The Straits Times, 8 May 1959

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    21 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 Ma***, $00*** Me*** 9 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. FRIDAY, MAI 8, 1959 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon BANDA FACES A CRISIS
    331 1 BID TO OUST GUNAWARDENE FROM CABINET Ministers: He's taking country on road to Communism boycott threat by right wing COLOMBO, Thursday. |HE three-year-old coalition government of Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike today faced its worst crisis following a surprise move by right wing ministers to force out of
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    100 GATHER AT AIRPORT TO SEND OFF FIVE FLYING TO BEDSIDE
    64 1 100 GATHER AT AIRPORT TO SEND OFF FIVE FLYING TO BEDSIDE THE FIVE who left for London last night to see the Sultan of Johore (from left) were: The Sultan's doctor. Dato H B. C. Wallace. Tengku Maimunah. her husband. Tenxku Temenggong Ahmad, the Assistant State Mufti. Dato Abdul Jalil
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    Lock icon FIERCE FIGHTING IN CELEBES
    128 1 FIERCE FIGHTING IN CELEBES JAKARTA, Thurs. Fierce fighting between government and rebel forces and dissension and conflict within the rebel ranks in the Celebes were reported today by Antara news agency. The agency had reported earlier that Lt. Gen. Abdul Haris Nasutlon, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian army, was
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    STUDENT KIDNAPPED IN STREET: POLICE HUNT FOR TWO
    119 1 STUDENT KIDNAPPED IN STREET: POLICE HUNT FOR TWO SINGAPORE, Thurs Police are looking for two men who were reported to have abducted an 18-year-old student, Ng Kam Seng, in Upper Cross Street, this afternoon. Up to a late hour tonight neither the kidnappers nor their victim had been traced. Detectives
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    Lock icon Jet record
    35 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— A B-52G jet bomber, newest Hbomb and missile carrier of the Strategic Air Command, has made a record non-stop flight of more than 9,000 miles in 18 hours without refuelling. Reuter.
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    RAZAK TO MAKE STATE VISIT TO SIAM
    243 1 RAZAK TO MAKE STATE VISIT TO SI AM I/-UALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Prime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, has accepted an invitation to make a state visit to Siam towards the end of June or in early July. He will be accompanied by the Minister of External Affairs Dr.
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    25 CONTACTS OF SICK BABY GO INTO QUARANTINE
    263 1 25 CONTACTS OF SICK BABY GO INTO QUARANTINE Vain hunt for taxi-man's fares 'he plied all over the island' SINGAPORE, Thursday. TWENTY-FIVE "contacts" of the month-old baby who was found ill with smallpox yesterday have been sent to St. John's Island for quarantine for the 16-day incubation period. But the
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    Sultan of Johore no improvement
    346 1 PRA YERS IN MOSQUES, CHURCHES LONDON, Thursday. THE condition of the 85-year-old Sultan of Johore, 1 who is seriously ill in his London hotel, has not improved, a member of his staff announced today. Since tie became 111 last Tuesday he has been under treatment
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    RUBBER $1.09 ON MYSTERY REPORT
    105 1 RUBBER $1.09 ON MYSTERY REPORT SINGAPORE, Thurs.— A report of fresh Chinese buying which could not be confirmed pushed the price of rubber up to even higher levels In Singapore today. The price closed at $1.09. having gained half a cent towards the end of the afternoon session on the
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    That chop: Go ahead
    98 1 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A Government Gazette supplement published today has authorised the principal or supervisor of every primary and secondary school in Singapore to endorse the identity cards of their pupils with the word "student." The endorsement, which will be made on cards held by pupils from
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    Lock icon Tanker on fire
    31 1 THE HAGUE, Thurs.— The 10,000-ton Norweign tanker Tank Prince radioed today she was on fire in the Bay of Biscay, north of Corunna on the Spanish coast. Reuter.
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    Schoolboy stabbed by five youths
    52 1 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A schoolboy. Tan Ah Hee. 16, wsls stabbedtty five youtlia at the Rate cf Victoria Scnool "n Jalan Besar here today. Police said two of the assailants were Tan's schoolmates. Tan was treated at the General Hospital for wounds on his left arm
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    Lock icon Building crash: 100 inside
    39 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. An industrial building collapsed in Westbury today and first reports said 100 people were believed inside. All available emergency equipment in Nassau County, on Long Island, was rushed to the scene.— Reuter.
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    CID man opens fire in brawl
    134 1 CID man opens fire in brawl OINGAPORE, Fri A detective opened flre at 20 thugs armed with parangs and bottles after a raid on a bar in Middle Road here this morning. It is believed one man was hit. but up to 1.30 a.m. police had not been able to
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    STOP PRESS
    31 1 A INFORMATION PARIS. Thurs NATO headquarters disclOMd turiay the U.S. has signed ucrrcmtnts with West Germany. Netherlands, Greece, Turkey to furnish tui-m with nuclear wcapMM information —I f I
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    Lock icon Mao receives Panchen Lama
    40 1 HONG KONG, Mr Mao Tse-tung leader of the Chinese Communist Party, today received the Panchen Lama of Tibet, the New China News agency reported. The agency did not say what was dicussed at the meeting. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Soviet boycott
    35 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. Th» Soviet Union, first power to put an earth satellite into orbit, yesterday boycotted the first meeting of a committee considering the problems ot preserving outer space for peace.— Reuter.
