The Straits Times, 16 December 1958

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    17 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1958 15 CENTS
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    TIN FREIGHTER RIDDLE
    326 1 NEW TURN IN CHARGES OF TIN PACT EVASION Market asks: Where was ship from Nov. 14 to Dec. 6? Ore was also loaded at Banka SINGAPORE, Monday. ALLEGATIONS that the International Tin Agreement is being broken by member countries took a more sensational turn today. Market circles
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    Was Theresa slain after she went to bed in only her jeans?
    373 1 Was Theresa slain after she went to bed in only her jeans? By EE BOON LEE Singapore, Monday POLICE INVESTIGATING the murder here of 30-year-old tourist guide Theresa Woo think she was probably strangled after she had gone to bed in her luxuriouslyfurnished house in Bournemouth Road. Her body, clad
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    POLICE SEEK AID OF MAN WHO TOOK HER OUT
    20 1 THERESA WOO... This is the pin-up picture found over her bed.
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    Lock icon AID RUSHED TO VILLAGE of 23 FLU DEATHS
    231 1 AID RUSHED TO VILLAGE of 23 FLU DEATHS KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. HOSPITAL assistants have been sent to Uh Trengganu where 23 deaths, mostly among young children, have been reported since October as a result of widespread influenza. They are treating many people including 22 children still suffering f rom the
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    Lock icon Geneva progress
    27 1 LONDON. Mon.— Mr David Ormsby-Gore. Foreign Office Minister of State, said today negotiations in the East-We»t nuclear test ban conference were "going along satisfactorily." Reuter
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    Lock icon Subandrio: UK will give us warships
    184 1 JAKARTA, Monday. T*HE Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr. Subandrio. said today Britain would supply Indonesia with warships, Antara news agency reported. He added that the British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, would announce this in London today Last week Labour members said In the House
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    Lock icon INDONESIAN NAVY CLOSES WEST BORNEO
    86 1 INDONESIAN NAVY CLOSES WEST BORNEO JAKARTA. :.lon. The Indonesian Navy today closed West Borneo, for shipping and fishing. A communique issued by the Naval headquarters said all shipping and fishing in the territory were banned. All ships from West Borneo to Singapore Malaya should rail at Sambu Island for investigation
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    Lock icon Russia alleges air attack
    45 1 LONDON. Mon. Russia charged today an American military plane opened fire on a Russian fighter plane over Latvia last month. The Soviet Tass news agency said a note of protest was handed over to the U.S Embassy in Moscow today. U.P.I
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    King in crash
    36 1 BRUSSELS. Mon. King Baudouin of Belgium and his father ex-King Leopold, were uninjured when their sportscar, driven by Baudouin. collided with a small sedan on the Le Cog highway near Ostend yesterday —U.P.l
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    Lock icon Blast kills 6
    20 1 NEW YORK Mon.— A gas main explosion wrecked a bar at Alletown. Pennsylvania yestercay. injuring 20. U.P.I.
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    EXPERTS EXPLODE 67 'BOMBS'
    154 1 KOTA BHARU Mon.— Two British Army explosives exoerts tonight exploded 67 of he 106 "bombs" found by police along the Kelantan shores recently. They were Capt. J. Harrison and Sgt J. Jones who flew here today from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Talping. The explosives
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    'Friends again if face is saved'
    45 1 'Friends again if face is saved' I ONDON, Mon. The Daily Mail said today that Britain and Egypt were "within ar. x ace" of settling their Suez quarrel. "Only the question of whose face is to be saved holds up the signing of a nn-
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    182 1 TRANSPORT CHAGi IN BRITAIN LONDON Mon i o.kl .in.d rail transport < i sri in many Britain tod i> by woi weather Am t last v. in i -rßeutrr. ancial agreement which would enable normal relations to be resumed." the news paper said. It added: "The crucial point
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    Lock icon Faster cure
    37 1 HONG KONG. Mon. A traditional medicinal herb, coptis chinesis. cured 44 cases of scarlet fever in a Chinese hospital faster than penicillin or sulfa drugs would have done, the New China News Agency claimed.— Reuter.
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      28 2 THE GAMBOLS Barry ftppiet T 'I'M SOCRV. 06AB-) I L^ T c N ce qA I |WELL, IT« NO 60Q0 <&ETTIMOj I n ~^>\ VOUIB6MOT| VOUTOT^) UP6eTI6IT?J —^T>< /APTEPALIX
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    Angry Iraq mob shouts 'ao horne' to US envoy
    332 2 BAGDAD, Monday. ■THK U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. William Rountree, arrived here today to be greeted by an angry shouting mob demanding that he turn around and go home. The Iraqi Army led him out of Bagdad Airport through the
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    Lock icon Solidarity: That's what I found says Dief
    104 2 Solidarity: That's what I found says Dief SASKATOON, Mon. >lr. John Uiefenbakcr, tinCanadian Prime Minister, said on a television programme shortly after his return here today from a world tour that he had found a sense of solidarity among Commonwealth members. He said their need was to act co-operatively to
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    Lock icon LEAFLETS HERALD NEW TERROR IN CYPRUS
    173 2 LEAFLETS HERALD NEW TERROR IN CYPRUS I IMASSOL, Moil. Leaflets circulated here tonight by Epka (Eoka's political branch) said that "on the sacred soil of Cyprus every fighter and his son" was pledged to "fight till the bitter end." The leaflets blamed "desoicable Anglo-American slave merchants' tactics" lor the United
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    Lock icon Red newspaper hits Singapore- Malayan 'discrimination'
    166 2 Red newspaper hits Singapore- Malayan 'discrimination HONG KONG, Mon. The Communist newspaper here, the Ta Kung Pao. has described Singapore and Malaya's recent trade measures as "evidently a concrete manifestation of discrimination against Ghina." The newspaper was referring to the import ban against Communist Chinese cotton cloth in October. Quoting
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    Spectators killed in the last lap
    173 2 TOKYO: One University .student was killed and three others missing in an avalanche which swept their party of eight 300 yards down the slope of a 10.170-foot mountain in the Japan Alps BUENOS AIRES, Monday. 'THREE spectators were killed and at least seven x
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    Lock icon 135-YEAR-OLDVEALWAS GOOD, BUT THE TASTE!
