The Straits Times, 13 June 1959

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  • 18 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80.000 The Straits Times lit****: Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1959 15 CENTS
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  • 384 1 IT'S A GO VT.-TO-GOVTC MEETING NOW Lee to bring two more Ministers to capital Razak team is also built up K^ALA LUMPUR, Fri. Tomorrow's meeting between the Prime Ministers of Singapore and the Federation has developed unexpectedly into what is to be a conference between the two
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  • 44 1 THE sketch above shows how Cinerama works. At bottom of picture, the multilensed camera and the eight-loudspeaker system record the scene which is reproduced with startling reality on the screen at top of picture.
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  • 306 1 SINGAPORE, Fri. SINGAPORE will be the first city in South-East Asia to have Cinerama a new motion picture technique in about a month. Several tons of Cinerama equipment have already arrived in Singapore and will be installed at Shaw Organisation's Sky Theatre
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  • 30 1 BRIGHTON, Fri. Prince Monolulu, the well known British racing tipster, who collapsed here last night while taking a bath, was "quite comfortable" today, a hospital spokesman said. Reuter.
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  • 77 1 SOI KABAYA Fri. The Soerabaya newspaper, Pewarta. has appealed to the Government to move cautiously on its ban on alien shopkeepers operating in villages. The ban is to come into effect from next year. Thousands of shopkeepers, most of them Chinese, are expected to have
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  • 429 1 SALVAGE MEN DICE WITH DEATH ON A JAP SUB SINGAPORE, Friday. pOX THE past three months, a team of divers has been salvaging a sunken Japanese submarine in Singapore Harbour with death as their constant companion. It was only two days ago that they found six live torpedoes in the
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  • 98 1 $1 MILLION CLAIM BY BANK SINGAPORE. Fri. A writ was filed in the Hlgn Court registry today on behalf of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank against Wasslamull. Assomul and Co., and 10 partners of the firm, claiming a sum of 3M4&.638 a» bring money lent by the bank to
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  • 31 1 LONDON. Fri.— The Duke of Edinburgh is to be natron of the Commonwealth MotorIng Conference established here this week as a permanent body, it was announced today. Reuter.
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  • 182 1  - Culture clean-up hits jukes HAROLD SOH By SINGAPORE, Fri. —In a big culture cleanup, police tonight began to "silence" jukeboxes and ban pintables in all the bars, restaurants and night spots in Singapore. This campaign, carried out by officers from the various police divisions, will continue until tomorrow morning. It
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  • 37 1 LLOYD TO CONSULT PREMIER GENEVA, Fri.— Mr. S.luvii Ltoyd, Foreign S-rrc- :\< rv hv air toil i 'Jit for London for >eckrn (I consultations with Mr Harold Macimllun. Prime Minister, on thr Foreisn Ministers' talks. Reuter.
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  • 52 1 N i Z commissioner to S'pore named WELLINGTON, Fri. The appointment of Mr. R.L. Hutchens as New Zealand Commissioner in Singapore was announced today by the Prime Minister, Mr. Walter Nash. A senior officer of the External Affairs Department Mr. Hutchens has been secretary of the New Zealand cabinet since
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  • 142 2 POLICE IN SURPRISE RAID ON CROCKERY SHOP IPOH, Friday. pOLICE today seized a quantity of gangland weapons in a surprise raid on a crockery shop in Leech Street. About 10 uniformed police and detectives led by Inspectors Quah Hock Lye and Michael Khaw, of the Secret
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  • 18 2 EFFIE AND JENNY TO PRESENT A PROGRAMME OF NATIVE SONGS EFFIE she stngt JENNY she plays the piano
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  • 126 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. INDONESIAN Embassy officials in Kuala Lumpur 1 will in future skip lunch in order to carry out their duties "more effectively." This morning the embassy announced that its new workIng hours would be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
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  • 284 2 A stormy start for Indonesia's talented Tojoa sisters SINGAPORE, Fri.—ln- donesia's talented Tjoa sisters, Effie and Jenny, flew in through driving rain from Jakarta last night bent on creating their own little storm of appreciation in Singapore for the folk songs and music of their country. They will present their
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  • 65 2 SINGAPORE, Fri.— An RAF Malaya recruiting team. head, ed by Sqn.-Ldr. J. Bothmans. today launched a recruiting campaign at the Malayan j Auxiliary Air Force headquarters in Old Kallang Airport. About 300 candidates are expected to be interviewed every day and those selected will £0 into training by
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  • 55 2 PENANG. Fri— A 10-man rice study mission from Burma has arrived in Malaya "to strengthen friendly co-oper-ation links between the two countries in the development of the rice trade and industry." The mission, sponsored by the Burmese Government, ia led by U Ba Thin, president of
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  • 30 2 IPOH. Fri. About 120 voluntary workers will sell flags here tomorrow to raise funds for the I Don District Welfare Committee. A Flag Day last year netted $4,000.
