The Straits Times, 29 May 1959

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    23 1 AVIHACE lIAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Not*" 1 tie** 09 Esfift. 1845 4 FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1959 it 15 CENTS
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    SPLIT VOTE TALKS FAIL
    589 1 Meeting breaks up at dawn: No agreement on how the seats should be distributed Lim: Back the best man— even a Lib-Soc SINGAPORE. Thursday. yilhßE will be no united front against the PAP in Saturday's general election. Closed-door talks between the Singapore People's Alliance, the Liberal
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    Monkeys return from space alive
    89 1 Monkeys return from space alive CAPE CANAVERAL. Thurs. Two little monkeys who flew 300 miles into spare today in Uu nose cone of a Jupiter missile were recovered alive. Brig.-tien. John H. McNinch. Chief of the Army's medical research and development, command, said they are in perfect condition The monkeys,
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    Death fall
    28 1 PENANG. Thurs— A Cantonese housewife, Fong Mol 47, fell to her death from the second floor of the "C" Block of the General Hospital here today.
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    Cup of coffee made eight men ill
    143 1 SINGAPORE, Thursday. JOWKAY Lai Loy, 52, shook his head in disbelief x when he was accused of selling "bad" coffee which had made seven people sick in Paya Lebar Road here today. he protested. "I've been selling coffee for so many years without
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    Lock icon BALDNESS: THERE IS NO REMEDYSAYS DOCTOR
    71 1 T ONDON, Thurs. Men Lj going prematurely bald can do nothing about it, a doctor declared today. Writing in Family Doctor," a monthly magazine. Dr. David Williams said: "Spending a fortune on the best advertised remedy will lead Inevitably to ultimate sadness or complete
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    Out goes C-G's office: Britain announces new Singapore set-up
    319 1 Out goes C-G's office: Britain announces new Singapore set-up mur m SINGAPORE, Thursday T H h PPs? st D of Commissioner-General for South East Asia, now held •ii l Rober t Scott, will be absorbed by a new appointment which will be made under the new constitution of Singapore. The
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    IPI vote flays threat to Press
    284 1 SWISS OBSERVER COMING BERLIN, Thursday. yHE eighth general assembly of the International A Press Institute today unanimously approved a resolution condemning alleged threats against Press liberty by the left-wing People's Action Party in Singapore. The chairman announced that the executive board would send Mr.
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    Scouts paid for 52 rats
    50 1 JOHORE, BAHRU. Thurs The first to claim a reward offered by the Johore Bahru Town Council for rats caught is a group of boy scouts. They brought in 52 rats and were paid the stipulated 10 cents per rat. a Town Council spokesman said today.
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    COMBER: I FOUND THERESA'S BODY IN BEDROOM
    105 1 COMBER: I FOUND THERESA'S BODY IN BEDROOM Mr. Leon Comber, Adult Education Officer at Carmine Rise, Singapore, and husband of authoress Han Suyin. who gave evidence at the resumed inquest on exreporter Theresa Woo yesterday. Mr. Comber said he saw the strangled body in a bedroom after he had a
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    Lock icon Formosa out of Olympics
    75 1 Formosa out of Olympics MUNICH. Thurs. The Olympic committee. In Its flnai session here, today approved a resolution removing th c Chinese Nationalist Olympic Committee from the list of recognised committees under that name. The resolution said the lOC would notify the Nationalist Olympic Committee that it could not claim
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    All fixed for funeral of Sultan
    394 1 All fixed for funeral of Sultan lOHORE BAHRU. J Thurs. The Johore Government today announced details for the Royal funeral of the late Sultan of Johore, Sir Ibrahim. AH Government offices will be closed on June 4 when the Sultan's body will arrive from London in the Wlllem Ruys. The
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    UK coal revenue
    30 1 LONDON. Thurs. Britain's state-owned coal industry lost £3,500.000 sterling In 1958. compared with £5,300.000 sterling In 1957, the annual report of the National Coal Board stated today.
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    Lock icon Cruelty charge
    30 1 LONDON. Thurs. The Anti-Vivisection society today sent a letter to the American Ambassador here protesting at the dispatch into space of two monkeys in an American missile. Reuter.
