The Straits Times, 16 June 1959

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    18 1 \VIRA(.I DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80.000 tie**** The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1959 15xCENTS 1
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    SECURITY BIG 7
    190 1 Ismail for Federation: Goode for Britain State team: Lee and 2 Ongs SINGAPORE, Mon. The composition of Singapore's Internal S c c v r i ty Council, which will ensure that public safety and order are maintained, was jointly announced today by the Singapore and Federation Governments.
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    No S'pore changes because of Borneo base
    405 1 HULL REVIEWS FIRST YEAR AS C-in-C AND LOOKS AHEAD A-WEAPONS? IT WOULD BE 'SILLY' TO SAY SINGAPORE, Monday. J)EVELOPMENT of a big army training area in North Borneo did not mean in any way that Britain was contemplating the move of its military
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    Lock icon New candidate for presidency
    39 1 New candidate for presidency BONN, Mon. West Germany's Christian Democrats today chose Dr. Heinrlch Leubke. 64, Minister of Agriculture, as their new candidate for the presidency a role which Dr. Konrad Adenauer had first accepted and then refused.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon MORE VIOLENCE IN KERALA: INDIAN ARMY MOVES IN
    164 1 TRIVANDRUM, (Kerala) Monday. INDIAN army units have been moved into th< Communist state of Kerala after the third daj of violence which today claimed four more lives. The four people were kill- 1 ed when police today twice opened fire on demonstrators.
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    Birthday joy—the finale
    83 1 Birthday joy— the finale KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— lt was a grand and fitting finale to the three-day Kuala Lumpur centenary celebrations here tonight. More than 20,000 schoolchildren gathered at the Mcrdeka Stadium from 4 p.m. for a sports meeting in which 95 schools took part a mass candle light display
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    Lock icon Africa summit
    42 1 MONROVIA. (Liberia) Mon.— A west African "summit" meeting between Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Ghana Premier, President Sekou Toure of Guinea and President William Tubman of Liberia Is to be held in Liberia on July 15, It was announced here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon London blaze
    37 1 LONDON. Mon. More than 100 firemen with 30 flre engines fought for two hours to quell a blaze which completely destroyed a £200.000 stationery factory In Blackfriars In the heart of London early today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'DONT BE BITTER' PLEA TO PREMIER
    129 1 'DONT BE BITTER' PLEA TO PREMIER SEOUL. Mon. The Korean Republic, the South Korean Government organ, has advised the Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, to regard the British "with less bitterness." The English language daily, in an editorial, said: "If Mr. Lee is dedicated to democracy as
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    Lock icon Future of base
    41 1 COLOMBO. Mon. The Maldlvlan Government today Informed the United Kingdom High Commissioner here that it was willing to discuss the future of the Gan Royal Air Force Base and other Issues at the ministerial level in London— Reuter.
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    Dog owners may not get any letters
    201 1 SINGAPORE. Mon. The phrase "undellverable due to cannlne dangers" may be stamped on letters returned to senders because the addressees keep ferocious dogs which are not under proper control and prey on postmen doing their duty. This is the latest development in the
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    A $600 PAY CUT FOR SINGAPORE'S MINISTERS
    419 1 A $600 PAY CUT FOR SINGAPORE'S MINISTERS SINGAPORE, Monday. THE Cabinet has sanctioned a SHOO reduction in the pay of Ministers and a 100 reduction in the pay of Parliamentary secretaries who are equivalent to Assistant Ministers in the former government. A Government announcement said that this reduction in pay
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    Lock icon 3 hush-hush proposals for Dr. S
    58 1 JAKARTA. Mon. -The IndOJ nesiau Government had sent three secret proposals to solve the country's constitutional crisis to President Soekarno, at present In Tokyo. Antara News Agency reported today. Antara quoted Premier Djuanda as saying the proposals which he would not reveal had been
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    PANGKOR: BOATS TO WORK ON ROSTER
    265 2 PANGKOR: BOATS TO WORK ON ROSTER pANGKOR ISLAND. Mon. In a desperate bid to check the pilingup of unsaleable fisn, which is choking the industry on this island, fishing companies have decided to send out their boats on a roster system. There are 57 fishing vessels based on Pangkor. By
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    PERAK'S NEW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SWORN IN
    119 2 KUALA KANGSAR. Mon Perak's new Executive Council was sworn in today before the Sultan at the Istana Iskandariah here. Earlier, the old Executive Council, which was formed in 1955. held its last meeting before transferring powers to the new body. The new council held
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    He 'never had time' for son...