    110 2 135-YEAR-OLDVEALWAS GOOD, BUT THE TASTE! London. Man. a Btttkb Klentttt ye.-terday gingerly tasted a 135-year-ola tin oi veal rescued from an Arctic shipwreck In 1823. He pronounced it edible, but didn't seem very happy about the llavour. Other scientists at the British Manufacturing industries Research Associa- ion at Leather head
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    ESAH RECEIVES AWARD FOR THAMES RESCUE
    33 2 THE Malayan High Commissioner in Britain, Tengku Ya'acob, presents Che Esoh binte Abdullah, 22, a student at London University, with an award from the. Royal Humane So-
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    Lock icon West replies to Russia: 'We plan to stay in Berlin'
    370 3 PARIS, Monday. wRITAIN, France and the United States last nijfht issued a communique declaring their intention to stay in West Berlin. The three governments said they refused to accept the substitution of the East German eminent for the Russian Government
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    Lock icon Ambulances that speed kill rather than save
    180 3 /'HICAGO, Mon. A physician said yesterday that speeding ambulances kill and injure more people than they save. Dr. Preston A. Wade, chair- the Committee on ir.uma of the Am rican Coli Surgeons, said ambul- rivers speed because they get a kick out of
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    Balloon at quarter-mark
    28 3 SANTA CRUZ. (Canary Islands) Mon. The manned balloon "Small World"' today reached the quarter-way mark of its 3.000-mile trip across the Atlantic Ocean to America.
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    Lock icon It's still war
    63 3 JAKARTA. Mon.— The Indonesian Parliament today unanimously approved the Cabinet's proposal to prolong the state of war by one more year beginning on Dec. 17. Jakarta Radio said today.— Reuter. Progress reports from the balloon arc being less frequently received. At least four have been missed, and
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    Lock icon ANOTHER MYSTERY DEATH: PROBE ON
    107 3 ANOTHER MYSTERY DEATH: PROBE ON T ONDON, rvlon— Detectives Ld were today investigating the mystery death of the third British policeman to die during the weekend as a result of violence. An early report said Constable Raymond Summers, 23, had been attacked with an axe outside a North London dance
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    28 3 SYDNEY, Mon.— The largest P and O liners, the Arcadia and Iberia, will cruise in the Pacific in 1959 and 1960 for the first time —Reuter
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    Lock icon War if you attempt to force way to Berlin
    299 3 THE STAY-PUT POWERS GET AN ANSWER BERLIN, Mooday. TIIK East German Communist chief, Mr. Walter Ulbricht, hinted today that Red troops would invade West Germany if any attempt was made by the West to break a Benin block ade. "Any attack
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    Lock icon DULLES TELLS BRANDT: YOU NEED NOT WORRY
    145 3 DULLES TELLS BRANDT: YOU NEED NOT WORRY PARIS. Mon. The Mayor of West Berlin. Ilerr Willy Brandt, said here last night after the meeting of the foreign ministers of Britain, the United States. France and West Germany: "1 transmitted to the four foreign ministers the gratitude of Berliners for their
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    Lock icon ANOTHER TURNCOAT EXPECTED BACK
    67 3 HONG KONG. Monday. T-HE British authorities here are expecting another American "turncoat" soldier over the border from China on Friday. He is former United States i Army Sergeant First-Class Richard G. Corden, who was taken priso.ur during the Korean war. according to American sources. He is
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    LONDON STOCKS
    317 3 j I ONDON, Mon —It was a gen- erally satisfactory day on Lon- don stock markets today with I buying fairly widespread but with industrials equities claiming most i attention. British funds met good demand i and closed on a firm note while i the feature in the
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    RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON. Mon. Spot 24d., Jan. 24d..Jan.- Mar. 24 ',d., Aprll.lune 24' L .d, Juiv-Sept. 24", d.. Oct. -Dec 24\d.. Dec. (if. 23 7 id., .Jan. c.i.f. 23 T ,d.. Feb. c.i.f. 23 T *d., Tone: Quietly steady.
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    TIN
    24 3 LONDON, Mon. Buyers ?7.i9. sellers £759' a Forward buyers €7. r >9. sellers £760. Settlement CTGI. Turnover a.m. 45 tons, p.m. live tons.
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    'NUMBERS THREATEN INDIA'S ADVANCE'
    167 3 'NUMBERS THREATEN INDIA'S ADVANCE' WASHINGTON, Mpn. —The Population Reference Bureau said yesterday that if India's high birthrate continues at its present level sheer numbers of people will stifle its economic development by 1986. The bureau, a private organisation gathering population data, said that with the present birthrate, nearly 800 million
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      418 5 ISSEMBLY ALIMNI ASSOCIATION: Talk tic- G p.ir. fencing 7.30 p.m. -t meeting), :n ...m on ■The Problem of Diabetes in JOO CHIAT YOI'TII < LI B < rOBIA MEMOMAL BALL: I UM Singapore Population and the (Joo Chiat Road): Badminton 4 ■i Mim.ster, Tun Liin Yew u.*e of Phlorpropamide on
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    Now'Bob'will ask the Duke for his 'reward'
    286 5 Now 'Bob' will ask the Duke for his 'reward' MALAYAN HITCH-HIKES TO BRITAIN WITH ONLY ss. IN HIS POCKET iONDON, Mon.— A 19-year-old Malayan who hitch-hiked to n with only ")s. in his poc kel is t<> isk the Duke of Ediniiir^h il he Ikis won the right university education.
