The Straits Times, 1 January 1959

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  • 20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 /Hal"?* NatUf 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1959 15 CENTS
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  • 685 1 Look to the new year with faith and hope, resolve to make it happy and prosperous for all no matter what your belief Broadcast gives 6 points for peace KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong told the people tonight that the solidarity of the nation would
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  • 78 1 IOHORE BAHRU, Ned Four thugs with daggers last night robbed a fish dealer of $14,000 at his house in Jalan Meldrum here. At 9.20 p.m. the robbers knocked on the door and called out to Heng Yong Prwian, using his nickname "Ah San." When the fish
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  • 34 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Minister of Defence, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hus.sain, today thanked all members of the security forces for their magnificent contribution towards the enciing of the Emergency this year.
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  • 25 1 VATICAN CITY. Wed. Pope John ushered in the first New Year of his pontificate with a midnight mass. In his private chapeL U.P.I.
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  • 364 1 I SINGAPORE. Wed. I IM KEAN CHYE, 39, a leader of the defunct Malayan Democratic Union, detained under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance, was granted a conditional release today by the Appeal Tribunal. The conditions are that he should not: TRAVEL beyond the limits
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  • 57 1 Russia back in rubber market SINGAPORE. Wed. The rubber market ended the year's trading here today with Russia in the market again for fairly substantial quantities. Russia had been out of the market since the first half of November. The demand for January first grade sent the price up to
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  • 594 1 Knighthood for the Chief Justice AWARDS FOR 41 IN NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST SINGAPORE, Wed. The Queen has recognised the services of civilians and Servicemen in Singapore and the Federation in her New Year honours list announced this morning. Three knights were named in the shortest New Year list for
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  • 271 1 HONOURSFOR ALEC GUINNESS ANDSTIRLING LONDON, Wed. Alec Guinness, distinguished actor who starred in the Oscar-winning film "Bridge On The River Kwai" and many other successes of stage and screen, was made a Knight in the New Year Honours List announced this morning. The Queen also honoured citizens of the United
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  • 383 1 1959— YEAR OF CHALLENGE, SAYS LIM SINGAPORE, Wed. In his New Year message, the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock today reminded the people of Singapore that 1959 would be their own year of challenge and decision. "It is the year in which we shall choose the men and methods
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  • 311 1 All white crisis is over in Johore KOTA TINGGI, Wednesday. THE last black area in Johore was made white today, bringing the Emergency in the State to an end. It was the most significant declaration ever heard in Johore, marking the end of 10 years of grim no-quarter fighting. When
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  • 63 1 BRISBANE, Wed. The United States regained the Davis Cap today by beatIng Australia by three matches to two in the challenge round. The U.S. last won the cup in 1954. The Americans entered the third day's olay today with a 2-1 lead and Peru-vian-born Alejandro Olmedo'clinched victory
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  • 75 1 England rally MELBOURNE, Wed. England lost three wickets for seven runs but rallied to score 173 for four by the close of the first day's play in the second Test against Australia here today. Peter May celebrated his 29th birthday by calling correctly. He then came in to
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    • 11 1 THE STRAITS TIMES WISHES ALL ITS READERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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  • 966 2 Mr. LEE KUAN YEW, secretary general, People's Action Party SINGAPORE, Wednesday. \IH. LEE KUAN YEW, predicted that a mainly Chinese electorate in Stag* pore will vote in a party of the left, and the mainly Malay electorate in the Federation will vote in a
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  • 167 2 WHAT THE TRADE LEADERS SAY... MR. YAP I'lli \i. GECK, vice-president or the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, advised Singapore citizens to watch carefully every step taken forward in 1959. "There will be a tre. mendous change and rearrangement in the affairs of every citizen of Singapore in 1959," he said.
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  • 27 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Stage Club will present its pantomime. "Puss In Boot.v" at the Cultural Centre 1 Theatre. Canning Rise, toI morrow at 8.30 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 312 3 WORLD BANK PRESIDENT'S MISSION MAY SEE A RESTORA TION of RELA TIONS BETWEEN CAIRO, BRITAIN LONDON, Wednesday. J'HE CAIRO mission of Mr. Eugene Black, president of the World Bank, to promote an Anglo-Egyptian financial settlement was seen by diplomatic observers here today as strong evidence
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  • 165 3 CROWN PRINCE AKIHITO of Japan and his bride-to-be. Michiko Shoda, during a recent visit by Miss Shoda to the royal palace in Tokyo. Making a sharp break with a 2,000-year-old tradition. Prince Akihito courted Miss Shoda, daughter or the president of a
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  • IN BRIEF...