    348 2 NOW SECRET SOCIETY YOUTH IS DEAD. BATTERED IN A GANGLAND BLOOD FEUD By JACKIE SAM SINGAPORE, Monday A Singapore cook who "never had time" for his 19-year-old son, wept today as he gazed at the boy's battered body in the General Hospital mortuary. Tearfully
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    Industrial Commissioner in Hong Kong to retire
    82 2 Industrial Commissioner in Hong Kong to retire KUALA LLMPt'K, Mon.— Malaya's Indus, trial Commissioner in Hon* Kong. Mr. V A. J. Kennedy, is to retire under the Malayanisaiion scheme this month, a Federation Government source told th. Straits Times today. It is bc.'ieved that no replacement has been found for
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    RSPCA to hold dog-cat show
    58 2 PENANG. Mon —The Penang and Province Wellesley branch of the RS.P.C.A. will hold its annual dog and cat show at 4.15 p.m. on July 4 in the New World park >ta'dium. The show will be opened by the Governor. Raja Tun Uda. His wife. TenKku
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    Clay to see development in world of rubber
    106 2 Clay to see development in world of rubber KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Malaya's Controller of Rubber Research, Sir Geoffrey Fletcher Clay. will leave for Britain and America this week to see what is going on in the rubber world. In Britain he will visit .he rubber research Institutions financed by the
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    Thief jailed
    26 2 SEGAMAT. Mon. Tang Suan Deck alias Abdul Rahman bin Kllng. 50. was jailed for a week for theft of 14 katis of scrap rubber.
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    FILM SHOW...A RAID BY POLICE...THEN PANIC, COURT TOLD
    165 2 FILM SHOW... A RAID BY POLICE... THEN PANIC, COURT TOLD PENANG, Monday. AN audience viewing a film at a holiday beach bungalow in Tanjong Bungah panicked when police raided the premises, the second magistrate's icourt was told today. In the dock was 19-year-old Kang Ken Yam who I pleaded not
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    4-month probe into union funds ends
    76 2 4-month probe into union funds ends KLANG. Mon. The Klang police have completed a four-month-long J investigation— more than j 500 people were interviewed—into an alleged misappropriation of funds in the Port Swettenham branch of the National Inion of Railwayman. Action against "at least one. person" is contemplat- I cd.
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    28 2 SEGAMAT. Mon. for carrying coconuts In his car in such a way as to obscure the rear view. Ng Sin Yin. 43. was fined $15 here.
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    KEDAH AWARD FOR A JUDGE
    90 2 KEDAH AWARD FOR A JUDGE ALOR STAR. Mon. The Sultan of Kfdah today presented the insignia of the Badlishah decoration for loyalty to the Kedah High Court judge. Mr. Justice R. D. R. Hill The citation said the decoration was awarded to Mr. Justice Hill for loyalty and devotion to
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    Post office on wheels
    44 2 IPOH. Mon. The third mobile post office in Perak was opened by the Mentri Besar. Inche Mohamed Ghazall bin Haji Jawi. here this morning. Immediately after declaring It open, the Mentri Besar sold Welfare Lottery tickets 1 from the counter.
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    Publishers' note
    30 2 The Malay edition of Prince and Premier, by Harry Miller, was published by Federal Publications and not the Federal Publishing House, as stated in the Straits Times yesterday.
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    18 gang suspects held in swoops
    142 2 IPOH. Mon.— Police last night moved against the powerful secret societies operating in Ipoh with a big roundup of suspected gangsters all over town. Eighteen persons wer« detained. The crackdown follows what b believed to be a gang war between two powerful groups who
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    No card: $25
    31 2 SEGAMAT. Mon— A woman. Chong Van. 52. who arrived from China more than a month ago. was fined $25 for failing to register and obtain an Identity card.