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    General says farewell
    37 5 JOHORE BAHRLj. Mon. j Th Director of Operations,: n. Dato Sir James i who is leaving a shortly, today paid a of larewell visits to military units in South iter Hew to Singapore icopter
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    ASSEMBLY TOLD: SEATO TALKS IN S'PORE NOT WELCOME
    165 5 ASSEMBLY TOLD: SEATO TALKS IN S'PORE NOT WELCOME SINGAPORE, Mori. 3 Mr. Lim Cher Kheng (Ind.) told the Legislative Assembly today that "the public of Singapore" did not welcome the use of Singapore as a venue for meetings of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation. He suggested that Singapore should support
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    $2,000 for Malayan stamp
    64 5 $2,000 for Malayan stamp From lan Mok-Ai LONDON, Mon. A 46-year-old Malayan stamp that was bought several years ago from India, has just been resold in London for nearly $2,000. It is a $500 Straits Settlements stamp, issued in 1912. A spokesman of 11. it. Banner's, well-known London stamp dealers,
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    COST OF SELF-GOVERNMENT: MOVE FOR TOKEN CUTS WITHDRAWN
    549 5 fHE Chief Minister. 1 Tun Lim Yew Hock, told the Legislative Assembly today that when the Governor acts as Yang di-Per-tuan Negara as well as United Kingdom Commissioner "next year under the new Constitution, his salary would be paid jointly by the
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    'Leading Chinese denied citizenship': Chief Secretary asked to explain
    307 5 'Leading Chinese denied citizenship Chief Secretary asked to explain OINGAPORE. Mon. leading Chinese well-known in the commercial community had had their names struck off the Singapore citizenship register, said Mr. Lim Cher Kheng (Ind) in the Legislative Assembly today. Mr. Lim was speaking in he debate on the 1959 esti-
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    Victim Named assailant, inquiry told
    194 5 Victim Named assailant, inquiry told SINGAPORE, Monday. gKFOKK a Singapore schoolteacher died from a head injury, he named his assailant to his wife and the village headman, it was alleged at a preliminary inquiry here today. In the dock was Tang Gin Moh, a barber, accused of murdering Koh Boon
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    20 seek 3 HK awards
    49 5 SINGAPORE. Mon.— About 20 applications have been received by the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce for three scholarships in Hong Kong. The Singapore Jaycees are selecting the candidates for the Hone Kong Junior Chamber of Commerce who are offering the scholarships for schoolboys here.
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    UMNO TO OPPOSE COALITION PARTNERS
    188 6 UMNO TO OPPOSE COALITION PARTNERS 'Must vote' split SINGAPORE. Mon. UMNO will oppose its partners in the Government the Singapore People's Alliance and MCA when the Bill introducing com- pulsory voting here is i tabled at the next meet-! ing of the Legislative' Assembly. "As far as the state committee
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    RUBBER WORKERS' WAGE AGREEMENT EXPECTED
    115 6 RUBBER WORKERS' WAGE AGREEMENT EXPECTED KUALA LUMPUR. MOD. A settlement is expected to be reached at tomorrow wage talks between represen tative.s of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers As sociation and the National Union of Plantation Workers. The talks have oeen going j on for the past 11 months. Both
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    TEACHERS ROBBED WHILE AT CONCERT
    78 6 TEACHERS ROBBED WHILE AT CONCERT TAPAH. Mon.— Thieves last night broke into the Malay women teachers' mess here and took S6O and jewellery worth $700. The three occupants of the mess. Che Narlan binte Hassan. Che Shudah binte Abdul Hamid and Che Zaiton binte Haji Ahmad, were at a school
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    The day he took his eighth bride..
    300 6 SPLOSH! He became target of barrage of rotten eggs... IPOH, Monday. JT was the groom's EIGHTH wedding. With his radiant bride on his arm he swept out of the Foonj; On Association in Theatre Street into the brilliant October sunshine. The bridal car.
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    MYSTERY RUBBER BLAZE
    14 6 Hundreds watch as hordes of firemen fight the raging f Inn.-
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    MAN DIES IN MOTOR-BIKE ACCIDENT
    63 6 SINGAPORE. Mon. Koh I Siew Choon. 26. a labourer, dud in hospital here today following a motor-cycle crash at the junction of Serangoor Road and Perumal Road last night. He was on the pillion of a machine ridden by his friend. Tan Chow Khan. 19,
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    Misadventure
    34 6 RAUB. Mon. -A verdict ol misadventure has been recorded at the inquest on an odd Job worker. Mole Seen. 50 who slipped into the Kuala Lipis River on Sept. 2 and was drowned.
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    Tiny tongue of fire over a drain, then smoke towers over town
    242 6 A HUGE scrapheap of waste rubber was destroyed in a mysterious blaze at the Nanyang Manufacturing Company's rubber footwear factory in Jalan Yahya Awal here this mornins:. A tower of thick black smoke rolled up into the sky
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    33 HOMELESS IN VILLAGE FIRE
    40 6 ALOR STAR. Monday.— Eight Chinese fan i ling 33 people, lost their homes when Bre row of eight attap houses in Kuala Kedah village six miles from here, at midnight last n were no casualties.
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    OIL COMPANY COMES TO TERMS WITH UNION ONPAY CLAIMS
    150 6 tfSlngapo, ed agreenu Singapor, Workers' Uni workers' more pay and improiM working com Details ol ment were r. the managemerr ered term, wages, actlm ation of a oon with emplo The agn i suit of thr< tions held ai The compai
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      395 7 I An even better p LAND-ROVER Goes anywhere does anything— more comfort— and takes a bigger-than-ever load Ihe new Long Land-Rover, powered by a 2\ litre engine. i"> bigyer, faster, more powerful. And there's a new Regular Land-Rover too (illustrated). Both have smootliei. sleeker lines: better, deeper seating; improved suspension.
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    R.M.N. will continue to defend Spore waters
    776 7  -  VOLUNTEER NAVY NECESSARY TO SUPPORT POLICE' PLEDGE OF HELP TO DEAL WITH 3UNBOATS •INGAPORE, Mon.i Although the ;il Malayan Navy being transferred j the Federation, iti continue to support the marine police > in dealing with invasion of Sinterritorial \;iters by foreign gunboats.
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    Such a relief for Georg when Mr. Ng came to the rescue
    81 7 pay for my entire passage to Japan. "He would not even take any of the pictures." Mr. Ng told the Straits Times that since Friday he had seen Georg waiting patiently in Raffles Place. "I was very touched
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    Hitting driver cost motor-cyclist $10
    206 7 SINGAPORE, Monday. SOON utter his motor-cycle was involved in a collision with a car, Lim Teng Cheng approached the car driver and punched him in the face, a court was told today. Tens Cheng, of Thomson Road, was lined $10 lor assaulting Mr. Lim Lian
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    Gary Wang files suit against councillor
    144 7 Gary Wang files suit against councillor SINGAPORE. MM. A writ was filed in the inBapore High Court Registrj today on behalf of Gary Wang. Director of the Cit> CouncU's Information Bureau, against George Benjamin Armstrong, a member of the City Council claiming damages for libel The libel was alleged to
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    Snake kills boy
    31 7 KUALA TRENGGANU. Mon. A seven-year-old boy. Abdul Aziz bin Taib. died yesterday after being bitten by a snake near his home in Kampong Paloh. four miles from here.