    • 55 3 An election this year, Gaitskell predicts LONDON. Wed. Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Labour Party in a New Year message to his supporters today, forecast that a general election will "almost certainly" take place tn 1959. "For us in the Labour Party it will be a year of tremendous
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    • 19 3 MADRID: Gen. Franco, in a New Year broadcast, called for national and international vigilance against the menace of Communism.
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    • 20 3 COPENHAGEN: Klaus Becker Larse, 20-year-old student, announced he was going to search for the legendary "Abominable Snowman" in the Himalayas.
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    • 20 3 HONG KONG: The textile Industry here has agreed to a three-year voluntary limit on exports of cotton goods to Britain.
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    • 16 3 ROME: The Supreme Court ruled that blasphemy and insults against the Catholic religion are a crime.
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    • 18 3 VIENNA: The Austrian Chancellor. Mr. Julius Raab. will leave lor a State visit to Japan on Jan. 5.
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    • 13 3 TOKYO: A group of 383 Japanese emigrants to South America left for Brazil.
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  • 36 3 LONDON. Wed. A Bank of England spokesman said today that it could be assumed that reports from Paris of financial backing offered by Britain to France to guard against speculation were correct. Reuter.
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  • 260 3 Helicopters rescue tanker crew of 45 SHIP BREAKS IN TWO IN ATLANTIC OCEAN CITY, Maryland, Wednesday. rpHE Laberian tanker, African Queen, (13,800 1 tons) ran aground and broke In two off this Atlantic summer resort yesterday, but all the crew were brought ashore by a neet of nine helicopters Both
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  • 60 3 LONDON. Wed. Chris Chataway. former Olympic runner and now a television personality, has become engaged to Anna Lett, a television producer They met while working in the same programme two years aeo. Chataway. who retired from International athletics two years ago. began his television career as a
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  • 38 3 SOUTHAMPTON, Wed. The 37-year-old Union Castle liner Arundel Castle (19.206 tons) which has steamed nearly three million miles, left today for Hong Kong to be broken up. She was sold for $2 million. Reuter.
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  • 15 3 BAGDAD. Wed— Ten Iraals were killed and 10 Injured in clashes here. U.P.L
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  • 112 3 BANGKOK, Wed. Mr. Pote Sarasin. SecretaryGeneral of Seato said today there should be closer cooperation among free world nations. He told reporters there must be solidarity in purpose to effectively meet the menace of Communism. Reviewing the past year in the Seato area, he
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  • 28 3 NICOSIA. Wed.— Six Greek Cypriots under death sen. tence were reprieved yesterday by Sir Hugh Foot, Governor of Cyprus. They will be Jailed for life.— TJJU.
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  • 149 3 Reporter to serve jail sentence NEW YORK, Wed— Miss Marie Torre, radio and television critic of the New York Herald Tribune, was ordered yesterday to begin a 10-day jail sentence on Monday after she again refused to disclose the source of a news story about singer Judy Gar. land. The
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  • 91 3 NEW TERROR WAVE IN ALGERIA ALGIERS. Wed.— Terrorists went on a shooting and bomb throwing spree in three major Algerian cities yesterday, leaving a score of dead and wounded soldiers and civilian.', in their wake. This sudden new upsurge of terrorist activity hinted at a hardening of the rebel determination
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  • 228 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. —The US. Government yesterday was awarded U551,027,000 ($3,081,000) damages against T. Y. Fong. 44--year-old Chinese shipping millionaire, in connection with the sale of American freighters to Communist China. Fong, then a resident of Hong Kong, purchased 15 surplus ships in the Philippines
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  • 242 3 I ONDON, Wed.— The Admiralty announced yesterday that Earl Mountbatten of Burma has been appointed Chief of Defence Stall i to succeed Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Sir William F. Dickson. next July. He will give up his post as Britain's First Sea Lord
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  • 35 3 LONDON. Wed— Sir Winston Churchill was wildly cheered by the audience when he visited a West End theatre today to see his daughter Sarah play "Peter Pan" In a Christmas pantomime matinee.— Reuter.