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  • 206 2 General election may be held in August KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. r[E Federal Legislative Council will be dissolved on June 27. In a. special Government gazette issued this afternoon, the Yang diPertuan Agong proclaimed that the council, set up under the
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  • 227 2 Detergent con men swindle wives in Teluk Anson TELUK ANSON. Friday. OEVERAL housewives here have been cheated by two confidence tricksters posing as salesmen I for a detergent. No report has been made to the police as the victim* are reluctant to come forward The men. aged about 30 and
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  • 58 2 FAITH GETS HER MUSIC DEGREE NEWS was received la Singapore that pretty 21--year-old Faith Goh Swee Tin (above), who left In 1955 to study organ music at the Oberlin College. Oberlin. Ohio, received her Bachelor of Music degree recently. Faith. who Is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Goh Kok
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  • 184 2 YONG AND TOP 14 MEET AGAIN SINGAPORE. Fri. Singapore's Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, today met 14 top officials of his ministry to discuss implementation of the Government's new education policy. It was his second meeting with them since he took offiThe talks were held at the ministry's
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  • 757 2 LONDON, Sat. The Queen paid wide tribute to music, the theatre and the fine arts today in a 2.400--name honours list that brought knighthood to stage and screen star, Michael Redgrave, and the rare Companionship of Honour to Mr. Walter Nash, New Zealand's Prime
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  • 343 3 WEST TAKES A 'SERIOUS VIEW OF THE WAY TALKS ARE DEVELOPING GENEVA, Friday. THE West told Russia today that it took a 'serious view" of developments in the Bigr Four conference during the past few days. This message was given to Mr. Gromyko of Russia today
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  • 153 3 Khrushchev regrets Berlin plan rejection A NEW PLEA FOR ATOMLESS BALTIC MOSCOW, Fri. Mr. m Nikita Khrushchev said in Riga that he regretted that the West had found Russia's latest proposals on Berlin unacceptable. Mr. Khrushchev was addressing a meeting attended by 100,000 people, the Soviet news agency Tass reported.
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  • 156 3 MOSCOW. Fri. A display of Dior fashions in he French embassy here last night attracted an audience of more than 450 women with husbands In tow from Moscow's 50 forei-jn embassies. Western diplomats' wives were entranced with Dior's flimsiest creations Communist diplomats wives were
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  • 112 3 A woman had the last word: BANG YEW YORK. Fri— A woman talking to a fleet of cabs on a short-wave radio unwittingly caused an American missile to explode prematurely in space, United Nations scientists have been told. Missiles usually have a device to destroy them by a radio code
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  • 362 3 NEW DELHI, Friday THE Communist GovA ernment of the State of Kerala face, its biKgest challenge in 26 months today with tn* launching throughout the State of a concerted opposition campaign to remove it from power The three main opposition parties
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  • 78 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. The I'nited states PostMaster General. Mr. Arthur Summerfleld. today called the unexpugrated version of I) 11. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" an "obscene and filthy work." He ruled that it was un- suitable for mailing In the United States. The unexpugrated version has been banned
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  • 36 3 - LIBERACE, left, the American show business personality and Cassandra (William Connor) columnist of London Daily Mirror, arrive at court for the hearing of a libel suit brought by Liberace against Cassandra.
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  • 400 3 LONDON, Friday. MR. WILLIAM CONNOR, 50-year-old writer of the Cassandra column in the Daily Mirror, agreed under cross-examination in Court here that he had referred in an article to American pianist Liberace, who is suing him for libel, as "a grimacing Messiah.' I f Mr.
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  • 223 3 Moss says: I didn't even know driver Meyrat was killed NEW YORK. Friday. BRITISH racing driver Stirling Moss denied a charge that he had negligently killed the Swiss racing driver Fausto Meyrat at the Nuerburgring sports car race last weekendMoss, who left here by air I after a
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  • 46 3 JAKARA. Fri. Exports of timber and forest products from Borneo have dropped considerably because of Insufficient shipping from Borneo ports, it was reported here. The army Is still using many of the vessels allocated for Borneo timber shipments for troops transports.— U.P.l
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  • 114 3 COLLISION IN MID-AIR: 'VISCOUNT TO BLAME' ROME. Fri. Italy claimed last night that a British European Airways Viscount. which collided in midair with an Italian fighter at Nettuno. near here, last October, had deviated off course into a forbidden military tone. The Italian Defence Minister, Mr. Guilio Andreotti. told the
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  • 94 3 BOMB BLOWS UP RAILWAY STATION BOSTON. Fri. A thunderous bomb explojion tore apart a crowd, ed rail transit station in a congested area yesterday Iniuring 39 people. It was feared that at 'east three of the injured rnifht die. One woman was reported to have had an arm torn off.
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  • 29 3 JAKARTA. Krl. The War Administrator In the Riau Island has taken over formal control of the former Dutch-owned bauxite mines in the u-.land. it was reported. -U.P.I.
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  • 170 3 MURDER CASE PRIEST LEA YES TOKYO, Fri. The 1 Roman Catholic priest questioned in the mysterious slaying of a Japanese BOAC stewardess left Japan yesterday for his home in Belgium. Father Louis Vermeersch, 38-year-old priest in charge of publications at the Salesian Fathers' Mission here, took off last night. The
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  • 50 3 TEHERAN*. Fri. Three Persian ministers resigned their posts yesterday. Government officials said the cabinet shuffle was "entirely internal" and had nothing to do with Persia's relations with Russia. The officials who resigned were Foreign Minister All Asghar Hekmat. Minister of the Interior. Batmanghllch and Minister of Commerce. Nelssarl.