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    $ EASES BUT POLLING IS NOT TO BLAME
    270 1  - EASES BUT POLLING IS NOT TO BLAME GEOFFREY BOUND SINGAPORE, Thursday By SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Malayan dollar eased slightly today in terms of sterling. But this has no political 1 significance whatever and is not concerned In any way with the Singapore elections nn Saturday, bankers said. The drop of
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    Thug shot by police
    189 1 Thug shot by police SINGAPORE, Thurs. A man was shot in the head in Jalan Besar here tonight when 20 thugs armed with parangs and sticks attacked a police party which had intervened in a gang fight. The injured man has been admitted to the General Hospital in a "serious"
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    40 1 BUTANE PLANT EXPLODES BAKLRSHELD (California), Ttaur^ A Butane PM plant here exploded today and the f lames were .so fierce firemen could not get within half a mile of them. Early reports gave only two people injured. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Nuclear liner
    35 1 LIVERPOOL. Thurs.— One of the new liners which will replace Britain's two atlantic "Queens" may be nuclearpowered. Col. Denis T. Bates, chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, told the annual meeting today. Reuter.
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    PAP's Press threat can also apply to people—Lib-Socs
    471 2 PAP's Press threat can also apply to people— Lib-Socs LIBERTY CANNOT BE SEPARATED SINGAPORE, Thursday. TTHE secretary-general of the Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. E. K. Tan warned tonight that if a PAP Government could use the Preservation of Public Security law against the Press, it could also send people to
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    JUMBO TERROR: SOS FROM TRENGGANU
    86 2 KUALA TRENGGANC. Thursday. 'PRENGGANU police have asked the Games Department headquarters in Seremban to help kill the four fully grown elephants which have been on a rampage in Pekalan Asm, 24 miles south of here, for the past five days. A police spokesman today said
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    3 VITAL PROBLEMS OF TIN INDUSTRY
    339 2 3 VITAL PROBLEMS OF TIN INDUSTRY IPOH, Thurs, The president of the FM. S. Chamber of Mines, Mr. P. A. Delme-Rad-cliffe, said here today that Malaya, to remain the world's leading tinproducing nation, had to resolve three vital problems of the industry. These,' he said, were: diminishing tin ore reserves
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    New president
    28 2 IPOH. Thurs. Mr. PA nelme-Radcliffe was elected president of the F.MS Chamber of Mines, and Mr D. R. Mitchell vice-president, at the annual meeting here today.
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    Move to sack City Council officer
    169 2 CINGAPORE. Thurs. The City Councils finance committee today recommended that Mr. Lawrence Mani. Assistant Director of the Information Bureau, and four others In the bureau be dismissed Decause their job* are redundant. The committee's recommendation is due for confirmation at the council meeting tomorrow
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    'STAY-IN' PASSENGERS SAIL FOR HOME
    178 2 PENANG. Thursday ABOUT 1,000 third class and deck passengers in A the State of Madras sailed from Penang for India this afternoon without being allowed to land l here. Penang port health authorities had given strict instructions that these passengers must not go ashore while
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    Garden party
    30 2 PENANG. Thurs. The Penan g State Government will hold a garden party at the Residency on Friday. June 19, to mark the birthday of the Yang dl-Pertuan Agong.
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    Two walked into a trap, court told
    334 2 Two walked into a trap, court told POLICE AMBUSH IN A BAR SINGAPORE, Thursday. i PARITY of police officers in disguise laid a trap in Washington Bar in Bras Basah Road and suDsequently arrested two men who were in possession of "highly dangerous" explosives, a preliminary inquiry was told today.
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    MARCUS SUES GARY WANG FOR LIBEL
    99 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— A writ has been filed in the Hifh Court Registry on brhalf of Philip Carlylr Marcus. Chief Administrative Officer of the Singapore City Council. against Gary Want, former Director of the Information Bureau of the City Council, claiming damages for libel. The
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    Two remand boys escape
    45 2 MALACCA, Thurs. Two boys detained in the Social Welfare Department's remand home at Buklt Bharu here escaped yesterday. The boys were to appear before a Juvenile court here on Saturday on a theft charge. They were still at targe this morning.
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    Lock icon Embassy wife now asks to stay in Britain
    400 3 MRS. DMITRIEV AND DAUGHTER FLED FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY, SAYS REPORT BUT HER 'ARRESTED 9 HUSBAND IS SENT BACK TO MOSCOW IN JET PLANE LONDON, Thursday. MRS. NINA Dmitriev, 35-year-old wife of the assistant naval attache at the Soviet Embassy here, has
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    Lock icon Nepal ceremony
    15 3 KATHMANDU. Thurs. King Mahendra of Nepal swore in Nepal's first elected government Reutev
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    Little terror has quite a record
    162 3 PORTCAWL (Wales), Thursday. 4,N eight-year-old "Holy Terror" who set fire to a phone booth, stole his mother's pay envelope, and committed a long list of other thefts must serve two years' probation and take child guidance lessons. The boy whose name was not made
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    Lock icon CAPTAIN STAYS ON ALONE IN BLAZING SHIP
    90 3 MIAMI, Thurs. The captain of a Greek freighter was reported here to be still aboard his vessel after ordering his crew of 30 to abandon ship following a fire in her engine room off the coast of Cuba. A Coast Guard spokesman said
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    Lock icon Indonesia visit for Menzies
    44 3 JAKARTA. Thurs—Diplomatic sources said today the likeliest month for the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, to visit Indonesia was next December. The Indonesian Ambassador to Australia. Dr. A. Y. Helmi, is now In Jakarta to I discuss the visit.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon More capital
    31 3 LONDON, Thurs. The Commonwealth Development Finance Company plans to double its authorised capital by the creation of 15 million new ordinary £1 shares, its annual statement said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon MONKEYS 'ABLE' AND 'BAKER' (EACH WITH A JOB TO DO) ARE SHOT INTO SPACE
    316 3 MONKEYS 'ABLE' AND 'BAKER' (EACH WITH A JOB TO DO) ARE SHOT INTO SPACE CAPE CANAVERAL, Thursday. \X AMERICAN Jupiter rocket carrying two live monkeys in its nose cc.c was launched here today. One of the two monkeys aboard the rocket, a 71b. animal named "Able", was given a telegraph
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    Lock icon THE TOLL OF TOBACCO...
