The Straits Times, 17 October 1958

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  • 20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80.000 Ho*"* to** I**1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1958 15 CENTS
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  • 524 1 Army rejects Govt. advice, orders jabs~. three schools ban pupils, but officially outbreak is still 'mild* And the largest single day's total so far SINGAPORE, Thursday. EIGHT MORE victims of paralytic polio were admitted to the Middleton Hospital up to 4.30 p.m. todaythe largest single day's
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  • 287 1  - Bolder buying brings minor boom to Malayan rubber mart GEOFFREY BOLAND By SINGAPORE, Thursday. MINOR boom has developed on Malayan rubber markets in the past week with widespread buying by America, Russia, Great Britain and the Continent. I The turnover in the last few days is the biggest sincf mid-July
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  • 63 1 PARIS, Thurs.— The French bank rate was today reduced to 4.5 per cent from five per cent. The five per cent rate the highest since the war had been in force since Aug 12 last year Today's half per cent cut was seen as the first move
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  • 46 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The .Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock today said he would help any move to alleviate unemployment In the island He gave this assurance to a seven-man delegation from the Committee to Combat Unemployment which met him at the Labour Ministry
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  • 43 1 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— A recruiting team from RAF (Malaya) Training Centre will visit here on Nov 14 and 15. The team will be stationed at the Singapore Military Forces headquarters. Beach Road at 8.30 a.m. on both days to interview recruits
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  • 22 1 LONDON. Thurs. Four thousand British Overseas Airways maintenance engineers voted unanimously tonight to continue their London Airport strike. Reuter.
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  • 231 1 U.S. explodes biggest underground A-device LOS ANGELES, Thurs.— The ground rippled like .in ocean wave late last night when the Atomic Knergy Commission detonated the largest underground nuclear blast ever held in this country. The atomic blast went off ut the atomic test site in Nevada after being postponed for
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  • 72 1 aUKKfcNDEKfcD terrorists and Hostile aborigines *n< gave up to a patrol of the Ist. Bn., New Zealand Regiment, in the "Operation Chieftain" area of central Perak Left to right: Savandram. Muk Fong. Ab Long Chai (a hostile aborigine). Ab Foong, Chee Ying Cbu Mooi (Ah
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  • 75 1 South Pole crash kills six Americans WELLINGTON, Ttaurs. Six Americans were killed and seven others injured, two of them seriously, when a United States Air Force Globemaster crashed in the Antarctic, near Cape Hallett, today, according to radio reports received here. The Globemaster. with tbe United States "Deep Freeze" headquarters
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  • 350 1 MALAYA TO SET UP RESERVE IN THE U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Federation Government has told Britain that it wishes to establish a dollar reserve in the United States and to float a loan in London The Minister of Finance.) Col. Sir Henry Hau-shik Lee, said this today on his
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  • 59 1 WELLINGTON, Thurs New Zealand's Prime Minister, Mr. Walter Nash, announced today that his government had decided to establish direct relations with India by opening a High Commissioner's office in New Delhi. While the mission is being established, the present New Zealand Charge d'Affaires in Bangßok,
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  • 811 1 Those occupation days— by Ong and the council JAPANESE ENGINEERS -AND OTHERS, TOO SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Memories of the Japanese occupation of Singapore were recalled in the City Council today during a debate on whether the council should recruit electrical engineers for the Pasir Panjang power station only from Japan and
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  • 67 1 LONDON, Thurs. Gales swept the North Sea and battered the English east coast today for the second successive day. Heavy seas delayed shipping at the mouth of the River Thames. Fifteen men clinging to a life raft were hauled to safety from the
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  • 77 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. The New York Times today suggested that the islands of Quemoy and Matsu be turned over to the Chinese Communists. "They should be turned over because historically and geographically they have always been part of the mainland, because they are useless to Chiang except
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  • 24 1 AMMAN. Thurs.— The Jordan Ministry of Education has told women teachers to remove lipstick and nail varnish before entering their classrooms. UP.I.
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  • 171 1 Hundreds see man burn to death SINGAPORE, Today.— Hundreds of people last night watched a man burn to death in a back lane near *he entrance to the Pearl Bank School in Park Road. For several minutes. Lee Hong Meng. aged 22. of Alkali Quay, screamed In agony as flames
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  • 100 2 SHIPBUILDING H.K.'s 'KEY INDUSTRY' HONG KONG. Thur.v -Sir Robert Black. Governor of Hong Kong, said here today that shipbuilding remained the colony's most important heavy industry because it drew its lifeblood from its close association with the harbour of Hour Kong. In turn Hong Kong had brought prosperity to the
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  • 17 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The United States population reached an estimated 175 million today.— U.P.l.
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  • 246 2 'Safety' men give in as Salan bans demonstration SPLIT OVER PROTEST ON DE GAULLE'S ALGERIA POLICY ALGIERS. Thursday. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE for Algeria and the Sahara today decided to postpone indefinitely the strike called for today against Gen. de Gaulle's Algeria policies, a communique announced. The committees decision was
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  • 55 2 TORONTO. Thurs. A Toronto firm has acquired the construction contract for what is believed to be the first Canadian-designed building In Asia a 15-storey hotel In Hong Kong The building, the Victoria Park Hotel, will be designed and engineered by John B. P .rkin Associates
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  • 48 2 CAIRO. Thurs— Maj. -Gen E. L. M. Burns, commander of the United Nations Emergency Force In Palestine, left Gaza by air for London yesterday. He will stay a week in Britain before going to New [York for the U.N. General 'Assembly debate on UNEF.
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  • 131 2 HONG KONG, Thursday. TWO British subjects have been arrested in Shanghai on charges of carrying out counterrevolutionary activities under the cloak of religion, the Communist New China News Agency reported last night. It named the two as Stan- ley Ernest Jones and Harold George King, whom
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  • 71 2 Gunboats seize 5 fishing junks HONG KONG. Thurs.—Communist gunboats captured five Hong Kong fishing junks and 50 men at the mouth of the Pearl River estuary, miles off Hong Kong on Oct. 7. fishermen returning here said today. The fishermen said Communist patrol boats fired on the fishing vessels but
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  • 80 2 A 'MESS', BUT ONLY FOR 6 MONTHS LAHORE. ThtiKw Gen. Ajub. Pakistan's Supreme Commander and administrator of martial law. said today he hoped the present "mess" would be set right within six months. "We must teach and inculcate in our people a sense of realism and patriotism and a desire
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  • 32 2 TOKYO. Thurs. Japan Broadcasting Corporation said today tne number of registered television sets in Japan now totals 1.329,353. This was a rise of 71.651 from September.— Reuter.
