The Straits Times, 27 March 1958

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  • 356 1 CENTRAL GOVT. OCCUPIES TWO OIL TOWNS Danish Foreign Ministry asked to investigate mystery of silent freighter West Sumatra closed to ships JAKARTA, Wednesday. THE INDONESIAN Navy spokesman, Major Nasir, today announced that mines had been laid off the west coast of Sumatra along 100 kilometres from Painan
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  • 133 1 Red Army is being purged— of vodka BERLIN, Wed. The Red Army is being purged of vodka. The 400,000 Soviet occupation troops in Germany have been ordered ''on the wagon" in Russia's new temperance campaign. Top targets of the antlliquo- drive in the Soviet zone of Germany are the soldier
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  • 25 1 RANGOON, Wed. Six people were killed when more than 200 rebel tribesmen attacked, burned and looted shops and houses In Pa An.
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  • 30 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— Radio Malaya's director, Utt. H. W. Jackson, is leaving the department under Malayanisation. It is understood he will be leaving Malaya next month.
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  • 38 1 LONDON, Wed. A delegation from China is expected here soon with power to place orders for a wide range of British products, including iron and steel, electrical goods, tractors, cables, machine tools and precision Instruments.
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  • 188 1 THE REVEREND FATHER MEETS A TIGER... KUALA LUMPLR, Wednesday. A ROMAN Catholic priest said today that his knees knocked when he saw a fully grown tiger in Templer Park, 14 miles from here, last night. Father N. Clement, priest-in-charge of St. Anthony's Church here, saw the tiger when he was
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  • 127 1 Attach on Queen for supporting fax-hunts LONDON. Wed. The League Against Cruel Sports declared in its annual report today that the Queen's patronage of fos hunting was a "disgrace to the British nation and those who lead it" The report said it could not br accepted that the Queen was
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  • 55 1 BRUSSELS. Wed The Dowager Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians left today in a Russian jet airliner for Moscow, the first member of West European royalty to pay an official visit to Russia since the 1917 communist revolution. The 81 -year-old queen Is expected to stay in
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  • 34 1 CANBERRA, Wed. Mr. John McEwen, the Trade Minister, was today elected leader of the Country Party, which, with the Liberal Party, forms the coalition Federal Go\ -nment. He automatically becomes deputy premier—Reuter.
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  • 112 1 GIRL, 17, REPORTS A HANGING— HER OWN KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A PRETTY 17-year-old Indian girl has reported to the police that two men tried to hang her yesterday. The girl, Pooranam. of Chan Sow Lin Road, had been found by her mother hanging from a beam with a rope round
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  • 38 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed Mr Albert Bigelow and a crew of three sailed In the 30-ft. ketch Golden Rule yesterday for the Enlwetok proving grounds as a protest against H-bomb te.sts In the area next month— Reuter
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  • 277 1 'HEAD OF TOWN THAT MAY BE NEW MA YOR'S TITLE KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Mayor of Kuala Lumpur may be called "Dato Bandar" (in English, "Head of a town") when the town receives city status. This is one suggestion being considered by the constitutional committee of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal
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  • 37 1 WARSAW, Wed-New mass graves containing bodies of an unknown number of Polish prisoners of war who died In the German Stalag VIII -C prison camp at Zagan have been unearthed, It was reported today.— Reuter.
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  • 63 1 VIENNA, Wed. Oustav Waldhof. 56. an Austrian headmaster, admitted in court at Graz yesterday that he had hanged a boy in front of a class "to demonstrate medieval me- thods oi execution." The boy saved his life by Inserting two fingers between the noose and his
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  • 101 1 Sugar Ray does it again CHICAGO. Wed— Sugar Ray Robinson last night re. gained the world middleweight title for the fourth time by beating champion Carmen Basilio on points over 13 rounds. Robinson, now 37, first won the middleweight title on 1951. Since then he has "retired" once (in December
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  • 362 1 LEGAL off course betting for all SCHEME TO BEAT BOOKIES IPOH. Wednesday. MALAYAN Turf Clubs are planning to make totaliT1 isator betting on and off the course available to members as well as non-members before the year's racing season is over. Disclosing this at the Perak Turf Club's annual meeting
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  • 27 1 WASHINGTON Wed. —Dr Ludwlg Erhard, the West German Economics Minister, yesterday discussed with United States officials plans for Increasing German Investment la under-developed countries.
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  • 70 1 $50,000 JUST WAITING TO BE WON! A $50,000 Jackpot Is waiting to be won In The Malayan Monthly's Contest "T" (March). There's also $5,000 in consolation prizes. This great contest closes on Monday, March 31. You have FIVE days to make your ■bid for the big money. Send your coupon,
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    • 93 1 JAKARTA. Wed. The Indonesian Government has launched a two-prong-ed attack in Central Sumatra aimed at wiping out rebel forces. Loyalists claimed to have reached a point 70 miles from Padang with one prong of the drive and M miles away In the other push. The
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    • 47 1 PRESTWICK (Scotland). Wed.—The first aircraft for the proposed Royal Malayan Air Force will be handed over at Prestwick airport tomorrow to the Malayan High Commlskioner in London. Tengku Ya'acob, it was announced today. The aircraft .s a Prestwick Pioneer, a light transsport plane.—Reuter
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    • 33 1 THOMAS CUP: THAIS LEAD 4—o BANGKOK. Wed.— Thailand led Pakistan 4-0 at the end of the first night's play In the Asian xone final of the Thomas Cup badminton competition here today. Reuter.
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    • 30 1 LONDON. Wed. Man. Chester nit.-d qualified to m.et Bolton Wanderers in this year's F.A. Cup final when they beat Fulham 5-3 at Highbury tonitjht Ri-ui.-r
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    • 28 1 LONDON. Wed. Topweight Rabur won the Lincolnshire Handicap today, beating Who You by one length st itfold. ridden hv Ed*'- Larkin, was third. Reuter.
