Sunday Standard, 17 August 1958

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  • 18 1 M «L JL SUNDAY STANDARD Vol. IX No. 46 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1958 24 Pages 20 eft.
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  • 236 1 MAKARIOS REJECTS APPEAL BY FOOT British Move On Cyprus Flops ATHENS, Aus. 16, (UPI) Archbishop Makarios today completely rejected Britain's modified selfgovernment plan for the troubled Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The rejection was contained in his answer to British Governor of Cyprus. Sir Hugh Foot, which was delivered to
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  • 117 1 SWEDES FIRE A GUIDED MISSILE VISBY, SweHrn. Aug. 16 (UPI) Tho Swedish Coast Artillery demonstrated a French-made CT-10 guided missile in two successful tests in the Baltic yesterday. The tests were made on the shores of the northern coast of the is'.e of Gotland, facing base-studded Soviet Latvia The cigar-shaped
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  • 34 1 A HOUSEWIFE, Xs Wan Koon. 17, was admitted to the General Hospital in a serious condition after she was struck hy a bo'.t of lightning in Paya Lebai Road, Singapore, last night.
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  • 370 1 BATTLE IN RED EMBASSY Hungarian Diplomats In Berne Shoot It Out With Two Invaders BERNE, Aug. 16, (UPI)— Two anti-Communists invaded the Hungarian legation here today and shot it out for 90 minutes with armed Communist diplomats until trapped by Swiss police. One of the attackers was shot in the
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  • 169 1 Groom Says 'No' At The Last Minute -Bride Faints r=Odd Items— LEON, Spain. Aug. 16 (I PI) The priest looked down at the socially prominent young couple kneeling before him. On his right, glowing society bride Maria Antonia Herrero; on the left railway executive Pio Cela. The clergyman paused a
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  • 66 1 SYDNEY, Aug. in < Reuter > The dearest spoils shirt in the world, made of delicate hand loomed French nylon lace and insured for Australian £250. (M51,625) will be on show at a department store here next week. The Australian made shirt has four buttons
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  • 109 1 MELBOURNE, Aug. 16 (Reuter) A Melbourne choir master, Mr. William Ashby, has organized a dance band to play hymns at a church Sunday school's 68th anniversary services tomorrow night. Mr. Ashby said he noticed that children did not sing in church as they used
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  • 326 1 THE Federation's educational authorities are worried. Following up his statement that 8,063 children will be admitted to primary schools alone next year, Penang's Chief Education Officer Mr. C. Pitkeathly confessed that the additional classrooms being built this year "will not by any means cope with the increased school enrolments."
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  • 109 1 *****Z5 Wins Ist Prize MALACCA, Sat. Ticket No. 2851:115 sold in Selangor today drew the first prize of S:>so.*ooo in the 57th Social and Welfare Services lottery drawn here today. Second prize ($125.000) *****72. Third prize ($50,000) *****96. Fourth prize ($25,000) Five Fifth prizes ($lO,OOO each): *****08. *****00,
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  • 44 1 APPRENTICE jockey Moses Lee caused sensation yesterday by trbringing in Take Easy to pay 5255 for a win and $58 for a place in the Yang dl=Pcrtuan Apong's Gold Cup race at Kuala Lumpur. Full results and pictures in Page 11.