    53 3 CHICAGO. Thurs. The head of the American Cancer Society's statistical research department claim? that 10 times as many cigarette smokers die from lung cancer as non-smokers. He said the lung cancer death rate among "two-packet-a-day-or-more" smokers was "roughly 60 times as high as the death rate
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    Lock icon BEAR ATTACKS EXPLORER
    41 3 PARIS, Thurs.— A member of the international glaelologlcal expedition to Greenland was clawed and bitten by a polar bear on Tuesday. Other expedition members saw him struggling with the bear and drove it away with iron bars. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dulles buried in heroes'cemetery with full military honours
    412 3 Dulles buried in heroes' cemetery with full military honours WASHINGTON, Thurs. Mr. John Foster Dulles was given full military honours and buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, final resting place of many outstanding Americans yesterday. After a Dttet but moving service in the Washington National Cathedral attended by nearly 3.000
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    Lock icon READY TO SIGN TREATY: Mr. K.
    251 3 READY TO SIGN TREATY: Mr. K. D ELGRADE, Thurs. The Soviet Premier, Mr. Khrushchev, now visiting Albania, said yesterday: "We shall make every effort to ensure peace and we shall endeavour to come to an understanding with our partners at the (East- West) Geneva qonference." Speaking at Scutari, on the
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    Lock icon Russia build a plastic ships
    52 3 MOSCOW. Thurs. The first Soviet ship made entirely of plastic has been launched from a Moscow shiovard. the Soviet news agency Tas? reoorted. It is a river freighter about 50ft. long. Its plastic hull Is only one-third of the weight of the equivalent hull In
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      333 3 RADIO SINGAPORE RAD| O MALAYA NATIONAL SHORTWAVE Medium Wave 467 metres SERVICE 41.7 metre* AM. 6.30 Good Morning 6.32 S^^VE SERVICES Morning Prelude: 700 The News; Prnanr 366 metres 7.05 A Date With Music: 8.00 The 1,*,,, 330 metres News; 8.05 A Date With Music; Malacca 29? metres 8.30—9.00 Hello
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    Farmers, shopkeepers hold Changi votes
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    Lim faces four rivals
    412 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The "big name" among the five candidates in Changi is Assemblyman, Mr. Lim Cher Kheng, who won this division during the 1955 Rendel elections with a majority of 925. Mr. Llm won on a Democratic Party ticket but is now standing as an independent.