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    • 408 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA £MMJ 4io nice. XAiiONAL SHORTWAVE A.M. B.JO Oood Morning; 6.3: Mo»uinjs Prelude: 7.00 The New; SERVICE 41.7 metre* 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 hk MEDIUM WAVE SERVICES ssr B^tr...y* M 1-*- Waters Ot Miiineumka: 10.0 C Peruuic 366 metres Music made In
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  • 269 4 Heads of Chinese Schools welcome university's more SINGAPORE. Friday PRINCIPALS of Chinese schools today welcomed the new University of Malaya (Singapore division) move to admit students from the vernacular schools into the science faculty. The acting principal of the Chinese High School, Mr. Jevons Yu, described the new policy as
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  • 207 4 COMMISSIONER CAN'T ISSUE PASSPORTS YET Temporary travel papers SINGAPORE, Friday. fITIZENS of the United Kingdom and Colonies cannot yet get passports from the new office of the United Kingdom Commissioner in Singapore. But where passport applicants can establish their identity and citizenship they are being issued with temporary travel papers
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  • 97 4 UNION TAKES OVER A NEW BUILDING SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union has moved from its old premises at Race Course Road to iui new $62,000 building at' Woodsville Road. Mr. Devan Nair, who was once honorary adviser and general affairs secretary, was elected honorary adviser at a
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  • 34 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. Urn Ah Chong. 68, a self-described vagrant. was sent to the Bushey Park Home today for unlawful possession of a meat chopper in Liang Seah Street on May 24
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  • 95 4 Out— the new gazette SINGAPORE, Fri. T&* first issue of the Government Gazette under the new Singapore Constitution appeared today. The Singapore coat-of-arms has replaced the British Royal coat-of-arms at the top of the front page. Under it, the words "Colony of Singapore" have been replaced with "State of Singapore.
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  • 149 4 -The newAssembly may meet in 3 weeks SINGAPORE, Fri. Though a date for the first meeting of the new Legislative Assembly has yet to be announced, it is expected to be not later than July 3, and probably towards the end of this month. The Order in Council for the
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  • 257 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. TNCHE Ahmad bin Ib- rahim, the Minister for Health, today invited the public to go and see him at the new Health Public Complaints Bureau. Only five people went when the bureau was opened today in the conference room of the
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  • 46 4 SINGAPORE, Frl. An unemployed man, Kirn Ah Seng, was bound over In the sum of $500 In one surety to keep the peace for a year after he was found guilty today In a district court of trying to cause hurt to a clerk.
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  • 23 4 SINGAPORE, Frl. The Police Band will be playing at the Oeylang Community Association at Sim's Avenue from 7.30 p.m. on Monday.
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    • 193 4 Today's Singapore diary... CATHOLIC TEACHEKB' MOVE- JOO CHIAT YOUTH CLUB: C.TJI^A.: F**e fl»»n *J»27, MENT- Lecture for Government Badminton. Indoor game*, table- "D* 11 p^*^*f Mounted srbool teachers Instructing Catho- tennis 4 p.m. boxing 4.30 pjn. at 143 victoria street, lie doctrine at Convent of the Olm show 7.15 pjn.
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  • 401 5 DATO WONG 4 PER CENT OF POPULATION ARE TB VICTIMS $200,000 GRANT TO CHECK SPREAD OF DISEASE PENANG, Friday. THE Chief Minister of Penang, Dato Wong Pow Nee today estimated that four per cent of the population in Malaya was probabh suffering from active tuberculosis.
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  • 13 5 TING LING not scareu
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  • 314 5 Lovely Ting Ling -I'm not rich'— receives letter demanding $10,000 or else... BUKIT MERTAJAM, Friday. I OVELY Hong Kon* film star Ting Ling, now on a personal appearance tour of North Malaya, has received a threatening letter demanding $10,000. She is the second visiting actress to get such a note.
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  • 85 5 COTTON MAID DUE SOON FOR FASHION SHOWS SINGAPORE, Fri.— Malinda Berry. 21-year-old bra. nette and America's "Maid of Cotton, 1959," will soon be in Singapore for a day's stay to demonstrate the use of cotton materials, and to appear at fashion shows and receptions. 'The maid started her 60. day
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  • 79 5 EXPOSITION THANKS TO POLICE SINGAPORE, Fri.— Mr. Ko Teck Kin, president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, today presented a silver plaque to the police force as a token of the part played by the rank and file during the fiveweek Constitution Exposition at Kallang earlier this year. The Commissioner,
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  • 299 5 17 years later he met his bride of one month PENANG, Friday. A CLERK of works, K. Kathi-Rasan, told the High Court here today his wife left him one month after their marriage in 1941, and he did not see her again until 17 years later in March 1958. "She
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  • 61 5 EXPORTS EXCEED IMPORTS BY $203M. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation had a favourable trade balance of 5203.4 million during; the first four months of this year, compared with an un. favourable balance of 535.6 million during the same period last year. Exports from January to April this year totalled $715.4
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  • 175 5 PENANG- Friday. THE president of the Penang Malay School Teachers' Union, Inche Mohamed Noor bin Ahmad, today claimed his union— "We have $200,000 in hand" could effectively call a strike at any time. "But we won't resort to this I yet We must
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  • 57 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Third year trainee teachers from the Day Training Colleges in Nefri Sembilan and Selangor will be told tomorrow about the secret society menace in schools. They will learn about this at a mass civics assembly to be held at the Batu Road
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  • 117 5 BTJKIT MERTAJAM. Pri.— A labourer was killed and three others, including a woman, injured by an explosion at the Berapit stone quarry on March 3. the coroner's court here was told today A quarry contractor, Lim Boon Kee. said he saw Rranite falling
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  • 37 5 TANJONO MALIM. FrA petition writer. Piara Slnath. 28. was sentenced to one month's iall yesterday for leaving the Slim River town board limits wlt v .out permission while being under a restricted re.>:r.ence order.
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  • 37 5 Death fall— from his bed BUTTERWORTH. Fri.— A police constable, Yusoff bin Hashim, 29, of No. 1 Police Feild Force, Kepala Batas, fell from his bed yesterday and died on the way to hospital without regaining consciousness.
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  • 33 5 SITIAWAN, Fri The Chinese guilds and associations in Ayer Tawar will hold a dinner on Sunday night to celebrate the success of Alliance candidates In the Perak Assembly election last month.