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  • 27 2 AMMAN. Thurs. A U. 3. military mission headed Dy Brig.-Gen. Richard Risden met King Hussein and the Jordan Premier, Mr. Samir Rifai. yesterday.— UP I.
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  • 175 2 MELBOURNE, Thurs. —The chief of Melbourne's police gambling squad, Inspector M. J. Healey, told a royal commission on off-the-course betting here today he was satisfied "by inference" there was corruption in the Victorian police force. By corruption, he said, he meant the receipt
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  • 140 2 PLANE and THREE Cars IN COLLISION-ONE DEAD, THREE HURT NEW YORK. Thurs. A motorist was killed and three other people hurt when an American military aircraft hit three cars after crashing on to a busy highway on Lon« Island last night. The plane missed a densely built-up area before crash
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  • 228 2 ISRAELI MASSACRE POLICE GET LONG JAIL TERMS /cable\ i briefs i JERUSALEM. Thursday IfIGHT border policemen were today J to prison terms ranging from 17 years years for their part in killing 43 Arab, village of Kafr Kassim on Oct. 29, 1956. The day Israeli forces struck southwards in their
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  • 377 3 Triumph for efforts by NATO secretary-general to end stalemate Accord on the agenda LONDON, Thursday. pRITAIN has agreed in principle to a conference with (ireece and Turkey on the future Cyprus, diplomatic sources here said yesterlay. Representatives ot the Greek and Turkish priot
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  • 123 3 TON OF OPIUM FOUND IN SALVAGED SUBMARINE OSLO. Thurs. —A Üboat carrying a strange treasure has been brought up from th sea after 13 years, it was reported in Oslo yesterday On board was one ton of opium. The submarine, which started its last trip from Singapore, was also eanjrtag
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  • 51 3 WARSAW. Thurs. The talks here on the Formosa crisis between Mr. Wang Ping-nan, Communist Chinese ambassador, and Mr. Jacob Beam, the United States ambassador, were adjourned for eight days after yesterday's meeting. the hth of the series. This was the longest ad■urnment so far between two meetings.—
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  • 22 3 TOKYO. Thur.s. Indo- da'a first ambassador to F.ipan, Mr. R.A. Asmaun. arrived here last night by air From Jakarta. U.P.I.
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  • 78 3 The Fireflash— the R.A.F.'s latest missile THE Royal \ii forces latest air-to-air guided missile, the Fireflash. is seen at extreme right as it is tired from a Swift fighter plane at a test range over Cardigan Bay. The fire-flash is propelled by solid rocket fuel and guided to its target
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  • 101 3 Dance hall colour bar its lifted in Britain LONDON. Thurs.— Restrict ions on coloured men imposed at four big dance halls in Britain following the recent race riots have now been lifted. Mr. Carl Heimann. managing director of Mecca Dance Halls Ltd.. banned coloured men from the four halls in
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  • 47 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The United States yesterday announced detection of the eighth Soviet nuclear weapons test since Sept. 30. The Atomic Energy Commission said the latest test was of "large yield" and, like the others, had taken place north of the Arctic Circle. Reuter.
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  • 137 3 JAKARTA. Thursday. IHE Government today seized most Nationalist Chinese-owned businesses and schools in Indonesia. The move placed the affected enterprises on virtually the same footing as Dutch firms whose seizure began last December. An order issued by Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Nasution
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  • 28 3 RANGOON. Thurs Dr. Ludwig Erhard, the West German Economics Minister, arrived here yesterday on the first stage of an extensive tour of South-east Asia. Reuter.
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  • 19 3 COLOMBO, Thurs. Mr. Robert B. Anderson, U.S. Treasury Secretary, arrived here today on a brief visit.— Reuter
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  • 388 3 T ONDON, Thurs.— There was a change of atmosphere In stock markets today and the recent strong upward advance was reversed following the shock of the passing of the Cunard interim! dividend, coupled with the overnight setback on Wall Street. There was not a great deal of selling
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  • 266 3 Bourguiba explains break TUNIS, Thursday. PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA today accused Egypt of associating itself in a plot to murder him. He was explaining to the Constituent Assembly why he had decided to break off diplomatic relations with the United Arab Republic. Mr. Bourguiba said Egypt had
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  • 151 3 Jimmy, 11 the boy who hatched a duck's egg I ONDON, Thurs.— Jimmy Showers, 11. was credited today with hatching a duck-egg by strapping it under his left armpit for three weeks. There was only one brief interruption during his period of foster motherhood—he left it under a friend's arm
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  • 184 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The new Federation of Oil Workers' Unions (Singapore) has directed its four -affiliates to call a joint meeting of their 2,700 members at the Broadway Hall In New World Park on Sunday "to take v strike ballot."' "This la in protest against
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  • 17 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar addressed a political rally at Muar yesterday.
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  • 146 4 'POLITICAL REFUGEE' WHO WASN'T Thurs. A Polish seaman who jumped ship was refused political asylum in Singapore because he could not prove he would be persecuted in Poland, the Straits Times was told today. Jrrzy Duchnowski. 33. desrrted the Gydnia by diving into the sra. The Special Brunch wasi called
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  • 57 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Six > out ha. accused in a district court today of being members of Group 24. a secret society. were acquitted without their defence being called. They were Ho Ah Yong. 19. Chew Teck Lee. 21. Soh Ens Kee, 19, Lim Kee Seng. 18. Ho
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  • 50 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Sir Robert Scott, the Commissioner General for SouthEast Asia, will open the conference of the eastern regional committee of the Internation Union against Tuberculosis on Saturday at 9.30 a.m. It will be held at the Royal Singapore Chest Clinic to Shenton Way
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  • 41 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs Dr Hans Hass. the famous un-derwater-explorer, will meet the director of Raffles Museum. Dr. C.A. Gibson-Hill, on Monday to discuss the prospects of investigating a mysterious wrecked ship off the east coast of Johore.