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    3 men for smallest ward
    326 4 A THREE CORNERED fight will take place in the 44 southern islands on Saturday (or the support of the 5,324 voters who are scattered sparsely among them. The voters form the smallest electorate in all the 51 divisions. All candidates are party men —from the
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    4-cornered fight in Ponggol
    263 4 4-cornered fight in Ponggol ffKJCKED away to the 1 north-east of Singapore, the rural electoral division of Ponggol boasts no "big name" among the four candidates who are vying for votes on Saturday. Th« People's Action Party. Singapore People's Alliance and the Liberal Socialist Party, all have representatives in the
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      124 4 POSTER EXHIBITION: -Loo- moV te circle shows 7 pjn. don Transport at the Polytechnic BUKIT TIMAH YOUTH CLUBentrance hall 9 ajn. to 8 p.m. Basketry cla*4 So n m ctUBCATHOLIC TEACHERS' MOVE- lrtrt "^L MENT: Lecture for Government T f CHIA < T YOUTH CLUB: school teachers Instructing Oatho- viTrnr^^
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    Violent shake, a new twist
    362 5 Kathleen Hickley at the new films LEOPOLD and LOEB cense and turbulent session with their lawyer THE PERFECT CRIME FOR CRIME'S SAKE MAKES 'COMPULSION' COMPELLING JHE strange fascination of evil has formed the basis of plots ever since mankind first learned the art of story
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    Whodunnit
    185 5 A STRAIGHTFORWARD THRILLER AND A PLEASANT EVENING "THE Man Who Wouldn't Talk", in common with x "Compulsion", has a long court scene, but here all resemblance between the two films ends, for this is a straightforward whodunnit starring Anna Neagle as Queen's Counsel, Anthony Quayle, the American virologist and
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    A PROBLEM OF SPLIT PERSONALITY FOR MISS DANDRIDGE
    328 5 A PROBLEM OF SPLIT PERSONALITY FOR MISS DANDRIDGE IJOROTHY DANDRIDGE poured tea with a delicacy in keeping with her soft, print dress and threestrand rope of pearls. In a gentle, cultured voice she said- "I know I'm a terrible disappointment to meet. Ptople come expecting to see me in slit
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    Dodo's – doings at the varsity
    222 5 Dodo's doings at the varsity D ACHELOR OF HEARTS is a cheerful frolic set in Cambridge University among a carefree and extrovert set of undergraduates. Hardy Kruger. a German student, on an exchange scholarship, arrives with one object in mind— to work. Before he can put this laudable ambition into
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    In a paddy
    44 5 LONDON, Thurs. Paddy Chayefsky. asked whether he would write a screenplay for Brigitte Bardot. replied: "You find me a good story idea about a French sir! running half naked round the streets of New York and I might think about it."
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    Only three actors but where were the bodies?
    348 5 Only three actors but where were the bodies? THERE are only three actors in "THE WORLD. THE FLESH AND THE DEVlL"— Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens and Mcl Ferrer. This must always be extremely taxing, espepecially so for Belafonte who has the first 20 minutes or so of the story entirely
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      261 5 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS Btars" (Meredith) (7). 1 UK. ts sensible of methodical 7 Perhaps It's a test for an lnchange (8-4). sect suit n.i). 8 Official doctor back in odd 10 Well-brained (6-0) crib it's losenge-shaped 15 One might make this appeal (7>- at a pinch, as it were
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      Raising a nose-with ants
      767 7 IN (>B5 A.D., Empe ror Justinian II of Byzantium lost his nose in a fight with a rebel general. He went to a frightened apothecary and had a new nose made from portions of his own flesh. Recovering from the painiul ordeal, the em peror examined
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      Lock icon Kidnappers said: Tell us Or...
      590 7 who wanted to cash in on the new science. One night, after repairing a fashionable dandy's nose. Antonio Branca was attacked in the street, hauled oil to a nearby cellar and threatened with torture unless he revealed his grafting methods. One of the attackers said
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      416 7 wiffmf:mS^m nestles ready-cooked 3CEREAL FOOD I i j NESTUM is NOT just for babies you know, i 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
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      198 7 Carmen A Co. By Mas l^~ A hOtV **aw you iikt I f i sunose being an amateuc V HV SMI' lon how about T The Saint By Leslie Charteris l|l,l» /OH. GOOD MORNING. T/S SM£7?/£ WIF SHb Ib.bHfcb^i F O/O f &PSAM £AST M/GXT- Y CM Ux— 7»y V
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    42 8 2$ Word, tit (Minimum). THB FAMILY of the late Mr. lee Ktang Choon thanks all the associations, friends A relatives for their wreaths. Joss p;.pers, mtoUs. brass bands, loan of vehirles etc night visits and attendance at the funeral on 26-5-59.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    31 8 it Wtrtt lit (Minimum). IN TREASURED MEMORY of Arthur Fredericks, killed in the Gemas Railway disaster. "To live m hearts we leave behir. to die". Eve. Donald and Marion.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    242 8 2* Htrig lit (Minimum). WHY KNOT? Use Sellotape FITZPATRICKS SUPERMARKET. We are closing at Ip.m. on Saturday 30th being polling day. CHARMAINE BEAUTY SALON. Goodwood Park Hotel, will be dosed all day Saturda;. 30th May. WHEN COOKING Always keep a bottle of Air-wick nearby. It .'-lops cooking-smells from .spreading
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    The Straits Times FRIDAY, May 29, 1959 Landslide In Perak
    806 8 The Straits Times FRIDAY, May 29, 1959 Landslide In Perak Anywhere in the world where free elections are held, the capture of three-quarters I of the seats contested would 1 be followed by cries of ecstasy from the victorious party, s torrents of excuses from the vanquished, and an exhaustive
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    Pest killers
    477 8 Preliminaries to the eradication of malaria in Malaya, as distinct from the present campaign to control the disease, will begin shortly when experts from the World Health Organisation arrive to join local experts on the pilot scheme around Rawang. In the meantime the rest of the world has
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    CYPRUS: The fighting is over—now the pull-out
    1323 8 CYPRUS: The fighting is over— now the pull-out BY A CORRESPONDENT THE withdrawal of the major part of the British Army garrison from Cyprus is well under way, and it is planned to continue the reduction at the rate of approximately 2,060 men a month. When the Cyprus agreement was
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      Why, Why, Why?