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  • 306 2 AMSTERDAM, Wed. QUEEN Elizabeth of Britain and Queen Juliana of Holland last night called for a new spirit to banish the world's fears and tensions. The two Queens were speaking at a state banquet in the Royal Palace here on the
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  • 372 2 Todd buried as Liz cries, brother shouts HHICAGO, Wed J Showman Mike Todd was buried here yesterday amid the s*creams of his nearhysterical widow, actress Elizabeth Taylor. Miss Taylor had thrown herself on to Todd's coffin Just before the burial. Then family friends supported her as she stumbled to the
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  • 38 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. President Elsenhower asked Congress yesterday for authority to use federal rands to lengthen the period of payment of unemployment compensation by 50 per cent. An estimated two million idle workers would benefit. UP.
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  • 191 2 BRITAIN TO CUT COST OF COLONIAL SERVICE I ONDON, Wed.—Brl- tain is to cut costs in her Commonwealth and foreign services by more than £13,000,000 according to the 1958--59 civil estimates published here yesterday. Net total to be spent on these services is £80.700.--292 compared with the current year's expenditure
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  • 53 2 WASHINGTON, Wed The House of Representatives yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill to grant M 586 8.000 000 in pay increases to members of the armed forces. The measure, aimed at helping the military branches to retain skilled men, who are falling to reenlist, now goes
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  • 180 2 MYSTERY OF A 'VANISHED' RED DIPLOMAT PNOM PENH. Wednesday. yLADIMIR Lukashevitz, a Russian diplomat here who has disappeared on his way back to Moscow, has flown to Bangkok, usually reliable sources said here today. Although Ills name did not appear on any passenger list, he flew by Thai Airways on
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  • 74 2 This Cypriot celebration was ail so peaceful NICOSIA, Wed.— Cypriet Greeks yesterday celebrated the anniversary of the 1821 Greek uprising for independence with peaceful demonstrations and proofssions. Only six villages reported minor incidents. The Governor, Sir Hugh Foot, said last night that the day was "a triumph for good sense
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  • 22 2 ST. THOMAS, (Virgin Islands). Wed. A se"ere earthquake shock the Virgin Islands today. No damage or casualties were reported. -UP
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  • 24 2 MOSCOW. Wed. Mr. Niklta Khrushchev attended a dinner In the Kremlin last night for Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, the United Nations Secretary-General.
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    • 61 2 BAGHDAD, Wed— Sheikh Ibrahim Suwayil. the Saudi Arabian Ambassador here, said today that Cairo's description of events In Saudi Arabia as "abdication" by King Saud In favour of his brother. Crown Prince Feisal, to whom he has delegated
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    • 30 2 PRAGUE: Czechoslovakia is to deliver a complete hydro-electric power plant to China, to be built on the River Hi in Yunnan Province. Reuter. SEOUL: President Syngman Rhee Is 83.— Reuter
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    • 29 2 TOKYO: Japan will have sufficient antl aircraft guns within a month to fire on foreign planes trespassing over almost any part of the country, the Defence Board announced. —Reuter.
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    • 38 2 LONDON: Mr. John Vaughan-Morgan, Minister of State, Board of Trade, said in a House of Commons reply that no action was being taken on the import of 60.000 women's blouses from Hong Kong at 80 cents each. Reuter
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    • 34 2 TAIPKII: Brlgadkr-Gen- eral Fred Dean, commander of the UU. Air Force on Formosa, said the United States could launch Matador guided missiles against China "in a matter of minutes" should Formosa be attacked.— U.P.
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    • 13 2 LONDON: The Financial Times forecas* a "severe" recession in Japan later this year.—Reuter.
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    • 30 2 WASHINGTON: Senator John Kennedy (Democrat) called on the U.S. Government to pledge long-term economic aid to India similar to Marshall Plan aid to Western Europe after World War ll— Reutei.
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  • 951 2 From DONALD LUDLOW rjESPITE the 111 winds which today are blowing with increasing force across America's economic scene, there are still comfortable spots on the leeside where they amount to no more than a gentle stirring of the balmy Spring air. Those men in the grey flannel suits
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  • 367 3 DULLES: PRICE THE WEST MUST PAY ON RED DEMANDS IS TOO HIGH WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE COMMENTS of the United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, yesterday reflected the general feeling that summit negotiations are now at a deadlock. Mr. Dulles pointed out the price
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  • 181 3 ENVOYS ON TUNISIA SEE GAILLARD: TALKS ARE 'FRUITFUL' PARIS, Wed. Mr. Felix Gaillard, the French Premier, yesterday talked for an hour and 40 minutes with the Anglo-Ameri-can "good offices envoys on Tunisia, and good progress was achieved. Mr Robert Murphy, the American envoy, saki afterwards: "Our conversation was very fruitful
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  • 18 3 LONDON. Wed. The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra win tour Japan next month, it was reported today -Reuter.
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  • 44 3 MR. MINTOFF WARNS BRITAIN MINERS and postal workers, demanding higher pay. battle with police during a demonstration outside the Tokyo central post office last week. Similar demonstrations were held all over Japan as the country's "spring latoour offensive" started— U.P. picture.
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  • 358 3 VALETTA, Malta, Wednesday. ]t|R. DOM MINTOFF, Malta's Prime Minister, iTI warned Britain tonight that the Maltese Parliament will be dissolved and general elections held if Malta runs short of money during the coming financial year and Britain fails to foot the Speaking
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  • 147 3 V| OSCOW, W e d Laika's heart beat three times faster than normal after it was shot into space in Sputnik II last November, a Russian scientist said yesterday. At the peak of the acceleration of the Sputnik:, the frequency of Laika's
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  • 188 3 GERMAN VOTE FOR ATOMIC ARMS OONN, Wed. A mo- tion was passed In the Bundestag (Lower House) last night empowering the Government to equip West German forces with atomic weapons if no general disarmament agreement is reached. The vote, by a show of hands, came after a stormy four-day debate.