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    No renewal licence for 10 hotels
    130 7 i'ORE. Mon. The nmu Board to"1 the applicant. tor a renewal C( i and for the tration certifi- ext -.oar re among the 12 1 licences and I this year were bo cancelled at the la>t. session of the Board held in September. Two
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    PHONE CO. ASSETS TO BE SETTLED
    173 7 PHONE CO. ASSETS TO BE SETTLED SINGAPORE, Mon. j Over four years after the take-over of the Oriental and Electric Telephone Co. by the Singapore Telephone Board and the Federation Telecommunications Department, the question of disputed assets is to come up for arbitration in April. The company announced this in
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    Penang Mayor for Singapore
    41 7 PENANG Mon. The Mayor of Penang. Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. today left for Singapore where he will address the University of Malaya Socialist Club on Wednesday night. Mr. Ramanathan expects to be away for about a week
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    Plan for special low-cost air service
    444 8 'CHEAPER THAN TOURIST CLASS SEA FARE' FLIGHTS PROPOSED SINGAPORE, Monday. A BRITISH airline, Fagle Aviation Ltd., today announced it is planning to introduce a special low-cost service between London and Singapore slashing fares to below the cost of a tourist class sea passage. t
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    GOVT. FINDS WORK FOR ANOTHER 92
    151 8 SINGAPORE, Monday. THE Government's scheme to relieve unemployment by using men instead of machines in rural development projects entered its third phase today when another 92 labourers reported for duty i at two new centres. At West Coast Road. 50 labourers and one headman
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    The 75m.p.h. 'L' rider
    83 8 SINGAPORE. Mon.— A mo- tor-cyclist who holds a pro i visional driving licence whs fined a total of $125 in the First Traffic Court today 'or three traffic offences. John Malcolm Hayes. ->t R.A.F. Changi. pleaded guilty firstly to the charge nl riding his motor-cycle at
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    MARKET MURDER: 2 CHARGED
    69 8 MARKET MURDER: 2 CHARGED SINGAPORE. Mon.— Three youths, charged today with the murder of two lorry attendants at Telok Ayer market, were ordered to be remanded at the C.I.D. till Dec. 22. Chow Koh Choon. Teng Ah Kow and Lee Ah Kow were alleged to have murdered Tan Bin Seng.
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    Hospital union officials
    47 8 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following have been elected officials of the Woodbridue Hospital Uniformed Staff Union: President. Mr. Yusoff Khan; vice president, Mr. S. Ramachannar; secretary, Mr. Sect Louis; asst. secretary. Mr. R. Narayanasamy: treasurer, Mr Leow Teng Quee. asst. treasurer. Mr. Neo Hock Lee.
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    LAND GIVEN FOR HOSTEL IN CAIRO
    78 8 LAND GIVEN FOR HOSTEL IN CAIRO KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Government of the United Arab Republic has agreed to donate a piece of land in the heart of Cairo for a hostel for more than 100 Malayan students there, the U. A. R. Ambassador here, Mr. Mohamed Rashad Danish, said
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    Learning the trade...
    57 8 Learning the trade TELUK ANSON. Mon. A youth with four previous convictions told a court here that to become a car cleaner, he had first to learn how to drive. And so. he added, he stole a van. P. Munusamy, 18. who pleaded guilty to stealing a van on Dec.
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    THREE ROAD DEATHS IN SELANGOR
    112 8 KUALA LUMPCK, Monday. QELANGOR had three road deaths dm weekend. Those Killed were an 11-year-old gid, a six-year-old boy and a kepala. The girl was knocked down by a lorry at the 16th mile Klang-Banting road yesterday. The boy was knocked down by a car
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    A NEW INDUSTRY FOR SINGAPORE EXPORTING FRUIT
    358 8 A NEW INDUSTRY FOR SINGAPORE EXPORTING FRUIT SINGAPORE. Monda, TWO leading members of the Australia,, (1 industry suggested today that Singa^ could build up an important new industry b exporting local fruit to Australia. Mr. K. L. Ballantyne. head of a leading ii rm dairy produce exporters in Melbourne, and
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    Radio show goes with a bang
    150 8 Radio show goes with a bang SINGAPORE. M Malaya's "8.3U Special," i variety show in aia of s'Andrew's Mission BttpM roared to a new vaucev;..: high here as it was entto" siastically received at Victoria Theatre tonight The show, produced Kingsley Morrando. took audience from the ofi"-sfe« I islands of
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    Dinner given to honour Tun Tan
    33 8 Dinner given to honour Tun Tan MALACCA. Malacca CblE Commerce last dinner at its pi Wolferstan Road in of past president Cheng Lock on Ms W^fcttf ferred the Si Mangku Negara iMerdeka Ai.:
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    Cheshire, VC, arrives for home talks
    209 8 SINGAPORE. Mon. Cheshire. V.C. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire arrived yesterday to review the year's activities of the Chesire Homes Society here. Group Capt. Cheshire, once described as the "greatest bomber pilot in the world", founded his now famous Cheshire Homes 10 years ago. While
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    EDUCATION: A $975 million BILL IN 10 YEARS IF...
    466 9 CHEW ANSWERS FAMILY PLANNING CRITICS IN THE ASSEMBLY SINGAPORE, Monday. THE Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, today gave the Legislative Assembly a frightening picture of what the cost of building schools alone would be in about 10 years' time
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    TWO MALAYAN OFFICER CADETS GET THEIR COMMISSIONS
    76 9 TWO MEMBERS of the Malayan Army who graduated os second lieutenants at the Australian Army Officer Cadet School on Dec. 1 1 are seen here being congraiulated by Col. A. E. Beck, Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineers at Army Headquarters in Melbourne. The
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    Ford talks fail: Union alleges 'get-tough'
    122 9 Ford talks fail: Union alleges 'get-tough' SINGAPORE, Mon. Ne- gotiations between the management of Ford Motor Company of Malaya here and leaders of the Motor Workshop Employees' Union failed today to end the I strike by the firm's 284 industrial workers. It was the fifth meeting the men walked out
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    A $9m. Miami hotel named Singapore
    160 9 ANEW luxury ocean-tro Miami Beach. Florida, pore Hotel. The 59.000.000 hotel has 250 I rooms. Mr Robert Howlett. the Simapore Director of Tourism, cabled this message lo the hotel: "The people oi Singapore and the Division of Tourism extend hearty congratulations and all good
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    MASON RESIGNS HIS ASSEMBLY SEAT i
    193 9 MASON RESIGNS HIS ASSEMBLY SEAT i SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. J. M. Mason, nominated member of the Singapore Legislative Assembly, has resigned his seat. He was a member lor only five months the shortest period on record. The Speaker. Sir George Oehlers. announced the resignation today. Mr Mason was not in
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    The search goes on
    60 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. The search for the RAF Shackleton aircraft, which has been missing north of Borneo since noon last Tuesday, con- i tinued for the sixth day to- day Two Shackleton* and a Hastings flew over a wide area of the South China Sea looking for
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    Services thank Govt. for its tribute
    291 9 Services thank Govt. for its tribute SINGAPORE. Mon. Services authorities here today thanked the Government for its tribute to their contributions towards the well-being of the people of Singapore In providing work for nearly i 40,'t00 civilians, as well as training opportimi--1 ties. They all appreciated a statement by Mr.