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  • 118 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong has sent a message to the President of the Republic of Indonesia. The message reads: "On the occasion of your independence day, August 17, please accept my sincere greetings and my very good wishes for the peace and prosperity
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  • 218 1 22 DIE IN AIR CRASH NANTUCKET. Massachusetts. Aug. 16 (UPD— A New York to Nantucket airliner crashed in fog and burst into flames here last night, killing 22 of the 34 aboard, including former Atomic Energy Commissioner Chairman Gordon E. Dean. A baby, 2-year-old Cindy Lou Young, was hurled alive
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  • 161 2 'The Family Doctot Plan Is Best' THE TRADITIONAL family doctor scheme was the best for the public of Singapore. it was agreed at a meeting of the Southern Branches of the Alumni Association and the British Medical Association last night. A joint statement released after the meeting said: '"We feel
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  • 60 2 TASRIF bin Ha.ii Ibrahim. 22. was remanded by a Singapore Magistrate's Court yesterday after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to commit armed gang robbery. The prosecution alleged that he was concerned with two others in attempting to rob Yew Chin Poh while
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  • 423 2 EX-CONVICT TO DIE FOR MURDER He Shouts Defiance After Verdict KUALA LUMPUR, Sat— Sa'at bin Haji Yaccob. 26-year-old ex-convict, accused of fatally stabbing his attractive 20-year-old pregnant wife the day after their divorce, was today sentenced to be hanged by Mr. Justice Smith in the Supreme Court after the jury
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  • 85 2 THESE members of the British Army Boys Trade School in Singapore are not fighting: it out on a greasy pole, but are trying to get some equip, ment over rough- terrain during an obstacle game at a youth ramp near Mersing, Johore. Over 200 youths are
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  • 51 2 FIVE thugs walking along Boat Quay, on Friday night, fled when they saw two Police Constables, approach i n g. leaving behind them three paper bundles. The constables gave chase but failed to catch any of them. The bundles were found to contain three
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  • 230 2 SIX Malayan Airways officers—three captains and and three chief officers are now in the Qantas Office Sydney for training) in four-engined Skymasters, The Standard ,\vas told yesterday. Thi> was the first practical stop to imolement the plans for expanding the Airways, managing director, Captain
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  • 55 2 FOUR policemen were injured yesterday morning when the jeep they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a lorry at the junction of Upper Serangoon Road and Braddell Road. Three were treated at the General Hospital as out-pati-ents, and the fourth. Mohamed Noor
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  • 47 2 RADIO Malaya will at 7.15 p.m. tomorrow broadcast excerpts of the speeches made at the dinner to be Riven by the Pan-Ma-layan Committee for Radio Courses tonight. Attending the function will be guests from the Federation and Singapore and the Seminar of the "Clear Thinking" Course
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 2 thi^wpXlJ l *u MaUyaganapathy. pictured gapore^ye^efday/ 116 ChHSt Church Dorsct Road Siva Ji*ni b dLl»h7. ihC f 2l mer Miss Victori a. Tabitha Selthr«iim S B r ?*n Ml and Mrs Paul E«kiel. while the groom is son of Dr. and Mrs. K. Kiramathypathy. Standardpic
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  • 431 2 Over 1,500 Applied For 36 Govt. Posts THE Permanent Secretary to Singapore's Ministry for Labour and Welfare. Mr." L C Goh yesterday revealej that when posts of community centre organiser?, instructors, craft instructors and others were advertised, more than 1.500 applications were received. Serving temporary officers in the Social Welfare
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  • 361 3 Court Hears Of Bid To Settle Gong Fight KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— A peace parley between two rival groups turned out to be a flop, an inquiry into ihe death of a school teacher at the First Magistrate's Court here was told today. This wa^ stated by Kamaruddin
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  • 335 3 She Writes Chinese Like A Master AN Australian girl's flair in Chinese caligraphv Is causing a lot of amazement in Singapore She has never Mudied Chinese before and yet she writes Chinese characters like one who has studied the language for many years. J The jfirl
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  • 78 3 uN debate is expected to take place when CanmiUM recommendation to re-develop r park into a garden with fountains, mat on at the ordinary meeting of i mincil on Mondav. I implications and conseluen es m the light oi me pinions expressed by the genera] public since the matter
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  • 47 3 SINGAPORE tin price fell $U to $368 per picul yesterday. Singapore Copra Association closing prices per picul yesterday: Bombay Japan current shipment, $33 buyers. $33^ sellers. Tone firm. Singapore Coconut Oil Millers Association closing prices per picul yesterday: bulk shipment $48£, drums $52|. Tone quiet.
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  • 180 3 Singapore Can Learn A Lot From Belgium SINGAPORE has a lot to learn from the Belgians system of education whLh has raised Belgium to a hign ievel of civilization, said a Colony school master, Mr. Cheong Hock Hai yesterday. Mr. Cheong who had recently returned from an educational tour of
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  • Article, Illustration
    24 3 TWENTY ONE cameras worth $6,000 were stolen from a shop in Orchard Road Singapore, when thieves broke into it early yesterday morning.