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  • 122 3 LONDON, Wed. The RAF takes strict precautions to ensure that its planes do not accidentally cross the Iron Curtain, the Prime Minister, Mr. Macmillan said yesterday. Answering a question from Mr. Arthur Henderson (Labour) in the House of Commons Mr. Macmillan said
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  • 336 3 LONDON, Tues— London stockmarkets closed the account on a generally dull note today. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's recent statements, the United Slates recession, the London busmen's wage dispute and rumours of a pending large new Issue all combined to unsettle markets and prices in most sections were
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  • 100 4 Follies seek talent in Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Carroll Wallace Follies—a variety entertainment troupe— which began its season here today is on the look-out for local talent. The manager of the show. Mr Carroll Wallace, said he had already signed on 12--year-old "wonder boy" trumpeter Andy Castillo from Singapore
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  • 28 4 MUAR. Wed. A 'Health < Queen" contest, sponsored by the Muar Health Department, will be held at Muar Club on April 7 to mark World Health Day.
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  • 25 4 BRUNEI, Wed.— Five local teacher-trainees at the Teachers' Training Colleges In Malaya have just returned here to start their fasting inanth. i
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  • 369 4 IT BEGAN IN A ROW OVER A DOG* KUALA LUMPUR, E Wed.— A leader of the Dragon-Tiger Secret Society which allegedly "controlled pickpockets operating at all theatres in Kuala Lumpur" was killed during a fight with three schoolboys, the High
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  • 78 4 A POLICEMAN shows Mr. Justice Smith the spot where he round 29-year-old Lai CtaM. who died in hospital on July 18. Mr. Justice Smith, in dark suit, is bearing the rase of two youths Yap Vik KJ*ne IX. and Chan Ki<Tuck. 16. both students
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  • 297 4 •ILLICIT LOVE' RUMOURS BLAMED IPOH. Wednesday. A 24-YEAR-OLD estate labourer said here today that he was forced into fighting a bloody knife duel with another «nan which ended in the man's V. Karuplah. a weeder of Charleslajid Estate. Taiping. was making tils defence
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  • 78 4 PENANO, Wed.— One town council and four rural district councils in Penan* and Province Wellesiey have already agreed to increase their edu- cation rates. They are the Bukit MertaJam Town Council and he rural district councils in Penang. Province Central. North and South. The chairman of the
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  • 148 4 Wed— The Camp Commandant of the 17 Gurkha Division headquarters here. Major John Frederick Atkinson, admitted to a court martial today that he took "sums of money" and put ir. chits as he wanted money for "domestic payments." Maj. Atkinson was ordered to be
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  • 189 4 Taste of liquor (AT OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS) then love for bottle JOHORE BAHKI. Wed. -Kawponj people have developed a "love for the bottle" after attending state and official function., where liquor wa s served, the Johoir state Coancil was told today. The charge was made »T Inchr Sylaiman bin Nainam Shah
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  • 61 4 PENANO. Wed. The Sessions Court president. Mr B. J. Jennings, today dismissed an application by a husband, Hrn Seng Khlm, for the variation of a $170 maintenance order. Mr. Jennings said he disbelieved Lim's story that he had insufficient means to i support his
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  • 198 4 Malayan lines 'fight back by slashing rates DENANG. Wed. A 1 freight war in rubber shipments to China has started between members of the Malaya-China-Japan Confer ence in South-East Asia and "intruding" shipping lines. To fight the 'Intruders," conference members have cut their rates by aa
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  • 32 4 KLUANO. Wed. Wang Yee, 28. of Kluang was struck by a falling branch while working In the jurgle at the sth mil* Jalan Batu Pahat, Kiuang. He died later.
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    • 164 4 RAftm AsTAT ay* L lb Lllr h "nic Concert; IJO The KAUIU MALAYA News; 145 Men Only; JOO Close NATIONAL SHORT WAVE S'S'li,., 8 0 m" A J' Ho «P lla l-s; SERVICE iP° Hell Chl 'dren; 630 Radio 41 mrtreT cc Club; LI R hU On; 6.5J vi\,, ,i;i
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  • 146 5 Lorry men challenge union I/UALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malayan lorry owners to- night challenged the National Union of Transport Workers to produce evidence showing that the owners had been "dodging" contributions to the Employees' Provident Fund. The challenge was issued by the secretary general of the Central Malaya Road Haulage Association.
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  • 290 5 4,000 mine workers sacked as result of tin cuts GOVT. LAUNCHES LARGE-SCALE UNEMPLOYMENT SURVEY KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday, jyf ORE than 4,000 tin mine workers have been sacked as a result of the restrictions imposed by the International Tin Council, according to an official source today. The Government is now conducting
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  • 52 5 THE Canadian High Commissioner. Mr. Arthur ft Menzies. is welcomed by the Federation's Protocol Officer. Inche Jamal bin Abdul l.ttif at th c Kuala Lumpur railway station on Wednesday Behind them is Mr D. C. Recce. Second Secretary in the Canadian High Commission —Straits
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  • 33 5 KLUANG. Wed. Teng Seng Wan. 36. of Malacca, a lorry assistant, was fatally Injured when a lorry overturned at the 44th mile Johore Bahru-Ayer 1 1 a m Road on Monday.
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  • 57 5 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Five men armed with knives robbed a courting couple of cash and jewellery at the ii.th mile. Reko Road. Kajanic. last nigbt. The thags. after threatening Chen Tong Keow 25 and the girl. Ng Hong. 22. both rubber Uppers, not to report to
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  • 111 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. CANADA is looking forward to expanding her $100,000,000 a year trade with Malaya. This was Indicated in Kuala Lumpur today by the newlyappoluted Canadian High Commissioner. Mr Arthur R Menzles. He also told the Straits Times his government would do Its best
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  • 46 5 The Queen has sanctioned the promotion of Sir William Goode. Oovernor of Singapore, to knighthood of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Lady Ooode has been admitted to the grade of commander of the order.