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    Reds wound two as police seize camp
    358 2 Reds wound two as police seize camp BORDER CLASH INJURED FLOWN OUT ALOR STAR, Thursday. J^EDAH police today disclosed that two Malayan police lieutenants were wounded when a combined Malayan-Siamese patrol fought (fta, one-hour battle with a large force of border bandits last week-end. The clash took place in thick,
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    INDONESIAN DANCERS TO TOUR MALAYA
    73 2 INDONESIAN DANCERS TO TOUR MALAYA JOi.J \K AKTV Thurs. A troupe of Indonesian dancers from the Jogjakarta dance training (nitre will tour Malaya and Singapore in August, according to a report here. The proposed tour will be under the sponsorship of the Indonesian Artists Management Association. In the Federation, the
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    Lock icon British envoy to tour Malaya
    34 2 MEDAN. Thurs. British Ambassador to Indonesia. Sir Leslie Fry. who came here on a week-long inspection tour of British estates, will start a tour of Malaya on Monday. -U.P.I.
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    SEX? IT'S THE BIGGEST STAR OF THE SCREEN
    185 2 SEX? IT'S THE BIGGEST STAR OF THE SCREEN SINGAPORE, Thursday. 4 LEADING Japanese film producer. Mr. Shiro Kido, today threw up his arms in despair at suggestion that producers should stop giving sex "the star role" in films. Mr. Kido. fabove* who d through on his way to Kuala Lumpur
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    Flu couldn't keep Jeremy away
    95 2 INFLUENZA did not stop six-year-old Jeremy Brigden ("I am crazy about ballet") from joining 30 tiny ballet dancers in a demonstration before Miss Margaret Robinson ex. aminer from the Royal Academy of Dancing, in Singapore yesterday. He took part although he had been laid up
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    HAN suyin predicts A GLORIOUS ROLE FOR NANYANG
    132 2 HAN suyin predicts A GLORIOUS ROLE FOR NANYANG SINGAPORE, Thurs. Authoress Han Suyin today predicted that Nanyang University would eventually become one of the most important factors in South-East Asia. At the end of her lecture, "reality and language." delivered to the packed arts theatre of the university this morning,
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    Armed men rob Bangkok F and N
    36 2 BANGKOK, Thurs.— Three men armed with pistols held up the night watchman of Fraser and Neave. the soft drinks manufacturers, and made on with over 10.000 baht, police said.
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    That wall
    152 2 TENGKU SAYS IT DIVIDED RACES: IT WILL CRUMBLE KANGAR. Thurs. The former Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said here last night that Britain during its 100-year rule in Malaya had built a "wall which divided the various races." "It is not possible for us to pull down the
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    Stole from aunt
    39 2 JOHORE. BAHRU. Thurs.— Muni bin Ahmad. 18. convicted for the theft of his aunt's jewellery valued at $210 was ordered today by Kluang Court to be sent to the Henry Gurney School until he is 21.
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    Lock icon Sir Winston pleads for unity
    271 3 'NEW EFFORT NEEDED TO LINK US TOGETHER/ HE TELLS U.S. LEADERS WASHINGTON, Thursday. CIR WINSTON CHURCHILL last night made an eloquent plea for a new effort to strength en Anglo-American unity to cope with curren world problems. Sir Winston was speaking at a White House
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    Lock icon The swing to right continues in polls
    130 3 The swing to right continues in polls I ONDON, Thurs. Britain's nationwide municipal voting continued today to show a modest but consistent swing to the Right. The Conservative Party claimed today a net gain of 29 seats in 193 urban and rural council elections in England and Wales. The Labour
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    Lock icon Shah at Harwell
    24 3 LONDON. Thurs. The Shah of Persia, now on a visit to Britain, today saw the atomic establishment at Harwell. Reuter Harwc
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    Soekarno in Moscow, meets Mr. K
    148 3 MOSCOW. Thurs—President Soekarno of Indonesia flew into Moscow airport, from Copenhagen today in a Soviet Aeroflot TU-104 jet aircralt. The President, who is on a world tour, was met by Mr. Anastas Mikoyan. the Soviet Deputy Premier. and Mr. Nuritdin Mukhitdinov. the Presidium's trade
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    CHINESE GUESTS AT WARSAW PACT TALKS
    71 3 THESE delegates to the Warsaw Pact conference, left to right, are the Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister, Mr. Chan Wan-tien. the Chinese Defence Minister. Marshal Peng Teh-huai. and the Soviet Foreign Minister. Mr. Andrei Gromyko. China was a guest at the conference, at which the Communist
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    Lock icon Four charged with raping Negress
    222 3 TALLAHASSEE (Florida), Thursday. AN ALL-WHITE grand jury today indicted four young white men on the death penalty charge of raping a 19-year-old Negro girl. The girl, a college student, said she was kidnapped, taken to a lonely wood and raped by four men five days
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    BRIAN SETS SAIL IN A JUNK
    67 3 BRIAN SETS SAIL IN A JUNK HONG KONG. Thurs.— A former Malayan government official today set out to cross the Pacific in a Chinese junk which he bought out of his Malayanisation money. He is 28-year-old Mr Brian Platt. until last year assistant district officer at Ampang. near Kuala Lumpur.
