The Straits Times, 30 January 1958

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    23 1 AVI HACK »\IIV fEHTIFItm SALE EXIKEPS 80,000 The Straits Times /Mot* 4 tie** o**0 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1958 15 CENTS
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    MAC'S QUERY FOR LIM
    359 1 SINGAPORE'S USEFULNESS AS BASE DEPENDS ON STABILITY British Premier will lay down island's role as defence bastion in Far East What is Colony political future? By Our Military Correspondent THE British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, is exEected to tell Far last service chiefs and Singapore's
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    Lock icon Fuchs and men 135 miles on
    60 1 WELLINGTON. Wed Dr Vivian Fuchs and his team have covered 135 miles from the South Pole, it was learnt today Yesterday two U.S. Navy planes dropped two cylinders of oxygen and a breathing apparatus by parachute to treat Mr. Geoffrey Pratt, a member of
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    Lock icon THE PRIME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES CHEERS OF SAIGON AIRPORT CROWD
    23 1 TKNGKI ABDUL RAHMAN acknowledges the cheers of the crowd at Saigon airport.— U.P picture.
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    Lock icon Tengku on a common stand against Reds
    273 1 NEUTRAL NATIONS WILL REGRET...' SAIGON, Wednesday. THE Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul L Rahman, said here yesterday that numerous South-East Asian countries had not taken up a definite stand against Communism— and added: "I think they will have cause to regret it." He
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    JOCKEY RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER FALL AT BUKIT TIMAH
    107 1 JOCKEY RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER FALL AT BUKIT TIMAH ENGLISH jockey Joe Mercer was hurt when he fell off Acrobat in Race Two at Bukit Timah yesterday Acrobat was in the rear division when he stumbled near the third furlong, throwing his jockey. Mercer was rushed to the hospital with
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    Lock icon Lords move
    39 1 LONDON, Wed. Mr. Anthony Wedgwood Benn. a Labour M.P., today announced that he will present a Bill in the House of Commons "to alter the composition of the House of Lords by removing its hereditary basis."— Reuter.
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    School row: Johari mum till Friday
    195 1 School row: Johari mum till Friday KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari today decided not to talk about the Malay secondary school row till Friday— eve of the day when 10,000 Malay school teachers are threatening to resign from UMNO. Tne threat from the
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    Lock icon 'Spy' arrested
    30 1 PRAGUE. Wed. Police have arrested a British intelligence agent sent to "fulfil Important espionage tasks." Prague Radio said today. It identified him as Frantlsek Vratny. 55.— UP. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mothers leave
    26 1 HONG KONG. Wed— Three American mothers left here for home today after visiting their sons imprisoned in Peking and Shanghai on espionage charges. Reuter.
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    Elected men to boycott council
    132 1 TAPAH. Wed. The nine elected members of the Tapan Town council, all Alliaancemen, will boycott the council indefinitely The boycott was ordered last night by the Tapah Alliance committee, at a meetinn presided over by Mr. Ho Sing. Capt. Abdul Hamid Khan, Alliance Federal Councillor
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    Plea for shorter hours is rejected
    274 1  -  FELIX ABISHEGANADEN GOVT. 'NO 1 TO 40,000 CIVIL SERVANTS By I^UALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Government today rejected two proposals for shorter working hours for more than 40,000 Ma1 a y a n Government servants. They have been told that their suggestions were "not In
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    ARMY PAY CRISIS: 10,000 MAY STRIKE
    181 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. yHE War Department Civilian Staft Association today decided to take a strike ballot among its 10,000 members in preparation for a final showdown with the Malayan Army over its claim for severance y>ay and improved gratuities. The ballot will be counted
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    Border attacks again—Boyd
    46 1 Border attacks again Boyd LONDON, Wed— Mr. Lennox Boyd. the Colonial Secretary. today accused the Yemen of starting new trouble on the British Aden protectorate frontier. He told the House of Commons that recently the Yemenis had opened fire with artillery and machine guns. DON W
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    WATER RISES lift. NEAR KUANTAN
    199 1 WATER RISES lift. NEAR KUANTAN Floods block several roads KUANTAN, Wednesday. WATER rose to 11 feet at Pasir Kemudi, 16 miles west of Kuantan on the Sungei Lembing road, as heavy rain continued today. At Cheru the flood water is five feet and at Tanjong Pasir one foot. Water in
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    7 detained men freed
    65 1 Seven Malays, held by Singapore police since last September because of their connections with an under, ground political movement "Hane Tuah" were conditionally released yesterday. Three of them including an Inspector, were members of th e Special Constabulary when they were picked up. They have now
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    Lock icon Belinda better
    29 1 ROME. WED— The condition of Belinda Lee. 22-year-old British film actress, taken to hospital with barbiturate poisoning on Monday. Is "very good," her doctor said today —Reuter
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    $40,000 JACKPOT: FOUR DAYS TO GO
    106 1 $40,000 JACKPOT: FOUR DAYS TO GO 'mm could be Hit 1 month for you to bit the jackpot the 840.000 Jackpot in The Malayan Monthly's: Contest K (January) And there's also $5.0*0 In consolation r prizes E This treat contest E closes on Monday Feb I*! yOU'VE FOUR days i
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    Lock icon Atoms school planned
    34 1 LONDON. Wed The British Atomic Energy Authority is to establish a school of nuclear science at Calder Hall, Northumberland, the first of Us kind In Britain, it was announced today. Reuter.