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  • 137 5 RAAF TO TAKE OVER AIRFIELD DUTTERWORTH. Wed. —The Royal Australian Air Force may gradually take over the Butterworth base from the R.A.P., the Straits Times learned today. A Canberra bomber squadron will be statloued here from July 1 and two SabreJet squadrons will Join the bombers at the end of
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  • 56 5 KOTA BHARU, Wed— The Kelantan Government Is short of Malay translators, so Malay cannot be used ln all Government departments here at present. There are only two Malay translators in the Government. The acting Mentri Besar, Dato Syed Abdul Rahman, said today the Government would provide money
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  • 21 5 Mr. Chla Ban Wei has been elected president of the Kampong Kapo r branch of th« Singapore Workers Party.
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  • 170 6 111 Wardt Sit I Minimum) JOCELYN ANNE FIRRELL 35th March 1958, Penang General Hospital No letters plea.se. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS M »ord. SH < Minimum) MR CHOO CHENG CHUEM wishes to thank all friends, relatives for various expressions of sympathy and attendance at the funeral of his brother. Dr Chow Cheng
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    • 524 6 A Malayan Outlook Almost the first words thai Dr. Lun Chong Eu spoke on his election as MCA's new president were a reaffirmation of faith in the Alliance He has since gone further He intends to continue the work, begun by Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. of building friendship among the
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    • 394 6 The committee ol the Singapore Amateur Football Association, which meets tonight to discuss the City Council's new rules (or the issue of passes to Jalan Besar stadium, should not cut oil its own nose to spite someone else's face. But it will be doing a service to more
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    • 208 6 Basically the problem oi Malta is its loss ot strategy, importance. Nothing can compensate for that. 11 means the practical closing of the dockyard, the disappearance of British defence spending and consequent employment. Out of this threat of economic distress was born the idea of integration with Britain,
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    • 264 6 TIMBER INDUSTRY NEEDS GOVERNMENT SYMPATHY ris all very well tor the Federation Government to talk of efforts to help trade and industry. But judging from actions of the Government, one Is Inclined to treat all this as so much hot air. The timber industry, the third most important in the
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    • 178 6 Why doctors are angry MUCH has been wrltteii about the shortage ol doctors In the Federation hospitals and one 81nga porean has protested through your paper about his Government taking in doctors who are Federal Citizens The fnllowln* icoount may explain in part wny too few doctors re:urn to serve
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    • 195 6 Law no cure for apathy IAM not particularly concerned over the advantages of voluntary or compulsory voting. Both have their flaws and compensations In either case corruption Is possible The point at Issue is. must we be denied the privilege of exercising our rights and be penalised on a matter
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    • 104 6 I REFER to your report on striking students in Kota Bharu <S.T March 2o> The following paragraph Is Incorrect: "Hoots of derision were flung at Kelantan's Chief Education Officer. Mr D Bennett, when he came out of his office and appealed to them to go bacK and
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    • 104 6 They should serve first A FEW week* ago 1 went to the Registration Office and the High School to get my Federal Citizenship papers and School Leaving Certificate respectively. In both places 1 was Kept waiting for hours I wonder why It has oecome almost a "must' to keep the
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    • 232 6 Why not sell S.I.T. houses? THERE is a practical method of solving the present housing shortage without causing any gTeat strain on the financial resources of the Government At the present time the S.I.T. Is building bouses, for which the Government Is advancing money as loan. The number of houses
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    • 147 6 REPLACE FERRIES WITH LANDING CRAFT Pis now proposed that ferries be replaced by concrete or Bailey bridges, but It Is said that construction will take a long time Moreover, since one bridge Is estimated to cost over $750,000 the replacement of all the ferries with bridges would cost millions which
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  • 988 6 Citizens in a democracy are becoming captives of party bosses WHAT with the MCA elections, the collapse of trade with Sumatra and the discussions in the Singapore City Council it is difficult to turn one's attention to events in the United Kingdom. Which is
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  • 212 7 It's work to rule for some railmen I^UALA LUMPUR, Wed. A number of Federation railway locomotive enginemen have gone on a "work to rule" campaign, because the railway administration has refused to recognise their union which claims to have 300 members. Members of the union, the Malayan Railway Locomotive Enginemen's
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  • 19 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed No casualties to either terrorists or security forces were reported in the Federation today
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  • 33 7 PETALING JAVA. Wed The local branch of the Malayan Labour Party will urge the administrator of this satellite town to suspend assessments of some hou.ses affected by the recent floods here.
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  • 85 7 KOTA BHARU. Wed. The acting Mentri Besar. Dato| Syed Abdul Rahman, wants to meet student leaders who I sparked off the strike at the Sultan Ismail CoUeae and the Zalnab Girls' School last week. Dato Syed Abdul Rahman told the Straits Times today: "I want to
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  • 320 7 'ALIENS MUST BE KEPT OUT OF POLITICS' KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TJMNO and the Malayan Indian Congress today praised Or. Lim Chong Eu, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, for his plan to restrict MCA membership to Chinese who are Federal citizens. The two organisations,
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  • 79 7 Soldier is not guilty of causing road death KUALA LIMPUR. Wed. Driver K. E. Anderson, of tb King's Dragoon Guards, was today acquitted of causing the death of a cyclist by a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide. Anderson was alleged to have knocked down the cyclist. Chee Cheon*.
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  • 129 7 MORIB SANATORIUM WILL BE READY BY MAY KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— The $350,000 tuberculosis settlement in Morib will be ready for occupation by the end of May. This was announced at today's annual meeting of the Selangor branch of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. The seaside sanatorium will
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  • 28 7 PENANG. Wed Mr. V G Chinniah was elected president of the Bayan Lepa.s branch of the Malayan Indian Congress at its annual meeting at the week-end.