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    Ex-head: It was mental blow to hear there was no cash to pay salaries
    928 2 A FORMER principal of the Penang Han Chiang High School said today he received a "mental blow" last October when told by the business manager, Mr. Ling Huang Khoong. that the school had no money to
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    Lock icon Two killed as police open fire again in Kerala
    380 3 Two killed as police open fire again in Kerala VIOLENCE WILL BE PAID BACK IN SAME COIN, WARNS DANGE TRIVANDRUM, Monday. pOLICE opened fire again in Communistruled Kerala this time near Trivandrum when two demonstrators were killed in the third day of violence to oust the Red regime by "direct
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    Lock icon Wood bulldozed flat in bid to and menace of sm. starlings
    132 3 LONDON, Mon.— A 12--acre wood near Thoresway, Lincolnshire, has had to be bulldozed flat and destroyed by fire to get rid of a flock of 5,000,000 starlings Every tree in the wood had been killed by the droppings of
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    Lock icon ANNE'S CAPER STUNS THE SERGEANT
    203 3 LONDON. Monday. 4 BRITISH Army sergeant is reported today to be A "still recovering from the shock" of finding Princess Anne hiding in the men's changing room during a polo match at Windsor. The Daily Express dlarlsf says It happened yesterday when the eight year
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    Ration threat
    16 3 MANILA, Mon. Manila faces the immediate possibility of having itj> water supply rationed.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Trade severed
    20 3 SEOUL. Mon The South Korean Government today announced It had completely severed, trade relations with i Japan.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Such a welcome for Nikita
    61 3 A JOYFUL and joking Nikita Khrushchev, wearing a <■owbo.v-st.vlr hat. is greeted at Budapest Airport by the Hungarian Prime Minister. Dr. Ferenc Munnich (left), and the Hungarian Communist Party chief. Dr. Janos Kadar. It was the Soviet Prime Minister's second visit to Hungary since the
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    Lock icon NEW RED LINE AT GENEVA
    241 3 MOSCOW. Monday. MR. KHRUSHCHEV, the Soviet Prime Minister, 1 and the Communist Party presidium are drafting fresh instructions tor the Foreign Minister. Mr. Gromyko, at Geneva, diplomatic sources here said today. There was no indication of what the Instructions would be. but the sources believed
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    ARMY TAKES OVER LAND TO PREPARE FOR GAMES
    133 3 JAKARTA. Mon.— The Indonesian Army requisitioned some 1.500 acres of land on the outskirts of Jakarta and has begun clearing it of residents in preparation for the fourth Asian Games to be held here in 1962. The land was requisitioned by the
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    Lock icon 'Soviet sub had rocket tubes'report
    78 3 'Soviet sub had rocket tubes' report WASHINGTON. Mon. i The Washington Sunday Star said yesterday that American and British naval expert* believed that a Soviet submarine sighted south of Iceland last month carried "two comparatively small ballistic missile tubes." "Soviet sailors are reported to have been hurriedly Installing a canvas
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    Lock icon 114 TIMES A BRIDEGROOM
    49 3 JAKARTA. Mon. A 45-year-old messenger in a Government office on Lombok Island. East Indonesia, has been married 114 times, according to ?IA news agency. He "usually divorced his wives after only two or three m oths of marriage," it said. lie had eight children.— U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Hillary plans a second climb
    48 3 ADELAIDE. Mon.-Slr Edmund Hillary said today he wanted to lead an expedition to climb Mt. Everest again— this time by the north side. "An expedition would depend on the attitude of the Chinese Communists, whose outlook is at present unfavourable." he said.— Reuter
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    Lock icon 3 BOOK JUGGLING TRADERS FINED $60,000
    191 3 3 BOOK JUGGLING TRADERS FINED $60,000 ]-[ONG KONG. Mon.— Three merchants were fined a total of M 560,000 today for conspiring to obtain imperial preference certificates fraudulently for clothing exports. Hong Kong merchants may apply for these certificates from local authorities for exports of Hong Kong origin to gain entry
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    Russian rock
    50 3 MOSCOW. Mon.— An underground ore block weighing 2.000.000 tons, equal to the size of a 20-storey building, with its top surface equivalent to the area of a football pitch, is to be blown up at one of the East Kazakhstan ore mines, the Soviet news agency Tass reported—Reuter.