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  • 207 5 DRIVER WHO TOOK EIGHT INMORRIS MINOR SINGAPORE, Fri. A newly qualified driver went on a Joy i ride with eight others in a Morris Minor and the car skidded killing a passenger, an inquest was told today. S. Singaretnam, a first year arts student, testifying at the inquest on a
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  • 73 5 IPOH. Fri. a special four-man team from the Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Association left to- day for the tobacco planting area of Lenggong. Upper Perak, to Investigate the difficulties of the planters. They had. earlier visited tobacco farms In the Lower Perak
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  • 43 5 IPOH, Fri.— Three men. one armed with a spear, yesterday robbed a woman of $21 at Jelapang new village near here. Madam Yap Hiew Hln. 59. was on her way to the market at 7 a.m. when the robbery took place
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  • 34 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Mr. Justice Smith today dismissed an appeal by Marathamuthu, a dock labourer, against a sentence of four months' jail for possession of a dagger at the railway station here.
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  • 156 5 SITIAWAN. Fri.— The first two cases in connection with the disturbances on Pangkor Island early last month were disposed of in the magistrate court here today. Teh Chew Eng, 38. was found guilty of being in illegal possession of an axe on May 2 at
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    • 336 5 ot keeping warm (10). Straits Times Crossword lU n^f! t 4 l esoundof 3. What may be broken in a rise in temperature (4). I siasm <6 > Bfl BBr~~"fcsBl ksfl fll I 5. A monarch "not shaped for IbH _JBL__JsBL_BsM__JIHL_JHL^ sportive tricks' <7. 3. 5). I |H I lad
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  • 1344 7 Amidst the malice, a blow for freedom STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES ...and one for copy clerks ONE fine day in the year 1885, the printing press called Koh Yew Hean,' produced a lit Me booklet with the modest title of "Singapore Jottings. 1 The last page was taken up by
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  • 663 8 The Straits Times Saturday, June 13,1959. A Hundred Years A centenaiy whether of nation, town, an institution or an individual— is not necessarily a proper occasion for festivity, unless *n advanced stage of decay is also reckoned to justify commemoration. So much depends on what has been attempted or accomplished
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  • 596 8 Mr. Tan Siew Sin, the Federation's Minister of Commerce and Industry, very rightly pointed his finger at the future in his speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of United Sua Betong. It was essential, he said, to have "not merely a readiness to move with
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  • 870 8  - The art of opposing oneself... VERNON BARTLETT, THE MOTIVE BEHIND TENGKU'S IDEA IS FINE, BUT OPPOSITION MUST BE SPONTANEOUS BY IN ONE important respect, Tengku Abdul Rahman resembles the greatest leader of our time. Like Sir Winston Churchill, he is prolific in ideas One of Sir Winston's closest war-time colleagues
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  • 235 8 Well, it seems to me that it might ask for a little more sense in the leaders of this opposition. Recently the joint secretary of the Socialist Front. Mr. Lim Kean Siew. told an election rally ihat the government had "pawned" the Federation to the United States.
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    23 8 THE NEW ORDER The Minister for Culture recently announced that Radio Singapore would devote more time to serious programmes with a Malayan emphasis.
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  • 160 8 FIFTY YEARS AGO I From the Straits Time* of June 14. 1909 THE Perak State Council nas re.solve to issue g proclamation that no elephant is to br export- ed from the state withj out the per./itesion in i writing; of the Sultan. In cases of captures of elephants, information
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  • 169 9 MENTRI ROW NOT SETTLED YET CEREMBAN. Fri.— The appointment of an elected Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan is still undecided. The UMNO Malaya president. Tengku Abdul Rahman. arrived here today to help solve the problem. The choice is between Dr. Mohamed Said, an ordinary member of UMNO, and Inche idTi.s
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  • 29 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Sultan of Selangor will open the new bridge over the Klang River, to be called "Jambatan Kota." at 5.15 pa on June 24.
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  • 66 9 KUALA LI'MPUR. Fri.— The Chief Protocol Ofticer of the Federation, Inche Jamal bin Abdul Latiff, said that the Tang di-Pertuan Agong's visit to India and Pakistan will last a month. Inche Jamal returned today from India and Pakistan. The King and the Queen, he
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  • 163 9 SINGAPORE, Friday. pOUR top PAP trade union leaders who were political detainees at Changi Jail until recently, today pledged to co-operate "in every way possible" with the Mlnistx*y of Labour and Law. The leaders, Mr. Lim Chin Siong. Mr. C. Devan Nalr. Mr. Fong Swee
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  • 68 9 POLICE SEEK IDENTITY HELP SINGAPORE, Fri. The police today appealed to the public to help them identify the body of an elderly woman found In the sea off Beach Road market on Saturday morning. The woman was described as "well built, with long hair and measuring about 5 feet 4
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  • 557 9 SACKED HEAD ALLEGES HE RECEIVED NO CO-OPERATION FROM MILLIONAIRE CHAIRMAN PENANG, Friday. PROFESSOR Fong Hok Li, former principal of the Han Chiang High School here, said today he would have been competent to be headmaster if given co-operation by Mr. Lim Lean Teng, chairman of the
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  • 76 9 MALACCA, Fri.— Mr. Justice Hepworth In the High Court here today struck off from the list an appeal by the Deputy Public Prosecutor against the acquittal of Lim Eng Palu. 25. who was accused of illegally possessing two acid bombs. The Judge did this after the
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  • 97 9 'THANKS, AUSTRALIA* SAYS CHAMBER WITH HANDSOME SHIELD GIFT THE SINGAPORE Chinese Chamber of Commerce has presented a handsome shield to Australia for the part she played in the Singapore Constitution Exposition in February. Seen here are Sir John Allison (left), president of the Export Development Council, presenting the shield on
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  • 178 9 SEREMBAN, Friday. T\AILY-PAID workers in the Seremban Town 19 Council will wear uniforms from next year. The council last night un-l anlmously approved a resolution to supply uniforms to Its workers. Mr. Kat Pye Hin (Socialist Front), tabling the motion, said uniformed labourers would
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  • 82 9 300 army sackings denied KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Ministry of Defence today denied a report that 300 recruits of the Federation Army Camp in Malacca were recently dismissed after »t was found that they had sold ammunition to unauthorised people. A statement said: "This report Is completely untrue. "In the
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  • 56 9 Hari Raya Haji prayer KUALA LUM±>UR. Fri. Muslims In the Army. Navy and Air Force stationed here will hole 1 a Harl Raya Hajl prayer on the armed forces ground. Rifle Range Road, on Wednesday. In case of bad weather or wet ground, the prayer will be held indoors in