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  • 525 4 MALAYAN PERSONALITIES BARE TO THE STRAITS TIMES THE REFORMS THEY PLAN TO MAKE IN 1959 PROF. A. OPPENHEIM, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya: Not to smoke another cigarette until Dec. 24 1959. Want to bet? MRS. SHIRIN FOZDAR. secretary of the
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  • 40 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The special 10-cent Coronation postage stamps of Singapore and Malaya bearing the portrait of the Queen, will become invalid for use from next July 1. The stamp was withdrawn from sale in December 1953.
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  • 306 4 PENANG. Wed. The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, said today that as a result of political apathy, the standard of candidates contesting elections at all levels In the urban areas has been "distressingly low." "The position is such that it
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  • 281 4 Jungle boy David celebrates third 'birthday' today IN NEW SUIT AND NEW SHOES HE'LL BE HOST TO HIS LITTLE FRIENDS IPOH, Wed.— Chubby little David, the "jungle boy" who was found when he was only a few months old in May of 1956, celebrates his third birthday here tomorrow. In
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  • 669 5 'PINEAPPLE CANNERIES HAVE NOT DECIDED TO ACCEPT FRUIT FROM SMALLHOLDERS-YAP SINGAPORE, Wednesday. |M II Central Board of Pineapple Packers today denied an allegation that Singapore and Johore canneries had infringed statutory regulations in refusing to accept smallholders' fruit. In a statement issued after a meeting here,
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  • 206 5 NAAFI workers get new working conditions KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THE 800 employees of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI) in the Federation will begin their new year tomorrow with improved working conditions. An agreement governing the new conditions of service was signed here today by the supervisor. NAAFI
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  • 133 5 Offered his old job at the Chung Cheng but he says 'no' SINGAPORE. Wed. The management committee of the Chung Cheng High School recently offered to reengage Dr. Chuang Chu Lin, who was released several months ago after having been detained under a Banishment Order, as school principal.
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  • 316 5 ONG HOPES TO AVOID COUNCIL'S 'SORRY' SCENES SINGAPORE, Wednesday. r[E MAYOR, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, said today he hoped that the "sorry spectacles" that had been seen on many occasions at council meetings during the past year would not recur next year. Speaking at the last ordinary meeting of the
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  • 164 5 In tourist business in big way if increase continues SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore will be in the tourist business in a "big way" if the increase of visitors continues at its present rate. So thinks the Director of Tourism. Mr. Robert Howlett. Mr. Howlett was commenting on figures which show that
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  • 14 5 KLUANG. Wed. A new $30,000 Sikh temple was opened here on Monday.
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  • 74 5 Five cases of polio in Penang PENANG. Wed. Five children suspected to be suffering from polio have been admitted to the Penang General Hospital during the past week, the chief Medical officer. Dr. Tan Hor Kee, said today. "But there is no cause for alarm." he said. "We are watching
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  • 63 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. Four robbers broke into a sundry shop in Chestnut Drive early this morning and took away about $1,100 worth of jewellery and cigarettes after tying up the proprietor, Tan Tiang Chuan. 44. The four men, all armed with Scout knives, raided a safe and cash
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  • 699 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan. in a policy speech today, outlined the City Council's targets for next year. He told councillors at an ordinary meeting: "The emphasis of our work shall continue to be on providing more standpipes, creches, public
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  • 99 5 Police hold man at 'command' film show A LOR STAR, Wed.— Police detained a man outside the Cathay cinema last night after a disturbance while the Sultan and Sult.m.ih were leaving the theatre. The Royal couple were coming out of the hall when a Malay tried to pass through a
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  • 158 5 THE YEAR ENDS WITH TWO STRIKES STILL ON SINGAPORE. Wed. Singapore ended the year with two unsettled strikes invo'ving about 260 workers. The strikes are at the Singapore Glass Manufacturers Co. in Henderson Road and at the Llan Tat restaurant In Geylang Road. Leaders of the Singapore General Employers' Union
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  • 25 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A padi planter from Trengganu. Mohamed Noor bin Awang Noor, 35. was killed by a lorry at Klang Road yesterday.
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  • 30 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Citizenship Office at Brickfields here will move to the Registration Office in Sulaiman Building on Friday. It will open for business the next day.
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  • 22 5 KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed. The 24th branch of the UMNO in the Kuala Trengganu division has been formed In Pasir Panjang.