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    STC BUSMEN TOLD: BE COURTEOUS
    510 4 'Bus passengers are our Asian brothers' SINGAPORE, Monday gl'S drivers and conductors of the Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union were told by their president, Inche Mahmud bin Awang, in the union's annual report that there must be some truth in repented complaints that they are
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    ACTION AGAINST UNAUTHORISED HOUSES SOON
    246 4 Mr. Ong gives the order SINGAPORE. Monday. rnHE MINISTER for National Development, Mr. 1 Ong Eng Guan, has instructed the City Architect and Building Surveyor's Department to take "firm police court action" against persons responsible for building unauthorised houses within the last few months. This
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    Period of gradual change
    538 4 ft From Page One —were available in that area. General Hull described the past 12 months as a period of gradual change in the tasks of the British Army in the Far East, particularly in the Federation. Big task With the improved situation in the operation
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    Four held after raid on dens
    59 4 SINGAPORE. Mon.— Police swooped on a redllght district in Maude Road here tonight and recovered six acid bombs. 10 parangs. 10 bearing scrapers. 14 iron bars, bottles and wooden spears from the attics of a row of houses. Four thugs, believed to be members
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    Try harder call to Malayan pine men
    129 4 Try harder call to Malayan pine men SINGAPORE, Mon— Malaya must make more efforts to meet Increasing competition for her canned pineapples in the United Kingdom market. Mr. G.C.C. Chivers. a British market research expert of canned foodstuffs, said In Singapore today. Mr. Chivers. who is attached to the Metal
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    Hari Raya Haji
    24 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society will celebrate Hari Raya Haji at its premises on Saturday at 4.30 p.m.
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    Charity appeal
    19 4 SINGAPORE Mon The Red Feather Day held recently in aid of the Cheshire Homes. Malaya, raised $7,673.97.
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    ENVOYS CALL ON THE PREMIER
    135 4 ENVOYS CALL ON THE PREMIER SINGAPORE, Mon. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, were busy this morning receiving heads of diplomatic missions for the first time at City Hall. The United Kingdom Commissioner. Sir William Goode. who is also the
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    Money to China
    22 4 SINGAPORE. Mon.— Family remittances from Singapore to China last month totalled $945,387. During this period. the Federation remitted $334,421.
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    1583 5 The 'mountain of gems' hoax... f p^^^^^^^^^^™ vff^3» FANTASTIC BONANZA TALE CONVINCED BIG BANKER EARLY in November, 1872, two bearded men laboriously climbed a towering mountain about 149 miles east of Salt Lake City in Utah, U.S.A. Although exhausted when they finally reached a plateau more than 5.000 feet above
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    DEATH
    33 6 1* Word, tit (Minimum). EU— MavU Kwok Eu. Cottage leaves Singapore casket Co. Ltd. 330 p.m. Tuesday 16th instant for service at Bt. Andrew's Cathedral at 3.45 p.m. thence to Bldadarl Cemetery.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    32 6 1* »onf« lie (minimum). MR. i. MRS. LEONARD ROLAND QUINTTN DE MORNAY Tiiank relatives and friends for their kind assistance and valuable presents on the occasion of their marriage on 13.6.59.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    25 6 H Wtrtt I!* (Minimum). IN CONSTANT treasured memory of A.E. Walker (Wally). Eptiil Estate, Sunset Siput, killed by icnorlau on June 16th 1941.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    261 6 It W»r4t lit (Minimum >. COLD STORAGE SHOPS will Open To-morrow until 1 p.m. No general delivery (Harl Raya Hajl). THE FRESHNESS and coolness of 4711 "Ice- Eau de Cologne awakens new life In your veins and whose cooling effect Is quickly felt. CHARMAINE BEAUTY SALON, Goodwood Park Hotel.
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    The Straits Times Tuesday, June 16, 1959. Internal Security
    563 6 The Straits Times Tuesday, June 16, 1959. Internal Security Singapore will be represented on the Internal Security Council by its Prime Minister, the Minister for National Development. Mr. Ong Eng Guan. and the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon. The British side is headed by the United Kingdom
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    Communism In Kerala
    646 6 There obviously is a considerable malaise in India's Communist-ruled state of Kerala. One is naturally inclined to see the current unrest as further indicating the clash between Communism and the free spirit Unfortunately it is not certain that this is the whole fact of the matter. The
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    Lock icon WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HONG KONG'S LEASE RUNS OUT...?