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  • 320 4 'BAD AS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY/ THEY COMPLAIN KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. FEDERATION importers of textiles from China stand to lose an estimated $250,000 because they cannot get the goods here before the Government ban on the entry of. certain cotton textiles becomes
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  • 92 4 Mr. Amery visits Assembly House SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr. Julian Amery, M.P., Parliamentary I'nder-Sec-retary of State for War, yesterday paid a courtesy call on Singapore Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, at the Assembly House. He was accompanied l>\ Lt.Gen Sir Richard Hull. C-in-C FARELF. They were shown round the assembly
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  • 94 4 WRECKED SEAMEN BACK IN COLONY SINGAPORE. Thurs. Thirteen crewmen of a srhall Singapore cargo ship, which sank a week ago off Northern Sumatra, arrived In Singapore tonight from Medan by a Malayan Airways Dakota. The 170-ton ship found-r--ed after it was lashed by a violent rain-storm on tif 3 night
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  • 17 4 TAIPINO. Thurs. The Pan-Malayan Ku Kong Chow Association has decided to start a bank.
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  • 224 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. rIREE young men— one of them, marriedare interested in travelling to Britain by bus with an Australian engineer. Mr. C. V. Thick. Mr. Thick is charging SI.VOO as fare for each person This excludes the steamer fare from here
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  • 372 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. A HEATED exchange broke out in the Singapore City Council yesterday between the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan. and an U.M.N.O. councillor. Syed Ali Redha AlsagorT. when Mr. Ong accused Syed Ali of taking credit for the grant of free water to I
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  • 290 5 PUT UP $3m OF WORLD BANK LOAN I(UALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— L Two Malayan banks have agreed to lend money to the Central Electricity Board for its Cameron Highlands hydro-elec-tricity scheme. Kach of them will put up $1,500,--000 through the World Bank, the Minister of Finance,
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  • 234 5 -'NO PAY'VOTE ON COUNCIL EMPLOYEES IN POLY CINGAPORE, Thurs. A Liberal Socialist attempt to pay City Council employees who are absent from duty once a week to attend part-time courses at the Polytechnic was defeated by a Jnajority vote at today's Council meeting. The Council confirmed instead a finance committee
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  • 154 5 TRIED TO KEEP HIS SPECS IS STABBED 3 thugs with daggers rob a doUar»a"day sweeper SINGAPORE, Thursday. AS3O-A-MONTH sweeper was stabbed here last night when he tried to prevent three thugs with daggers from snatching his pair of spectacles and wristwatch. Hon Cheong. 69, was robbed in his hut in
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  • 67 5 Diesel rait ears front K.L. to Ipoh next week KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A new diesel rail car service will replace steam passenger trains travelling between Ipob and Kuala Lumpur next week. A spokesman for the Malayan Railway said today that the service would probably begin on Monday. Cheap day return
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  • 35 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Governor of the Bank of Japan. Mr. M. Yamagiwa. flew into Singapore by Qantas today after attending the World Bank conference in New Delhi. He leaves for Tokyo tomorrow.
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  • 22 5 PETALING JAVA, Thurs.— Nearly 2,000 residents here have so far registered as voters for the next State and Federal elections.
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  • 62 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Mahaduddin building fund committee is to build a new religious school for about 350 Muslim boys and girls. The new school, which will be on Singapore Improvement Trust land in Beng Wan Road, off Serangoon Road, is estimated to cost $15,000. Donations should be
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  • 325 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A motion for the dismissal of the Director of the Information Bureau, Mr. Gary Wang, was not debated at today's meeting of the City Council. Mr. Lee Hwee Yiow, the Labour Front councillor whD had given notice of the
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  • 58 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Russian trawler Kievsk Komsomolets returned to Singapore today with engine trouble. The trawler, which arrived here first with two other Russian trawlers on Oct. 8, left three days later alter minor repairs to her engines But 400 miles from Singapore her engines broke
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    • 540 5 SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY:! YMCA (Orchard Road) Body Exhibition of paintings by R. building, weightlifting 4 pm Basoeki Abdullah at Victoria judo 5.30 p.m., New Sceneshifters Memorial Hall, opening at 5.30 meet 7.30 p.m., Malay class civil P m service exam Prep Std. IB 8 p.m. < ••OfR SINGAPORE" exhibition hinksf
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  • 418 6 REDS LOSING SUPPORT OF ABORIGINES Temiars to get rewards IPOH, Thursday. TWO friendly Temiar tribesmen living in deep jungle south' of the Fort Legap area in the Korbu Forest Reserve, near the PerakPahang border, are to get rewards for helping six terrorists and two hostile aborigines
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  • 44 6 DR. ALFRED CHEE TIANG CHWEE. son of Mr. and Mrs. Chee Koon Kay, of Malacca, and Miss Winifred Chen Sui Wen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ch»n Chun Yen, of Singapore, who were married at the Wesley Methodist Church. Singapore.
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  • 120 6 MISSION LEADER GIVES UP HOPE SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Tinleader of the proposed rubber traders' delegation to China, Mr. Low Yoke Kee, has given up all hope of making the trip after having waited more than four months for the Government to endorse the delegates' passports. Mr. Low said last night that he
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  • 31 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will pay his first State visit to Johore early next month. An elaborate programme is being prepared to welcome him.
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  • 39 6 SINGAPORE. Thursday.— Ngo Ah San. under a lower court nne of $5,000 on a charge of assisting in the management of a chap-ji-ki lottery, had his fine reduced to $1,500 on appeal in the High Court today.
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  • 182 6 PENANG, Thursday. 'THE Penang independent councillor, Mr. A. Raja 1 Gopal, said today that the non-Labour city councillors who "boycotted" all official functions held during the recent visit of the Singapore mayoral delegation, had "nothing to apologise I for." I what way is an apology
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  • 106 6 CATHEDRAL SERVICE FOR THE POPE oiNUAPORii. Thurs.—Singapore will oiiicially mourn me death of Pope Pius XII tomorrow. All flags on Government buildings will be llown at hair-mast and a requiem service will be held at the Cathedral of the Good shepherd at 530 p.m. The Archbishop of MalaccaSingapore. Monsignor M.