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    • 246 5 I RADIO: General Programme m.MM.m M.mmM. I P* l^ 8 1( > *> Nick MWnahlt; 10.45 RADIO MALAYA j™-- c^iuk, r* NATIONAL SHORT WAVE The SUn Preberg Show; 1200 SERVICE Close Down; P.M. 1.15 Lunrhtime Medium wave 330 metres Concert; 1.30 The News; 1.45 Men Medium wave 476 metre* Only:
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  • 53 6 H Words $10 (Minimum). LOUISE KLERK (Uistltut Jeunesse Et. Beuutet wishes all j her clients, business-relations and friends a prosperous and happy 1959. MR. AND MRS. S. G. SANTHANAM—New Year Greetings to all our friends and well- wishers. I May Divine Providence enrich your lives with health, happiness <
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  • 87 6 Vi IVorrfj SID (Minimum) MRS. DAISY O!i Choon Hock Thanks all relatives and friends for their wreaths, condolences, loan of cars, attendance and assistance rendered her in her recent bereavement. MR. AND MRS. C. A. KARL thank all relatives and friends for the valuable presents, congratulatory messages and kind
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  • 58 6 M Hufrfv $lt (Minimum). EVANS: In loving memory of Percy (Bill) only son of Mr it Mrs. M. Evans. Aberdare. 1.1.58. Sadly missed by his family and many friends. IN LOVING MEMORY of Dr. Llm Boon Keng 0.8.E.. LL.D.. M.B.C.M. who passed away on 1-1-57. Greatly missed by
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  • The Straits Times Thursday, Jan. 1, 1959.
    • 947 6 A Year Of Decision General elections in the Federation and in Singapore with the introduction in Singapore of full internal self-government will make 1959 a notable year. This is not the moment for political prediction. But when the political future poses unanswerable questions it is difficult to estimate what impact
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    • 225 6 It is understandable that Tamil parents and teachers should protest against the Kuala Lumpur municipality's plan for streamlining Tamil schools. It has meant the disappearance of five schools and the dismissal of 25 teachers, some of them with 20 years' service. However, parents and teachers are exaggerating when
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  • 1468 6  -  MICHAEL ADAMS by Some six months after the 'revolution' a pall of suspicion, anxiety and disillusionment blankets Bagdad. The Communists, however, have been quick to consolidate their position particularly in the press, radio and television. "OAGDAD is the least inspiring of Arab capitals, a
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  • 390 6  -  RICHARD HUGHES- By- HONG KONG. CHINA hopes to launch a sputnik during 1959 with Soviet assistance to demonstrate that Communism in Asia can match Western scientific effort. Planning to this end. it Is reported, is being pushed forward at a Sino-Soviet atomic centre
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    • 202 6 I READ with interest that the Government has set up a committee to investigate and presumably make recommendations for alleviating— the unemployment situation in this island. Acknowledging the fact that committees seldom achieve any positive action, and Invariably make the difficult more complex.
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    • 68 6 WHY PENALISE THEM? I THINK it wrong to penalise a man for not going to the polls. A man may have good reasons (or not voting. It is not simply a case of being disinterested in politics. A man may find the policies of all political parties and candidates so
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    • 104 6 WITH reference to the article on Christmas tn Malaya seventy years ago by H. T. Sutton (S.T Dec. 27) I wonder if the writer has correctly quoted the Selangor Journal. The late Dr. Loke Yew was never a Capitan China of Selangor, a title which was
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  • 163 7 Goode: Big task is to choose wisely SINGAPORE. Wed. The Governor, Sir William Goode, said today the first and allimportant step for Singapore in 1959 was to choose wisely those who would form the new Government. "This is no time to allow Singapore to fall Into the hands of selfseeking
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  • 87 7 Territorial army is born today KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. As the Federation's new territorial army is born tomorrow, the Federation Volunteer Force, formed 56 years, ago, will cease to exist. Its 1.050 officers and men will be absorbed into the territorial army, which will slowly expand into a battalion for each
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  • 25 7 KUANTAN. Wed.—Mr. V. Kanagaratnam. Tamil Interpreter in the Sessions Court here, has been transferred to Johore Bahru. He was secretary of Kuantan Cricket Club.