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      TENCKU VISITS HUE CITADEL
      158 1 TENCKU VISITS HUE CITADEL SAIGON. Wed— Tengku Abdul Rahman and the two Ministers accompanying him today visited historic monuments in Annam's imperial capital. Hue, where they flew from Saigon this morning. The Federation Prime Minister had a long informal after dinner talk with President Ngo Dinh 1». .in ist night
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      Lock icon INDONESIA PLANNINC ARMY OF 8.2 MIL.
      105 1 JAKARTA. Urd -Inil..-p»-v i is planning to have an urnit-d fore- of 8.?00.000 A draft bill to effect this has hern submitted to the l.-uisl.itiiri- Antara news agency reported todav. The draft bill has been drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Indonesia's
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      Lock icon 3RO TEST DRAWN
      33 1 ni'RBAN. Wed South A f rira and \nstralia drew the third Test match here, which ended today. Final scores were: Aust'alU .fil and "M? for 7: South Africa 384— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'WINDY' GALE SUCCEEDS MONTY
    135 2 'WINDY' GALE SUCCEEDS MONTY PARIS. Wed. Gen. Sir Kit-hard Gale will succeed Field Marshal Vis(iiint Montgomery as Deputy Supreme Commander Allied I'mu-rv m Europe from Sept. M. it was announced today. Viscount Montgomery anmiuuirii his retirement last year, but i s continuing t» act an deputy > «m iii.imlrr until
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    23 2 TOKYO Wed. The city lire brigade was called to 6 241 fires last year a record it was announced toliav Renter.
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    BUTLER'S 'NO*
    157 2 Labour rtqaest for ban en bombers earryinff 1 1 -arms is rejected LONDON, Wed. The Home Secretary, Mr.. F. A. Butler, yesterday turned down Labour Opposition demands that bombers flying over Britain be forbidden to carry nuclear weapons. He. was replying to Ml. Kon :n Zilliacus. who >aid
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    Lock icon Missile bases
    34 2 WASHINGTON. Wed.— The new Nike-Hercule.s antiaircraft guided missile, capable of carrying an atomic warhead will be based initially in the New York, Washington. Baltimore. Ch.cag^ and Philadelphia areas, it was announced today.--Reu-ter.
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    Lock icon Unhappy landing
    42 2 MIAMI, Wed. A father swung the propellor of a light plane here today. The engine started. The plane moved off with his three children strapped in their seats. It crashed 200 yards away, injuring on e of the children.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon TURK MADE CHIEF OF BAGDAD PLANNERS
    283 2 Pact nations agree on closer co-operation ANKARA, Wednesday. THE Bagdad Pact ministers approved closer military co-operation yesterday and. appointed a Turkish general to head a planning staff to coordinate their forces against Communism. Premiers and Foreign Ministers of Pact nations accepted the report of
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    Lock icon DATO NIK GIVES AWAY A MALAYAN GIRL AT LONDON WEDDING
    83 2 DATO NIK GIVES AWAY A MALAYAN GIRL AT LONDON WEDDING MR DAVID WILLIAMS. a nit'ii i .1! student, with his bride, the former Miss Yong Slew Kuen. leaving (ax ton Hall register office. London, after thei* wedding. Miss Yong is the daughter of the late Mr Yong Shook Lin. a
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    Lock icon A 10-year aim for 'Zeta'
    138 2 A 10-year aim for 'Zeta' LONDON, Wed. Dr. Peter Tnont-maiiii. Liiiui designer of "Zeta," Britain s experimental atom fusion machine, .-.^iu in a broadcast last night that there was no scientific reason why development work on Zeta should nut "come to fruition" within 10 to 15 years. In the atomic
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      Lock icon ARAB UNION: 'NASSER FOR PRESIDENT'
      66 2 DAMASCUS, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Shukri El Kuwatly of Syria has proposed Egypt's President Nasser for the presidency of the projected union between the two countries, it was reported today. The newspaper Al Fayha quoted him as saying: "I am pleased to deliver this dear trust to
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      35 2 PABI&: The Communist newspaper Humaiute was fined $750 for •Inciting in^ subordination"' in the forces by urging Frenchmen to refuse to serve under "Nazi" General Speiriel. commander of Nato land forces in Central Europe.— Reuter.
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      21 2 \niu:rr.\: |ww ment workers in Au.sinuki are increasing tnrec times as fast as those in private enterprise, a Government report discloses—Reuter
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      25 2 HOME: The Italian Chamber of Deputies approved all 15 articles of a bill to abolish licensed prostitution and close nearly 800 brothtls throughout the country—Reuter,
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      32 2 WASHINGTON: Labour leader Mr. Walter P Reuther accused Americas Big Three car makers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler of fixing prices and pursuing pni.cies which could "plunge the country into economic disaster."—UP.
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    American scene
    1066 2 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. rE WORD is "togetherness." It has been coined by those ingenious fellows the advertising copywriters, always on the lookout for a new sales pitch to entice that extra dollar out of the family budget A washing-machine, a carpetsweeper, a steam- iron takes on a new glamour
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    Lock icon Battle on Israel-Syria border
    297 3 YOU STARTED THE CLASH. fAYI "JAMASCUS-NO, YOU DID, SAYS TEL AVIV EACH ATTACKED UNARMED MEN— AND EACH DROVE OFF THE OTHER LONDON, Wednesday. ISRAEL and Syria last night blamed each other for a two hour pitched battle in the northern demilitarised zone on their frontiers in
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    Lock icon Australia: bright future seen
    151 3 Australia: bright future seen LONDON, Wed. In the next 10 years Australia will develop at a rate unsurpassed by any other country, Sir Eric Harrison, the Australian High Commissioner here, said last night. He said: "Our population v ill rise to 12 million, Industrial output will be up by 40
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    Rebel girl held
    23 3 ALGIERS. Wed. French troops have captured a 17--year-old girl fighting In uniform with the Algerian rebels, It was announced today.