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  • 164 6 SINGAPORE, Thursday. THE Kettering Shield, awarded to the British territory making the greatest progress in child welfare arid maternity work was this evening presented to the Singapore rural areas by the Minister of Health, Mr. A. J. Braga. at the Institute of Health, Outram Road, i The
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  • 70 6 KUALA LUMPUK. rhurs. -lnche Monamed Hashlm ttin Abdul Latlff, 30 who has Just completed six months" diplomatic training in Britain will take charge of the Malayan consulate to be opened soon in Medan, North Sumatra. A University of Malaya graduate, lnche Hashlm was one of the
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  • 90 6 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— lnche Ahmad bin Hussein, the coroner, recorded a verdict of death by misadventure at the inquest of Sgt. Ronald Burness, 27. of the REME. today. Burness died of injuries sustained in a 27-foot fail from the balcony of his upstairs flat
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  • 156 6 LEDGER WAS $312,117 OUT POH, Thurs.— A senior official of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Mr. A. L. Snaith. told the High Court here today that there was a difference of $312,117.90 between the totals of the current account credit balance and the general ledger when accounts were checked late
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  • 357 7 Ratepayers meet to protest on new rates FOUR RESOLUTIONS CONDEMN PENANG ASSESSMENT THREAT PENANG, Thursday. QVER 1,000 ratepayers, at a mass meeting last night, decided to form their own association to protest against the labour-dominated City Council's proposal to raise assessments and revalue houses on a higher scale. The former
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  • 96 7 Cash aid for Malay religious schools SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. announced today the Government will give financial aid to all Malay religious schools in Singapore on a basis of SlO a year for each pupil This is to advance the policy of equal treatment
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  • 123 7 IPOH, Thursday. rpHE Sessions Court president. Mr. J. R. Whimster, 1 today turned down a preliminary application to include the whole committee of the Perak Amateur Athletic Association as co-defendants in a civil i suit. The application was made last week by Mr. F. C.
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  • 48 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A youth. Yap Yeok Han, 17, was acquitted in a magistrate's court today of a charge of stealing $600 from his grandmother. Madam Tan Giok Yean. The magistrate ordered the acquittal after allowing an application by the police to withdraw the charge.
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  • 171 7 13 TOLD: GET OUT OF JOHORE JO H ORE BAHRU.i Thurs The Johore Government has issued a "get out" order on 13 Chinese living in the Pengerang area in the southern corner of the state. Reason: They are suspected to be terrorist suppliers and helpers. Police suspicions were confirmed by
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  • 41 7 IPOH. Thurs.— Residents of the Gunong Bercham new village, near here, are appealing to the Government not to introduce central cooking in their village. They believe that central cooking would be enforced in their village soon.
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  • 19 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Asst. Supt. P. Segar has been transferred from Teluk Anson to Kulai as OCPD.
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  • 266 7 Quemoy refugee tells i of 7 terrifying weeks SINGAPORE, Thurs. A peasant woman from Quemoy yesterday described in Singapore how she and her two children spent seven terrifying weeks in an underground shelter while the Communists kept up a round-the-clock bombardment of the island. "It was
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  • 164 7 SHOULD COVER RISKS K"UALA LUMPUR, j 1V Thurs. Mr. Yap I Chong Kuen, the trade I union representative on, I the Employees' Provident Fund Board, today urged the Fund be run lon "true insurance i lines." He said the "nest eggs" the Fund farmed out as old age security were
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    • 228 7 An international wMfcly news M magazine with vivid unbiased HH'<i*l ef focts. t Air speeded directly to you with an accurate and positive guide to future •vents. I I for business success and leisure enjoyment rood Newsweek every week. ~*4 -WSMEK Co C. R. DASARATHA RAJ LTD., P.O. Box 257,
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    • 97 7 the latest sweet treat from America BADERScookies Yes! Baders' Dutch Style Shortbread Cookies '^^To^i^m. give you a new taste thrill that will make you fl Bk these cookies remain oven-fresh to the last f iKf compliment your good fe 'llSKiifßv'^S^iW, Available from gill Leading Groveri^^^^^^^ s.ie Agent,: NAINA MOHAMED SONS
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  • 92 8 1* »<vrf» $10 (Mm, mum). TEO GEOK PECK, suddenly on I6ih October. Inserted as a token K respect from the partners and *att f hU er ployers L > all MADAM KHO AH WOON passed away on 15-10-58 aged 92 years i leaving sons Lim Kirn Cheong, Bo i
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  • 33 8 2i, H or< sjq (Minimumi. IHE CORTEGE of Mrs. Tan Soo Guan will leave 72A St Patrick s Road on Sunday 19/10/58 l iP m for the Th omson Road Buddhist crematorium.
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  • 72 8 Worit $10 (Minimum). FAMILY OF THE late Mr. Austin Amara*ekara thank those who sent condolence messages, wreaths, kind assistance and their attendance at funeral. THE FAMILY OF the late Mr. Daniel Lazaroo wish to thank all kind relatives and friends who amended the funeral, sent wreaths iflegrams. letters of
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  • 25 8 Wotit tit (Minimum). i, IN xF V ?^k LOVINg memory of urn Hock Chye died 17-10-1957 Greatly missed by his parents and iamily.