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  • 182 3 THE GOVERNOR. Sir William Goode. Chief Scout for Singapore, yesterday said it was an exciting day for him to visit the AllSingapore Patrol Camp at Jurong Park. He added that it was the first time since becoming Chief Scout that he had the pleasure in meeting
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 420 3 ■^3Qrrfr^TT3H H< VTIVCf9BM Penang: 2.26 am. (Bft sin); 2.35 Chinese Y..M.CA: 9 am. Basket- *J L^Jm k At2aWm\Mm^ ball. Red Cross, Boy Scouts Art mi^m^m^^m^^^^^^^^^^^^ Club T'ble Tennis and Billiard; Radio Malaya (Regional Service): 3 n.m. Badminton Club practice. 7.15 a.m Ooening announcement Geylang Straits Cliim'se Methodist and Bright and
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  • 376 4  - On the POLICE BEAT Ba Rep On t POLIC B 'T'HE Police request for more power and swifter action against the secret society and gangster menace has at long last been heeded. On Wednesday, sweeping powers, unsurpassed in the annals of crime prevention in the Colony were given to the
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  • 283 4 Keep Up Growth Of Justice Whyatt SINGAPORE'S retiring: Chief Justice, Sir John Whyatt, speaking for the last time to judges and members of the Bar yesterday, said that there was not a citizen in the Colony who did not know that he would have justice if he were to appear
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  • 171 4 SINGAPORE TOUCH-DOWN FOR B.O.A.C. COMETS BRITISH Overseas Airways Corporation Comets will be touching down at Singapore late next year, BOACs Managing Director, Mr. Basil Smallpeice. said at a meeting with representatives of the Corporation's staff in London on Friday. Mr. Smallpeice, dealing with plans to improve the Corporation's competitive position,
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  • 495 4 TALKING CIVICS By CIVITAS DURING the past week we have heard some startling news of the extent of the secret society menace in our midst and of the firm measures which the Singapore Government has been forced to take to deal with these hoodlums. Now, with most of the bullies
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 1160 5  -  Major A. N. Weinman Snouldnjtße Difficult To Plan A Says adasdsdas Director, Zoological Gardens Of Ceylon (v£C rs of experience in the animal business has given the intimate knowledge of Zoos all over the world. He has n d progressed the world famous Ceylon Zoo and
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  • 59 5 HAIR upon hair, this seems to be what the picture on left looks like. Actually, it is a new lin* in han-dressing called the Broceliande. It is a turban made of hair for evening wear, created by Parisian make-up artist Fernand Aubry to enhance the "Wilding"
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  • 127 5 BREEDING SCORPIONS FOR THEIR POISONS HONGKONG. Sat. (Reuter) The Laohokow peasants of the Yangtze province of Hupeh have founded a new industry the breeding of srorpions, which are valued for their poi.-ons which have medical u^es, the New China news agency reports. Chine.-e doctors have prescribed the poison of scorpions
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous

  • 804 6 MUSICAL SOCIETY PLANS BIG COMPETITION S-East Asian Countri es Invited pOR the Open Class of its 1959 Annual Pianoforte Competition the Singapore Musical Society hopes to attract entrants, not only from Singapore and the Federation of Malaya, but also from the adjacent territories of South-east Asia. Details have already been
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  • Article, Illustration
    108 6  - MUSIC NOTES ANACRUSIS ■a Hurry Up For Free Concert VOU are reminded of the piano recital to be given by Pcnang-born MLss Wu Mee Chee in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Wednesday next, August 20, at 8.30 p.m. Ml>s Wu's programme will include Beethoven's E major sonata, Op. 109, Ravel's
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  • 513 6 Reviewed by Victor Doggett HADYN: Symphony No. 104 in D major ("London).'* MOZART: Symphony No. 34 in C major K. 338. Philharmonia Orchestra cond. Rudolf Kempe. H.M.V. ALP 1471 (12-inch). T£EMPE gives an alert. xv weU-pointed reading of Haydn's last symphony, with tempi Just about, right and