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  • 97 7 IPOH. Wed— A guard of honour by Boy Scouts of the I Anglo-Chinese School will highlight the school's welcome to their former principal. Mr. T. W. Hinch. and Mrs. Hinch, when they arrive here on Friday. i During their two-day stay in Ipoh. Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 118 7 WAITER HAS SUIT DISMISSED I An action for damages brought by Lai Chee Chien. a waiter at Cleneages Hue. Ltd., against the Singapore Telephone Board for personal Injuries suffered In an accident n Holland Road was dismissed by Mr. Justice Chua in the High Court yesterday. The judge held that
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  • 245 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday. THE Johore Council of State today accepted a motion that the State Government should as far as possible use Malay in all official correspondence. The motion was put by Hajl Taha b.n Hajl Zakana He said the Alliance election manifesto pledged to
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  • 146 7 MEET MRS MONKEY, of Pudu Road. Kuala Lumpur, who is now mother to two KITTENS. A fortnight ago. the motherless kittens crawled into her horne a wooden box under a *had> trre md she promptly adopted them. Her owner n the proprietor •f a well-known Pudu
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  • 212 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. ABOUT 1.000 Malayan students who became tea- chers whilst waiting for their Senior Cambridge examination results will soon be served with "sack" notices. i They will be replaced by those who possess the Lower Certificate of Education and have graduated from
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  • 54 7 Mr. Des Alwl. rebel Indonesian press officer, left Singapore for Europe yesterday. He was accompanied by his w'fe and two children. xv Is understood that the family's visa to stay in Singapore expires tomorrow. Before he boarded the plane. Mr Alwl said: "J expect to be away
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  • 23 7 KUANTAN, Wed— A student. Ng Beh Yoke. 24. was killed In a road accident at Gambang 18 miles from here, yesterday.
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  • 54 7 Kee Bok Ylan. 18. dragged Chin Poh Hoon, 17. from a crowded street into a lane in Tanjong Pagar. where he robbed him of a watch and a pen. a Singapore district court was told yesterday. Kee. who pleaded guilty to robbery, was remanded till April 2.
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  • 44 7 The Singapore Government has rejected a proposal by its local officers to consolidate certain variable allowances into the basic pay. The staff slfle of the Whitley Council, which made the proposal, will meet soon to discuss the Government's reply.
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  • 59 7 Messrs. Chong Foo. Yong Mok and Choy Kee Fook were elected to the Buklt Batu Local Council at the by-election held at Buklt Batu. Johore Bahru district, on Tuesday. Two hundred out of a total electorate of 243 voters elected the three out of six candidates.
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  • 236 7 IPOH, Wed. A determln ed effort to save Malaya's Stone A« relics from damage or total destruction Is being made by the Federation's Curator of Museums, Mr. B. A. V. Peacock. He will lead a museum department team tomorrow to Talping and Perils
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  • 31 7 KUANTAN. Wed. The Pahang Btate Government u> to be asked to make the Kuantan Town Council fully elected. This was resolved at the council meeting today.
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    • 26 7 BEWARE YOU TOOTERS! SINGAPORE S 80 mobile traffic cops have been ordered to act against unnecessary tooting and against driving of the crown of the road.
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    • 33 7 KRIS was presented to lft Bn. South Wales Borderers yesterday In Kuala Lumpur. The Borderers, who arrived in Malaya in 1955 and served mostly In Johore (bandit "bag": 35 "kills" are leaving soon
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    • 38 7 WATCHMAN P Ap pavoo claimed that a gang of 20 men surrounded him in a worksite at the 614 mile Thomson Road, Singapore, at 2.30 am. on Tuesday and carted away 375 yards of cable worth $1 200.
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    • 13 7 FUTURE meetings of the Johore Council of State will open with a prayer.
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    • 28 7 EXCUSE for breaking the Muslim fast: "I had a terrible toothache, so ,1 drank some coffee" said Ahmad bin All, 37. A Sui.gH Patani court fined him $5.
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    • 14 7 MOTHER of six children, Letchimy, 32, died in Butterworth hospital yesterday from suspected poisoning.
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    • 27 7 TAXI DRIVER Lee Chew Hock was robbed of his watch and $11 by two men early yesterday morning at the 10th mile Yio Chu Rang Road. Singapore.
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    • 21 7 CENERAL Sir Nevil Brownjohn, QuartermasterGeneral to the Forces left Singapore yesterday for the Federation to visit army units and formations there.
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    • 28 7 SCHOOL children up to thy age o: 14 will be admitted free through turnstile IS to Penang s City Stadium for the final Asian games trial on Saturday.
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    • 37 7 APPEAL to 30 hawkers to co-operate with the health authorities to keep the city free from disease was made yesterday by Mr. A. J. Braga. Singapore's Minister for Health, when he addressed them at a civics course.
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    • 181 7 f Ma^s'san MOsV DAWnV StorJ in FRANCE! j tour throuih p»u*h liciml Murr" -DWlv Telegrtph '.tux tkilfull; »cry thin »r« d. ii<-ln u prritr- m4ii. rs by S>n«* Fmun, Ann* Vm»i Chriwtl M»rd»* n a the «Md diwarded mbtr««»" —Suuda.v Dl&paK-h I "Sparkliii, malt<V -D»»T PI bi.il> *a& gnaxhamtdt? o.
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  • 181 8 WIZARD OF FIGURES WONT TAKE ON 'VITAL' QUESTION IPOH. Wed.— An uni- dentifled man was j disappointed when he put a "vital" question to "the human calculating machine," Miss Shakuntala Dcvi, here last night. Miss Dcvi, glamorous in a blue sari edged with yellow, j was giving a charity performance.
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  • 29 8 TAIPING. Wed. Mr. D. Lloyd. OCPD Taiping District, Is also acting as OSPC in place of Inche Mohamed bin Samsudin. who has gone on transfer to Ipoh.
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  • 43 8 An Itinerant manufacturer and retailer. Ong Ting Yew. was fined $250 in a Singapore court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to a charge of selling adulterated coffee The offence was commit ted In Buklt Tlmah Road on Oct. 11.