      197 8 MUST RADIO SINGAPORE INFLICT ALL THIS UNNECESSARY PATTER ON ITS LISTENERS? IF THERE is one thing which could guarantee m? absence at the polls on polling day, it is that dreadful little ditty which we are forced to listen to on Radio Singapore each morning. Worse, one
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      SURELY NO GOVT. CAN BE BLAMED FOR THE EFFECTS OF RECESSION?
      128 8 IT IS a great pity that. Mr. Wage-iiarner (S.T. May 25), like a few others ignorant of what has taken place across the Causeway, is so easily misguided on the question of unemployment. Not so long ago hundreds of
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      LIM DID THE RIGHT THING
      58 8 •PUN Lim's proposal to stand down "no chance" men so as not to split the vote shows the qualities of a truly honest politician who has nothing but the goodwill of our island at heart. The people of Singapore now look to the Lib-Socs to
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      THE EASIEST WAY TO A MERGER
      73 8 POLITICIANS who claim that their parties are the only ones that can pave the way for merger between Singapore and the Federation are all humbugs. If these political parties really want to see Singapore and the Federation merged they should not have put up
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      Vote splitting: There is no time to lose
      128 8 NEITHER Tun Lim 11 Yew Hock's nor Mr. E. K. Tan's suggestion is practical. It is a delicate matter to decide which is the more fitting candidate or who commands more support from the electorate. Comparison in anyway is odious. If political
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      FUND DOES NOT BENEFIT ALL AS IT SHOULD
      134 8 f REFER to previous 1 correspondence relating to contributions to the Widow's and Orphans' Fund. I and many others agree with the views expressed by the two previous writers. I see no reason why a certain class of employee should be compelled
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    Comber: I found her body
    1256 9 THERESA'S FATHER MAKES DRAMATIC STATEMENT TO CORONER ABOUT HIS 'SUSPICIONS' MURDER INQUEST TOLD OF BATH AND CHANGE IN HOME OF DEAD GIRL SINGAPORE, Thursday f/[R. Leon Francis Comber, Adult Education Officer at Canning Rise and husband of authoress Han Suyin, told the resumed inquest on
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    THE MISSING MATTRESS
    46 9 A PRECIOUS MEMENTO IS LOST DURING A DAY BY THE SEA IN SINGAPORE, SO DAVID, 9, WRITES— DAVID WOODWORTH (extreme left in foreground) is wen with his mother (beside him) at the picnic at Cbangi Point before he lost his plastic floating mattress.
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    'I have heard worse from barristers'
    235 9 BUTJUDGE DISMISSES MAN'S APPEAL KUANTAN, Thursday. 'T MUST sincerely say that I have heard worse ad■L dresses from qualified barristers," said an ap--1 peals court judge today. The comment was that of Mr. Justice Neal, who had just heard Hashim bin Abdul Oanl appeal
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    POLICE HOLD MAN FOUND WITH SPLIT S10 NOTES
    92 9 KOTA BHARU. Thurs.— A man suspected by the police to be a confidence trickster has been detained. A police spokesman said that after raiding a house in Kuala Krai, 44 miles from here, in Ulu Kelantan, police found a new split $10
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    Woman tied up and robbed
    57 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Three thugs armed with knives robbed a woman. Madam Lee Ah Kow, of $60 cash and some Jewellery In Jalan Ann, off Paya Lebar Road, here today. They went into the house on the pretext of looking for the woman's son. They tied
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    $16m rubber for the Russians
    34 9 BINGAPORE, Thurs.— The 5,518-ton Russian freighter, Kirovsk, is due here from Indonesia tomorrow to loud about $16 million worth of rubber from Singapore, Por: Swettenham and Penang for Odessa.
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    Opening night
    39 9 PfcNANO. Thurs.— lndia's famed team of dancers— the Travancore sisters, led by film stars Padmlnl and Ragini—opened their brief season here last night before a large and distinguished audience which Included the Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan.
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    Women—at last
    23 9 Women— at last PENANG. Thurs. Penang doctors broke a 27-year-old tradition last night when they Invited women guests to their society's annual dinner.