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  • 421 8 Whether hope of a settlement in Cyprus is a s well grounded as this morning's reports suggest depends in the end on the Greek Government. The Permanent Council of Nato ha s postponed consideration of the Cyprus question to giveGreece more time to conside: proposals for a
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  • 742 8 The Straits Times S'pore, Fri. Oct. 17, 1958. Problem Of Polio One lesson can be drawn already from the outbreak of polio in Singapore. The health authorities will have to take this disease more seriously. The present epidemic is the most intense which Singapore has known, and the history of
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  • 768 8  - Indonesia reveals blueprint for national defence James Flannery by MILLIONS ol Indonesians qualify for military training drafts, according to a government defence paper published in Djakarta The paper accompanies a law providing for military conscription of able person* between 18 and 40 years. It gives the first outline of the
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  • 1098 8 DE GAULLE'S OFFER IS A THREAT TO NASSER'S PLANS FOR AFRICA KUALA LUMPUR. WITH the British and TT the Americans now pulling their forces out of the Middle East, the Arab States may. one hopes, be left to settle their own affairs. And, in the process of doing so, they
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    • 89 8 rpHE Chid Minister Mr. Lim Yew Hock's condemnation of the posters showing naked girls in an amusement park is welcome. The Government ought to have banned them long ago as such indecent posters may damage the minds of the children. ,To Protect the moral health of
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    • 33 8 ©PEAKING of "Spear Fish- £> ing by Anthony Soo Ho .Sunday Times. OcT 12) I feel It Is still too prensh don't bite and sharks are no exception WAN JAMIL. Kuala Nerang.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 520 8 him i.,,,_ j Strait. Timti Free Preu I tot Hw <on»«.i«ne» of odr.r. I Hmn out rtprmwitattva* at I* I floor, SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE I ORCHARD ROAD. .ill mStm I r "moll odv.nucmcßf. and ans»«» I »o box nunbtti Clonifitd odverti».m«r,t, may i I «lio b« hond.d to: CITY BOOK
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    • 88 8 Dr. SPOCK'S GOSPEL Answers Mother's Prayer I acts about Dr. Benjamin Spock, whose book BABY AND CHILD CARE has sold ten million copies in ten years. The Sep- tern her Reader's Digest (now on sale) tells the warm human story of the man who has done more than anyone else
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    • 50 8 DESEEDS f 1 1': FRIGIDAIRE m A wide ninjie of quality Home Appliances now available. Easy Hire Purchase Terms arranged. Malacca. Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh, IVnanj vlfcied dealers MOTION SMITH Son Ltd OPTICIANS Mansion Hous«. 92 High Street IOV|« TMI «D6IUI OISKNSARYI KUALA LUMPUR AND AT n |S "ATTtRY ROAD. SINGAPORE.
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  • 533 9 COUNCILLOR MAMMEN'S ABSENCE GIVES VICTORY TO LIB.SOC. AND CO. OPPOSITION VOTES TO PERMIT OFFICIAL TO RESIGN, DISMISSAL IS TOO SEVERE ADDn SINGAPORE, Thursday. OPPOSITION city councillors today reversed a staff committee decision that an employee alleged to have been found bookmaking in the City
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  • 82 9 Council to end leases to club SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Singapore City Council will take immediate steps to end two leases under v hi. ii the Royal Singapore Golf Club occupies Council land in the Mm Ritchie Reservoir catchment area This was decided at today's Council meeting without any debate on
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  • 22 9 MERSING. Thurs.— Chinese teachers here will celebrate "Teachers' Day' with a dinat the Pai Chee Standard Type School next Tuesday
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  • 243 9 MIS; KIM KIKN BOON V.i. a Korean, flew l.umi miles from Seoul to get married to her British soldier sweetheart in Singapore yesterday He is Cpl. John Thompson. 32. of the R.A.S.C. who is now attached to the 28th
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  • 58 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Members of the Japanese steel mills and iron ore trade mission were t>iven a farewell dinner by Mr. Tsang Tak Chuen tonight. Mr. Tsang is chairman and managing director of I Kepong Mines and senior I partner of the Malayan Mining Company. The mission
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  • 132 9 UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH SINGAPORE, Thurs. The mystery prisonj er with his foot in a plaster cast who was led handcuffed into Singaj pore Airport yesterday I and put on a plane for I Kuala Lumpur, was I identified today. He is Wong Chin Tong,
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  • 122 9 TWO PRETTY air hostesses from Trinidad were in Singapore yesterday on holiday a first-class, plus free champagne, flight around the world by BOAC at a 90 per cent rebate. They are Christine llolwa.v. 22. and Bernardine Keating. 27. It's routine work for Chris and Bernie
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  • 240 9 MONEY LACK MAY CUT SIT HOUSING SINGAPORE, Thursday. T*HE Singapore Government's tight money policy 1 is expected to lead to a dramatic cut-back in the house-building programme of the Singapore Improvement Trust next year. The chairman of the SIT, Mr. A.B. Sewell, told the Straits Times today he expected the
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  • 109 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Two largely autonomous division;of equal status, one in Singa pore and the other in Kuaio Lumpur, will be established soon by the University of Malaya Provision tor this new arrangement appears in the University of Malaya Amendment:) Ordinance pubblished today. Under the Bill,
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  • 225 9 BRING BACK A SULTAN DEBATE SINGAPORE, Thurs. The executive committee of Singapore State UMNO will vote en bloc for restoration of the sultanate on- the island at tht party's annual delegates conference on Sunday This was disclosed by the State chairman, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat today. He said
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  • 68 9 37 IN 'GIANT' DELA YED KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A 8.0.A.C. Britannia Whispering Giant flying from Singapore to London with 37 passengers was delayed here tonight for 95 minutes because of hydraulic trouble. The plane arrived here at 8.10 p.m. and was scheduled to leave for London at 8.55 p.m. A