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  • 255 8 Traffic chief denies police discourage learners »p\VELVE THOUSAND new drivers, qualify In Singapore every year, although 55 per cent of learners fail their tests. The Traffic Chief. Mr. Sardar Singh, revealing this yesterday, denied that driving tests were being made more difficult to
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  • 150 8 FOUR MEN and a girl set out from Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning for Singapore in a Land Rover which left Britain five months ago. Originally there were two cars with 15 people. They planned to drive to Australia, but at Istanbul seven of them branched
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  • 226 8 UNION IS CALLING A MEETING yHE Singapore Qlty Council Services Union yester--1 day expressed surprise at the PAP councillors' attitude in not supporting an extra pay rise for the council's Junior workers and daily paid staff. On Tuesday, the City Council decided by 18
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  • 78 8 Gambling raid at temple IPOH, Wed. THE Ipob Magistrate. ■1 Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan. today fined Leong Kow Chat $25 for gambling at the Sam Poh Thong Cave Temple, 3V* miles south of Ipoh. Leong pleaded guilty. Inspector Saraln Singh, prosecuting, said that a police party raided the caves
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  • 59 8 A clerk, All bin Mohamed. of Jalan Ulu. Slglap. was convicted and sentenced to nine months' Jail in a Singapore court yesterday for criminal breach of trust of 200 pairs of shoes valued at $3,470. All was employed as a delivery clerk by Messrs.
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  • 69 8 A preliminary inquiry, arising from the murder on Feb. 12 of a Singapore waitress. Lljah blnte Awang. will be held in a Colony magistrate's court on April 9. The inquiry was originally fixed for yesteday but had to be postponed In favour of another case. Facing a
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  • 173 8 Sick men are sent from Muar to Malacca JOHORE BAHKI, Wed. Sick people uho had been unable to set medical aid at Muar Hospital had had to ko to Malacca for treatment. Inche Sulaiman bin Nainam Shab claimed at the Johor* State Cuun< il merting today. He was speaking of
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  • 92 8 GO SLOW ON NEW SET-UP, SAYS UMNO PENANO. Wed. The Penang state branch of UMNO will consider at its next delegates assembly in April a resolution calling on the organisation to defer consideration of the Alliance Party constitution "until after the 1959 general elections." The resolution, it is learnt, will
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  • 187 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Postal Services will, beginning on Tuesday, charge a fee for the return of certain postal articles and destroy some others which cannot be delivered. During past years, the department had Incurred "heavy losses" financially in returning these articles to
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    • 324 8 tH>]M?l rh^ 3rd BIG WEEK! B'ffti^ j|^-|o'^B»rl.r \^K Mill SCREENING mils 4 SHOWS DAILY AT 10.4S A.M.. MS. S.JO P.M. "T* Jerry Wald't "DCVTAftI Dl ktt" ClnemmScope (Foi) J^A* production of "II lUrl rtSVC Color by Deluxe Lvi Tumir— Hope I.ame Diane Varai— Bun Tamblya. *KSIIESI^ LAST DAY! J T*
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  • 1124 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Delacroix, great thinker and great painter The man once denounced as responsible for the massacre of French painting was, a century later, hailed as one of the great revolutionary figures, of painting JN the Paris Salon of 1824 the leading French critic of the day came
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    • 340 9 YOU NEED A MEAL BEFORE YOU WORK! fig^:?M BLUE BAND I WBbJ&WM MARGARINE I '^^^^r in the morning! -v.. •-W ,^JB You can't expect to be really efficient at i HBfcte|^^^7^^^^^|jjM|« your job if all you have first thing is a jVa cup of coffee. By mid-morning you'll be PPPP^^^
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    • 250 9 «irnu>it 4% #'o. By Mwz |S^ I(■ W IQTC/ah Twtffc >ou a*£ JfJ :mt; M m M Tweet s c**> •aSPING A MCONuGhT D4T£ WITH a fIBJ a»>o BO* *«t Ou *O*TwJ 18/ o^t fcvtC SiNCS 1 05k.%0 r— v vvi^Wi <V"*l*P.'VjF *U_jC j H 'T v C~^ *S flH^H^tfU
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  • 74 10 Ships lying alongside the Slngaporo Harbour Board wharves er expected today are: Zulderkruls 1-2. Hakonesan Mam 4-5, Ceylon 3A. I alandla 6-7, Benmhor 8-9 Mikawa Maru 10-11, Straat Banka 13-14, Benlomond 15-16. Canara 18, Marlto 19-20, Senggarang N.Wall 3. Sumpltan N.Wall 3, Ungsa N.Wall 4. Prekkak N Wall
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  • 574 10 By Our Market Correspondent jMIK committee of the Malayan Share Brokers' Association yesterday added a new section to their daily list of prices to include a number of sterling rubbers. The new section comprises 20 odd London registered rubbers which have been
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  • 149 10 April first grade rubber burnt r.e.b. eleaed In Singapore yesterday at 77 H cent* per lb down rhree-elghtrus of a cent on Tuesday's closing price. Cleelag lone: Quiet. teeing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.SS Spot t.o.b. buyers 77, sellers 77.: Int. 1
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  • 74 10 The Malayan Exrhance Banks' Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Selling T.T. er O.D. ready: French Francs *****; Belgian Francs 1618: Deutarhe Marks 136: Italian Lire *****. On the free exchanie market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar
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  • 393 10 The Malayan Share Broken' Association reported: "All sections on the local share market were dull and slightly easier. The turnover wae small." Singapore and Federation broken reported the following bud ness done yesterday: Fed. Dispensary $2,324 cd (l ei iand overnight), $2.30 cd eel; Praser and Neave ords
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  • 186 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. A GENERALLY weaker tone was recorded throughout the investment section on the Stock Exchange here with most leading stocks drifting to lower levels. Bank ol NSW dropped 17s. 6d Colonial Sucar 12s 6d Bradford Cotton 9a., Dunlop 7d.. and B.H.P and ICJANZ 6d. In the retail
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  • 107 10 Singapore Chinese Praduee Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK Continent March/April 1314 buyers. $32> 4 j sellers. Coconut oil quiet bulk $47 sellers, drum $52 sellers. Pepper: steady; no business reported done; Muntok white $150 Sarawak $149 (both up $3>. special Sarawak black $84