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    'L' WOMAN IN FATAL ACCIDENT
    280 9 Coroner: Open verdict in absence of evidence' ♦SINGAPORE, Thurs. *3 —Ten days after she started driving lessons, a woman teacher fatally knocked down a cyclist in a busy city area at 9.45 a.m. on April 14, an Inquest was told today. The teacher wan Miss
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    Please, Mr, Editor, help me find my floating mattress...
    338 9  - Please, Mr, Editor, help me find my floating mattress... CATHLRINA NG By SINGAPORE, Thurs.— David Woodworth. aged nine, of McNair Boys' School, today wrote a letter to the editor of the Straits Times after he had lost a treasured possession a plastic floating mattress at Changi Point. In his letter,
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    Fajar gets green light
    52 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Singapore Government will lift its special conditions on the publication of Fajar (Dawn), the official organ oi the Soicallst Club of the University of Malaya. A government spokesman told the Straits times that Fajar would be given a Permit to publish under normal
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    Speech day
    30 9 BEREMBAN, Thurs.— The Minister for Education, inche Mohamed Khlr Johari will speak at King George v Bchool speech and prize giving day on June 5. at 5.30 p.m.
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    14 MORE PRODUCTS GRANTED PIONEER STATUS
    120 9 14 MORE PRODUCTS GRANTED PIONEER STATUS KUUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federation Government has extended the number of products qualifying for pioneer status to 132. Today, it announced 14 new products for which manufacturers can claim "pioneer" status. They include composite building blocks and synthetic detergents in chemical industries; processed food
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    Celebration
    32 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The lamakrishna Mission will hold a three-day ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new wing to the boys' home at Bartley Road on June 6. 7 and 8.
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    Rush for cars on polling day
    186 9 Rush for cars on polling day SINGAPORE. Thurs. Car hire firms here will do record business on Saturday election day. The rush Is already on despite the law forbidding the hiring of cars to take voters to or from the polling stations. A Straits Times reporter today found It impossible
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    Report out today
    39 9 6INGAPORE. Thurs— The Singapore annual report for !958 will be on sale here tomorrow. The 358-page report was prepared In a record four months. It follows the puolication of the 1957 report oy onlj one month.
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    Died after door hit him
    59 9 MALACCA, Thurs.— An 80--year-old inmate of the Old Peoples' Home here died in hospital yesterday after he was accidently hit by the door of a stationary van on Tuesday afternoon. Tan Jong was walking along Mata Kuching Road when an occupant of the van, which
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      Asian copra pool to aid producers
      358 10 Asian copra pool to aid producers INDONESIA PROPOSES CO-OPERATION PLAN THE Indonesian Government is seriously studying the possibilities of forming a copra pool among Asian producers, an official of the Indonesian Ministry of Trade said when he visited Singapore last week. The official, Mr. R. Soetadi, said that his Ministry
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      BRITISH PAINT POST CHANGE
      241 10 BRITISH PAINT POST CHANGE A BRITISH paint manu- facturer, Goodlass, Wall and Co. Ltd., Liverpool, has appointed a new Far East technical representative in Singapore. He is Mr. Keith R. Baker, formerly of the building material department of Guthrie and Co. Ltd.. who has succeeded Mr. J. B. Sellars. Mr.
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      ASIAN WILL REPRESENT U.K. COMPANY
      180 10 ASIAN WILL REPRESENT U.K. COMPANY A BRITISH dye- stuff manufacturing company, L. B. Holliday and Co., of Huddersneld, is training a Singaporean to be their Far East technical representative in the Colony. He is Mr. Laurence K. H. Lim, who was educated at St. Anthony's Boys' School, Singapore. Mr. Lim
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      Far East turns to Britain
      112 10 MORE and more Asian countries are turning to Britain for industrial equipment, according to a recent issue of Far East Trade. The report said that Lyons Motors of Singapore had placed orders for 400 new small diesel engines from Perkins of Peterborough for use in
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      UNITED STATES BEST BUYER
      54 10 SINGAPORE imports of black and white pepper in March totalled 4.299 tons, the largest suppliers being Sumatra and Banka. Exports of the commodity during the month amounted to 3.368 tons. The United States bought 1.892 tons of both varieties the United Kingdom 607 tons while West
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      Big contract
      29 10 The General Electric Co. Ltd. of England has received a contract worth about $34 million for two 200-MW turbo-generators and auxiliary equipment, it Is announced In Singapore.