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    Lock icon Few Indonesians read papers
    45 3 JOGJAKARTA, Thurs. Only about 7.500,000 of Indonesia's 88.000.000 population read newspapers and magazines, according to Mr. Sanawl. Commissioner for the Association of Newspaper Publishers' East Java branch. All of Indonesia's newspapers and magazines combined have a circulation of only about 1.500.000.-U.P.I.
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    Lock icon 141 b. baby sets a record
    44 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. A baby girl weighing 14 lb. 61 c z was born here yesterday to Mrs. Mary Louise Martin. The hospital said It was the biggest infant in its records. Mother and daughter are well. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mental change
    25 3 LONDON. Thurs. The House of Commons last night passed a Bill seeking to revolutionise the attitude to the mentally sick in Britain. —Reuter
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    Lock icon HOLIDAY IN MEDAN
    33 3 MEDAN (Sumatra). Thurs.— Officials here have ordered the destruction during Medan's 50th anniversary of all statues which symbolise Dutch colonial rule, according *z a report by PIA news agency. U.P.I.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    333 3 ONODN. Thurs. Stock mar- kets maintained firm undertone today but the general trend of price movement* was Irregular. GUtedged securities again encounted persistent small selling and showed further losses. Among rails Canadian Pacific weakened following the chairman's reference to competition from the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Closing middle prices
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    So unhappy over the Queen's visit to pub
    141 3 So unhappy over the Queen's visit to pub I IN BRIEF... ONDON. Th v r s.— The Plymouth and Exeter District Methodist Synod here yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution which said they were "disturbed by the fact that on her recent visit to Stevenaee, Hertfordshire, the Queen visited a public
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    Lock icon THE FORCED DOWN PLANE RELEASED
    127 3 CAIRO, Thursday. t>AGDAD RADIO announced tQday that all airD ports within Iraq would henceforth be closed from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. "for public security reasons." No explanation for the move was given. Meanwhile. Iraqi authorities today released an Alitalia airliner forced down by jet
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    Lock icon Councillors warned: Resign or be hilled
    67 3 Councillors warned: Resign or be hilled ALGIERS. Thurs. The illegal Algerian Communist Party warned Muslim municipal councillors in leaflets yesterday to resign or face death. "It is your last chance to escape the unenviable fate of the traitors to the national cause." the leaflets said. The Communist Party is trying
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    Legal adviser visits court
    56 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Sir Kenneth Roberts-Wray. legal adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, who is now in Singapore, called on the Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, In the High Court today. Sir Kenneth later went round the courts in the company of Sir Alan
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    Latest Raffles Place menace—pintables
    264 4  - Latest Raffles Place menace pintables HAROLD SOH By OPERATORS DO BRISK BUSINESS AT LUNCH HOUR SINGAPORE, Thars. Attractive girls are now luring whitecollar workers to pintable saloons which have sprung up in Raffles Place during the past week. Business executives are worried that office workers are using these saloons for
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    Playwriting ex-Premier may win a prize for 'Mahsuri'
    188 4 Playwriting ex-Premier may win a prize for 'Mahsuri' KL'ALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The former Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, is expected to win a prize for his play "Mahsuri" which was made into a film and entered for the Sixth Asian Film Festival here. The Straits Times understands that the festival
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    NEW HOSPITAL IS 11 DAYS AWAY
    213 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. A NEW hospital with 400 beds, built at a cost A of $4.1 million, will be opened by the Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga on May 19. Situated on high ground off Toa Payoh Road, the new Thomson Road Hospital
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    13 seamen lose their jobs
    40 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Only 13 seamen have so far been retrenched from Straits Steamship vessels. The Straits Times was told today that the ships which retrenched part of their crews were the Perils, Kajang and Larut.
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    Oil film's 'premiere' at school
    83 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A J5 colour documentary film, "Energy To Live," will be shown to 1,000 students at the Anglo-Chinese School, Barker Road, at noon tomorrow. This screeming is the "premiere' 1 of a series to cover most secondary schools this term. Standard Vacuum has started
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    Anglican Dean: This election crucial
    213 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. rpHE Dean of St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Very x Rev. E.O. Shelld, has advised Anglicans "to elect a responsible government which will uphold the principle of freedom and pledge itself to the service of the community." He .said in a letter in the
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    DEFENCE NOT CALLED IN HURT CASE
    78 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A clerk was acquitted in the Fourth Criminal District Court today on charges connected with a Christmas Eve incident in which a schoolboy, Evatt Wee, lost an eye. Thong Yuen Foo. of Neil Road, was found not guilty of causing grievous hurt
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    1,000 MORE RETURN TO ISLAND HOMES: SHOPS OPEN AGAIN
    310 4 PANGKOR ISLAND, Thursday. JERRIES and fishing boats today took another 1,000 Pangkor residents back to their island homes from the mainland. Yesterday about 600 people returned to Pangkor from Lumut on the mainland. A Perak Government statement said today that the