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    DEATHS
    44 10 2U Hr.rd- <lv Minimum). MRS ENID BENNETT suddenly a; Greengutes Pirbright Woklng 'Surrey on November 2nd. DANIELRAJ. Youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Joseph, of the Diiiinond Jubilee School Rangam puMd away on Sunday 14th nMxnlng ;it Sentul .-fter a short Ulness.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    32 10 M fwt M (Uinimum). 1 HE FAMILY OF the late Mrs. Tea Chung Sionß thank all relations iincl lriends for their condolences, donations, WIWttM, scrolls, assistance and attendance at. lier funeral.
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    329 10 :</ Hi.rd, (Minimum i. ENCHANTING DRESSES Gowns at Mulchands, 82-1, Bras Basuh Hd. also in Rallies Place, Qtaß Siiwh's Bldg. THE LITTLE BLACK Frock. Thai indispensable all-purpose Hem. Madeline's have an excellent .•-election in all sizes. I'HE LOVELIEST Walking Dolls In Town. Antoinette, No. 10. Collyer Quay (upstairs) and
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    The Straits Times Tuesday, December 16. 1958. The German Summit
    606 10 The Straits Times Tuesday, December 16. 1958. The German Summit It is coincidental, and perhaps of interest only to E (physicists, that Russian tarctic explorers on Sunday -reached "the pole of relative inaccessibility". This achievement has been submerged by the Soviet Government's summit statement, a call which repeated Russian proposals
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    Penang Victory
    300 10 Four seats out of five in the Penang City Council elections make an Alliance victory that tastes the sweeter for having been won against the odds. On the eve of polling the Socialist Front was talking of two sure seats, an even chance in two others and, "with
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    Cheap Education
    210 10 The Chief Inspector of Schools in the Federation has warned that financial considerations should not induce the Government to "surrender to the easy solution of cheapening the process of education". By "cheapening" Mr. Lewis means reducing teachers' salaries and opening the door to the poorly qualified. The cost,
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    Criticism need not lead to personal animosity
    427 10 KUALA LUMPUR. IH)R a number of reasons, I have not been able 1 to hear as much of the budget debate in the Federal Council as I had intended probably no more than four times as much as Mr. Seenivasagam. But it is
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    BRAVE PLANS
    27 10 To an outside observer, for example, the fact that Singapore and the Federation have found it necessary to raise their company tax from 30 per
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    PUBLICITY
    131 10 But perhaps his opponents are right when they assert that he is more interested In hitting the headlines than in getting things done. If that is so. then surely his opponents should not cooperate in supplying him with the desired publicity? Did he really merit so strong an attack
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    SAFETY VALVE
    55 10 And it dan youth is revolt a moM ment and fairl; the wh there mv valves exubei the Oovei advisable pect. d more Imp H should much can muster critics mun: Of com sagam go< a tapo n opponen* asking f, will most i He would count: must
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    RED THREAT
    71 10 This is a matter that trans c c n d s personalities. Every state in Asia is threatened by Communism. In one respect. Malaya k less threatened than the others because it is so clearly making the democratic machine work. In another respect it is more threatened since
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    BULLY'S TOOL
    57 10 An<i i havi from hei meetini's sympathy Mini.- 1 freedom i the ile Organist political blockhi But I rr: speech civ. debate my eai RazakV claratlon I ernmem I >. the Emo: tions oppor.' tion nlsm, whl opposition to I liance. whl not be Personally against gam, I
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    RUSSIAN SEA POWER SECOND ONLY TO U.S.
    498 10 LONDON. RUSSIA is now a first class naval power, second only to the United States, with a submarine force of 500 as its most formidable offensive arm, according to Jane's Fighting Ships 1958-59. published today. A foreword to the new edition of the
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      COMPULSORY VOTING AND CLEAN POLLS
      219 10 WE don't believe that compulsory voting would make for cleaner elections and a more representative poll. There is nothing to stop voters from selling their votes to candidates and tin. would make compulsory voting a greater farce than ever. Is it not strange that this
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      Common tongue for unity
      107 10 MR. Y. S. LEX in his letter (ST. Dec. 13 1 supporting the use of Mandarin misunderstands the point of my letter. Of course it i.s right and proper for citizens of China to learn their national language Obviously without a common tongue unity cannot be
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      MR. LEE AND HIS COMRADES
      101 10 MR. LEE AND HIS COMRADES Tie letters by "Echo" prompts me to give my version of what the speech by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew implies to the ordinary nan in the street. To them it means that his comrades in Changi are still his friends although they are in Changi.
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      WASTAGE OF TEACHERS
      75 10 VLTe have a suggestion to make to the Singapore Ministry of Education to ease the shortage of secondary school teachers. There are many teachers in the primary schools who have shown themselves capable of teaching in the adult classes as well as lecturing Forms Two and Three
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    ADULTERY WAS 'REMEDY' CLAIM
    197 11 ADULTERY WAS 'REMEDY' CLAIM iOIIORE BAHRU, Mon. .1 When Special ConHassan bin iat was found in the magisi court today on a of adultery, he) the court to give "the Muslim reand not the n'shment provided by Penal Code. an claimed that under Muslim remedy" a Muswas permitted to eat
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    THE ODDS ARE 6 TO 1...