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  • 149 9 JOBS FOR 300 IN EXCHANGE QUEUE OINGAPORE, Fri. Unemployed people registered with the Employment Exchange during the last few years, will be given priority to 300 available jobs in Government relief schemes. The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, today told the Straits Times: "These are the
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  • 88 9 VARSITY TO BEGIN FARM COURSES KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The University of Malaya's Agriculture Faculty, built with the aid of New Zealand Government, will be .opened next year. A search is now on for lecturers. Advertisements calling for applications are being published in countries all over the world, the Registrar of
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  • 83 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The first chess club to be officially recognised by the Army Sports Control Board has been formed at the headquarters of the 17 Gurkha Division, Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces In Seremban. The club, which started with 16 members, has 40 members,
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  • 64 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Indonesian Consulate here is making final preparations to send home the five shipwrecked Sumatran fishermen who were brought here In an American ship on Wednesday. The fishermen, who were rescued after clinging on to their resized prahu In the shark-ir.fe. ted. gale-stricken sea off
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  • 48 9 MALACCA. Fri.— The people of Malacca, who last year contributed $12,000 towards welfare week— s2,ooo more than the previous year were today asked to be equally generous this year. The state welfare committee has decided to hold this year's welfare week from July 13 to 19.
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  • 106 9 SEREMBAN. Fri. Four men, masked and armed with parangs and daggers last night robbed six labourrers on Kombok Estate. Rantau. of $130 and personal belongings. The robbers punctured the front tyres of a car in which the labourers were travelling The labourers were returning
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  • 31 9 SINGAPORE. Fri.— A team of experts from the International Air Transport Association will meet here for the ne-ft three days to dlss plans for facilitating jet travel through Singapore.
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  • 118 9 SINGAPORE, Friday. rO Malay brothers have realised their ambition to tour Malaya and see Singapore. Shaarl bin Arlfl, 20, and I Mohamed Salleh, 18, left their j native Kedah on March 9. Except for a bus trip from Pahang to Kuala Lumpur, they have hiked
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  • 68 9 SEGAMAT, Fri. Three boys were charged 5n the Juvenile court here with housebreaklng and theft. The court was told that they broke Into a school canteen at Labis and stole drinks and food. Two werr fined $40 each, the fines to be paid by their
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  • 149 9 5 REME MEN GET A TOTAL OF $25,700 DAMAGES SINGAPORE. Fri.— A total of $25,741 was awarded to three REME workers by Mr. Justice Chua in the High Court today as damages for personal injuries received in a road accident in September. 1957. The three are Phoon Chee Keong. 24.
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  • 27 9 KUALA LUMPUR, FTt.— The Selangor branch of the Malayan Leprosy Relief Association was today formed at a meeting held at the Chinese Assembly Hall here.
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  • 127 9 Theresa 'seen begging' report SINGAPORE. Fri. The Social Welfare Department this morning received a phone call that Theresa Soo. the 13-year-old schoolgirl who ran away from home last week, had been seen begging outside the New World Amusement Park. The call was in response to an urgent appeal by the
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  • 49 9 IPOH. Fri.— The Ipoh Convents two-day fun fair will open tomorrow at the Aye Maria Chinese School in Chung Thye Phin Road tomorrow from 10 a.m. It was originally scheduled for last Saturday, but was postponed because of the funeral of the Sultan of Johore.
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  • 85 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The po- I lice ask the public to get in touch with them im mediately when friends or relatives are missing. Members of the public can contact divisional headquarters through the police exchange to check up on missing people,
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    • 244 9 KIMLIN PARK In the centra of Tanglin, Near Orchard Road, Paterson Road Grange Road. o>*j\«Ms Tht ONLY fitit clots tttota in Singapore you C«n enio r tht qu.ct tuburbon atmoipttcro ytf ii» th« butittt city «r«o. m-^.^. 2 -Storey bun«olow\ ft S«mi-d«tocht<» FOR SALE:- bun(»lo»> on fnthold loud. Type A
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    • 267 9 YOU RISK LOSING ALL YOUR TEETH unless you take care of your gums fk^^i 4 If your gums become infected, Wtk 1 even perfect teeth are bound to Buffer. W^^tttt Hk That means you could lose mil 4fl ft m your teeth before you are very I much older. To
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY FORUM
    • 255 10 Yes, a six-day week— but —cut that six-hour day fT] HE policy of having a six-day week for Singapore schools is a good idea for getting kids off the streets, but in the interests of both children and teachers, the daily hours of work should be shortened. At present, each
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    • 414 10 It is wrong to say that the Church has taken sides 1 REFER to a letter entitled "Church and PAP" (S.T. Jtune 9). May I point out that there are certain misstatements of fact and logical flaws in the reasoning advanced which may mislead some people FIRSTLY it is wrong
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    • 154 10 I THINK IT HIGHLY DANGEROUS TO DOGMATISE It Is highly dangerous to dogmatise from one text of Scripture taken out of its context. ("A Christian" S.T. June 9). That the powers tbat be are ordained of God is incontrovertible; equally so is the injunction that we are to submit ourselves
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    • 109 10 "A CHRISTIAN" (S.T. June 9) misunderstood the teaching of the Bible. Though powers are ordained of God, it does not mean it is the will of God. God permits certain events to take place is predestined in the Scriptures. We are given the free
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    • 268 10 CHRISTIAN DUTY TO STATE IS QUITE CLEAR IF Christians were to 1 act on the principles put forward in "Christian's" letter to the Straits Times, all action by Christians would be paralysed. This is fatalism! There would be no use in trying to cure illness or to pass examinations in
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    • 192 10 THE Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M. Byrne, has stated that it is the policy of the Government to "unify" the trade union movement by legislation and the cancellation of "yellow and splinter" unions. This will strike at the foundations
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    • 80 10 17 VERY right-thinking person, irrespective of creed or colour, who has the moral welfare of our youth at heart should stand solidly behind Mr. Ong Pang Boon, the Minister for Home Affairs, in his "anti-yellow culture campaign.' 1 (S. T. June 9>. It is to be
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    • 51 10 WAVING viewed the new one dollar bilis I personally think the design very peor. THE FRONT of the note looks rather like a piece of newspaper: THE BACK, while it may be quite attractive to tourists, has nothing in common with modern Malaya. W. 11. PROBERT.