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  • 146 6 Britain's bcsi-ft »g i '1 1 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS NCAMtUtfI Everly Brothers I 2 HARD HFAO r r> WOMAN-:>--^ I 3 WHEN Kalin Tw.ns. 4 BIG MAN Four r-ps 5 RETURN TO ME— Deo MbMii 6 TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM YCwNEE^Aij Max Bygrovcs. 7 ENDLESS SLEEP—
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  • 22 6 1 i months I. J I J t r iu r E "AlTl P r i wit m c I year;
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  • 1649 7  - 'Glamour' RAAF Squadron All 'Ready To Go' George Odgers Canberra's Key Role In Commonwealth's Strategic Reserve by gUTTERWORTH'S front line jet bomber squadron, manned by air and ground crews trained to peak efficiency, is "ready to go" at its new multi-million dollar airfield near the Thai border. This is No.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 883 8  - FILM REVIEWS EVERYONE A HIT Steve Neoh adsdfsdfsdfsd CIX new pictures with six entirely different themes! Even the most discriminating will find something to his taste. It was indeed a rare treat for the critics who were feted to such a varied range of subjects during the week, and although
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 392 8 TRIE LIFE "U/ARinrDf imm g ADVEXTL-RE WUNUtRLAND OF M.T 1 rr-| vl liAl D r »l a Ton 'g»'t M'nlte "THK inn ffl Today "TTiT^Wcmts, "j'C !Ti l|(i\ W PHONE y^BJBM^-Sa-Waa-ttMSK^N »J 1 303 no ft Orson WELLES j^AY THE DEVII 8B opens VH N gg _Tomorrow I»L. >>!>(, T.\|{(,|
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  • 608 9 I'j Kesavaris Furlong, fl n Fong Thins Glory fad Gabuh's Cheers STANDARD STAFF REPORTER M S»t After his pip-squeak defeat in the century sprint ve<it*rdav »>;; p n and Gasman Wsavan Soon had only one Son to Sm- ,iin, ll;i day of the Federation o! Malaya Amateur Athletic uX
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  • 1060 9 Six Miles Walk. Final: 1 John S. Dore (S'pore). 54m 435; 2. Pte Grimmer (Pk.); 3. Hassan bin Salim (Pg.). Also walked: Yusoff Hussain (S'pore), Shaik Abdul Hamid (Pg). Syed Ibrahim bin Syed Isa (Pg). Hammer: 1. Sam Johnson (S'pore), 146ft Bin; 2 T. G. Rolf <
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  • 321 9 Never sick enough to stay in bed, yet never really well. THE GRAY SICKNESS keeps millions pale, tired and weak never able to enjoy life to the full. Protein deficiency causes a condition optly called the GRAY SICKNESS. Not only because its victims have lost their once
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  • 687 9 SELANGOR LEAD: 'SATHA' RAJA UNBEATEN AT 123 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— Selangor led Singapore by two runs with seven first innings wickets in hand when rain stopped play 2J hours before the scheduled close in the final of the Malayan Cricket Association league championship which continued on the padang here to-
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 90 9 sdsdgfsdfgfbgsdf KUALA LUMPUR SOCCER: Kowloon vs. Malayan Indians. Merdeka Stadium 7.30 p.m. CRICKET: MCA. Interstate final Selangor vs. Singapore, Paoang, 11 a.m. Navaratamv Shie'd Final Postals vs. N A. A. F.I. Armed Forces ground. Ipoh SOCCER: Raja Muda Cup, Semi-final Taiping Malays vs. Tapah Malays, Town Pndang. Chin Sem Lin
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  • 528 10 SALLY HUDSON WINS 6 EVENTS AT S.S.C MEET SALLY Hudson, winning six events and breaking two records, was the outstanding swimmer at the Singapore junior swimming championships held at the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday. I A total of six new records were established hv tho boys and girls. Sally <"ompelcn
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  • 104 10 MR G T. feoilowaj 38; > tor. the Royal Island CiMb"? *B division Medal Stableford a* the cvio yesterday Other card: C C Ericiv i36X>, C H A Hov -3^ 3 B>'. L. R. Taylor 136) Ball Sweep: lsfl Nino— C H A Hov (19 l! 16); ?nd
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  • 185 10 iHE THREE wrestling: Pakistani brothers, who took the Happy World by storm in their last fights there, are back in Singapore. They arrived from Bangkok by air on Saturday for the new season which began last night. These are the second batch of the world rankin?