    75 11 INGAPORE. Mon. More han 130 girls have applied for the 20 vacancies for official receptionists at tho Singapore Constitution Exposition from Jan. 24 to Feb. 24. "Hie exposition committee will meet in the next few days to pick the 20. They will be given
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    Bomoh who 'found' wife's body is hanged
    124 11 Bomoh who 'found' wife's body is hanged KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A bomoh who went into a trance and then led a fisherman to a padi field in which his wife's body was found, has been hanged in Pudu Jail here for her murder. He was Cassim bin Osman. 22, a
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    'Santa' ships skip Port Swettenham
    380 11 CONGESTION IN HARBOUR DUE TO A SUDDEN INFLUX OF VESSELS AND WORK-TO-RULE DRIVE KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. r f WO ships with 780 tons of cargo for Malaya— mostly Christmas and New Year goods have been diverted from Port Swettenham. A third vessel has by-passed the
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    He's first local man to fill this post
    74 11 He's first local man to fill this post Mr. Tan Bens Lay, 50. (above) the first local man to become acting City Treasurer. He took over from Mr. S. S. Scales, the City Treasurer, who went on a ninemonths' leave on Dec. 1. Mr. Scales' contract has been renewed for
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    Unionist to Workers: Support Lim's SPA
    169 11 Unionist to Workers: Support Lim's SPA SINGAPORE, Mon. trade union today urged workers here to support, in their own Interests, the newlyformed Singapore People's Alliance. Mr. V. K. Nair, vicepresident of the Singapore Workers' Union, said he was confident that the Chief Minister. Tun Lim Yew Hock, who is leader
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    'SHOCK' FOR THE PROFESSOR
    194 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. Prof. Hsu Yun Tsiao of the Nanyang University, who has been deprived of his Federal citizenship, said here tonight that the action was a "real surprise"; to him. |He said: "I have had the citizenship certificate with me for eight years. "Now suddenly, out
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    Hong Kong must stay a British Colony
    241 11 GRANTHAM SA YS IT IN SINGAPORE... SINGAPORE, Monday. OIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, a former Governor of Hong Kong, reaffirmed today his belief that Hong Kong should remain a British Crown Colony for -some time to come. Sir Alexander, who is now a Far East
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    'DETAINED' SHIP DUE IN SPORE
    106 11 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Danish freighter. Heinrich Jessen. reported detained in i Tanjong Priok last week was off-loading her entire cargo of 2.000 tons of copra today. A cable reporting this was received in Singapore today from the master of the ship. It also said the
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    Nominated to council
    49 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Sultan of Selangor has appointed a Kuala Lumpur lawyer, Mr. R.R Chelliah. as a nominated member of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council from Dec. 20. Mr. Chelliah is expected to replace Mr. T. Sivapragasam, I who is completing his term of office
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    Lib-Soc hits at PAP: It's not enough to be non-Red
    290 11 Lib-Soc hits at PAP: It's not enough to be non-Red SINGAPORE, Mon.— The secretary-gen-eral of the LiberalSocialist Party. Mr. E. K. Tan, today attacked the People's Action Party's declared stand on Communism as "plain double talk." The Chinese version of Petir, the PAP's official organ, said in an editorial on
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    Six attack schoolboy
    34 11 IPOH, Mon. Six teenagers attacked a schoolboy, Phoon Chee Seng, 18, after chasing him from a restaurant in Leech Street here last night. Phoon sustained a cut on his left wrist.
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    Police officer dies in hospital
    43 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. Aston D. Buckell. ASP. 35, the motor transport officer at the Police Training School, died in the General Hospital today. Mr. Buckell, who was admitted to the hospital early this morning, was a bache lor.
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    Murder riddle of girl in jeans...
    350 11 From Page One Singapore from Penang in May 1957. after her studies in America, she took a job as a reporter with a newspaper She worked there till the end of last year. Since then she had been an insurance agent. For I most
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    TIN SHIPPED IN EXCESS OF QUOTA: CALL FOR INQUIRY
    392 11 *fc From Page One There were two market opinions yesterday. The BULLISH one was that, taking a sound view, these "pirate" supplies had not affected the price, which would have been higher, but for their eventual presence on the world market.
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    10 more trucks for Services
    47 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Ten modified commercial lorries— the second batch of a consignment of 66 have arrived from Britain for the armed forces. They were being assembled at the rate of one a day by a local firm, an Army statement said.
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    Birthday show
    21 11 MUAR. Mon. The Kok Kiew Amateur Dramatic Association celebrated its 38th anniversary with a variety concert here last night.
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    EXPERTS EXPLODE 'BOMBS'
    69 11 "fa From Page One a hole and set off with plastic explosives Fragments flew about 1,000 yards away from the hole. Capt. Harrison and Sgt. Jones will destroy about 70 more bombs tomorrow at Mentuan in the Kota Bhuru district. They will go to Tr*ngganu on Thursday
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      268 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS G Starting word to oarsman 1 Offered to the successful turn- might *be cut (3. 6i. tout in Lagos riot (15). 7 Not bent on a footballer betng 8 Ousts drink with garden pro- liank? (15). ducts (9). 9 Queen and attendants abound 10 Prefers to
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    Radio expats now halved, local men training
    580 12 BETTER CHINESE BROADCASTS PROMISED number of expatriates employed by Radio Malaya in Singapore has been reduced by 50 per cent under the Malayanisation programme, the Chief Secretary, Mr. E. B. David, told the Legislative Assembly today. This was his answer to Mr. R.
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    ELECTRICITY BOARD TO PICK FIRM FOR $80m. JOB TODAY
    150 12 ELECTRICITY BOARD TO PICK FIRM FOR $80 m. JOB TODAY KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Central Electricity Board is to choose tomorrow from an international list of firms a contractor to carry out the $80 million civil engineering job in connection with the Cameron Highlands hydro-electric scheme. This job is the
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    NEW RURAL AREAS TO PAY CITY RATE
    157 12 SINGAPORE. Monday. rpHE Legislative Assembly today passed a Bill 1 allowing the City Council to continue to levy the same improvement rate of two per cent on all properties which have in the past paid that rate to the council. The rate will
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    35 13 Dr. Paracelsus, eccentric genius Nehru's warning NEW DELHI. Mon. Any aggression against Kashmir would be aggression against India and would be met "any where and everywhere." the Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru told Parliament today Reuter
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    183 14 American company open local office WESTINGHOUSE Electric International Co.. of America, has now established an office in Singapore, in order to expand its business activities in the Colony and the Federation of Malaya. Mr. W. A. Black, the company's local representative, said yesterday that Malaya had a great market potential
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    Cheaper rice can be expected soon
    368 14 BIG SUPPLIES FROM BURMA, THAILAND IyjALAYA will have cheaper rice soon as substantial supplies from Burma and Thailand are due in Singapore early next year, according to local rice merchants. They said that Burma and Thailand expected a large export surplus in 1959, about
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    DEPUTY TRADE CHIEF ARRIVES
    87 14 rpHE new assistant Aus--1 tralian Trade Commissioner in Singapore. Mr. J. S. Nicholls arrived in the Colony last week to take up his post. He succeeded Mr. R. W. Holberton, who was recently promoted to the post of Trade Commissioner here. Mr. Nicholls has been in
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    Oil output increased
    56 14 A $260 million expansion programme to increase the capacity of the British Petroleum oil refinery on the Island of Grain. Kent, has been completed. The refinery previously produced four million tons ol crude oil a year, but the new project, begun in 1956. will increase the output
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    More synthetic
    23 14 The proportion of synthetic rubber used in We.st Germany is forecast at 30 per cent of her total consumption this year.