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  • 63 7 IPOH, Wed. A partner of jl limeworks company, Mr. I Wong Chong, 35, was buried 1 alive by 650 piculs of baked limestone when he went into the tunnel of the kiln at the fourth mile Gopeng Road here this morning. His body was recovered four
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  • 420 7 'FRIENDSHIP AMONG MALAYA'S RACES CANT BE DISRUPTED BY OPPORTUNISTS' ALOR STAR, Wednesday. THE FEDERATION Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, tonight strongly criticised "adventurers and opportunists" who seek to disrupt 1,000 years of Sino-Malay friendship. Their aims, he said, were doomed
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  • 28 7 Mr. I.L. Phillips (OBE) Dr. Kwan Pak Chian (OBE) Miss Barbara Wentworth (MBE> Mr. M. Oxford iOBE) Mrs. Cynthia Koek (MBE) 1
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  • 50 7 Bride-to-be of Premier Rahman's son, Ahmad SHAKIFAH NURAZAH. 21. who is to marry Tengku Ahmad Nerang. 25, son of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, in February. Sharifah Nuracah is the second daughter of Dato Syed Omar Shahabuddin. a Government pensioner and Kedah L'MNO leader. The couple are childhood friends.
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  • 64 7 SINGAPORE, Wed The platinum and diamond tiara made here for the Federation's crown jewels will be under armed guard when it goes on public display on Friday. The tiara, which will be worn by the Raja Permaisuri Agone: on state occasions, will be displayed at the
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  • 36 7 IPOH. Wed. The Dato Pangllma Bukit Gantang. former Mentri Besar of Perak. who is now in private legal practice here, has accepted a commission to draft the new constitution for the state of Brunei.
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  • 353 7 Surprised, but Brothers won't let home go without a fight KI'ALA LUMPUR," Wednesday. THfc Serendah Boys' Home in Selangor, run by 'the Brothers of .St. (iabriel, is to be taken over by the Federation Government early next month a decision which has taken the mission by surprise. A letter from
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  • 99 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— The Federation Court of Appeal reduced the damages awarded to a widow whose husband was killed in a motor accident from $86,000 to $38,000. The judgment was read out in the Supreme Court today by the Assistant Registrar. The
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  • 29 7 MERSINO, Wed— Two Independent candidates. Mr. Chan Ju San and Mr. Tan Liang Seng, have been elected to the Merslng Kechil Council for a three-year term
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  • 101 7 Babas will fight polls in Penang PENANG, Wed. The Penang Straits Chinese British Association will contest elections in future. This decision was approved in principle by the annual meeting held at the Rubber Trade Association premises last night. The meeting also agreed to ask the incoming committee to consider the
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  • 38 7 KUALA KANGSAR. Wed. Inche Hamid bin Haji Mohamed Razalli, of the Rural and Industrial Development Authority, Port Dickson, has been transferred here to succeed Inche Ghazall bin Haji Abdul Jabar. who has gone to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • SUSAN HARRIE'S Feminine Forum
    • 1470 8 AN IMPORTANT YEAR AHEAD AS Singapore faces 1959 a year of destiny her women have also to face an increasing share in their country's national affairs, not only in the important field of social service work, where they are already very active, b" f in
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 378 8 talk (7>. f T» I 25 County centre for the literate? Straits Times Crossword »£jll Pttch(s 27 Tenure of Sheol ruined In conduct (9). DOWN rr— Hßßrs—^ —^b-; —^mrs~~\ 1 This way for Beaconsfleld H- H I H II 1 1° IH 1 1 (3 8 0 __881 |BE— ■BL—HBI—^H—
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  • 433 9 BID TO SEAT 2 PARTY LEADERS IS DEFEATED SHARP EXCHANGES AT LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF YEAR and transfer ci staff for such purposes. Mr. Vasagar said this delegation of powers was unnecessary since the council was meeting fortnightly and could speedily deal with any urgent matters. The Mayor replied that
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  • 117 9 OINQAPORE, Wed— A woman bit off part of the ear of her neighbour during a fight In a backlane here on Nov. 15, the First Criminal District Court was told today. Phuan Ah Kee, 31, of Henderson Road, was jailed for a day