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    • 193 10 IT'S NO LEG-PULL: I SAW IT MYSELF— ON ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT THE monster referred x to in the Sunday Times (May 31) is without doubt a red-eyed jango (oculus rubrus gigantus) a not uncommon reptile of snakelike appearance found in heavy jungle on the East Coast. Owing to Its shy,
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    • 241 10 'Teenage gangsters' legend must be punctured 1 WRITE on behalf of the many teenagers in Singapore who have been accused falsely of gangsterism. The accusations have arisen, I think, on account of the many "brother and sister" cliques that one finds nowadays in Singapore. The papers are full of letters
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    • 376 10 IN view of the drastic and revolutionary measures being undertaken or considered by the present Government to reduce the number of ur.employed. may I humbly offer to the responsible Ministers a suggestion that will not only provide a solution but will also bring
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  • 538 12 By Our Market Correspondent THE Malayan Share Market yesterday was again quiet on thin trading with a few transactions taking place around quotations. With no fresh buying power in evidence most sections were inclined to ease. In common with the banks and all
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  • 22 12 Malayan Share Market: June 12 June 11 Industrials: 89.34 89.48 Tins: 109.80 11U.5X Rubbers: 138.37 138.50 Jan. 1 1958 100
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  • 31 12 SINGAPORE. JUNE 12. RUBBER: 962 cents per lb. (down a quarter of a cent). T1N: 5400,871 per picul (down $1,121). Estimated unofficial offer ing 115 tons (down 5 tons.
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  • 601 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "AU sections on tne local share market eased slightly further and the turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Fed. Disp. $1; Fitspatrickb 95 cents; Fraser and Neave ords $1.68 cci; G.
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  • 315 12 Rubber price easier APART from yesterday when buyers predominated, the rubber market has eased slowly throughout the week, report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. In their current market survey. Volume was medium and despite the decline in price which was caused by fairly general liquidation physicals have been scarce, adds the report.
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  • 158 12 MELBOURNE, Fli INVESTMENT shares on the Stock Exchange here today closed the week on a firm tone. Humes gained Is. 6d. to 68s. 6d. and ACI also rate Is. to 70s. CIG dropped Is. to 70s. Base metals held a variable tone with New Broken Hill down 2s.
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  • 188 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected todai: Meinam 1/2. Bayernstein 4/5, Yochow 6A, Pyrrhus 6/7, Olga Maerek B '9. Benmhor 10-11. Surat 13/14. Eastern News 15/16. Azu Mam 18, Hlrashima Mam 19. Larut N.Wall 2. Scudai N.Wall 3. Jarak N Wall 4 Katong 21/22,
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  • 157 12 July first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 96 :i k cents per lb., down a quarter of a cent on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was very quiet but stead;. (losing prices In cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot
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  • 109 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK/Continent June/ july shipments $42 >, buyers, 543> 3 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $65 sellers, drum $67 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $132, Sarawak $131, special Sarawak black $78. garbled
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  • 66 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following change In its rates to merchants yesterday (the rate Is to $100): Selling T.T. or 0.0. ready: Belgian Francs 1630 1/2. On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.74 for cash and
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    • 1159 12 Express U.S.A. Pacific «k Atlantic Coast Servic* E.T.A. E.T.A. E T.A. S pore P Sham P«n»n| H'koftf L. An|eie< New Yo'k (•km Mara" Ist Call 25 21 Jaaa 27 jaaa 21 Jaaa IN Call 21/JI Jaae 4 July 24 Jaly II Aaf -laankawa Maia" UtCail 31/ i A*f Ml« tin
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    • 262 12 TENDERS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL TENDERS in sealed envelopes endorsed "bitumen will be re- celved by the Municipal Secretary. Kuala Lumpur up to noon on 30th June. 1959 for the .supply of approximately 600 long tons 80/ 100 penetration bitumen for 1959. Specification and all particulars from the Municipal Engineer.