    740 6  - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HONG KONG'S LEASE RUNS OUT...? LAN McCRONE B)L WHILE th c Members of Parliament in Westminster ask "What is going to happen when the lease runs out?/' the Hong Kong Government is plunging deeper into the longterm job of developing the New Territories. "The lease" which came
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    Lock icon The Congo
    966 6  -  EDWARD COLLINS By ANXIETY SWEEPS FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA AS DATE OF THE BIG CARVE-UP NEARS JHE two great French federations of West and equatorial Africa are today undergoing a change which can be compared with that which took place after the Berlin conference towards the end of the
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    LOCAL COUNCILS, TAXES AND STATE GOVT.
    201 6 A B. THOMAS (S.T. June 2) is misinformed. All monies collected by < Imposition of assessment, rates, taxes and fees by the local council are credited to the local council fund held under the control of the local council and are not paid Into
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    THESE SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE BEEN PAMPERED, SPOILED TOO LONG
    303 6 THESE SCHOOL TEACHERS HA VE BEEN PAMPERED, SPOILED TOO LONG 1 REFER to a letter written by "Teacher" (S.T. June 13) which I can safely presume is written by an English school teacher. The English school teachers are already regarded by the public as composing a body of pampered and
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    Yong's advice: Cancel trip
    386 7 IMPLICATIONS OF TOUR OF FORMOSA BY 33 TEACHERS MIGHT BE DANGEROUS-MINISTER SINGAPORE, Monday. THE MINISTER for Education, Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, has advised the Chinese School Teachers' Union to cancel a proposed fact-find-ing tour of Formosa, planned for August. Mr. Yong told the president and secretary
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    CHURCH RAID FOR THIRD TIME IN FIVE MONTHS
    87 7 CHURCH RAID FOR THIRD TIME IN FIVE MONTHS CEKEMBAN, Mon. The Church of the Visitation here was burgled last night for the third time In five months. A desk drawer in the office was forced open and yesterday's collection of $750 was taken. Police believe the thief rot into the
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    Police called as 300 crowd to see the P.M.
    184 7 Police called as 300 crowd to see the P.M. m n amn SINGAPORE, Monlay. DOLICE were called to keep order at the City Hall early today when 300 people, mostly women pressed at the entrance of the Prime Minister's office. They were relatives of secret society men detained by the
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    14 BICYCLES RECOVERED IN RAID ON ARMY CAMP
    81 7 14 BICYCLES RECOVERED IN RAID ON ARMY CAMP SEREMBA.V Mon. Police today recovered 14 allegedly stolen bicycles from an army ramp near here. Three civilian employees in the camp have been detained. Owners who have reported missing bicycles are asked to identify them at the Central Police Station. Last Saturday
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    Gardens film
    25 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Department of Information will give a film show at the Lake Gardens nere on Sunday at 7 30 p.m.
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    Found hanging
    19 7 RAWANG, Mon —A 88-year-old man. Loon Song, was found hanging from a telephone post here this morning.
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    RESEARCH STUDY OFFER BY SHELL
    84 7 RESEARCH STUDY OFFER BY SHELL SINGAPORE. Mon.— The Shell Company of Singapore is Inviting applications for Its research fellowship founded for the purpose of encouraging original research. Candidates must have been accepted for study leading to a higher degree in either division of the University of Malaya in Science, EngineerIng
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    What to do if it rains on King's birthday
    131 7 What to do if it rains on King's birthday ITUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Yang di-Pertuan Agong'a birthday reception at the Istana Negara scheduled for Friday, will take place on Saturday should there be bad weather, it was announced today. Guests will be advised of any postponement over Radio Malaya at
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    DR. NG MAY TAKE OVER AS No. 2 IN S'PORE CITY COUNCIL
    167 7 DR. NG MAY TAKE OVER AS No. 2 IN S'PORE CITY COUNCIL SINGAPORE, Mon. °The administrator of the City Council, Mr. p. C. Lim, has recommended that tne City Engineer, Dr. Ng Wah Hing, be appointed Deputy Administrator. He has suggested to the Minister for National Development, Mr. Ong Eng
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    MINISTER DEFENDS SERVICE
    93 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister of Health. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. said today that the standard of the medical service in the country was "high as it has ever been." He wa> commenting on a statement by the president of the Selangor Government Medical Services Union, Mr.