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    Lock icon Guns order
    27 3 MANILA. Wed— The police today ordered 141 bodyguards of 32 former legislators to turn In their guns before Feb 10 or face criminal prosecution UP.
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    Lock icon 'ALLIES'—AFTER 56 YEARS
    51 3 'ALLIES'— AFTER 56 YEARS BONN. Wrd. British and Oerman troop s "fought" side by side as allies yesterday for the flrst time since thp Boxt-r Rising In China 56 year.-, ago. They were taking part In "Operation Housewarmlng." the first joint field exercise Of NATO, troops. n*ar the Kiel Canal
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    Lock icon Two firemen died in this blaze
    64 3 SMOKF and steam rise in white clouds as firemen direct their hoses into the blazing shell of a building at Smittifleld meat market. London, last week. Two firemen died in the blaie. which caused damage estimated at 1 250.000 It tv 14 r.ours and
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    Lock icon NAZISM THRIVES ON, JEWS CHARGE
    188 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. •j^AZISM still thrives in Germany the World Jewish Congress charged today. Dr Nehemiah Robinson, director of the W.J.C. Institute of Jewish Affairs, said in a report issued by the congress western hemisphere executive that: DOZENS of neo-Nazi organisations and publications follow the
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    Lock icon Trade talks
    29 3 LONDON. Wed. Union leaders of three million British shipbuilding and engineering workers held talks here today with Chinese officials on the prospects of extending Sino-BritUh trade. —Reuter.
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    Blast at Red 'distortion'
    99 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. The U.S. State Department yesterday charged the Soviet Communist Party Secretary, Mr. Nikita j Khrushchev, with civ in; a "distorted view" of U.S. p'lkies and motive; and j HMW that this <-howed how d.fficult it would be to reach agreement with the Kremlin at
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    LONDON STOCKS
    408 3 lu.mw... iv. ■> London stock markets closed the account on a dull rote. Bu>. r., ,vain held off pending a clearer outlook on the labour situation, while the unert..in bu.iiiess o'.itlock w.is a iurther -estrainint; Infiuenc. Gilt-edged securities »Pie inclined to case in eatlv dealings but; ci-veloped a
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    Lock icon COLONIES TO GET MORE MONEY
    236 3 COLONIES TO GET MORE MONEY Commons Bill on development I ONDON. Wed —The J House of Commons last night agreed to grant more money for development in Britain's colonial territories. It gave an unopposed second reading— agreement in principle to the Overseas Resources Development Bill, which raises the amount the
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    'Love potion' man fined
    58 3 PARIS. Wed. Chemist Andre Loyvet was fined $1,100 here today for selling a "love potion" to a 77-year-old man. later found dead of a hear' attack. Loyvet said he warned the man, Mr. August Cojan against taking too much of the powder. "He wanted to regain
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    Language bar to go
    191 4 Language bar to go Move by Penang State Govt. OENANG, Wed. The State Government is to introduce legislation to scrap the language qualification for city council elections. The Chief Minister, Mr. Wong Paw Nee. revealed this in a letter today to the Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. He was referring
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    State fund to send heart boy to America
    183 4 State fund to send heart boy to America PENANG. Wed. Lye Boon Leong 11, the Penang schoolboy with an enlarged heart, will fly to America soon for special treatment thanks t* the State Wei. fare Committee. Lye, son of a Penang hawker, was examined by Mr. W. Gordon, a chest
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    Jail for fraud
    23 4 SEGAMAT. Wed. Chong Bah Bee. 26. of Malacca, was jailed for six months for criminal breach of trust of furniture.
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    'FAVOURABLE ATMOSPHERE' FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS
    314 4 II N AM.. Wednesday. THE American Ambassador to the Federation, Mr. Homer M. Byington, Jnr., today praised the "favourable atmosphere" in this country for foreign investment. "During the brief time I have been here, I have drawn the attention of visiting Americans to this atmosphere,"
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    Socialist Youth plans a line-up
    62 4 Socialist Youth plans a line-up KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Socialist Youth League of Malaya will consider Joining the Prople's Soc.alist Front. A statement issued by the league today said: •Joining the front will enable us to make our contribution to the cause of Socialism in this country." The question will
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    The Blackburn Beverley loading up
    39 4 A SIDE view of the Blackburn Brvrrlry transport planr now bring testrd by the Royal Air Force in Kuala Lumpur A military truck is seen lure entering the plane's htlftM b.-.y. Straits Times picture.
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    WIFE TELLS COURT OF 3 A.M. SHOCK
    208 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wednesday. A GOVERNMENT chief clerk was killed when his n crashed while he was driving to fetch his wife home, the coroner's court here was told today. The Inquest was on Inehe Mohamt d Noor bin Mohamad. 51. chiel clerk of
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    Governor will be there
    53 4 BUTTERWORTH. Wed. The Governor of Penang. Raja Sir Uda will attend a oarade by Junior members of the Province R?d Cross Society on the Butterworth Recreation Club ground this Saturday. He will take the salute at the march past which will follow a demonstration of Red
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    ELECTED MEN TO GET MORE AUTHORITY
    186 4 ELECTED MEN TO GET MORE AUTHORITY KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Elected councillors in Selangor will soon have a bigger say in the running of the State Government. The new State Standing Committee on the Constitution is considering a proposal to put elected men at the head of every standing committee. Alliance
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    Youth talks
    24 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The travelling secretary of the World Assembly of Youth. Mr. N. Krishnaswamy. met local Youth Council leaders here ye.sfrday.