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  • 167 9 —CityFathers send the staff greetings SINGAPORE, Wed. At the City Council meeting today the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan read a special New Year message to the staff, and asked that it be recorded in the minutes and a c-py of the message sent to all empiuyees. The message said
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  • 277 9 Vasagar ('I've nothing to fear') refuses to withdraw SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THERE was a clash in the City Council today between Mr. S. M. Vasagar, a Liberal Socialist and Mr. N. Karuppiah, an Independent. The row started when Mr. Vasagar queried a decision by two committees to lease council land in
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  • 541 9 Mr. K: EITHER HE TAKES IT BACK OR I LEAVE calm atmosphere. I shall not hesitate to use my powers to maintain peace and order." Mr. Lee Bah Chee (Lib--8oc» then told the Mayor that he had warned Mr. Vasagar once and that was enough. If Mr. Vasagar repeated his
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    • 2866 10 COMPANY MEETING SUNGEI BESI MINES AND AVER HITAM TIN DREDGING MR. G. W. SIMMS ON TIN CONTROL production in Malaya, are set out in the table below. Ptr- European Production Quota for centage Malaya Six Restriction Quota Mgna- Inter- lor Per- Pertorles national Malaya centage rentage Tons (approx.) Tons Quota
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    • 693 10 NOTICES 1 NOTICE WE WISH to announce that all j justness connections between the t onderslgned parties have now seen discontinued. Sgd. HO. LECOMBER Sgd. LEE YAO LIANG 31.12.58 APPOINTMENT WANTED PLANTER. English, resident Malaya, with general experience tea, rubber, coffee, available any time early New Year. Details and references
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    • 1456 10 1958 RUBBER PRICE FELL BY 8J CENTS: LOWEST SINCE 1954 By Our Market Correspondent THE average price of noon f.o.b. rubber in Singapore last year was cents a pound or just over eight and half cents below the average price for 1957. It was the lowest level recorded since 1954
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    • 984 10 O.S.K.tpc. Line Osaka Shosen Kaisha takes the opportunity of announcing that effective 1 st January 1 959 their Agency in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya has been entrusted to:THE MALAY STATES SHIPPING C 0. r LTD. 79, Anson Road, Singapore. Tel. *****-5, ***** MALAY STATES SHIPPING (F. of M.)
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    • 1566 11 w Tab 1405 MANSFIELD <Sc CO.. LTD. tml: MSB w (II lites) (Incorponted in Singapore) 111 liats) o',;,"" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE T £'t! SAILINCS TO LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW LONDON i CONTINENTAL PORTS (Via Sa*l with hlerty tl preceel via PMMia ir Caai tt CtM Nape) Carriers option to procetd hi
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  • 306 12 MELBOURNE. Wed.— Peter May and Tom Graveney were running neck and neck 1 in the M.C.C. batting averI ages before the second Test which began here today. May tops the list with 686 I runs in 13 innings for an average of 57.16 while
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  • 37 12 LONDON. Wed. Yester- j t day's Rugby Union results were: County championship play off:— Hertfordshire 0 Dorset and Wilts 24; Other match Combined Hong Konc and Shanghai Banks 3 Dartford College (U.S.) H. i Rdutcr.
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  • 375 12 BRISBANE, Wed. TIIK United States today 1 regained the Davis Cup when they won one of the last two singles matches for a 3-2 margin in the Challenge Round here today. Peruvian Alejandro Olmedo beat Wimbledon champion Ashley Cooper 6-3, 4-6. 6-4,
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  • 270 12 By VICTOR NAYAGAM Koal. Lumpur. Wednesday Jilt: Badminton Association of Malaya has written to the president of the International Badminton Federation protesting against an editorial written by I.B*F. secretary, Mr. H. A. E. Scheele, in the annual handbook. Declaring that Malayans must have been
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  • 248 12 MALAYAN SIDE MAY TOUR INDONESIA LATER THIS YEAR KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rrHE Badminton Association of Malaya has writA ten to the Indonesian Badminton Association to say that it was prepared to consider an invitation for a Malayan team to tour that country in the middle or later part of 1959.