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    $37 million in duties
    54 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs— Re« venue collections by the Customs Department for the past four months totalled $37.233,000— an increase of $1,711,000 over the corresponding period in 1958. Tobacco yielded more than $14,000,000 in duty while petroleum was next with $11 138,000. Revenue from liquors increased by $374,000
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    'No escape if the PAP are voted in'
    493 5 SPA LEADER WARNS IN A BROADCAST TALK SINGAPORE, Thursday. A SINGAPORE People's Alliance leader said today that he doubted if the British Government would suspend the Constitution, however badly a PAP government might mismanage Singapore. Mr. Peter Lim, deputy secretary-general of the
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    MR. RUN RUN SHAW DANCES THE RONGGENG WITH FESTIVAL STAR
    57 5 MALAYAN film magnate Mr. Run Run Shaw doing a ronggeng with Indonesia's leading film actress, Aminah Djenderakaseh, during a dinner dance given by the Shows at the Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, in honour of the delegates attending the
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    LEE: NO TRUTH IN THREATS CHARGE
    171 5 MR. LEE KUAN YEW, the PAP secretarygeneral, denied that his party was issuing "threats and Intimidations" to those who disagreed with his party's policies. "All we have done," he told a news conference at PAP headquarters, "is to issue firm and categorical statements on
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    POLICE COMMISSION LIB-SOC PLAN
    183 5 q^HE Liberal-Socialists will appoint a commission to protect the interests of all police personnel if they come to power, a party candidate said at a rally in Fullerton Square. The object, said Mr. Yong Nyuk. Khoon. who is standing for Nee Soon, would be to ensure
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    EQUALITY IS GOVT. EDUCATION POLICY
    130 5 EQUALITY IS GOVT. EDUCATION POLICY SINGAPORE. Thurs. Equal treatment for all the four main lang. uage streams of education in Singapore English. Chinese. Malay and Tamil is the policy of the Govern. ment, the Director of Education, Mr. Lee Siow Mong said today. He was speaking on "Some Aspects of
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    Varsity science course admissions
    373 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The University of Malaya announced today that the following candidates had been selected for admission to the science course in Singapore: S cond year course: Ahmad bin Abu Bakar, Chiu Lee Chang. Chua Lai Hock, Chua Teck Hock, Hew Choy Kean. Kha*ruddln bin Ibrahim
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    Merger? Only Tun im can do it, says candidate
    202 5 11/fERGER with the A Federation can be brought about only by Tun Lim Yew Hock because of the I rust he enjoys and the connections he has with "important people" there, said Mr. Thio Chan Bee tonight. Mr. Thio, who is
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    DEATH
    40 6 M Wmr4t Sit (Minimum). MR. MICHAEL COURTENETV 44 years, of Henry Waugh Co Ltd. passed away peacefully at 0.10 a.m. on 7th. May, 1959, at his i evidence No. 20M Woodsvllle Road- The funeral took place the same day.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    46 6 20 Word* Sit (Minimum). MR. KOH YEOW KWANG, Koh Yeow Chin and family wish to tender their sincere thanks to all friends, relatives, associations, corporations etc.. who *>ent wreaths. messages of condolence etc. and attended the funeral of their late lather Mr. Koh Lye Seng.
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    Friday, May 8, 1959. Raiding The Riches
    616 6 Friday, May 8, 1959. Raiding The Riches Singapore's political future is not an election issue, although there are moments in the campaign maelstrom when it is difficult to realise this. There are P.A.P. speakers who still like to take a lash or two at the corpse of colonialism, and the
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    Special Powers
    329 6 More and more of the two thousand people who fled Pangkor island after the first disorders last Friday are returning from the Perak mainland where for a week they have been taking refuge. Fishing boats have put out to sea for the catches which make Pangkor's livelihood. Schools
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    Still On Guard
    181 6 Motorists may now drive all the 400 miles from Johore Bahru to Sungei Siput in Perak without restriction on the articles they may want to take with them. More than almost anything else, this freedom from permit and search over such a wide area reflects the enormous
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    Indonesia begins ten-year plan for self-sufficiency and resettlement
    1436 6 Indonesia begins ten-year plan for self-sufficiency and resettlement FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT Jakarta JAKARTA. •THE recent arrival of 1 200 heavy tractors in Medan and Palembang, Sumatra, marked the beginning of a huge land development and resettlement scheme which Indonesia has blueprinted to extend over the next 10 years. The scheme
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    LYNCH-LAW CROWDS ROAM CITY OF FEAR
    553 6  -  DONALD SEAMAN By BEIRUT. pENTRAL authority has virtually broken down in southern Iraq. It is lynch law in Basra, where the military commanders are powerless to control mobs dragging ropes to terrify and blackmail Western contractors with outrageous demands for thousands of pounds in
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      Party differences and national interest
      89 6 rpHE Singapore Peoples' Alliance and the Libe-ral-Socialists should unite The only difference between them is their names. But lately owing to the unhappy misunderstanding between these two parties. their spokesmen have been uttering things in public which In their more fober moments they would never
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      NOISY JET AIRCRAFT
      76 6 RECENTLY 1 read about the residents of Butterworth complaining to the R.A.F. that their jet planes were too noisy Again on May 2 I read that the residents of Kuala Lumpur were going to ask the R.A.F. not to allow their planes to fly over Kuala Lumpur.