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    FINED FOR GAMBLING
    68 4 PENANO. Wed. A UWmrider and a handcart puller said in (ourt today that a hea hard days work, they hid nm (;t ".mi .sek" <a Chinese card frame) with a cup of «cofT?e M the stake. Toh Ah Fifth, 50. and Chow Hinp. 50. pleaded guilty to
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    AIR-DROP SPECTATORS SCAMPER AT 'MIND YOUR HEADS' WARNING
    206 4  -  ROGER TANTON By I/UALA LUMPUR, Wed. The amazing Blackburn Beverley showed its paces before a fascinated audience of soldiers this morning. The big transport plane carried out dropping tests at an old mine site two miles from Kuala Lumpur. First it "disgorged"
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    230,000 NEW CITIZENS SINCE LAST NOVEMBER
    91 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. i A total of more than *****0 Federal citizenship certificates has been issued since the Government's citizenship drive started on Nov. 14 last year. The Registration Department has issued an average of more than 23.000 certificates a week. In the week
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    A Turk joins a 19,500-mile drive
    166 4 A Turk joins a 19, 500-mile drive MALACCA. Wed. Tw homeward-bound New Zea landers arrived here yester day from Italy after travel ling ***** miles by car. They were accompanied by a Turk Bekir Senocak. wh intends to settle in New Zealand. He joined them at Istanbul. The New Zealanders
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    'Better life for rural folk' plan will cover all Malaya
    342 5 GOVERNMENT MAY SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INDIRECTLY KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Federation Government plans to extend its community development scheme to all parts of Malaya to give rural people a better life and indirectly save "millions of dollars." It will
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    COUNCILLOR'S DAUGHTER WEDS JOURNALIST
    61 5 MR AND MRS. Teoh Enc Tatt who were married at the Chinese Recreation Club in Taiping daring the week-end Mr. Teoh is on the staff of the S trails Times in Singapore. The bride, formerly Miss Lee Voon Cheng, is the only daughter of Mr. Lee
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    Penang Stamp Club officials
    61 5 PENANG. Wed. Dr Victor F. T Chan has been elected president of the Penang Stamp Club Other officials are: Vicepresident. Mr. o. Scharenguivel; secretary. Mr. H. M. Albert d e Silva; treasurer. Mr. M B. Jinadasa: exchange manager. Mr. Thum Kee Sung; and committee: Mr. W.
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    Boy drowned
    29 5 BATU PAHAT. Wed A two-year-old Javanese boy, Rnshin bin Mukrl. was drowned when he fell into a well near hi.s house at 6ungei Raya estate, here yesterday
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    DEAD TREE FALLS ON A MAN AND KILLS HIM
    120 5 DEAD TREE FALLS ON A MAN AND KILLS HIM RAWANG, Wed. A dead tree In the Jungle nine miles from here fell on a man and killed him at noon today The man was Poh Sang, 30, a lorry attendant of Undang new village, seven miles from here. He had
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    BANDITS KILL A GURKHA
    60 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A Gurkha soldier was killed and another wounded when a Communist terrorist sentry j in the Rengam area of Johore fired on a patrol of the I 2 Gurkha Rifles yesterday The patrol returned fire but the terrorists fled. The patrol later found
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    Pensioners appeal to Tengku
    85 5 Pensioners appeal to Tengku BUTTER WORTH. Wed. The Province Wellesley Government Pensioners Association has decided to astc the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to set up a special committee to hear their grievances. The re-elected secretary, Mr L. M. Netto, proposing this at the association's annual meeting said that in
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    'LET STAFF WORK HARDER, THEN WE WILL, TOO'
    109 5 ALOR STAR. Wed. An Alliance councillor. Tuan Sheikh Othman bin Slie.kh Ibrahim. said yesterday councillors would work hard er if their staff did the same Speaking at the Kota StaTown Councils first meeting this year. Tuan Sheikh Oth man said he was
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    12,116 ask to study in Govt. classes
    218 5 12,116 ask to study in Govt. classes ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed— A total of 12.116 over-aged students and others have registered for the Federation Government's proposed evening classes, the Ministry of Education disclosed today. More than half want to study In classes where Instruction is In English. A ministry spokesman said
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    Woman fined for fraud
    44 5 SUNGEI PATANI, Wed. A woman pawned some Jewellery which she had borrowed from friend, the Sungei Patani Court was told today. Eisahah binte Mohamed. 29. pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust and was fined $150 or three months' jail.
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      488 5 Peiiang CATHAY: Delkale Delinquent 1 15. 330. 845, 915; OOEON: Hold Back The Night 3 15. 6 45. < PARAMOINT: Ambikapathi 3 30. 8 30, CAPITOL: Midnight Story 115. 330. 6 30. 9.30: REX: Hantu Jerangkong (Malay) 1.15. I 3 30. 6 30. 9 30; LIDO: Parts Paris 3 15.
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      393 5 Haab CATHAY: Crazy Marriage 130 7. 930. Kola Hharu CATHAY: Female Jungle 12.30. 3; LIDO: Shake Rattle and Rock 12 30, S. 7 15. 930 kna.lan CATHAY: Action of the Tiger 2.30. 7. 930; REX: Terror At Midnight 230. 7. 9.15. IkVniuug SIN: Abdullah the Great 1, 7. ft, Kuala
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      60 5 Bain Pahal CATHAY: Captain Klshore 1230. 3. 7 15. 930; TYB Xl AN: Mother Perfect Couple 2.30. 7.30: REX: Street of Sinners 1. 7 15. 9.30; SULTANA: Naya Andaz (Hindi) 3. 7 15. 930. K1u.,.0 BRILLIANT: Captains Daughter 2.15. 7. 9 15; CORONATION: Men of Sherwood Forest 2 3». 7.15.