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    'New diesel engine runs on any fuel'
    208 14 A GERMAN engineering company. MAN (the Mas- chinenfabrik-Augsburg-Nurnberg) has developed a new type of diesel engine, which is claimed to run on practically any liquid mineral or vegetable oil. Mr. Heinz Dipper the company* engineer said in Kuala umpur yes' "day that this
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    FRENCH COMPANY PLANS TO DOUBLE ITS CAR SALES
    186 14 ONE of the oldest French motor car manufactur ing companies, Societe Anonym*- ties Automobiles Peugeot, plans to double the sales of its passenger cars on the Malayan market next year. Nearly 350 of its saloons were exported to Singapore and the Federation
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    Electronic machine will print Malayan telephone bills
    215 14 Electronic machine will print Malayan telephone bills MALAYA is using mure and machines to cope with Intrica I ing problems which were prevlou; being handled efficiently or accurate] method. I Powers-Samas Accounting Machines (Sales) Ltd.. which has been supplying Malaya. Sarawak and North Borneo various types of highly specialised accounting
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      1384 15 FESTIVE FARE SERVING traditional Christmas fare is one ol the most important parts of Christmas entertaining, and even those who skip cooking for the rest of the year usually take a hand with the preparations at Christmas time. Most people feel that turkey and Christmas are inseparable,
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    424 16 MALAYAN SHARE MARKET OPENS WEEK ON QUIET NOTE By Our Market Correspondent THE Malayan Share Market opened the week yesterday quietly steady in all sections with selective support forthcoming at quotations. Another company yesterday announced that it was delaying the payment of its dividend until early in the new year
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    371 16 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "The local share market was lifeless in all sections although the undertone was steady. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business: Fed. Dispensary $1.02 (OL). $1.05 to $1.07; Fraser Neave ords $1.59: Gammon $172: W. Hammer
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    26 16 SINGAPORE, Dec. 15. RUBBER: 82 cents per lb. (up a quarter of a cent). TIN; sm per picul (unchanged). Estimated unofficial offering SO tons.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    158 16 January first e rade rubber buyers t .o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday »t 82 cents per lb.. up a quarter of a cent on Friday's closing price. The tone was quiet, but steady. (losing prices in cents per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers
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    BUKIT TUPAH
    46 16 Bukit Tupah Rubber Estates has been informed by its agents that a contract for the sale of the two remaining estates has now been signed. The sale price is $1,740,000 Malayan (£203.000 and completion is to take place not later than February 1. 1959.
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    29 16 Tlie lollowinp further November rubber crops are announced: Ayer Panas 81,000 1 b; Glrnealy 77.000 lb; Klnanp 81,500 lb; Rajam 130.000 lb. and I'ln Benut 41.500 lb
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    173 16 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Azumasan Maru 1 2. Menelaus 45, Elan Maru 6A, Orestes 6 7, Thorstrand 8 9. Straat Malakka 10 11. Kyoel Maru 13 14. Radja 15/16. Hallvard 18. Asphalion 19 20. Serdang N Wall 2, Musi 21
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    114 16 Singapore I hiiir<e Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK Continent December January $40 buyers, $41 sellers. Coconut oil quiet bulk $62 sellers, drum $64 sellers. Pepper: quietly steady, no business was reported done. Muntok white $124. Sarawak $123 (both up $1). special Sarawak
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    BIDOR RUBBER
    58 16 The offer by Hart Son and Co of 49s per £1 share for the 50.000 issued shares of Bidor Rubber Estate reported October 17. is open until January 5 for later date not after January 19> and is conditional upon 90 per cent, acceptance, or such lower percentage
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    68 16 TNVESTME^ to hold a Stock Excl.., a strong tone Loans 3v n=;e Bank of N.SW Con. zinc Mount Lye!! N- Broken Hr.i Hill 50 Mount Morgai". Peko Western Mining Ampol Ex Oil Search Timor Oil Awst. Con. in'd A.P-M. lNew 7 Bradford B. Hill Pro Courtauld Dunlop Elec.
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    102 16 Association-,, S*JH changes In it. yesterday: 12 London: 2/3 15 16; hmi 2 4 1 ,6. b.D 4 3 16. Ib i 1 32 30 i 24 9 32. N '4 \^< i i/4 T/ll 32 $i xh. r0,,0,, wiofffi 1 credit bllK 33 *ork 32 58; Canad
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    A duckina for Atonement
    127 18 DOCKSIDE RESCUE FOR A RACEHORSE ATONEMENT, a two-year-old racehorse bound for Malaya, is being rescued from the King George V Dock in London after he had kicked his way out of his box and fallen into the water while waiting to be shipped to Singapore on
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    Bt. Timah will have 4new look' season
    290 18  - Bt. Timah will have 4 new look' season EPSOM JEEP By jAS another successful season ended at Bukit Timah, the headquarters of Malayan racing, the enterprising committee of the Singapore Turf Club is already going ahead with plans to make 1959 a "memorable year." Racing at Bukit Timah will take
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    ROBERT TAYLOR TO RIDE IN PENANG
    101 18 ROBERT TAYLOR TO RIDE IN PENANG SINGAPORE. lion. Room Taylor. 21-year-ola Perm iockev who arrived here during the weekend, will be riding lor Kuala Lumpur trailer E. Donnelly. Taylor will make lus Malayan debut at Penan* during the Christmas meetin^. He served his apprenticeship with West Australian trainer J.A. Thomas
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    569 18 ONDON, Mon. -The part betting plays in racing provided the main talking point in racing circles this week. Norman Peßg, lacing correspondent of the London Daily Sketch, stated that betting shops, where backers could make off the course cash bets, may
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    85 18 LA JOLLA. California. Mon —Tom Brown. 36-year-old American tennis player, who was runner-up at Wimbledon in 1947. retained his United States hard courts championship here yesterday. Brown beat Whitney Read iwho played for the United States against Canada in the Davis Cup earlier this year ,4-6
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    Horses in the highlands during November
    112 18 SIXGAPOKF, Mon— The following horses arriving at the Veterinary Sanatorium, Cameron Highlands, in November: Brilliant Scholar, Fire Risk, Mirzapen, Couag, Holiday Time, Time To Reason, Sayonara. Boomerang. Winnetou, Distine. The Brave One. Buloh Perindu. lonosphere. .Meteorite 11, 'Ardross. Peterpatch, Ganelon, Mirophli, Stoney hurst, Wit
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    NARROW PADANG WINS
    63 20 SINGAPORE, Mon. Honiikon? Bank beat Singapore Cricket Club 2-1 in a friendly hockey match on the padang today. Rozario and Grcj de Silva scored for the Bankers while Hagenbuch replied for SCC. On the other end of the padnng. Sinuupore Recreation Club beat a Khalsa side 4-3.