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      TRADE SNAGS CALL FOR COURAGE SAYS RAZAK
      210 10 CINGAPORE must face the present difficult trading conditions with courage and business acumen, Mr. K. M. Abdul Razak, chairman of the Indian Chamber of Commerce said yesterday. Mr. Abdul Razak, who has been re-elected chairman of the chamber for the second successive year,
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      Joint Carrier deal
      208 10 /CARRIER Corporation of Vv New York and StonePlatt Industries Ltd., of London, have formed a joint company which will engage in the air conditioning and refrigeration business. The new company, Carlyle Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd., will have its head office in London. Mr. Ralph S. Reynolds,
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      'Malaya is best aluminium mart in S.E. Asia'
      325 10 'Malaya is best aluminium mart in S.E. Asia' ALUMINIUM is finding increasing uses in th« domestic and industrial fields, Mr. J. Boetschi, president of International Aluminium Co. Ltd., Montreal, said in Singapore this week. Mr. Boetschi said that t aluminium had replaced copper to a great extent in the electrical
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      Singapore company has house mortgage plan
      174 10 THE Asia Life Assur- ance Society Ltd., Singapore, has started a house mortgage system to encourage people of the middle income group to have their own houses. Mr. A. T. Shlmpl, the new actuary of the company, said yesterday that the scheme was. however,
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      2153 12 RUBBER MARKET QUIETER I 6AZETTED I 0N ELECTION prices DAY APPROACH T'Ht Federation Minister of i^Sr^^'S-K By Our Market Correspondent Ing Customs duties for the R^b^^To^ cenu "per"". J)EALERS on the Singapore Rubber Market Vl2 per ton. showed little inclination to open new posiplTm oll^ segi!;* £r ton. tions yesterday,
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      1591 12 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION j All members of the above i Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Saturday 30th J May 1959. (Election Day). AMPAT TIN DREDGING |< LIMITED (Incorporated in Entland) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND Notice Is hereby given that at the
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    Malaya offers to stage 1960 Asian Cup finals
    366 14  -  KEN FERNANDEZ Kuala Lumpur, Thurs. By THE Football Association of Malaya will make a strong bid to stage the second Asian Cup soccer championship finals at the Merrieka Stadium, here. South Korea, the holders of the Cup- were to stage the finals
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    JOINT SERVICES HAVE BIG ADVANTAGE
    368 14 They expect victory over Johore on Sunday SINGAPORE, Thurs. SINGAPORE Joint SerO vices, beaten 4-2 by Relangor last Sunday, take on Johore in their second match of this year's Malaya Cup soccer competition at Kluang's Town Council stadium on Sunday. A win for them is
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    Davidson tops SCA batting averages
    581 14 Davidson tops SCA batting averages SINGAPORE, Wed. Por- mer South and Malacca all-rounder, John Davidson, who made his debut for Singapore agairfst Johore la*t week, heads the batting averages in the Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament, the first round of which was completed a fortnight ago. Denis Lee. the Singapore
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    Lock icon 'Pep pills' are harmful
    74 14 NEW YORK. Thurs.— The American Medical Association reported yesterday that athletic performances can be boosted to world record levels by the harmful use of "pep pills" and that national athletic croups had agreed to disqualify competitors fonnd nsing such drugs. The drugs have been tested in
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    81 14 MUNICH. Thurs. The 1.0.C. chancellor. Mr. Otto Mayer, announced at a press conference that the committee had called on the South African delegate. Mr. R. Honey, to watch closely for any signs of racial discrimination affecting the selection of Soutn Africa's Olympic representatives. Mr. Honey
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      48 14 SINGAPORE SOCCER:— Banks Bllllton v Singapore, Jalan Be&ar S'adium. 7.30 pjn.; S.A.P.A. League, Dlv. 3A. Seletar Indians v Serangoon MY., B&lestler Road; Div. 38. Bukit Itmah v Radln Mas. Gevlang: Blntang Bulan v 5.T.8.. Farrer Park. ATHLETICS: MeUiodist School sports. CRICKET: Inter School Queenstown v Pastr Panjang, Queenstown.
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    S'gor BA to pick team on new basis
    201 15 S'gor BA to pick team on new basis KUALA LUMPUR,' Thurs. The Se- langor Badminton Association will enter only j the winners and run- ners-up in the men's and women's singles and doubles for the Malayan open championships in Singapore from July 30 to Aug. 3. The SWanßor Championships have
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    NS Chinese keep title
    54 15 SEREMBAN, Thurs. Negri .Vmbllan Eurasians, this year's league hockey chamby Negri Sembilan Chinese pions. were today beaien 1-0 In the knockout hockey competition final The goal was scored by Inside right John Slow during 10 minutes extra time given. This is the third successive victory for
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    Lock icon 'LUCKY' COLLINS DIES IN HOSPITAL
    100 15 'LUCKY' COLLINS DIES IN HOSPITAL SYDNEY, Ttaurs.— H. L. Collis. one of Australia's greater croicket captain, died today in the Prince Henry Hospital. Sydney. Be was 70. "Lucky" Herbie Collis is one of the legendary ftgurrs of Test cricket. He called correctly in eight of 10 Test tosses against England
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    84 15 MUNICH. Thurs. An application to the lOC by Britain's Marquis of Exeter, president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, to Introduce a three per cent tax on entrance tickets for the Olympic Games was defeated by 32 votes to 20, with one abstention last night. The
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    Test umpires
    27 15 LONDON, Thurs. J- 8 Bul>r and W. E- Phllllpeon will umpire the first Test match between England and India, beginning at Trent Bridge next Thursday.