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    54 6 If Wucii 11* (Minimum). HUSSAIN GHANY and Jamllah Straj thank all who attended rendered assistance sent messages and present* on the occasion of their wedding on 19-1-1958. MR. AND MRS JAMES AU MUN CHEONG thank, all relatives and friends for their kind wishes and benutlful gilts on the occasion
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    139 6 iv Wtrit tin (Minimum). SOFT ICE CREAM. Magnolu Slow cones available from our R.ilfles Place Milk Bar— 2o cents. LOLLI-POPS popping in every mouth. Lovely Fruit Fiavouied Sweets on a Slick. Made by Fullers Ltd. Sole Agents— Robinson's. VANITY— 2S'i Reduction Sale Frocks. Blouses. Hats. Jewellery Wiiite. Washable Handbags
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  • The Straits Times Spore, Thui-s. Jan. 30, 1958.
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      Secret Court Hearings
      670 6 Secret Court Hearings i Inquiry into the procedure in the Federation of committal i for trial by jury is beinv begun rather late in the day. It is the sequel apparently to the action of a Federation magistrate who held a pre- I mil nary inquiry in camera. Probably the
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      Paying For Hospitals
      588 6 The shortcomings in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital's system of handling emergency cases ai e not to be lightly dismissed. There are only two ambulances in this city of half a million people. Stupid regulations decree that a patient will be admitted to a first or second class
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    Siam's army bosses are in the saddle now
    780 6 Tht appointment of Lieutenant General Thanom Kit tikachom as Prime Minister marks Siam's surrender H to the absolute dictatorial powers of Marshal Sarit since Thanom's only qualification is Sarit's recom- mendation 1 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT T*HE appointment of a 1 career
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      447 6 YOU report that Mr Lim, the Chief Minister, is disappointed because the public is not enthusiastic about compulsory voting. He warns of the danger of electoral apathy. Well, what does Mr. Lim expect? Who created the apathy? Was It not the labour
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      THE CASE OF CONTRACT EXPATRIATES
      219 6 THE CASE OF CONTRACT EXPATRIATES HOW good at long last to see the position of contract officers in this country made public <S.T. Jan. 24 >. As the wife of one of this forgotten group, I heartily endorse all that 'Merdeka' says. Certainly somewhere along the way they have been
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    Heavy reexport of rice may affect Colony
    183 6 Heavy reexport of rice may affect Colony I HAVE read in jour paper, not without some concern, that the oartertrader 8 of Singapore are Jubilant over the temporary cessation of "grab" by the Indonesian authorities of their rice ships tliat ply between Indonesia and Singapore. In order to beat the
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    Return of ACS principal Hinch
    242 7 Return of ACS principal Hinch MR. T. W. HINCH, a former principal of the Singapore AngloChinese School, will be a special guest at the school's annual Founder's Day dinner on March 1. Mr. Hinch. who is on retirement in England, is due to arrive i" Singapore with his wile on
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    Cruel to cattle, fined $75
    44 7 SUNGEI PATANI. Wed. A cattle owner. Ahmad b'' n Eaman. was yesterday fined $75 for cruelty to his 10 buffaloes. Ahmad, the prosecution stated, tied the animals to the side panels of a lory They were herded closely to-
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    Architect goes
    38 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mr. C. R. Honey, the State Architect. accompanied by Mrs. Honey left this morning by air for New Zealand on vacation He Is likely to be p>.-ted tc Kuala Lumpur on his return.
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    ESTATE WILL GO TO MICHAEL'S SON
    179 7 MR M. E. BARDWELL. the Negri Srmbilan planter who has sue- ceeded to a big Scottish estate— Dunstaffnape in Argyllshire said yes- j terday tnat the estate j had been left to his as-yet-unborn grandson. According to his late uncle s will. Mr. Bardwell
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    The jet age: $8 mil. Paya Lebar plan
    582 7 AIRLINES PREPARE NEW SERVICES TO COLONY: BIG NEW AIRCRAFT WILL CALL HERE MINISTER: WE MUST RETAIN POSITION AS BEST EQUIPPED CIVIL TERMINAL CINGAPORE is preparing for the new air jet age and in the forefront of Government airport development plans is an
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    'Hue and Cry'—for four Reds
    132 7 'Hue and Cry' for four Reds If UALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Kluang good citizens committee has launched operation "Hue and Cry" In an all-out effort to hunt clown the four remaining terrorists in their area. Armed with shot guns, spears and parangs, 300 Malay, Chinese and Indian members of the
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    TAXI-MAN HAS LUCKY ESCAPE AS HIS CAR FALLS 14ft. OVERTURNS
    62 7 TAXI-MAN HAS LUCKY ESCAPE AS HIS CAR FALLS 14ft. OVERTURNS Chert Honf. 43. a taxi driver, escaped with minor injuries when his car skidded during heavy rain, missed a bridge and somersaulted into a stream. 14 feet below. near Kampar. on Monday evening 11, wa« rushed to the Kam par
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    'Hasty action' ended triad meeting
    312 7 TWO CLEARED OF SOCIETY CHARGE MALACCA, Wednesday. "THE Malacca magistrate, Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, said today that "'hasty action" on the part of a 12--man area security unity dispersed a meeting of the Ang Bin Huay Triad Society before it could be held. The unit opened
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    Student shock: They may stay in KL
    264 7 Student shock: They may stay in KL IfUALA LUMPUR, Wed 1V —Two hundred and fifty University oi Malaya students here are In a fix. They do not know where they will take their second year studies. The present academic year ends in May. The students claim that when the Kuala
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    Driver fined
    29 7 SEGAMAT, Wed. A P W.D. lorry driver. Junet I bin Hajl All. 22 was fined $30 here for inconsiderate driv ng. He had knocked into a car
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    A plan to help disaster victims
    288 7 The Singapore city Council at tomorrow's meeting will be urged to consider establishing a rescue home for people suddenly rendered homeles* in natural disasters like threcent tragic fires in Bencoolen Street and Kampong Tiong Bahru, which destroyed the homes of about 220 people. Mrs
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    WIDE POWERS FOR MAYOR'S ADVISER
    167 7 THE Singapore Mayor's efficiency adviser, Mr P. C Marcus, has been given wide powers by the City The committee -its dec; .•.ions come up for confirmation at tomorrow's council meeting— puts Mr Marcus in control off: EXPENDITURE of the mechanised accounts section; ALL establishment matters.