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      809 6 CLASSIFIED ADS- >• Wore 1 Si* (Minimum). LEE on 7.5.59 at Batu Gajah to Hetty <nee der Kuil *ife of NicoUs Lee. a daughter. Tanya Helen. SMITH. To Agatha and Brian —a daughter. Clare Gillian on 6-5-59 at Maternity Hospital. Penang. HOLLAND: To Lorna <Nee Down) and Ken a sister
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    'Speed jet age airport plans'
    315 7 RETIRING DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION WARNS: AIRLINES COULD BYPASS SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Thursday. SINGAPORE is in danger of falling behind in the development of jet age airport facilities, he Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. W. P. Nicol, earned today. Plans submitted for extensions to the runway,
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    Fire station opened
    37 7 KLUANG. Thurs. The State Secretary, Dato Abdul Rahman bin Musa. today opened a new fire station which has two engines and 16 men. After the opening, the firemen gave a demonstration of rescue technique.
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    Rice curb lifted
    37 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs As from today, a 100 per cent re-export of rice will be allowed against all rice lmirriving in Singapore, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, announced this afternoon.
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    The visit that cost a woman
    76 7 The visit that cost a woman SINGAPORE, Thurs. A .washerwoman was arrested immediately when she went to Customs House Maxwell Road, yesterday to claim ownership of 421 b. of dutiable tobacco. Mr. M. Coomaraswamy. a magistrate, was told this today when Lee Oh Lai, the woman, was fined 52.646 for
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    Centre opening
    39 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Minister for Local Government. Lands and Housing, Da to Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jurrrat. will open the new Jalan Eunos Community Centre at Jalan Pegek, off Jalan Eunos. on May 16 at 4.30 p.m.
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    SHIPS BYPASS COLOMBO TO UNLOAD IN SINGAPORE
    88 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Colombo continues to impose delays on shipping and vessels are bypassing the port in favour of Singapore. Colombo cargo which normally should be discharged at that port ha.- been o^ercarried here. Due in the Colony this i week arp two vessels,
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    Capital flooded
    24 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Many homes in low-lying parts here were flooded this evening some to three feet after a sudden cloud burst.
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    TWO BODIES FOUND BY POLICE
    55 7 TWO BODIES FOUND BY POLICE SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Police today found two bodies, one lying decomposed near Paya Lebar Station and the other floating under the Merdeka Bridge. The Paya Lebar corpse has been identified as 58-year-old Yeo Kirn Cheng. The body taken out of the river was that of a trisha
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    Sultan flies in for holiday
    34 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Sultan of Pahang and his Consort flew into from Kuala Lump,, today. The Sultan Is here for a holiday during which he will visit his dentist
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    Rubberised badminton courts a success
    104 7 Rubberised badminton courts a success KUALA, LUMPUR, Thurs.— Rubberised badminton, tennis and baseball courts have been tried out with good results in Indonesia. A survey by the Natural Development Board, disclosing this today, also said that old courts were being given new coats of rubber asphalt paint. Roads too A
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    Trader fined
    33 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A Singapore businessman, Ong Hai Tiong, was today fined $500 in the Sessions Court for falsely declaring that he was a Federal Citizen to obtain a Malayan passport.
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    New post office
    30 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Minister for Communications and Works. Mr. M. P. D. Nair, will open the new Serangoon Garden Post Office on May 16 at 5 p.m.
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    Vice-president
    17 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Mr. Peter Lim has been elected a vice-president of the Federation of Boys' Club.
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    STAR 'KIDNAPPERS' MAY HAVE SUNG WAY INTO FILMS
    290 7 STAR 'KIDNAPPERS' MAY HAVE SUNG WAY INTO FILMS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. BEAUTIFUL Hong Kong actress Lin Tsui, who was "kidnapped" by students of the Technical College here last week, has discovered three "singing stars" among them. She recommended the trio, called "The Guys," to the head of the Hone Kong
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    The 8 questions on Pitho tragedy
    190 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Crown counsel Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam today asked the final sitting of the court of Inquiry into the sinking of the S.H.B. tug. Pitho, to consider eight questions before it gave its findings. They were: DID the Pitho have on board on
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    FILM PROBE ROW ENDS IN CALL TO POLICE
    354 7 FILM PROBE ROW ENDS IN CALL TO POLICE SINGAPORE, Thursday. pOLICE were called to the City Hall today during an inquiry by the City Council's finance committee into who had given authority to make the documentary film "Majulah Singapura." The report to the police was made by the City Secretary,
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    A landslide blocks road for five hours
    89 7 A landslide blocks road for five hours KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —A landslide at the 18th milestone Kuala LumpurBentong road early this morning brought traffic to a standstill for about five hours. A Public Works Department spokesman said the landslide occurred where workmen had been carrying out road improvements. Heavy rain
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    Mobile service
    27 7 MALACCA. Thurs. The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications. Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubtr. will inaugurate the mobile Post Office service here on May 20.
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    Coroner rebukes 26 murder witnesses
    175 7 SINGAPORE, Thursday. MR. GIAM CHONG HING, the coroner, rebuked 26 witnesses today for their lack of courage in identifying culprits responsible for the brutal slaying of two labourers on Dec. 8. He said that If every Singaporean were to co-operate with the police in combating
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    LANDING IS SWITCHED FOR CHOIR
    69 7 LANDING IS SWITCHED FOR CHOIR KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Malayan Airways will reroute its Hong Kong-Singa-pore service to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday to enable the Vienna boys choir to land here. The plane is expected to arrive at 1 p.m Sponsored by the Malayan Arts Council, the choir will sing at
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    He'll represent Federation
    47 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Deputy Director of Medical Services (Medical). Dr Tan Hor Kee will represent the Federation at th e 12th world health assembly meetIng in Geneva on Tuesday He leaves by air tomorrow. The meeting will discuss technical matters on health education.