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  • 432 10 S pore Show Cup Winning c STANDARD STAFF REPOr Tfr KOWLOON Busmen from Hongkong lost their tenim three beating Colony soccer fans will remember with diseiM 7 nfl tw bad sportsmanship this season— when they met Singapore f r lhf S their Colony sojourn at Jalan Besar stadium yesterdav
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  • 176 10 THE loss of the Thomas (un t Malaya's supremacy in world badL, k in a boom for sporting goods firms JVl\ Most of the Colony >p ru goods stores interviewed jresterday reported that business was excellent, and thej could no: coi>e up with ord< rs "Many peop.e are taking
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  • 30 10 DESPITF .1 Le Mer with Ci <■."■ I -P. E M retiree. D S dram t\v 9 six. 9 nanrir Smi! fl Dark? I •j 1
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  • 324 10 Konrads Breaks 7,000 Japanese Hearts Again TOKYO, Aug. 16, (UPI). Sixteen year-old Australian wonder swimmer Jon Konraris broke the hearts of 7.000 Japanese spectators for the second time in three nights as ne defeated Japan's pride, 19->ear-old Tsuyoshi Yamanaka. in the men's 400 metres freestyle final tonight in the Japanese
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  • 49 10 CHARLES Henry heat King Kong on a disqualification in the second round in a wrestling bout at the Happy World Stadium last night. All Ben YusorT beat Kuma Pillai by a pin fall in the supporting bout. A hig crowd turned up for the night wrestling.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 111 10 77?nWS9IIE?72T'5i Singapore SOCCER: SAFA League D'u. 3B— Stable Boys SC rs Darnl A::ah "A". MFA, 5.15 p." 1 Postal*! anrunl Mackay Shield match I'niwrmed vs. Clerical Staff, Serangnon Road. 5.15 p. Muslim New Sports Meet final at Jalan Besar start urn 230 p. m CRICKET: Srt'inr leapt* —CSC vs. SCC
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  • 414 11 tee Gives A Great Riding Performance On $255 Outsider By Our Special Correspondent TAKE EASY, an Australian three-year-old owned by Mr. and Mrs. Loh Chin, created one of the biggest upsets this season when he beat the cream of Malaya's sprinters in the Yang di-Pertuan
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  • 266 11 TOTAL POOL |174.f*5 Ist Priie *****8 ($47,137) 2nd Prize *****4 ($23,568) 3rd Prl« *****9 ($11,784) STARTERS ($1,964) each) Nos. *****8. *****2. *****7, *****2. *****8. *****7 CONSOLATIONS: ($1,047 ea-ch) Nos *****0, *****1, *****0. *****9. *****3. *****5, *****7, *****3, *****0. *****9. TREBLE TOTE TREBLE TOTE: No winning ticket combination. $2,362
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  • 1714 11 Mr. L. H. Choo. Trainer; Spencer. 535-209 No. 12 PLEASANT DREAM 8.03 (1) Posner 1 803-305 No. 4 ARINA GOLD 8.11 (4) Ward 2 81- 53 No. 2 TWO DIMENSION 8.1? i6> Johnson 3 337-252 No. 11 Thank You 8.07 (8> Bougoure 4
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  • 35 11 RE ME 8-1 TAIPING, Fri. Roval Electriral and Mechanical fcngineers, went on a scoring spree on the Esplanade yesterday when they thrashed Taip* ing Indians 8-1 in their last league soccer tie of the Mason.
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  • 216 11 PENAN'G. Sat.— lf Malaya is to make any impression at all in the world of athletics schools must organize regular interkchool competitions throughout the year. This was stated bv the President of the Federation of Malay a Amateur Athletic Union Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakn, a: the
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  • 187 11 NO ADDITIONS TO WOMEN'S PENTATHLON STOCKHOLM, Aug. 16 (Reutcr) There will be no additional event in the women's pentathlon, it was decided at a meeting of the Women's Commission of the International Amateur Athletic Federation here today. A bid to have an 800 metres racr» included failed, and it was
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  • 115 11 TAIPJNG. Fn. Poor response has been received by 1 the Taipin* Football Association for their knockout Fix-a--side and the Baviey Cup** en d-of-t he-sea son soccer tourney*. Only mx fceftffli have entered f r >r esrh competition. The draw for the c ;x-a-side ■competition is as
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  • 173 12 JAKARTA. Aug. 16 (Reuter)— Doctor Djuanda, the Indonesian Premier, said today Dutch rule in West New Guinea caused a "dangerous situation." He referred to the disputed Pacific territory In a review to Parliament on the eve of Indonesia's 13th anniversary of independence.