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    Mercy plea to Sultan
    61 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A plea for the life of Wong Lan. the woman terrorist sentenced to death for possessing firearms, has been referred to the Sultan of Selangor. The Sultan will consult the Pardons Board which meets this Saturday. Wong Lan. sentenced to death late last
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    Had boar: $5
    23 7 SEGAMAT Wed. Tan Then. 48, was fined $5 here for possession of a wild boar that had been unlawfully killed.
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    $1 mil. AID FOR PADI MEN: 19,000 BENEFIT
    248 7 $1 mil. AID FOR PADI MEN: 19,000 BENEFIT Govt. compensation for hard-hit farmers IPOH. Wednesday. A BOUT 19,000 farmers in the rich rice bowl district A of Krian and Sungei Manik in Perak, who were hard hit by the drop in the guaranteed padi price two years ago, will get
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    A CAMPAIGN TO ENLIST 600 MEN
    51 7 A CAMPAIGN TO ENLIST 600 MEN KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Federation Army has begun a campaign throughout the country to enlist 600 men, it was officially announced here today. The recruits are required for the Malay Regiment, the Federation Regiment, the Federation Armoured Car Regiment and the Federation Provost Corps imilitaiy
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    To exchange embassies
    66 7 The Federation of Mala.va and Syria have agreed o exchange embassies, it was disclosed in Singapore yesterday by a Syrian diplomat, Mr. Omar Abou Richeh. Mr. Abou Richeh. who to the Syrian Ambassador to India, told the Straits Times that this agreement wa* reached during his four
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    $200 TO FOIL THIEVES
    45 7 KUANTAN, Wed The Kuantan Town Council today approved $200 to strengthen the local market doors. The chairman of the finance, general purpose and licences committee, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ahmad said thieves had broken into the market four times la«t month.
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    'Cowboy' Wayne to visit Colony
    165 8 'Cowboy' Wayne to visit Colony HOLLYWOOD star John Wayne is to visit Sin capo re for three days In mid-February. He will be the guest of Mr and Mrs. Run Run Shaw and will explore the possibilities of making a Him here. Wayne. 51. and three times married. was named
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    Disqualified and fined
    78 8 A lorry attendant. Boon Ah Yoon. of Sungei Road, wa.s fined a total of $210 and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for one year when h«> pleaded guilty Singapore yesterday to three traffic offences. The charge-s said that on Oet 9 at the Junction ot
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    'SET UP SPECIAL AMBULANCE SERVICE' CALL
    340 8 'SET UP SPECIAL AMBULANCE SERVICE' CALL Only two available after 6 p.m. KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A SPECIAL ambulance service to be run by the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council was proposed by state and municipal councillors today. They were commenting on the shortage of ambulances at the General Hospital here and
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    Farewell party for official
    55 8 KUALA KANGSAR. Wed An all community tea-party sponsored by the Indian Association here was held yesterday as a farewell for Mr V. D. Pitchai Plllai, Area information Officer. North Perak. on his transfer to Taiping. The office of the area Information officer. North Perak. will be
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    Lock icon Judgment reserved in Mary Ng case
    301 8 Appeal centres on burden of proof f ONDON, Wed. The Jddicial Committee of the Privy Council to- day reserved judgment. I on Mary Ng's appeal against her conviction in Singapore on a charge of attempting to cheat a man involved in an opium case
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    Had opium pipes
    42 8 Ooh Sen* Foo was convicted In Singapore yesterday of having two opium smoking pipes at a house In Church Street on Dec. 18 last year. Sentence was postponed to March 1 pending a report from the opium treatment centre.
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    Fined $150
    24 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Ramli bin Mahadi. a taxi driver, of Pengerang was fined (150 today for dishonestly retaining a drum of petrol.
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    Timber exports
    18 8 JESSELTON. Wed—Jesselton has exported 16.000 r ubl feet of timber to Australia since September last year.
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    Lock icon Abdul Aziz will study accountancy in Australia
    64 8 Abdul Aziz will study accountancy in Australia SYED Al'.lti I AZIZ bin Tn.in Syed Hashim, 19. son of the District Officer. Klang. will take up i fiveyear course in accountanc> at the Perth Technical College-, Western Australia He is a former student of the English Collece. johore Bahru. He will
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    Association officials
    85 8 The following have been elected officials of the Loron^ I Limau Chinese Sports and i Family Benefit Party In Singapore President. Mr Chua Chon,j How; vice-presidents. Messrs Urn Kim Hal. Lee Hock Llm. Quek Chew Llat and Lee Eng Koon. secretary. Mr Tan Hal Tong. treasurer. Mr Llm
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    Girl drowned
    33 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Chin Say Tee. aged five years, of Plentong. lost her life as a result of falling Into a well. The Coroner recorded a verdict of deat^i by drowning.