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    • 277 9 comb it through-it tints and sets! Fof Brunette or Blonde for F«rfr, Mid-Brown, Mousey or Grey as w«U Now *ou can act jam hair and > *park K wrth oofaoi- ton. With Bandbox TWr-Ji -SETyou do both s tk at nncr. Not a nnsr, not a prrmmfj h > nn>
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    • 301 9 BE A QUALIFIED ACCOUNTANT Then you will enjoy the esteem and respect Ot your friends as well as increased ooportunities tor promotion to executive positions It is no* possible tor Asion students to obtoin the highly-prized degree ot the Australian Society of Accountonts which conducts examinations in Singapore. Molovo and
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  • 390 10 Cary the cagey angers Ingrid with his doubtful diplomacy Susan Barrie sees the new films TNG HID Bergman and Cary Grant, though showing unmistakable signs of the passing years, iire still i>ox-oftice draw-cards, and their fans will not be disappointed in their latest comedy, "Irtdiscreet," especially as it has the
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  • 127 10 rE French film, "Children of Love" Is a dreary story in the depressing setting of a home for unmarried mothers. Quite a lavish dose ot propaganda is Included, which mainly adds up to the theory that a baby born out of wedlock fares better in the
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  • 310 10 f\RAMAS at sea are apt to be pretty tense and nerve-wreck-ing, but "The Decks Ran Red" is a shocker that outclasses most of its forerunners for sheer horror. Based on the true story of one of the worst crimes in maritime history, it
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  • 212 10 WIND IS JUST HOT AIR T«HE much publicised A screen version of Richard Mason's best seller, "The Wind Cannot Read", is very slow going and so sentimental that it almost sets a new record in sob stories. Main assets To list the main assets, there are some beautiful and spectacular
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    • 657 10 5 ■■■■■■inn »:m.m^> B^X "j^B fl^^diflUniWK J l(^T-1 1 1 pTaI 1 1 I I BKn^BI J fl gPHONt jfanni jfiiifl^ •vw'' s *»»"«ff B 7>9 XJ»JUWAj^^ 11, 1.45, 4, 6.30 9.30 Don't dare see "UADDAD inDAflll •"Chrhlophrr Lee* ■it AI.ONK! HORROR Of OR ALULA Tech. (USB, fl PUS! MUSICAL
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    • 312 10 25 This causes destruction at I lITIGS V^rOSSWOIQ 26 The physician got up in a sour mood (6). j- rj j mm$ Tb I Tr I Rj~| 27 centre where many I^^^^^^^^H^H^^^^v~*~~"^^^^tf~~^"'^^^^J > H Bi r i v B^B^^BBj Jbhh 88l i > r Jau <an lje an uistruS~~^ 1
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  • 1580 11 Ghouls made fortunes supplying fresh corpses for surgery HISTORY OF THE RESURRECTIONISTS <s»lm3£ 4s the wind whistled eerily through Edinv burgh's largest cemetery one bleak twilight IS2I two rheumy -eyed ancients tossed a i.ffin into a grave and scuffled off. A moment later, six ragamuffins vaulted (he wall, dug up
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    • 165 11 KJ\& fashioned methods lose customers. Modern efficiency wins them. The businessman who makes full use of the fast, reliable communications services of ,3 Cable and Wireless Ltd. immediately shows himself to jLjjdrfF 1^ be alert and up-to-date. The specimen rates below Sffifriih,^ show how little it costs to gain such
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    • 94 11 Carmen A Co. By bias The Saint By Leslie iharteris Dick Tracy By Chester Gould ■■H^^^^HHH W BUT "^^FIOOK? ME "1 F" MAVB£ ME WAS A W WE SWOfiE ISf TU(S WCPC^ I I OOGWT l! WANTS US I PKXTING ROOSTER OK4CE- fl P\ IS ONE FICMTINC CAM6COCK I NOTHING
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  • 590 12 DEMAND FOR RUBBER WIDESPREAD: BUYERS SEEK ALL GRADES By Our Market Correspondent ALTHOUGH the price of rubber moved downA wards yesterday for the first time for a week and fell below the 90 cents level, market observers believe that this is only a temporary relapse because the rise was too
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  • 24 12 SINGAPORE: Oct. 16. RUBBER: 89} cents per lb. (down 1 3/8 cents). TIN: 5370 per picul (unchanged). Estimated unofficial offering 140 tons.
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  • 364 12 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: -Industrials and rubbers were quietly steady while tins were inclined to ease. The turnover was small.' Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Fraser Neave ords $1.56 x all; Gammon $1.59; W. Hammer *1.51.i and $1.53; Malayan Cement $1.39
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  • 24 12 Malayan Share Market: I Oct. IS Oct 15 I Industrials: 88.87 88.71 I Tins: K1.66 84.49 I Jan. 1 1958 104 I
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  • 135 12 MELBOURNE, Thurs. INVESTMENT share* tended to recover after the recent setback with rises coming into the market only sllghtiy under falls on the Stock Exchange here today. Main movement was provided by ANZ Bank gaining 2s. 6d. to 48s. 6d. Loans 3>i r e 1956-59 £99 7s. 9d.
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  • 91 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 7 8. O.D. 32. 90 d/st 32 5/16 ereIdit bills, 32 7 '16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 12: French
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  • 70 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: City of Poona 1/2. Radnlk 4/5, Kajanu 6A. Purnea 6/7, Idomeneus 8/9 Le Natal 10 n 1, Banda 18. Akakurasan Maru 19/20, Reginald Kerr 21/22, Pangkor 23. Larut 24, Bldor 25, Tong Lie 26, Velebit 27/28.
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  • 144 12 November first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 89 cents per lb. down l\ cents on Wednesdays closing price. Closing tone: Slightly easier. Closing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 88"Si. sellers 89<«; Int. 1 RS.S Nov.
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  • 105 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady; UK/Con*.lnent October/November $35 3 i buyers, $36 U sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $54 sellers, drum $57 < 2 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $122, Sarawak $121, special Sarawak black $71
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  • 27 12 Further September rubber crops Included: Ayer Panas 95 500 lb Glenealy 74,000 lb., Klnang 73 500 lb.. Pajam 145,000 lb., and Ulu Benut 31,200 lb.