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  • 64 12 UNITED NATIONS. Aug. IG. (UPI). India accused Pakistan today of burdening the Security Council with "baseless communications and distortions of facts" concerning the disputed state of Kash»nir. Arthur S. La'.:, Indian Ambassador to the United Nation.-, referred to a letter from the Pakistani delegation Juiy 15 which
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  • 32 12 CHOLERA AND SMALLPOX killed over 16,000 r p op le in Bihar and West Bengal up to the end of June this year. •ho Indian Parliament was told yesterday, Reuter
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  • 366 12 MANCHESTER, Aug. 16 I (Reuter) The giant radioj telescope at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, could track a rocket for 1,000,000 miles or so, according to a Manchester University statement on the telescope's functions when an American moon rocket is launched. The statement followed
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  • 22 12 CARNIVAL crowds thronged Djakarta last night to begin three days of State festivities hailing 13 years of Indonesian independence. Reuter
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  • 385 12 Moon Racket off Today? US. AIR FORCE ALL SET TO GO CAPE CANAVERAL, Aug 16 (Reuter).— The modified Thor tower from which the United States Air Force is planning to make its first attempt to reach the moon tomorrow was alive with lights last night. Engineers clambered ground the eight-level
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  • 55 12 COMMANDER WILLIAM R. ANDERSON (wearing dark glasses), the 37-year-old Commanding Officer of the United Slates Navy's nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus (2,980 tons), being greeted by Rear Admiral Clifford Duerfeldt. U.S.N., at London Airport. The Nautilus pioneered a subme rged sea lane under the North Pole and
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  • 252 12 NICOSIA, Aug. 16, (Reutcr) A Greek Cypriot told a Court here today he had seen a 17-year-oid Greek Cvpriot youth running: away with a gun in his hand after the murder of Sergeant Reginald Hammond, a Londoner, in Nicosia on August 2. lhe- witness. Andreas Eleftheriou,
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  • 250 12 U.S. LAUNCHES HER FOURTH ATOM-SUB -5th ON WAY PORTSMOUTH. New Hampshire. Aug 16 (UPD— The sleek, swift submarine Seadragon, said to be a better sub than the Polar-voyaging Nautilus, was launched today at the naval shipyard here. Powered by an atomic reactor plant and having "missile guidance capabilities." the 268-foot,
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  • 56 12 LONDON, AU2. 16 (UPD One of the world's best informed naval authorities said today that the Russians will have an atomic submarine <nnn if they do not already have one. The expert, who asked that he not be identified, said the Russians have had an atomic
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  • 135 12 (From Page 1) In the February 1955 raid on the Romanian legation, antiCommunists stormed the building in search of evidence of espionage in the secret files. They surrendered only after a tvo-day ?ie°je by Swiss police. They "were arrested, tried and sentenced. It aopeared the two men
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  • 78 12 BANGKOK, Aug. 16 (Reuter) A Thai police spokesman said today an "ants' army" of young boys was smuggling sugar across the border from Malaya into Southern Thailand. He explained that the boys made several trips a day across the border with small quantities of sugar which
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  • 50 12 PEEKSKILL, NY., Aug. 16. (UPI) A scrap metal dealer's truck hurtled out of control down a steep grade and crashed into a truck carrying some 25 Roman Catholic seminarians home from a -picnic yesterday, killing jour of th e students and mjurino at least 12 others.
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  • 57 12 MOSCOW. Aug. 16 (,UPI> Russia charged today that the Eisenhower six-point plan for the Middle East wa s in reality a programme for "the maintenance and extension of Colonialism." The accusation was made by the Soviet government newspaper Izvestia. commenting on the speech U.S. President Eisenhower made
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