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    MOST PROMISING
    25 20 YAP HWEE BIN, the most promising of the Chinese schools trainees who attended last night's coaching session at the S.Y.S.C. Straits Times picture.
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    Advice for school trainees
    36 20 40 ATTEND FIRST COACHING SESSION COACH Tan Chonu Tee giving a word of advice to some of the Chinese schoolboys who attended last night's coaching session at the S.Y.S.C. Straits Times picture.
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    BIG START FOR SBA's SCHOOLS TRAINING PLAN
    288 20 SINGAPORE. Monday. THE SINGAPORE Badminton Association's coaching scheme for Chinese Schools had an enthusiastic start with more than 40 boys and girls attending the first session at the S.Y.S.C. courts vonight. The coaching under former Malayan champion Tan Chong Tee. will continue for
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    KEW SAN AND EDDY AMONG THE LAST FOUR
    234 20 KEW SAN AND EDDY AMONG THE LAST FOUR Pnano. Hon.— Former a.. England and Malayan I champion. Eddy Choong. ana Teh Kew San. the defending champion, entered the men > singles .semi-finals In the Penang open badminton championships today. Eddy, staging a come-bacii after having earlier announced his intention to
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    Lock icon Althea ranked No. 1 in 1958
    122 20 Althea ranked No. 1 in 1958 NEW YORK, Mon.— Althea Gibson, the Wimbledou and United States .'ham pion. who has said she will not defend her titles in 1959, is ranked as the year leading American woman player, by the United States Lawn Tennis Asso nation today. Beverly Baker-Fleitz who
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    Silver medallist
    37 20 SINGAPORE, Mon Mrs. J. Milliken won the Royal Singapore Golf Club's December L.G.U silver medal with a net score of 69 at Sime Road yesterday Mrs. D. W. McNiell (68 net) won the bronze medal.
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    Lock icon Perez still the world champion
    94 20 ]yf ANILA. Mon. Pascual Perez, of Argentina, put on a masterly exhibition tonight to retain his world flyweight boxing title with a unanimous 15-round decision over Filipino Dommy Ursua. Nearly 40,000 spectators, the largest ever to witness a boxing match in the Philippines, saw Perez
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    LATE TRIES PUT SELETAR IN CUP RUGGER FINAL
    177 20 CINGAPORE, Mon. Brilliant tries by Strickland and Labram enabled R.A.P. Seletar to beat R.A.F. Tengah by 11 points (goal and two tries p to six (two penalty goals) In the semi-finals of the Sanderson Cup rugger competition at Tengah today. Strickland played
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    Kedah Blues win
    32 20 SUNGEI PATANI. Mon.Kedah beat Penang by 16 points (two goals, try and penalty) to five (goal) in the opening tie of the All Blues cup rugger competition here today.
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    Johore Asians are main threat
    253 20 SINGAPORE, Monday. JOHORE Asians pose as the main threat to Singapore's supremacy in the southern zone of this year's All Blues cup rugger competition. Their determination to represent the south in the final was shown last Friday when they chalked up a record 50-0 victory
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    MAY DELIGHTS WITH BRIGHT KNOCK OF 80
    375 20 HOKART. M on PETER MAY'S sparkling innings of 80, which included two mv, F nine fours in an hour and 52 minutes, roused the crowd „i >? here today and made up for the loss of the first day of the M.< againS
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    98 20 M.C.C. Ist INNS. Richardson c Walton b Hird 5tJ Watson b Hird Graveney c Richardson b Cowley 4 Dexter c Smith b Richardson 38 May c McGuire b Hird 80 Bailey b Richardson Evans b McGuire Laker not out Extras 6 Total (for 7 dec.) 229 Wickets fell at
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    85 20 The 'stasher scores his fastest century BRISBANK Mot, "Slasher" Mackaj th- f 1 tnttu Test playVSL* noted for his slo, sive tatting s'Tred"' fastest center) n J class cricket today. Battins for n ■phut south AustraS: the second day „f the a? field Shield nUtch m 2 reached his IO»
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    Lock icon 4 named for Davis Cup
    74 20 .MELBOURNE, Mon.— Ash- ley Cooper and Neale Fraser, the winner and runner-up at Wimbledon this year, are in Australian team for the Davis Cup challenge round. The other piayers are Mai Anderson, the U.S. champion in 1957. and Rod Layer with Harry Hopman as non-play-
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    Teachers held at Malacca
    46 20 MALACCA. pore Teach, i day drew 1-1 at a Malacca Combined elera and boat Malacca Mela Services tJnt n ii badofefc by seven n-.:,-Tho visitors who are c: their first tour I the Fedea. tion wili b>' ban. Kuala Lumpur. Ipohii Penans.
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    ARMED FORCES FINALS
    61 20 SINGAPORE. Mon.—Malayan Armed Forces knockout badminton championship final between MRNVR and HQ. RASC will be decided at the DCRE courts at Ayer Rajah Road tomorrow night from 7 p.m. There wi* three singles and twodoiij Malayan Armrd h soccer final between MRS! and RASC will be decrf
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