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    ROADBLOCKS COME DOWN — AND YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU...
    201 7 ROADBLOCKS COME DOWN AND YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU... IPOH, Thurs.—Feder- ati o n travellers can now take with them articles previously restricted under the Emergency regulations from Johore Bahru right up to Sungei Siput, 20 miles north of Ipoh, without a permit. This has been facilitated by the
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    Tear gas bomb boy dies
    125 7 Tear gas bomb boy dies DENANG. Thurs. A nine-year-old schoolboy, injured by a tear gas bomb which exploded when he handled it at a police station, died in the General Hospital yesterday evening. He was the first Pollc« Week casualty in Penang. The boy. Loh Chene Hln of the Shinh
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    Seized cash inquiry
    47 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The First Criminal District Court will hold an inquiry on May 23 into the disposal of 200,000 rupiahs which were seized on April 2. The money was found aboard the Kajang soon after its arrival in Singapore from Borneo on April 2.
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    DEATH
    29 7 LEE James Lee Leng Kow, aged 46. passed away peacefully on 7.5.59 at 725. Upper Serangoon Road. Funeral on Saturday, 9.5.5* at 4 p.m. ONLY THE STORY MATTERS
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    A film that doesn't rely frills...
    270 8 A film that doesn't rely frills... IT IS a rare film that dcnends purely on its story. "Floods of Fear" is one. It shuns such frivolities as colour, wide screen, gimmick music, stars just for their names' sakes. The story is all that matters. And very effective too is this
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    This is just another helping of Hollywood hokum...
    257 8 This is just another helping of Hollywood hokum 'THE first five minutes x of "The Naked MaJa" are full of action. The Inquisition sends a witch for burning, a Spanish tavern dancer shows her skill, men fight with knives in a dark street, a highborn wench makes a pass at
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    CHOIR BACKED BY 500 YEARS OF TRADITION
    344 8 World-famous Vienna boys to sing in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur THERE are very few musical organisations which can boast a continuous history of nearly five centuries, as can the famous Vienna Boys' Choir. The choir, who are to five recitals in Singapore and
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      270 8 Straits Times Crossword "El"™; hair? (6). 26 Make certain of getting Into ■jff Ml WP I "~TS I |b i \7 ["""I Civil Defence when repriH JQ |^m |^H manded (8). 181 II HI hsH i»o\w MW Hn Wl 1 study a large number *n bed MW lH H| B^
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    GOOD TURNOVER AGAIN IN RUBBER: PRICE BETTER
    602 10 GOOD TURNOVER AGAIN IN RUBBER: PRICE BETTER By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Rubber Market was quieter yesterday after its two hectic days and although there was some fluctuation in price it was less sharp than on Tuesday and Wednesday. The turnover continued good with better interest in lower sheets
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    82 10 rpHE Federation Minister of Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs duties for the week beginning on May 7. Rubber 101 cents per lb. Copra $706 per ton C-jconut oil 11,124 per ton. Palm oil $694.75 per ton. Palm kernels $500 per ton. The rates of
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    25 10 SINGAPORE, May 7. RUBBER: $1.09 per lb (up IK cents). TIN: 5398.12»i per picul (up 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 130 tons (unchanged).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    760 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "There was evidence of profittaking in all sections and the market closed quiet. The turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to-3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Con. Tin Smelt ords 355. 6d.; Fed. Dlsp. $1.12Va to $1.12; Fitrpatricks
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    STOCK INDICES
    23 10 Malayan Share Market: May 7 May 6 Industrials: <H>.B7 90.62 Tins: 111.61 112.99 Rnbben: 143.67 144.11 Ja n 1 1958 100.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    107 10 MELBOURNE. Thurs. INVESTMENT shares maintained 1 a fiun tone on the Stock Exchange today. Commonwealth bonds maintained a firm tone. Loans 34% 1956-59 £100 6s. 3d Bank of N.S.W. £39 18s- 9d. Con. Zinc 77/6 Con. Tin 2/B'i Mount Lyell 29/9 North Broken Hill 102'B. Hill Pro 52/10
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    STORE SHIPPING
    67 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbow Board wharves or expected today are: Adige 1/2, Ryusho Maru 4/5, Darvel 6A. Uca Maersk 6/7, Thai 8/9, Benvorllch 10/11, Maetsuycker 13/14. Burnslde 15/16. Teucer 18, Urshum 19/20, Stla N. Wall 4, Perils 21/22, Bencleuch 23/24. Vaicerusa 25/26. Islander 28. Asahl Maru
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    Guthrie results
    54 10 Outputs from the various estates and mines In the Gnthrie Group for April and for 1959 todate In brackets are as follows:— rubber 5.315.000 lb., (27.002.000 lb), tea (black) 156,000 lb., (618,000 lb) palm oil 1,660 tons, <6.a:3 tons), palm kerned* 455 tons (1.931 tons'), and tin ore
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    RUBBErt PRICES
    150 10 May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at $1.09 per lb., up 1\ cents on Wednesday's closing price. The closing tone was steady. Closing prices in cents per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 108? i, sellers 109 l i: Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    106 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK/Continent May /June shipments $44 buyers. $45 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $67 sellers, drum $70 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done. Mintok white $142. Sarawak $141 (both down $1). special Sarawak black $81.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    77 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100) Sell in r T.T. or O.D. ready: Swiss Francs 141 7 8; French Francs *****: Italian Lire 2035 a On the free exchange market In Home Kong yesterday, the
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      281 10 NOTICES GAMMON (MALAYA) LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTY SECOND Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office. 9>i Milestone. Buklt Timah Road, Singapore, on Thursday 28th May 1959. at 12.00 noon. The Directors will recommend to Members a dividend of 25% less