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  • 95 12 WELLINGTON. Wed— John Reid, who captained New Zealand in England this year, took seven wickets for 38 in helping Wellington beat Canterbury by 18 runs in the Plunket Shield match here today. Wellington 148 and 272: Canterbury 305 and 97. Another Test bowler, Alex Moir
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  • 69 12 OEREMBAN, Wed. Slnga•>J pore and Selangor figured in a -battle royal" this morning in the Pan-Malayan Sikhs hockey tourney for I the Qurdwara Cup. The final score was 2-2 'after Singapore had twice taken the lead. Selangor, the holders of the trophy, forced a draw with
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  • 53 12 SAO PAULO. Wed. The M.C.C. amateur team touring South America beat Sao Paulo by eight wickets In a one day match here today. Sao Paulo were all out for 41. M.C.C. passed Sao Paulo's total with eight wickets standing and went on to score 172 for nine by
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  • 215 12 PENANO, Wed—Badminton Association of Malaya, president Mr. Heah Jon Seang today explained why the B.A.M. standing committee had Included several Thomas Cup veterans among promising young players in its proposed training programme for next April. "It Is a psychological move to inspire the
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  • 45 12 PENANO, Wed— Two Footoall Association of Penang officials— the president, Mr. Loh Hoot Yeang, recently appointed a Justice of the Peace, and Mr A. Maliappen conferred the Ahll Manfjku Negara by the Yang- diPertuan Agong— were feted at a dinner here last night
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  • 24 12 IPOH. Wed.-The closing date for entries for the Perak Turf Club's January Meeting has been extended from today to Jan. 2.
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    • 388 12 BBBMBBBBBHB lIIIBPIaCn WISHING MOVIEGOERS EVERYWHERE AND GOOD PICTURE GOING IN 1959 Flus! PATHE NEWS REVIEW OF 1958 p Today 9 a.m. Tommy Steele "ROCK AROUND THE WORLD" phone B^ I\(PW Shotrinff msoo -iS Jf lf i. 45> 4> 630& 9 30 I "PARIS BY NIGHT" f?IS c COLOR (sb, Plusi
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  • 241 13  - JAPAN GAIN FIRST WIN OF MALAYAN TOUR LEE FOO SAN Ipoh, Wednesday. By JAPAN scored the first victory of their Malayan tour today when they beat Perak, last year's Malaya Cup champions, 3-0 in a soccer match on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground here today. The standard of play was
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  • 45 13 IPOH, Wed.— A state hockey trial between President's XI and Talping District will be held at Taiping on Saturday. President's XI will be: Ayob; York Khuan. Choon Ai; Sankey. Fook Wah, Slttampalam: Hamzah, Eng Kirn. Zam AriJTvn, Jagit Singh, Yogeswaren.
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  • 37 13 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Keppel Golf Club secretary Chan Peng Sim, today had a hole In one at the ninth while playing at the club's course He was the first person ever to achieve this feat.
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  • 118 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. Johore Asians will field the same team which beat Selangor two weeks ago when they meet Singapore Asians in the key south zone All-Blues Cup rugger match on the padang on Saturday. The Johore team will be: Robert Ng; Ungku Ibrahim, Hassan Yacob. Teh Chong
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  • 68 13 PENANG. Wed.— A former champion, Kok Kwal Seng, regained the Penang open table tennis title last night when he beat Leow Lim Kung 21-16. 19-21. 21-15. 14-21. 21-14. Kok also won the doubles title when he and Choong Weng Khoay beat Leow and Yang Wei Kiang 21-15.
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  • 30 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. R.A.F. Seletar beat R.E.M.E. by 13 points (two goals and a penalty goal) to three (penalty goal) in a rugger match at Ayer Rajah Road today.
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  • 279 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. When the Singapore. Amateur Football Association Council holds its first meeting for the new year on Jan. 6 it will consider a proposal to amend its rules so that the Council will have two vice-presidents instead of one. This proposal will be
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  • 121 13 BASSEY TO DEFEND TITLE NOTTINGHAM, Wed. Hogan Bassey, Nigeria's world featherweight boxing champion, has accepted in principle an offer to defend his title here next summer. His opponent will be the winner of a series involving the European champion, Sergio Caprari (Italy), Percy Lewis (Trinidad), holder of the Empire title,
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  • 21 13 LONDON. Wed— Distillery were beaten 6-2 by Olentoran In an Irish Football League match at Distillery last night Reuter.