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  • 45 12 'THE Federations Minister of Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs duties for the week from Oct. 16. Rubber 85% cents lb. Copra $554 a ton. Coconut oil $906 a ton Palm oil $609 a ton. Palm kernels $373.75 a ton.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 360 12 NOTICES NASSIM CO., LIMITED will srll by Public Auction in thrir s.ili-K#oms Nos. 4 tt 4-1, Collyer Quay, On SATURDAY, 18TH. OCTOBER. 1958, at 10 a m Polished Teak Formica Top Dining Table and Chairs; a 3-piece Heavy Fully Upholstered Lounge Suite; a Convertible Sofa. King Size. American Made; Writing
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    • 449 12 NOTICES NOTICE Tenders, which should reach j this office at Noon on Monday 20th October, 1958 are Invited for the purchase of two unserviceable motor vehicles Nos. J6198 dc 5A7865. Inspection by appointment with the undersigned. A Deposit of £50/- should accompany the tender. DR. MD. SALLEH B.H.A. HAMID, Principal
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    • 445 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Broadcasting Assistant, Grade 111 (English Programme) lln the Broadcasting Department. j Singapore. Salary: $220 x 15A— 325/B/340 x 15A— 475 p.m. Plua Variable allowance at current rate. QUALIFICATIONS: Cambridge School Certificate with "C" In i English Language and a good speaking
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    • 846 12 NOTICES BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES, SINGAPORE NOTICE OF QUARTERLY SESSION A quarterly session of the Board of Licensing Justices for Singapore will be held in the Court of the District Judge and I First Magistrate in the Criminal District and Magistrates' Courts Building, South Bridge Road, I Singapore at 10.30
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    • 817 12 YOU CAN BE SURE...W Ts v l ■■aiaaaa^kaHaaaaaaflkaaaaaflJ| a IRCOIJOITIon, N g I Westinghouse 118 IH.KII UNITti. i^H CENTRAL PLA.NI> In ill sizes lnror porattng the f»mon> motor comnre sol .^m,^^^^jH Hap^B'^ka^ vJFyj^JI s *^^>*" i "K LINE" T Japan. o.B^l. PaeUlo Atlantic Coast Scrvu.l Penang P Sham Spore EU
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    • 1413 13 7^7 4 05 MANSFIELD tic CO.. LTD. Mi Mas (Incoroordieo m s> ,gan. c, Hj llts) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE '.'.'at' SAILINGS TO LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON I CONTINENTAL PORTS 1 Suei witt hkerty ti irocee* via Panama or Cm ot CiM Hhi) Xl option to p'oceeo via otier oorts to
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    • 2543 13 >^ > p^™^6^^™^™^^^^^B Sng THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SINIAMRI (Incorporate! m thi United Kingoom) I LINES SAILINGS TO AOEN. U.K.. t CONTINENTAL PUTS Spore P. S'rani Pcnmg lENMHOR tor Liverpool, M'bro, Hull. HamOi.rg i, rut 17 Oet 17/11 Oct lENVANNOCH for Hamburg, London, Rottirdam. M'bro 21/21 Oct 27/21 let
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    • 1283 13 MeALISTER dc CO.. LTD. TEL: Nl.: ***** BLLBRMAM LINES KLAVBNBSS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM LOS ANGEIES. SAN FRANCISCO. HAMIURG I HULL SEATTLE, VANCOUVER t PORTLANO and tor U.S.A., North Atlantic Porti Accenting cargo ler Central t Siutk and Canada via Colombo America OH OF POONA IONNEVILLt Spore P. Sham Penang
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  • 244 14 Singapore Glass plan new products SINGAPORE Glass Ma- nufacturers Co. Ltd. are investigating the possibilities of producing new products in addition to their present range of manufactures. The manager, Mr. John A. Paterson, said yesterday that the company proposed to produce dishes, cups, saucers, vases and spoons. At present, the
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  • 414 14 FEDERATION MINISTER GETS BACKING CUPPORT for the recent call by Malaya's Minister of Commerce, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, for the planting of a million acres of rubber in the next ten years comes from Mr. R. O. Jenkins, chairman of Prang Besar Rubber
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  • 214 14 A SINGAPORE trading company, Joseph Travers Sons Ltd.. have been appointed v exclusive distributors in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya for Scott and Turner Ltd., British medicine manufacturers. Scott and Turner, whose products include Andrews Liver Salts and Delrosa Rose 1 Hip Syrup, is
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  • 100 14 NATIONAL Carbon (Eastern) Ltd., Singapore, manufacturers of Eveready flashlight and radio batteries, have announced the appointment of Mr. Douglas H. Freeman as their managing director. National Carbon (Eastern) Ltd.. an affiliate of Union Carbide Corporation of America, operate a large dry cell battery factory in Bukit
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  • 206 14 A NOTHER Italian company, the Iso S.p.A. AuLo- motoveicoli Bresso, of Milan, is now exporting its motor scooter to Malaya Mr. J. Ladbrook. manager of Far East Motors Ltd., local agents, said yesterday that Iso was one of Italy's leading motor scooter manufacturing companies,
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  • 117 14 VISITS to Australian metal, chemical and plastics manufacturing plants, electrical, radio and television factories kept busy the 19 members of the trade mission sponsored by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce after they arrived in Sydney on October 6. Before they left for New
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    • 181 14 Pause and enjo^r mem of each moment i^S HpR ifl 111 s »o k e CRAVENS smooth to the C R jfAl^iA lips and throat '"g- J^W^w] today. Also In packets of 10. ENJOY THE EXTRA QUALITY MADE IN ENGLAND'S FINEST CIGARETTE FACTORY BY CAMERAS LIMITED \±&r TWO YE ARS
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    • 313 14 |\EC2EMA Maddening irritation goes. Sores^ dry up. You enjoy blessed relief! y Now there is new hope for you who suffer tho torment anil misery of Eczema and other irritat inn skin diseases. Cooling, (waling D.D.D. s ,-r-^%\ Prescription brings instant relief. f *~~^-\i I HOW IT ACTS D.D.D. liquid
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    • 702 15 iSiSssSffßfipSfipßsBpfifißfi6fifififijfifififi] SITUATIONS VACANT 20 IM Si (Mi*.)— Box St ctt. extra. WANTED Sewing Machine I Salesman preferably with sales and demonstrating experience. Fixed salary and generous com- I mission. Apply P.O. Box 809. EXPERIENCED CASHIER for employment in Accounts Department. Please apply giving details ;of previous employment and j copies
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    • 921 15 SITUATIONS VACANT M H O rds $S (Him.)— Box St cts. extra. AMERICAN FIRM Requires experienced Senior Clerk with LCC Higher Accounting Certificate. i Apply Box A 4602 ST. A SITUATION will shortly be i vacant in a first class selling or- ganteatlon for a young European preferably English with
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    • 956 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT :n Words ii *in.)— Box H rtt. •xtrm. 1 NEW 4 BEDROOM Bungalow*. Bathrooms attached. Modern 1 Sanitation, Dining room, Spa- 1 1 emus Verandah, Servants' Quart- i ers. Oarage. Large Garden < Thomson Road $450; 9V& nus. t Tarn penis Hoad no modern sanitation $130; Large compound
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    • 951 15 EDUCATION M Word. Si (Mi*.)— Box St rtt. txtrm. 1 BE A STENOGRAPHER in 4 Monthsl specialized rralnlng In i I Shorthand/Typewriting by rhe I I Phik Ho, 'Specialist' Enrol, i October Sessions 1 T a K Ui i rone 30 Oevlanß ***** i university Tutorial Classes coaching for Latin,
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    • 683 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE M Word, tS (Mim.)— Box St ctt. extra. UNITED USED CARS Co. I offers:— l9sB Opel Kapitan, 1957 Kontlar. Renault Dauphine, 1956 Borgward TS. Vauxnal) Velox, Mercedes-Benz etc. View at our showroom, 75 Bukit Tlmah Road, topp. Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital), Spore. Phone: *****. FOR ECONOMY. perform-
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    • 372 15 FOR SALE J» w.,d. SS (Mim.)— Box St rtt. txtrm. HOME SEWING MACHINE (Electrtcal/Hand.t Plus attachments $220 0.n.0. singer Button- holer extra. View 794/19 Pasir Panjang Road, (sth mile) 5—7 p.m (Spore). NO SALE OFFERS: --"Woolmixed" Blankets $7 90. Ladies' I American Dresses $7.00. Shorts $3.50, "Candlewlck" Bedcovt.-; from $18.50.