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  • 23 10 SINGAPORE. MAR. 26. RI'BBRR: 771 cents per Ib (down three-i-iehiliN of a cent) TIN- S36€ per pirtil nut h.umrd)
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    • 1068 10 NOTICES IHE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, 1950. THE MALACCA Rl HAL DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS KKGI'LATIONS. 1957. Notlrr of Completion of Registers f ßegulation 3(6)] HUH GAJAH RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL No NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Register of Electors for each of the electoral wards shown In column (1) of
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    • 846 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited tor one DRAUGHTSMAN of good experience and ability to work at Forest Department Headquarters. Kuala Lumpur, on the drawing and design of timber oulldlngs. with the minimum of supervision Combined pay and allowances would be up to 1400/- a month, depending upon ability The appointment
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    • 824 10 v NOTICES I THE WILKINSON PROCESS RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN I that the Twenty-sixth Annual General Meeting of THE WILKINSON PROCESS RUBBER I COMPANY. LIMITED, will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, 70. Ampang Road. Kuala Lumpur, on
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    • 550 10 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfl KNUTSEN LINE m orient servicb HOM CAHAPA/U.S. PACIHC POUTS 10 DAYS A.r..M. Vaaeouvai FreiKttca S'aan Swart Paaaa* F'manHa tUMTRUO tAKKr 5.1t.0 S-il.d J Ap, a Aaf 7 Apr 14 Aa* BU.IN IAKKI 5.H.4 SaHa4 18/20 Ap. 21 Aat 21 A., M Aaf KRIfTIN tAKKI J A., I* Ap. Is/10
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    • 1394 11 Toii 1405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Teli mm tO low.) .incorpuroteo in Singopor*) (12 Raw) SST" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS to LIVtkPOwL. GLASGOW, LUNDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS (Via Seal wttk liktrty ta praeeeel vie Panama at Cape et Good Hopo) Corners option to proceed via other ports to lood
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    • 2338 11 I ■V^'aFVmP"aml WFff^PV^^^^^^F^F^t^^M EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARJgj SAILINGS POR BANGKOK AND/0* PAR EAST Panang P. Shorn S'per* 9 INDIA" am 17/24 Mar SINALOA" 27/29M0, JUTLANDIA" 1/ 4 Apr 4 Aar 4/ 9 Apr "4060TA" —I 11/11 Apt Acc«pti cBTSjo for Bono h ok S«»#4Mi J •••>*» HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR ADEN,
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    • 994 11 McALISTER CO.. LTD. Tli.l No ***** BIJXBMAM LIMES KLAVBMBSS LIMB LONOON. HAVRE ROTTEROAM. tO S ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO, ant tn. v S A^SJwTA.ioni^ p« A T T". VANCOUVER 4 PORTLAND CoT*c POflt A€<^ i i k t CITY Of BIRMINGHAM Spore P. Shorn Penong BOUGAINVILLE la Part/27 Mar 5 pore
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    • 186 12 EVERY DRESS FROM HER SALON IS AN ORIGINAL Eunice Brent a faxhion <le»ignrr in several rountrie* before arri>ing in Singapore now Hork* f ullii mi- <le.«i<:nin<; rlothe* for her o*»n newly e»t;ilili»li<-i! fashion MNMtI Salon Eunice. A vivid personality herself, Eunice
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    • 1075 12 CHARM OF FLOWERS this week with Mrs. R. H. MacDougal, a committee member ot the Singapore Gardening Society, and also of the Flower Show, which opens tomorrow. I hear women will be responsible for some of the loveliest displays? Their special field will be
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    • 232 12 "A few of my clients" Eunice tells us, "entrust their complete wardrobe to me. They name the clothes required and I choose the fabrics and prepare the designs. Designing in this manner is ideal, because one becomes accustomed to designing clothes that expresses the personality of Jthe
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    • 131 12 O-Cedar Mop Built to last Glides into corner* I and under low furniture O-Cedar Polish Brings out all the natural beauty o' the grain. O-Cedar Sponge Mop Built-in squeezer a* /It keeps hands d>> '^&&jj£ TAKCS TMI WORK OUT Of HOUSfWOtK. II %Kcfe c^^ LANOLIN PIUS fe*^ for the most
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    • 9 12 Now available in the Magnum size containinjj 17 oz».
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    • 305 12 -SWANSON APPLE PIE REAPYTO-BAKB! J Wo^ .^sssssMlssssss^!/ >-l!isiP9*"**^aW V(^ Kii^ 17 juicy Pta^&B*kwi HsssssW r i r it ready to bake 2 and serve 1 Frozen Fruit Pies in an exclusive Only Swanson offers you two Fresh Fruit Pies in on* handy package! Two delicious fruit pies that look and
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    • 312 12 Straits Times Crossword I 2 3 4 5 I je I <7 ■J^ Jl ,I_l 8 H" 1^" i 20 11 21 m 72 2s r 25 iH II i ACEOSS 3 Frenzied gear changing (4). lin March troop hop-how like At en Dl He hM P hon# a manl
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    • 837 13 i nip t (Continued from Page 6) SITUATIONS VACANT M Word, ti (Mlm.)— Bom it elt. mxtrm. WANTED CANVASSERS. Good prospect. Salary plus commission basis. Applicant must have security. Box A 7741 ST. EUROPEAN FLORIBT, professionally trained and experienced, required for part time and/or luUtlme. Reply to Box A 7728
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    • 837 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANI Word, U (Mim.)~Bex it elt. mmtrm. MODERN UNFURNISHED twobedioom flat 16-C Dunearn Road, available on the Ist April 1958 Rent $375.00. Apply P O Box 3021. AVAILABLE IST. MAY Six months/longer two bedroom furnished flat. Central. H C Ideal European bachelors sharing, 'phone ***** after 6 p.m. FULLY
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    • 862 13 iuition K U (Mimt—B— m rt. -xlrt EXPERT PIANO TUITION By I Young Lady L.T.C 1.. (T.TJJ.) In Sennett Estate. Box A 7735 S.T. EXPERIENCED TUTOR. English, Latin. Mathematics. Hours to suit you. Your home. Special Experience with European Children Box A 7739. S.T. ENGLISHMAN, long residence in East, offers
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    • 923 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE Word, ti (Him.)— Box it elt. txlrm. LET US HELP you to solve your transport problem. With only $1,000 down will get you the mighty Goliath delivery van. 24 monthly payments. Roomy, low petrol consumption, economical to maintain. Guan Soon Transport Co. Ltd., 28 Anson Road. Tels.