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    APPEAL ALLOWED IN MILL INJURY CASE
    266 8 IPOH, Wednesday. TPHE High Court Judge here, Mr. Justice Syed Sheh Barakbah, today set aside a lower court acquittal and ordered the case to be sent back for the defence to be heard. He allowed an appeal by the Perak Deputy Public Prosecutor against
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    Colony merchant cleared of robbery
    241 8 PENANO. Wed Goh Gul Kwong. a Singapore merchant, who claimed he was a millionaire's son, was acquitted In the Assize Court today of committing armed robbery, with three other men. still at large. In a goldsmith's shop on Oct. 12 last year. The seven-man jury
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE India's patriot-saint fell to Fanatic's bullets
    1133 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE India's patriot-saint fell to Fanatic's bullets TEN years ago today a thin, wiry, spectacled old man, clad only in a loincloth and a homespun cotton wrap, walked slowly to a prayer house in a New Delhi garden. As usual, hundreds of followers and admirers had gathered
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      332 9 The lad) isn't puzzledabout which Military protection to use Like so many of today's smart moderns, she decided on Tampax long •go. Internal sanitary protection offers to rruny benefits that its millions of enthusiastic users can scarcely understand anyone toleming the external Why, then, haven't you made up jour mind
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      146 9 0 nrntvit A Co. By 3taa \l JW ii Tt2JjsW*&&3£*E&li^M *><xc tmimgs going 'vJ com t >txi r on. look it^WSd^ou i The Saint By Lvsiio 0 Imrivris tHvk Trary By 0 hvstvr GouM I f THIS WASnKJ^^^^T I TWrS IS IT* r YOU SEE.WEtJ ▼-AND A I CONG TO
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    METAL PRICE DROPS AGAIN AS CONSUMER DEMAND FALLS OFF
    444 10 METAL PRICE DROPS AGAIN AS CONSUMER DEMAND FALLS OFF By Our Market Correspondent A FURTHER fall of $1,121 in the price of tin in Singapore yesterday wiped out all but a few cents of the gains made after the announcement on Saturday that the International Tin Council was cutting world
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    513 10 Thr UiUun Share Brokers' Ai-MK-ialton rrpwted: "All sections on i the local share market continued to ease. The turnover was small" Sinfaporr and FederaUon brokers rrporird the following bail neat done yesterday: Fed Dispensary 12 12', and $2 10; Fraser Neave cuds $2.60 land overnight! Gammon $2 20.
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    LENDU RUBBER
    37 10 Shareholders of I.rndu Riihh»r EiUtr have passed the BMetal resolution for the redur'tnn of raDitnl by renavment of fid n»T 2s. unit ADpllration In now belns made to the Court for confirmation of the reduction.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    18 10 SINGAPORE. Jan. 29. RUBBER: 75', cents per lb. lumhanirdi TIN: $358,874 per picul (down SI. 124).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    149 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. INVESTMENT shares maintained a steady tone with more active trading on the Slock Exchange here today. Oil shares Improved with Ampol-Ex up 6d. providing the sharpest movement. Other mining stocks were steady. Commonwealth bonds maintained steady tone. Loans 3,, 1956-59 £98 19s 3d Loans 3 1
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    RUBBER PRICES
    147 10 February flrst fra4c rubber bu»rr« fob rlotrd in Singapore yesterday at 75 cents per lb unchanged on Tuesday's closing pric. Clwinc tone: Quiet. t'losinc price* in cents per lb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int 1 R SJ fob buyers 75'.. sellers 754; Int. 1 R.S.S Feb. buyers 75>4: sellers
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    195 10 Ship* lying al«n»«dr the Slai (aporr Harbour Board wharves »r expected today are: Vastly Kachalov 1 2. Benreoch 4 5. Sillndoene 6A Java 6 7, Boleslaw Berut 8 9. Blltar 10 11. Tjitjalengka 13 14. Bendoran 15 16. Olenvllle IS. H'i Lee 19 20 Sumpitan N Wall 2.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    105 10 Sincaporr Chinese Produce F.«rhange: noon prlcea per plcul yesterday were Copra: quiet; UK Continent January February $30 U buyers. $31 Vt sellers Coronul ell: quiet; bulk sellers, drum 149 seller*. Pepper: quiet: no business reported done; Muniok white $09. Sarawak $98. special Sarawak Mack $61 tall unchanged). Singapore
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    103 10 Tha Malayan Exchange Banks* Association made the following changes tn Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T 32 3.8. OD. 32 1/2. SO d/st 32 7/8 credit bills, 32 15. 16 trad* bills Sellinf T.T. or O.D. ready: 4 a n. id.
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      597 10 f'tjot Itch Healed in 3 Days l><> \i>ur fret itch, smart and burn an Im.llv in.it they nearly drivo you cr.izv? Do.-s Ihe »kin crack, pee) or 1.1. .-.I The Nal cause of thea* akin trouble* I.i a germ that has aprrad thr [houl the world, and I* railed v
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      475 10 NOTICES THE KUNDONG RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED (.Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE KUNDONO RUBBER ESTATE. LIMITED, will be held at the Registered Office of the Company. 70. Ampang Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday, the 27th day of February.