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    23 15 NEW YORK, Thurs. Pancho Gonzales beat Lew Hoad 10-8, 7-5 In a professional tennis match at Phoenix. Arlaona, last nteht U.PJ.
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    COUAG BEATS JOLLY DAY IN SMART WINDING-UP GALLOP
    600 15 COUAG BEATS JOLLY DAY IN SMART WINDING-UP GALLOP ON THE TRACK WITH EPSOM JEEP JPOH, Thurs.— Couag, I topweight in the Class 1, U-mile race on Saturday went attractively in his winding -up gallop here this morning. Ridden by Barry Moon Couag came away from from Jolly Day (Thangavelu) at
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    SAAA move on set marks
    48 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore Amateur Athletic Association today decided to ask Singapore Olympic and Sports Council to do away with qualifying standards in selecting athletes for international meetings. S.A.A.A. president, Mr: A. T. Rajah, will make this proposal at next week's meeting of SOSC.
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    S'gor AAA chief complains of non-cooperation
    355 15  - S'gor AAA chief complains of non-cooperation SAUL JOSHUA Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. By OELANGOR potentially have the strongest state athletic team this year. Is the Selangor A.A.A. arranging inter-state and inter-club meets to prepare its athletes for the state championships at the Merdeka Stadium on July 10 and 11 and the
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    4 changes in Penang team
    119 15 PENANG, Thurs. Penang will make four changes from the side that lost to Perak when they meet Kedah In a Malayan Interstate cricket league match at Alor Star on June 6 and 7. Hamilton. Teo n chye T?lk. Rajaratnam and Hayatl Meah have been dropped,
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    Kota slide again
    78 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. KoU Raja, who last year appeared to be on the w»y back to recapture their past glory when they gained promotion from Dlv. 2, are sliding back to junior football again. Today they could only muster seven players for their scheduled SAFA League Dlv. 1
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    25 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Malaya Cup match between Singapore and Negrl Sembilan here on Saturday has been postponed to Aug. S because of the BUnga-
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    Scots beat Holland
    91 15 AMSTERDAM, Thur*. A spell which produced two goals In five rp*"" 1 during the second half gave Scotland a 2-1 win over Holland In an International soccer match here today. Holland led t-Q at the Interval through go*i by Inside-left Cor Van der Gyp. After the Intervtl,
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    Ward to ride Prince of Lalita
    209 15 IPOH, Thurs. Penamg trainer J.R. "Doc" Rodpers has engaged Arthur Ward to Hide Prince of Lalita in the Perak Derby (U miles) here on Saturday. Ward's decision to take th% mount in preference to the Daniels-trained Brave General, will probably make Prince of Lalita
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    Derby: 26 Final acceptors
    104 15 Derby: 26 Final acceptors LONDON, Thurs. Twenty-stx final acceptors, and jockeys, for the Epsom Derby on June 3 are: Above Suspicion (W Smith), Amorrou (J Deforge), Arvak (J. Land ley), Beau Tudor (S. Smith), Carnouatle (L. Plggott), Carrlgeen Duff (J. Eddery), Casque <E. J. Cracknell). Dan Cupid (R. Polnceleii, Fldalgo
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    Trophy for club meet
    64 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. An inter-club athletic meet for a trophy will be held In Singapore this year after the National championships. The trophy Is being donated by Standard Vacuum Company for annual competition. The company will bear the cost of up $1,000 towards organising the competition. The
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    594 16  -  LOW SOO THIAM SINGAPORE, Thurs. rpHE chairman of the People's Action Party, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, said today that the Governor can release PAP members who are now in jail when the powers of .he present governme n t lapse afu-r Saturday's
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    100 16 TRUST TO KEEP ITS POINTS SYSTEM SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Improvement Trust has been advised to retain its present points system in allocating its flats. This has been recommended by the special committee appointed to review th*> Trust's system of allocation. In its report published today, the committee also recommended
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    Marjan again a champ
    52 16 SINGAPORE. Thins. Former Malayan Thomas Cup player Ismail Marjan. and forme Mrvlayaii champion Tan Chong Tee, won the Singapore veteran doubles championship at the Badminton Hall tonight. Marjan and Tan beat A. Aziz and Lim Cheng Kwee 15-11. 15-6 in the final. The mai.cn lasted only
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