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    • 849 13 FOR SALE it Werd, li (Him.)— Bex it elt. txlrm. VERY OOOD CONDITION "Knake" Grand Piano Oeraanmake, iroplcalfced. regularly serviced. At very cheap price. Owner < golnii away. Phone *****. HOLTS LOY COLD Metal Applied like pu'.ty. sets metal hard. Requiring no heat. It repairs almost any dent, crack or
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    • 838 13 NOTICES NOTICE Notice b hereby given that from date hereof ae.3. all fulnre orders. Irom our company mu^t be confirmed in writing by our secretary. Madam Ho Chin Tee. No other person can place orders for our firm and any order placed by persons other than our above mentioned secretary
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    • 314 13 THE FAMILY MAGAZINE '^Sio WjhKIY s^BsCk %l A.- "jjC Li <m bhb^b^bhHiyb^H As wt'll as giving complete details of all Radio Malaya's English, Malay, Indian and Chinese programmes, the BBC General Oversets Service. Radio Australia and All India Radio, your Radio Weekly is full of interesting features on the latest
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  • 47 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Selangor Chinese Athletic Association beat Setangor Club 2-1 in a Div. 2 match played on the Selangor Club ground today. Both SCAA goals were scored in the second hall by centre forward Slang Seng T. Scaife scored for the club.
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  • 38 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Selangor Chinese Recreation Club were surprisingly held to 1-0 by Selangor Indian Association when they began the defence of their FAS League Div. One championship at Princes Road today. Mun Muang scored.
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  • 455 14 BASILIO BATTERED BUT LASTS OUT BY SHEER GRIT TO THE END CHICAGO, Wednesday. £!UGAR Ray Robinson regained the world middleweight boxing title here last night by beating holder Carmen Basilio on points after a gruelling 15-round bout. Once more 37-year-old Robinson— seven yearsolder than Basilio confounded
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  • 106 14 LONDON. Wed Floyd Patterson, the youngest ever world heavyweight champion, last night gave 10.500 British fight fans a glimpse of his punching power at the Empress Hall. Patterson fought three rounds with his coloured sparring partner. Obadlah "Dusty" Rhodes, in an exhibition bout. Although the champion
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  • 170 14 BAM TAKES STEPS TO FORM AN UMPIRES BODY KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Badminton Association of Malaya Is to form an umpires' association to ensure uniformity of umpiring and to avoid any misunderstanding at competitive and International games The association to be called the Umpires' Association of Malaya will also aim
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  • 236 14 T_-_ f KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. HE LAWN TENNIS Association of Malaya today selected five players— four from Singapore— for special training in preparation for the Eastern Zone Davis Cup match against Ceylon next month. This Is the second ye. ot Malaya's participation In the
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  • 43 14 A. J. HUGGETT, 28-vear-old Singapore optician, who clocked the fastest time of 27.61 sec. for cars in his Triumph TR2 at the Klang Hill Climb on Sunday is seen here with the trophies he won. Straits Times picture
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  • 113 14 PRATER BEFORE VICTORY.. LONDON. Wed. The church was silent and empty but for a lone, still figure kneeling in j prayer. The scene: the Church of St j Mary of the Angels. Bayswater. London. The worshipper: Willie Toweel. After praying. Willie, the Empire lightweight champion, went to Empress Hall and
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  • 220 14 LONDON, Wednesday. OAM BROWNTHORN. 11 -year-old Irish entry for Aintree. Liverpool, will not run in the event, it was announced last night. American owner Tom Durant and trainer Vincent OBrlen said that the horse had worked badly for the last few days and after consultations
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  • 24 14 LONDON. Wed— U.K. soccer results: Dlv. 3 South— Watford 2 Crystal Palace 1; Dlv. 3 NorthHull City 1 Accrtngton Stanley 0 Reuter.
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  • 80 14 KOALA LUMPUR. Wed The Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union has rejected an Invitation to take part in a triangular athletic contest In Bangkok on Apr 3 between Malaya, Laos and Slam. The Slam AA A had Invited Malaya to send 25 competitors for 13 track
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  • 537 14  -  EPSOM JEEP BARRIER TEST FOR 16 NEWCOMERS Dividend and Ardross -best By VEVVCOMERS Dividend (Merv Posner) and Ardross showed smart speed from the barrier in a starting test at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Sixteen newcomers were lined up for the test. They wer P Yes Dear
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  • 121 14 RECURRENCE OF BACK INJURY IS CAUSE OF RETIREMENT GEORGETOWN, Wed. Clyde Walcott. the West Indies batsman, today announced his retirement from Test cricket. He said his reason for retiring was a recurrent back Injury. "Only players who are 100 percent fit should be chosen for Tests." he added.
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  • 398 14  - TEN TO FOLLOW AT BT. TIMAH EPSOM JEEP «y HEADING my list of Timah for the Mai locally-trained PRINCE The "Prince" U in top form. Over the Kuala Lumpur 9f last month, he •cored a brilliant victory in course record time. He can act on any kind of going. Others
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  • 143 14 JEEPS JOTTINGS DO\EREIGN. one time top >3 -printer In Malaya. Is making a comeback. Re-Instated In Class 1. Sovereign (by Stardust) will ract at Bukit Tlmah this meeting. He won the Perak Gold Vase In 1954. COMING: Kevin Mitchell Is returning to Malaya
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