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      740 10 NOTICES TO WHOM MAY CONCERN. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under mentioned receipts which have been stolen from our Collector are hereby treated as cancelled. No. 6044 to 6100. KECK SENG Si COMPANY. LIMITED. No- 1, New Bridge Road, Singapore. JACKSON COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY
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      880 10 TENDERS TENDER P.WAIW NOTICE SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TENDERS will be ri'Cen.u tdiict from registered Contractors IKUaI Class "D" above at the tenders are invited lor if Office of the State Engineer pnir s and redeioration to 8 blocks Perak. Ipoh. up to 3.00 p.m. of 2-storey flats, bin compound of the
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    Lock icon Jesse Boot—the poor man's doctor and ally
    1501 11 Jesse Boot the poor man's doctor and ally STORY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST ROMANCES OF MODERN BUSINESS ig^jSJp ONE morning in 1863, when income tax was sevenpence in the pound and horse teams were still used in most English towns, a skinny, 13-year-old boy took down the shutters of
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      310 11 lil'J/M mttßhi NESTLES READY-COOKFn 3-CEREAL FOOD NESTUM is NOT just for babies you know. It also makes a delicious, nourishing and economical breakfast or light evening meal for ALL THE FAMILY. NESTUM is very easily prepared for NO COOKING IS REQUIRED; just add milk or water and sugar or jam
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      145 11 Carmen A Co. By Mas The Saint By Leslie Charteris YOU SEE, r BUT ASIDE T FOR THE INFORMATION^C MONSIEUR BOREL YOU > M^ I ASSIGNMENT N^ E^«^«S JUST HIRED yQURSELF lHck Tracy By Chester Gould Kflvjß ''*$»?I!2Khll*^H**? J* 1 I JtJ S" r B£ THANKFUL >OJ*ReT Wmm yi^w^KKJ* I
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      TOP POST CHANGES IN SHELL COMPANY
      268 12 PHE 48-year-old technical manager oi the Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd. anc the Sarawak Shell Oilfields Ltd., Mr. P. M Linton, will assum< the post of managing director of the tw( companies on Nov. 1 it is announced. At. Linton will succeed Mr R.E.
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      Singapore faces big house shortage
      410 12 Singapore faces big house shortage SINGAPORE will be faring an acute housing shortage in the next few years, if no steps are taken to assist the Colony's building industry, which is at present passing through a critical period, local estate developers said yesterday. They said that no building projects for
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      AIA to build more Federation offices
      253 12 THE American International Assurance Co. Ltd. is increasing its investments in the Federation, Mr. G. M. Hughes, managing director of the company, told the annual meeting in Hong Kong. Mr. Hughes, who was speaking on behalf of the chairman. Mr. W. S. Youngman Jr..
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      New, fast shipping service
      203 12 New, fast shipping service rpHE American Mail Line Ltd. are buildIng new, fast Transpacific vessels which will incorporate features designed to give better services. Mr. R. Todd, genera* manager of Everett Steam ship Corporation S/A. Singapore, general agents for the Far East, said yester day that the aim was to
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      Sarawak trade declines
      82 12 Sarawak's external trade for February amounted to $72 million. This was $10.3 million lower than the January total, but $7.6 million more than the figure for February 1958. Major changes from January were a marked decrease in the value of trade with China. Brunei, the United Kingdom
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      SHIPS AID S. AFRICAN FRUIT EXPORTS
      267 12 SOUTH African fruit exports to Malaya will be increased with the introduction of two new cargo ships by the Royal Interocean Lines on its Cape Town and Singapore route this month The vessels are the Straat Magelh^en and the Straat van Diemen. The Straat
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      Expansion scheme by biscuit factory to cost $100,000
      235 12 Expansion scheme by biscuit factory to cost $100,000 A SINGAPORE biscuit company will spend $100,000 on new automatic machinery which will be installed at the Colony and Federation factories. This was stated yesterday by Mr. Yeo Peck Seng, manager of the company. Khong Guan Biscuit Factory (Singapore) Ltd. Mr Yeo
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      Air passengers
      38 12 The number of overseas passengers arriving by air in Singapore In January totalled 6,214, an increase of 222 over the same month last year. The figure for 1958 was 71.460, or 5,164 more than In 1957
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      Metal Box takes over
      109 12 THE Metal Box Company Overseas Ltd. has now acquired more than 90 per cent of the capital of its Italian associate, La Superbox Fabbrica Contenitori Metallici S.p.A. Florence The balance of the capital is being held by Metal Box associates in France and America The Metal
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      355 12 m ll— OA»TTE A I Dollars I ajid Sense J I tell you 1 to visit us 2 Owners. MUeagtr o«. mm Wearne's USED CAB MART 52, Orchard Road Singapore fA PLEASURE GETTER THIS JambreUa \Jfrrhtirti Matortt LAMBRETTA DEALERS «<>« bile beans THE NAKED TRUTH LAXATIVE PLUS about school children's
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      223 12 ft*" ITENIZER y (ticket issuing) •n Automatic itemized ticket JL/^1 > _n -k Grand Total f\j' Electrically operated *v^A^T v j Office appliances 1 (ip nOHIIIOII OtIINTAI TIAOIMC CO. ITO ft* «5 KONI NOA IUUDINfi. 2 CEORCE ST. SINGAPORE J PHOME NO. *****-8 /T ECZEMA Maddening irritation goes. Sorcs^^ L
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      854 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE tt Wtrdt SS (ml*.)— Box St eU. txtrm) FREEHOLD BUNGALOW 110 •Pidello Street Slglap— four bedrooms baths attached Mosaic dinIng sitting kitchen baths— cupboards fencing gates collapsible doors window grills concrete driveway well turfing $31,000 nearest. Wong 4 Prinsep Street. Tel: *****. EDUCATION 2» Wordt Si
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      299 13 STEAMBATHS, MASSAGE. ETC. tt Wordt SS (ml*.)— Box St ett. txtrm) I HONGKONG BATH MASSAGH Muscular-pain, tiredness etc.. ExI perlenced Masseuse. All Gentlemen Welcome. 123 Emerald HIU Rd. Spore 9. Tel: *****. 11 a.m. 1 9 am. I TOYO-BATH MASBAOE Experienced English spea'-ing mas--1 seuse In attendance with all facilities.