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      843 10 NOTICES TO LET 3-ROOM (one air -conditioned) fully furnished flat in a quiet and good locality. Rent prepared to pay from to f Box A 6779 S.T. NOTICE The roadway Kepong Kuala Selangor Road will be closed for repairs to Public Level Crossing at B'-2 milestone on 2nd February, 1958
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      577 10 NOTICES KAMUNTING TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated In England! CABLED ADVICE has been received that at a Meeting of Directors of the abovenamed Company duly constituted held on the 28th January, 1958, an Interim dividend of four and a half pence (4..d.) per share less Income tax at the rate of
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      THEY TURN THE HEADS
      1192 12 THREE SMART GIRLS "THREE attractive Singapore girls who frankly K like fashion, have launched a "dress better" campaign and have the local men turning round for a second look as they walk down the street. How do they do it? Simply by going down town each
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      343 12 BECOME OLD? Well-known Singapore model has th? answer Cornelia Telfer-Smollett, > BT €9T^WHR^ JHH .i leader in Malaya's fash- I f|F *V*T^ SfS ion-world, hi- dressed in a slim, now looking, white a J r £3VH| linen dross when we askrd ■fHP B^F™Vd#" Wn her this question— "When W' *S&^
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      232 12 Straits Times Crossword 23" |H 2*~ 25" ACROSS 5 Small flap or Instrument (5). 1 Songs o( pure origins 1 #t. 6 One who attacks last as In strangely enough (5. 101 melee (9). 8 One who harasses men among 7 Modern hieroglyphist (9. 6). the hills (9> 9 It
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    PENANG CALL FOR ACTION
    339 13 Swim body doing nothing to train Asian Games men PENANG, Wednesday. "THE secretary of the Penang Amateur Swimming 1 Association, Mr. Gen Chong Keat, today accused the Federation of Malaya Amateur Swimming Association of apathy in its attitude towards sending a team to Tokyo for the
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    139 13 Wallabies win in the mud I ONDON, Wed— In mud-bath conditions, the MM (hey have encountered so far the Australian Rugby Union tourists defeated the South Eastern Counties 6-0 at Portsmouth yesterday. This was their 12th win of the tour. There was no score at halftime. The Wallabies were m
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    66 13 LONDON, RU-MM Raven, of the Second Division, fcnodwd out Burnlev, the First Division side, by three goals to two in their English FA. Cup Fourth Hound replav at Burnley last iv The teams drew at Bristol M Saturday. Bristol Rovers, wlir trailed 1-0 at half-time l;i>t
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    162 13 SYDNEY, rues A fighting second wicket stand of 211 in 170 minutes bv Neil Crompton (124) and John Shaw (122 not out) helped Victoria make a fine recovery yesterday against the champions' New South Wales, on the third day ol their Sheffield ShieM match here Victoria,
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    THE BIS SWEEP
    72 14 lIKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TOTAL P00L— 5175.975 FIRST: No. *****9 579.18S SKCOND No. *****5 $39,594 THIRD: No. *****4 521.996 Starters (52.199 each): Nos 2T1930. *****0. *****7. *****4. *****6. *****1. *****5. *****2. *****5. *****8. CONSOLATION (51.319 each): Nos. *****1. *****5. HUM. *****6. *****1. ItltiS, *****8. 3078*9. *****0. *****(i FORECAST TOTE. Race
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    TOP SPRINT to MONITOR
    168 14  -  EPSOM JEEP FAVOURITE SVN OJP BURMA BEATEN BY RIVAL'S BRILLIANT SPEED Crop of maiden winners at Bukit Timah races By \]()XITOR'S brilliant speed proved too much for Sun of Burma, the hot favourite, in Haee Six over six furlongs, at Hukit Tunah yesterday Laurie Johnson took
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    2245 14 WINNETOU WINS BY FOUR LENGTHS FROM WATERLINE Race one CLASS 3. DIV. 3 6 Fl RS. Mediums St.ible's 1 10) ROSE OF MALAYA 8 8 (360—222. Franklin I i2> Sinrero 8 12 (294—192) Cracknell 2 (7 1 Speculation 8 0 (233—161) West
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    TWO BRITISH RING WINS
    91 14 LONDON. Wed— Dave Charnley, the British lightweight boxing champion, earned a possible world title tight in London this summer when he gained a ten-round points victory over Don Jordan, or Los Angeles, at Harrlngay Arena here last night. A storming la&t round finish b\ Charnley gained
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    73 14 MELBOURNE. Wed— Brisbane will stage the 1958 Davis Cup Challenge Round, the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia decided today. It will be the first, time the Challenge Round has been played in Brisbane, although inter-ione finals have been held there. The Queensland delegate to the L.T.A.A.
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    RINA AT THE POST-BY A NECK
    30 14 RINA AT THE POST -BY A NECK RINA (Bob Franklin), on the rails, beats Kanchil (Ken Barratt) by a neck in Race Three at Bukit Timah yesterday -struts Times picture.
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    210 14 THE THIRD TEST IS HEADING FOR A DRAW DURBAN Wed Australia 185 for three in their second innings were still 36 runs behind South Africa at lunch on the final day of th° third Test here today The; lost two wickets this morning for the addition of 68 to their
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    463 14 'We will settle Stadium debts' SBA REPLIES THE Singapore Badmin- ton Association, in asking for absohue control ot the Singapore Badminton Stadium, is prepared ta accept liability fenliquidating the debts against the Stadium. Mr. Wee Kim Wee, the S.B.A. president, said this yesterday in reply to the honorary manager of
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