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    • 713 12 NOTICES i ROBINSON COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the State of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that final dividends of 3 per cent and 4 per cent respectively less 40 per cent Income tax on the 6 per cen: first cumulative pre- i ference shares and the 8 per cent second
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    • 513 12 NOTICE I L 5T13.6.59 a— 1 *> Contractor required to look after w WaW iii A 73 acres rubber lands Tampin M^Mt area. Tapping, field upkeep and E7W replanting. For further details l *§JM.w mm^*& apply to: The As&t: Public j .^mtm^jO^AmjMmu^^^ Trustee. a^TPVTT V V Johore/ Malacca /wul-i Supreme
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 1111 13 SITUATIONS VACANT W|» -n» tt *osf—CMtmj) »t *P**M tt WANTED English speaking. I ■iilMjiil.'f nninfri on salary. Please apply personally 43L Carlisle Road. Singapore. Sunday 14th June, from 4.00 p.m. 6.00 pjn. WANTED Well trained Chef (or high class establishment. Must be capable handling wide continental La Carte Menu. Supply
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    • 887 13 SITUATIONS VACANT It Wordt SS (Mim.)— Box St ett. oxtrm. SINOAPORE POLYTECHNIC— A vacancy exists In the Malnten- ance Department for a carpenter 1 and Joiner /cabinet maker, possessing a wide background in the > working of local timbers for generlal construction work and reiwir of furniture and simple cablneimaking.
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  • 73 14 PENANG, Fri. Penang combined schools will meet a Penang youth selection in a friendly soccer match at the city stadium on Sunday at 4 p.m. The Penang schools' team will be selected from: Yeap Hool Chye. Neoh Tong Keng. Tan Eng Lean. Izahr Urn Say Chong. Abdul
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  • 280 14  -  VIC NAYAGAM By Kuala Lumpur, Fri Australians may also compete after Wimbledon TWELVE leading Siamese tennis players, including women, will take part in this year's Malayan championships at Ipoh from July 30 to Aug. Z. Siam and india are the only countries out of eight
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  • 121 14 FORMOSAN DIPLOMAT MEETS lOC LEADERS I AUSANNE. Fri. Top International Olympic Committee officials and Formosan ambassador Cheng Pao-am met behind closed doors here yesterday to find a solution enabling Formosa to participate in the 1960 Olympic Games. The meeting between Mr. Cheng, adviser to the Formosan delegation to the United
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  • 229 14  - WARD HAS HOPE OF TOPPLING TULLOH'S RECORD EPSOM JEEP By IfUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Leading jockey Arthur Ward has a sporting chance of topoling Colin Tulloh's record of 87 winners in one season. As the season reaches its half-way mark. Ward has chalked up a score of 35 wlnners-.well ahead of
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  • 201 14 LONDON, Friday. A NDREI POTANIN, 18-year-old Russian lawn ten- nis player, was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by Alex Olmedo. of the United States in the quarter-finals of the Kent championships at Beckenham yesterday. Potanins defeat ended the Russian challenge In the tournament— their first competition since
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  • 118 14 No Maoris in Kiwis tour team WELLINGTON, Frl. The New Zealand Rugby Union Council decided today not to include Maori players In the New Zealand team to visit South Africa in 1960. A statement, announcing the decision after a council meeting here today said: "This decision has been arrived at
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  • 46 14 LONDON, Fri.— Britain led Chile 2-0 In a Davis Cup European zone quarter-final after the first two singles matches here yesterday. Bobby Wilson beat Luis Ayala 6-1. 6-3. 5-7. 6-2 and Michael Davies defeated Patricio Rodriguez 6-3, 6-4. 6-2. Reuter.
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  • 27 14 TOKYO, Frl— World flyweight champion Pascual Perez will defend his title against Japanese flyweight champion, Kenji Yon?kura, in Tokyo between July 25 and 30— UPI.
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  • 86 14 Japanese horses for US race f AURKL. Fri: Japan will \j enter horses for the Washington International here on Nov. 11, a leading Japanese racing official said yesterday. Mr. Tadamasa Sakai. president of the Japanese Racing Association. said that the Washington International bid would be the first step In Japanese
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  • 56 14 LOS ANGELES. Prl. Ken Rosewall of Australia beat the world professional lawn tennis champion. Pancho Oonzales. 4-6. 6-3. 6-2 In the Masters' round robin tournament here last night. Rosewall. Oonzales and Pancho Segura are now level in first place in the tournament. Each has won three
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  • 222 14 I ONDON, FrL Bernard Hunt, 29-year-old British Ryder Cup player, returned a record score of 63. to lead after the opening round of the 72-holes Daks golf tournament here yesterday. Hunt's record-breaking effort the previous best was 64, held Jointly by Britons Henry Cotton. Dai
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  • 358 14 Pagan King and Lucky Star hard to beat at today's 'gymkhana' PHAMPION 'gymkhana" horse, Pagan Kin*, may well prove too good for his opposition in the MARA Cla&s 1. Div. 1, 7f handicap (Race 5) in today's amateur meeting at Penang. writes EPSOM JEEP. At Ipoh in December, Pagan King
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  • 277 14 RACE 1—2.30: MARA Class 5 ?F 1. 12 Lucky Star 2. 030 Corrida 3. 004 Beta 4. 040 Bubbles 5. 000 GirUe 6. 00 Morning Sun 7. 444 Yeoman RACE Mil MARA Class 2— 6r 1. 00 Gay t arnlfml 2. 320 Performer 3. 0 Turn To
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  • 68 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. Army Singapore will meet Army Malaya In arrinter-state Ser- vices cricket match on the I B.R.C. padang on Thursday and Friday (June 18 and 19>The Singapore team Is: Maj. Bennett (captain). Capt. Davidson. Capt. Roberts. Capt. Burns. Capt. Keech. Lt. Ashman, Lt. Harrison. Sgt.
