Brig. KeithJones 24. R. Temple 20; de Sllva 5-14).
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    44 13 NEW YORK. Sun. The National Boxing Association of America yesterday announced that it has revived recognition of the world Junior welterweight championship and would recognise a fight between the American lightweights Kenny Lane and Carlos Ortiz as being for the title. Renter.
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    Awards for Althea and Gonzales
    153 13 I OB ANGELES, Sun. Althea Gibson and Richard Gonzales were named to the Helms Hall, amateur tennis "Hall of Fame." the Helms Athletic Foundation announced yesterday. They will receive the Helms Hall awards and thrlr names will be inscribed upon the tennis hall in Helms
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    Lock icon Attack on Foreign Minister has proved a 'fiasco'
    335 14 PRESS CONTROVERSY OVER REPORT OF LLOYD'S TRANSFER M ACHILLAS IN A BARGAIN WITH EDITOR? LONDON, Sun.— The political sensation caused by Monday's London Times report suggesting Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary, might be moved to another job was a lively topic
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    Lock icon SIX-DAY REVOLT BY 10,000 IN CHINESE CITY—SAYS EXILE
    150 14 SIX-DAY REVOLT BY 10,000 IN CHINESE CITY— SAYS EXILE TAIPEH, Sunday. ANTI-COMMUNISTS in Western China staged a major revolt against Red officials shortly after tho Tibetan uprising, an exiled Chinese Governor sail here today. More than 10.000 youths fr?ed political prisoners from a Communist jail and ruled a remote Chinese
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    Certainly it wasn't a way out
    78 14 SWANSEA (Wales) Sun. Prisoners at Swansea prison today knocked a 30--foot hole in the wall of the prison at the governor's command. The Governor. Major Nash, explained: "There is a lot of rebuilding work going on inside the prison and we needed access for
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    Lock icon AMONG THE ANTIQUES, LIVE SHELLS WAITED
    107 14 AMONG THE ANTIQUES, LIVE SHELLS WAITED NEW YORK. Sun. Fif'y ancient artillery sheas, mildewed with age, were hurriedly dumped into the sea yesterday after being discovered in au old shop on Broadway. Relics of the civil and Spanish-American Wars, they were believed to be harmless, but police and firemen took
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    Lock icon Cairo protest
    19 14 DAMASCUS. Sun. The United Arab Republic today protested against alleged Turkish violations of Arab air space.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon FATHER WINS A 17-YEAR BATTLE
    205 14 FATHER WINS A 17-YEAR BATTLE I ONDON. Sun. A serviceman's father said yesterday he had won a 17 year old battle to clear his missing son of charges that he deserted in Burma during the retreat from the Japanese. Seventy year old Mr. John Thomson said he had received a
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    Lock icon Nasution calls for unity
    72 14 JAKARTA, Sun. Gen. Haris Nasution, army Chief of Staff, has appealed to the Indonesian people to preserve and develop national unity. Antara news agency said today that he made the appeal in a nation-wide broadcast on Friday. Reuter. Charly wins MILAN, Sun.— Charly Gaul, of Luxembourg,
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    Lock icon DOCTOR HAS A WORD FOR THE A.A.
    84 14 DOCTOR HAS A WORD FOR THE A.A. NEW YORK. Sun. "Alcoholics Anonymous" has had much better results in treating alcoholics than have doctors and psychiatrists, according to Dr. Albert Laverne, senior psychiatrist at New York's Bellevue Hospital. Speaking at a local convention of this international voluntary organisation for the treatment
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    Lock icon SHE WANTS NYLONS FOR CAPTURED ANIMALS
    70 14 SHE WANTS NYLONS FOR CAPTURED ANIMALS SALISBURY, Sun.— The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has appealed for nylon stockings for animals in the Lake Kariba hunts. The secretary Mr. O. L. Hilton, said game rangers capturing buck and other small animals use hemp ropes to tie their legs
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    Lock icon Threats to Press will be studied by CPU
    343 14 LONDON, Sun T"HREATS to the freeA dom of the Press will be among major topics for discussion at the golden jubilee conference of the Commonwealth Press Union opening here tomorrow. The CPU's aims are to further the interests of newspapers and news
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    Miser who lived by scavenging left fortune in a dustbin
    226 14 Miser who lived by scavenging left fortune in a dustbin LATE FOREIGN NEWS w- ;-T "I NEW YORK, Sunday. AN 86- YEAR-OLD recluse who used to pick up from back lanes in Milwaukee, left more than U.S. $500,000 ($1,500,000) in stocks and shaTes hidden in a dustbin in his threeroom
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    All that glitters is not...
    47 14 ROME: Thieves stole a jewelled crown from the head of a statue of the Madonna at Novara but found it was a worthless copy since the real crown, reputed to be worth many thousands of pounds, was locked in a treasure chest.
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    GANESON (116) AND MARKS (9-30) BEST IN SCA TOURNEY
    1313 14 GANESON (116) AND MARKS (9-30) BEST IN SCA TOURNEY SINGAPORE, Sunday SINGAPORE, Sun— Defending champions Singapore Cricket (.lul) became clear leaders of the Singapore (.ricket Association Senior tournament when they scored a seven-wicket w i 11 over Indian Association on the padanfl today. While they were strengthening their grip on
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    Merrytime in last eight
    52 14 SINGAPORE, Sun. Dej fending champions Merrytime Blue" entered the quarterI finals of the Singapore Badminton Association's Junior inter-club competition, beating Rose B.P. 5-0 at the S.B.A. Hall tonight. Results ot other second round ties tonight were: Useful "White" beat Amateur Athletic Union 5-0 and Police beat
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