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    • 310 15 MISCELLANEOUS f« Word, Si (Min.)— Box i» rts. tmtra. FOR YOUR MOSAIC Floor and wall tiling requirements consult Jupiter Trading Company. Tel: ***** Colourful ule selection* prices reasonable. SPANS ERA VSAE: Sldp th« 1 lnnguage— pictures speak louder when the Canon Cnmer;. superlative lenses express the sabject. Ask photographer*; TOKYO
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  • 412 16  - The FA of Penang the Press NORMAN SIEBEL By U/HO runs the Football Association of Penang? A council of elected members or the honorary secretary, Mr. Tan Teik Kiong? The questions arise out of the weekend's events at the Penang City Stadium where the visiting Seoul F. C from Korea
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  • 485 16 THE ENGLISHMEN GET THEIR MUCH'NEEDED PRACTICE May hopes to give all a game at Perth From JACK FINGLETON PERTH, Thurs. THE Englishmen got their first sunlight at last here today and they indulged in a fairly good spell at the nets. Late this afternoon, Peter May will
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  • 113 16 DON'T BOWL AGAIN, ARCHER IS TOLD BRISBANE, Thurs. Ron Archer, the Australian all-rounder who had hoped to play against England this season, was yesterday told by doctors not to bowl again. The 24-year-old Queenslander said last night that he would retire from firstclass cricket at the end o( the season.
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  • 50 16 The teams are M.C.C.: May (captain), Cowdrey, Bailey, P. Rich ardson. Graveney, Milton, Swi-tniiin, Tyson. Lock, Trueman and Loader. WESTERN AUSTRALIA from: K. Meuleman (capt.) J. Rutherford. G. Connor, M. Vernon. R. Simpson, B. Shepherd, R. Watson, K. Slater, D. Hoare, L. Germaine, R. Gaunt and H. Rig*s.
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  • 256 16 Now Fathul beat IRC 9-2 in quest for Cup SINGAPORE, Thurs. Fathul Karib signalled their determination to capture the SAFA Senior Cup title when they trounced last year's runners-up, Indian Recreation Club, 9-2 in a quar-ter-final tie at Jalan Besar stadium this evening. Fathul Karib. who had eliminated Darul Afiah,
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  • 31 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Indian Youngsters beat Katong S.C. 3-0 to enter the semi finals of the S.A.F.A. Junior Cup competition at Geylang stadium today. Said Ahmad scored all the goals.
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  • 172 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. OEOUL Football Club, of Korea, wound up their tour of the Federation with a 2-0 victory over Malayan Chinese at Merdeka Stadium tonight. The Koreans thus achieved their ambition— to keep their unbeaten tour record. In eight matches in the Federation, they
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  • 332 16 DESTINY FOR DOUBLE ON THE TRACK With EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Thursday. f^ESTINY, a smart winner over 7f last week, did Ua splendid gallop on a heavy track here this morning. Ken Barratt kept Destiny going wide out all the way on the second track to clock 39 4/5 for 3f.
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  • 121 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Polices new hockey pitch at Thomson Road has become the favourite ground of their cen'.re forward. Percy Pennefather, who today scored seven goals In a match for the second time this season Last month Pennefather scored seven in helping Police to beat UN Police
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  • 99 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Singapore Amateur Swimming Association today turned down an invitation by the Calcutta Amateur Swimming Federation to take part in an international meet in Calcutta next month. S.A.S.A. declined the invitation because Calcutta A.S.F. did not give more details of the me«t as requested. Burma and Ceylon were aim
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  • 47 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Yeow Tian Foot topscored with 20 points in Self Strength's 71-65 win over Nan Yew in the "B" division of the Chung Hwa Cup basketball competition at the Great World tonight. In another "B" Div. match Singapore Sharks beat Nee Soon 74-63.
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  • 20 16 DONCASTER. Thurs. Dont, .?!> R vers beat Colchester United 2-1 in their League Three football match here todav Reuter.
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  • 75 16 RELFAST, Thurs. Five second-half goals, after they had trailed 0-1 at the interval, swept the South African soccer tourists to a 5-2 win over an Irish Football Association side at Windsor Park here last night NORWICH: England beat Czechoslovakia 3-0 in an under-23 soccer international under floodlights
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  • 136 16 IT'LANG, Thurs. Foot- bailers -and spectators fought for more than five minutes before police stopped the free-for-all on the padang here yesterday. The trouble started with an argument between two players during the match between Wah Yew and Klang Dynamos. The two players were seen exchanging
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  • 76 16 MCA to invite Madras soon RUALA LTJMPn official invitation to i Madras Ui.i, casionaK I Ir v ya next M.C.A. sec Ron \r phy told thf yest fs d a y thai thi would be posted in t few day.s. The Occa WP rp. ginally scheduled to t Malaya In
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  • 34 16 SINGAPo::: Fawcus and M: tered the final Singapore Qoll C Cup competition sive wins in thi at Slme Roa I Fawcus beat Mr and two. and MiMrs. S.F. Smith at tl hole
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