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    • 296 14 \*S££|A CATHAY (H^MSATKHI/^Jfpf I I TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT! I SIMULTANEOUSLY AT I CATHAY ODEON 'SINGAFOUI (KI'AI.A llMPl'Ri CATHAY ODEON 2&&Z IMVI.VI V PENAXG: ?&£$Z WAHID SATAY'S A MALAYAN MIRTH -QUAKE! TOPS EVERYTHING HE'S -g^Bia*. B EVER DONE! fcffc^ B BSSSSsPk *JF^B« JBfl Bl k« w ■JssVbhl A CATHAY-KRIS FILM i
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    • 104 14 'BAND-AID' 4/k CUM MM FIRST-AID DRESSINGS ARE AERATED they let air in— keep infection out M &&mfaJr Air can get to the wound through tiny perforations The wound can 'breathe', so it heals more quickly 'Aerated' BAND-AID' hirst Aid Dressings stick firmly and /dfl is^^X^^Lm are easy to put on.
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  • 310 15 CINGAPORE. Fri.— Singapore soccer officials and players today applauded the award of the M.B.E. by the Queen to 59-year-old Lim Yong Liang a Singapore star of the 1920's and a muchloved S.A.F.A. official today. "Pop- as Tonr Lianc is known to thousands of «f
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  • 492 15 All 15 teams engaged with Selangor v Spore the feature match By nORMAH SIEBEL, Kuala Lumpur, Friday A NEW Malaya Cup soccer record will be set up this weekend when for the first time in the 38-year history of the tournament all tht competing teams
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  • 363 15 SELANGOR XI 'STRONGEST THIS SEASON' S'PORE CELANGOR will field 1 their strongest team J this season for their Malaya Cup soccer match i against Singapore at Merdeka Stadium here j tomorrow (kickoff 7.30 < p.m.). i Except for international left winger Govlndarajoo. t who is still on the injured list,
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  • 343 15 PIPOH, Friday. ERAK will meet tough oppo^tion in Combined Services in a 1 rst round Malaya Cup soccer match at Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, (kick off 7 p.m.) Perak have played two matches so far and won both, beating Perils 6-1 and Federation Armed
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  • 58 15 SINGAPORE. Frl—Defending champion Mrs. R. A. C Cobley. will meet O. K. Barrett in the final of the Singapore women golf championships at the Royal Island Club on Sunday. In the semi-finals yesterw? 7 k M r l Co s ley beat Mrs D. Nicholl 3 and
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  • 189 15 TRENGGANU ROUTED 71 BY CHAMPION KELANTAN YjCfTA BHARU, Fri. Kelantan routed 7-1 in an East zone Malaya Cup soccer match here after being held to 1-0 at the interval. In their first outing last wort. Kelantan beat Pahang 5-3 and are likely to emerge east zone champions again. Trengganu began
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  • 148 15 Omar gets hattrick for Kedah CUNGEI PATANI. Fit A hattrick by centreforward Omar enabled Kedah to beat Federation Armed Forces by goals to two in their Malaya Cup match here today. Heavy rain which fell midway In the first half and continued till the end. slowed down play considerably. Kedah
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  • 370 15 By TEOH ENC TATT SINGAPORE, Prl— The withdrawal of Ernest Frida today from the Police team through illness has thrown a cloud of disappointment on athletes and officials concerned in tomorrow's third inter-club triangular meeting at Farrer Park organised by the Singapore AAA.
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  • 56 15 ka/ALI. the Sultan Suleiman Club right back, and Kathiraveloo (back towards camera), the Selangor Indian Association centre forward, go for a header at the same time and both missed. Indians won this F.A. of Selangor first division match 3 l at Princes Road,
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  • 155 15 'C' cagers enter final round SINGAPORE, Fri.-The SlnO gapore Youth Sports Centre's youth basketball league, which was resumed recently after a long break over some incidents, will be completed on June 21. This weekend the organisers have arranged for six matches to decide the remaining finalist in the "C" division
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  • 221 15 Perak AAA zone meet results JPOH, Frl.— Results on the first day of the Pera* Amateur Athletic Association's central zone two-day meet on the town padang today were: 1M jd. hardies: 1 P. Monogaran, 3 K. Selvaratnam. 3 Chye KOOl Lopng. 16.5 sec. Shot putt (women) 1 Foo Scow Mcc,
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  • 25 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— Federation of Malaya Government Services athletics championships will be held at Merdeka Stadium under floodlights on Aug. 28 and 29.
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  • 80 15 PENANG. Fri. English soccer coach Harold Hassall. now on a tour of Malaya, will be invited to "analyse" Penang's play when the state meet Perils In a Malaya Cup fixture at the City Stadium here on Sunday. Hassall is expected to arrive on Sunday morning. He will
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 148 15 SINGAPORE Athletics: S.A.A.A. triangular meet Singapore Selection, Combined Schools and Police, Farrer Park, 3.30 p.m. Cricket: Friendly S.C.R.C. v S.C. C Shenton Way, 1 pm. Soccer: S.AJ.A. League, Div. 2A Chinese Athletic v Alexandra. Farrer Park; Div. 3 A Seletar F.C. v Indian Youngsters. Oeylang; JolUlads v Setla Jeya Balestler
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  • 624 16 PLANTERS PREDICT BIGGER YIELD AND HIGHER WAGES FOR WORKERS A tribute to the planters MPIEA CHIEF CALLS FOR IDEAS, HARD WORK XL ALA LUMPUR, Friday. YJALAYA'S rubber plantation owners are looking forward to ii creased production and bigger pay packets for the workers in the next
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  • 42 16 BARROW IN FURNESS 1 (England), Fri.— The Duke of Edinburgh, in true atomic age fashion, today switched on a gamma ray beam which activated an electric winch and laid the keel for Britain's first nuclear submarine, the Dreadnought— U.P.l.
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