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    SENTENCE IS MOST IMPRESSIVE OF 2-YEAR-OLDS
    157 14 SENTENCE IS MOST IMPRESSIVE OF 2-YEAR-OLDS MOST impressive of the two-year-olds out on the track this morning was Sentence. Ridden by Arthur Ward, Sentence went at tractively with Dashera (Leman) to clocked 42 tor 3f. Sentence looks a good thing In the Nursery Stakes Div. 2 race on Saturday. Nmsareta
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    Smart gallop by Prince Charter
    226 14 Smart gallop by Prince Charter PRINCE CHARTER (Williamson) was one of the most attractive workers this morning He cleared away from Krakatoa over 3f in 39. Merry Light strode out freely over 3f In 42'j. Rao Rajah (Donnelly) went better than Machera over 31 in 43. General Pil (Buang) was
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    Civilians win
    30 14 SINGAPORE. Thurs. P.S.C.O. Civilians won the Slater challenge shield wher aiey beat P.S.C.O. Servicemen by 2-0 in their annual soccer riatch at Seletar today. Malik md Jaffar scored.
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    Fine trial by Technicolor II
    446 14 HE CAN PROVIDE WILLIAMSON A FLYING START TOMORROW SINGAPORE, Thurs. Bill Williamson, Shaw Stable's new jockey from Melbourne, can get oil to a flying start on Saturday on Technicolor 11. Bill has a few other fancied mounts besides but Technicolor II was most impressive on
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    Young Italians hold England to 2-2
    103 14 LONDON, Thursday. ENGLAND were held to a 2-2 draw by a young, in- experienced, experimental Italian side at Wembley Stadium here yesterday before a crowd of more than 90,000 in warm sunny weather. The result was a fair one although Italy, trailing 0-2 at
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    VIETNAMESE FLY IN FOR CUP GAMES
    296 14  -  SAUL JOSHUA By No further discussion on 'threat,' say officials 64-YEAR-OLD TRAN LEADS THE TEAM SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Vietnam's soccer team flew into Singapore this morning to compete in the Asian Cup central zone matches, starting here on Saturday, but were unwilling to elaborate on
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    410 14 OFFICIAL DEPLORES BOYCOTT 'MEAT JAKARTA, fUhday. AN Indonesian Football Association official today accused the Asian Football Confederation of trying to force Indonesia into membership and deplored the Confederation's threat of a general boycott of Indonesia. Kosasih Purwanegara, deputy chairman of the Indonesian Football Association, said
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    140 14 Umrigar 252 n.o. INDIANS TAKE 213-RUN LEAD v CAMBRIDGE LONDON. Thurs. An unbeaten 262 by Polly Umrigar placed the Indlau tourists in a strong position against Cambridge University on the second day of their match at Cambridge today The tourists declared 436 for six in reply to the University's 223
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    Kim Beng, Samijan unlikely to play
    279 14 CINGAPORE. Thurs. Singa- pore's Asian Cup soccer team may be without two of their regular players for the central zone matches starting on Saturday when Singapore meets Vietnam in the opening match. They are fullback All Samljan and Quah Kirn Beng, both of whom
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    Netball meeting
    38 14 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A meetIng of representatives of teams Interested in joining the annual Singapore netball league for the Clarke Shield will be held at the Girls Sports Club. Serangoon Road, on May 15 at 5.15 p.m.
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    88 14 TN GLASGOW, Scotland beat West Germany 3-2 before a crowd of 103,415 at Hampden Park All the goals were scored in the first half. The West Germans, favourites to win the match, were surprised by the sparkle of the Scottish forward line, which Included three new
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    61 14 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The first round draw and starting times for qualifiers in the Eu Tone Sen Cup golf competition of the Royal Island Club to be played on May is: 2.15 p.m. Wong Weng Foo v W. Cleugh; 2.20 M. Summors v G.A. •Hovil; 2.25
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