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  • 63 13 BINOAPORE. Wed—Commentaries on the third cricket Test match between India and the West Indies, which began today at Calcutta, will be broadcast .by All-India Radio on the following fre- quencles: Weekdays: 12.30 to 2.00 p.m. (Malayan time) and 2.15 p.m. to 4.35 p.m. on ***** kc.'s 13.98
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    • 674 13 Check Before Posting j I Replies to Box Numbers E Utmost core should be token I when replying to box number ads. to ««o tho CORRECT I NUMBER and Address to tho i Srrairs Times, Times House, River Valley Road. Cash must be sent by regis- '•f tcrcd post; Postal
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    • 668 13 EDUCATION tl Words Si (Min.)— Box St ett. extra. ENROLMENT OF PUPILS in Primary and Secondary Classes for the afternoon session will begin from 26.12.1958. Apply Principal. Tung Ling English School, 145 Marine Parade. Singapore, 15. MALAY CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL: Experienced and highly qualified Teachers offer specialised English Malay Postal Tuition
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    • 786 13 HIRE PURCHASE i tt Wordt Si (Mi*.)— Box St ett. extra. BOON TECK FINANCE company finance Hire-purchase on Motor Cars, new and secondhand (1953 Model upwards only) terms moderate. Apply 173 A South Bridge Road. Singapore. Tel: ***** or Room 2, 3rd. Floor MCA Bulld- Ing. Ampang Road Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 777 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens and serving permanent Government officers, including thobe on probation, for appointment to posts of Senior Lecturer, Lecturer and Assistant i Lecturer in Federal Institution* of the Ministry of Education i which provide training courses for teachers in Primary and Secondary schools. The
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    • 800 13 (Cent, from previous Column) perlence. Candidates must be able U lecture in the Malay Language. (d) Art —College-trained Education i teacher lEng- liili Schools) i (Including Normal Class Trained^ with at least 3 (c) Physical i years approved Education) teaching ex- 1 perlence. Pre- j rerence will be I >
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    • 463 13 NOTICES To All Our Members, Agency Representatives, Medical Be- J ferees. and Other Friends Greetings For The New Season THE MALAYAN CO-OPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY LTD. No. 8 Holland Road, P.O. Box (17, KI'ALA LUMPUR. BRITANNIA PAINTS Barlow eje Co. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are Invited for the supply of food rations
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  • 373 14 THIS MILER IS NICELY TUNED UP FOR TODAY'S BIG RACE Lightweight Queensway is the likely danger RACING with EPSOM JEEP CCONE STONE'S victory by three lengths and a half in a Div. 2 9-1 race with 8.6 in lmin. 54sec. at Bukit Timah on Dec. 13
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  • 178 14 IPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Raco 1 COLLEGE TUTOR Firowonhio Polio CORA College Tutor Wide Screen II COLLEGE TUTOR Wide Screen II Fireworship 2.0 Raca 2 2.30 ANGKOR WAT Producer Dollar Factory ARINA GOLD Pontican Producer PONTICAN AriM Gold Dollar Factory Race 3 BOX OFFICE III Bright Eyot
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  • 1349 14 going Today's best bets r, EPSOM JEEP's best bets ot -JfcfiSaf* Penang today are College Tutor mJ&alSff* (Race 1), Scone Stone (Race 6) Is^y ond Periwinkle (Race 7). T-T CALL BOY'S double is Box 1 Office 111 (Race 3) and Honey Bee FAST I (Roces)
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  • 850 14 u.rm to Deat this lot. Old Producer may be the threat. He has the form. At Kuala Lumpur in November he finished third with 8.3 to Ellem over 7f. and in October at Penang he scored over 7f on a soft track. For a good price
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  • 1000 14 THE SECOND TEST MAY LEADS FIGHT BACK WITH 89 NOT OUT From JACK FINGLETON Melbourne, Wednesday ENGLAND'S captain Peter May, Fj with 89, and on his 29th birth- day, and England vice-captain 1 Colin Cowdrey, with 28, today staged a magnificent recovery here with an unfinished partnership of 81 after
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  • 87 14 CALCUTTA, Wed. A fine \j unbeaten 139 by Rohan Kanhai. gave West Indies a flying start to the third Test against India here today. At tea, the touring side, who won the toss for the third time in succession, were 237 for three wickets WEST INDIES—
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  • 111 14 IPOH, Wed.— The president ot the Perak Turf Club, Mr. Yeoh Cheang Lee, denied today that there was any dispute over outstatlon allowances or a boycott threat by syces at the Ipoh meeting on Jan. 10, 14 and 17. He said: "As far as we are
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    • 12 14 DAVIS CUP SHOCK -PAGE 12 Wishing you all a happy New Year!
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