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    Dagger men in hold-up
    63 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. Two thugs, armed with daggers, last night held up Kwak Kwal Hln in Airport Road and robbed him of a $200 watch and a fountain pen. This was one of four robberies reported last night. The others— at Kitchener Road. Oe vlang Road and
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    Law examinations: Malayan passes
    301 7 LONDON. Mon. The following Malayans were successful In the general (Trinity) examination of the Inns of Court, held from April 27 to May 1, 1959. ROMAN LAW) Class 2— S. Rahlm, Miss M. M. Shannon; Class 3 S. Ahmad, A.K.H. Ahmed. R Anwar, AH. Asml, W.S.
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    TIRED DONKEYS?
    140 7 Angry pensioners: But they're often better than the young ass KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MEMBERS of the Pan-Malayan Pensioners Association are furioua at being described as "dilapidated and infirm," and also "tired donkeys." These descriptions were used by the president of the Federation Medical Services Union, Inche Ahmad bin
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    Minister coming for opening
    43 7 SINGAPORE. Mon The Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will represent Singapore at the official opening of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. While In Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Yong will ii»o visit the Language Institute
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    Midwives (seeking fair deal) make two pleas
    249 7 Midwives (seeking fair deal) make two pleas Dr. SHENG LISTENS TO COMPLAINTS SINGAPORE. Mon.— A group of midwives today laid their grievances before Dr. Sheng Nam Chin. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health. Representing the Prlvatf Mldwives Union, they said they were not being given a fair deal under
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    LEARNING TO GET AHEAD IN KAMPONGS
    63 7 LEARNING TO GET AHEAD IN KAMPONGS KOTA BHARU. Mon. Selected people from the West Coast are to be brought here for a lesson in community development. This was to enable them to "catch up with the progressive East Coast", the Minister of Agriculture. In Aziz bin Ishak. said here today.
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    $18m. power house ready
    52 7 MALACCA. Mon. Another chapter in the history of the Central Electricity Board will be written on Saturday with the opening of the $18,000,000 power station at Tanjong Kling here. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Biew Sin, will perform the opening ceremony by unveiling
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    Licence fees
    34 7 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The Administrator of the City Council. Mr. P. C. Urn, will meet representatives of market stallholders at his office at 11.30 a.m. tomorrow to discuss the question of licence fees.
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    THE MOTHER WHO INSISTED ON GOING BACK TO SCHOOL
    368 7 THE MOTHER WHO INSISTED ON GOING BACK TO SCHOOL KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A CLERK told Mr. Justice Ong in the High Court today that hit wife insisted on going to school to study after giving birth to their first child. The clerk, Ng Teck Seng, successfully petitioned for divorce from
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    Tree gang strike again in estate
    105 7 Tree gang strike again in estate gEREMBAN, Mon. Two medicine-seller:: and two women were last night held up by four men and robbed of $65 and two watches on an estate road at Rantau. 12 miles from here. The robbers, masked and armed with parangs ami daggers, are believed to
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    Bus driver tells court of assault after crash
    137 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. A Singapore Traction Company bus driver, 8. Pritam Singh, told a district court today that after he had knocked down a pedestrian. eight people assaulted him until he lost consciousness. Pritam pleaded not guilty to causing the death of Lee
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    School concert
    36 7 SEGAMAT. Mon.— The annual prtae day, concert and exhibition of the Ledang Primary School, Tangkak, postponed last month as a mark of respect to the late Sultan of Johore. will be held on Thursday.
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    Sunken sub still keeps its secrets
    155 7 Sunken sub still keeps its secrets SINGAPORE, Mon. What secrets will be revealed when the Japanese submarine, sunk In Singapore harbour during the last war, is finally refloated' That Is just what Japanese Consulate officials here are waiting to find out. Salvage work began three months ago. but were halted
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    Jailed 3 years for robbery
    48 7 BINOAPORE, Mon— Lim Teck Seng. 20. was jailed for three years by a District Court today for robbing Choh Chee, 18, of a watch and $7 in a backlane off Lorong Lalat on the night of April 3. He had a previous conviction.
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      'SINGAPORE WOMEN ARE TOO TIMID'
      565 8 FIVE BEAUTY SPECIALISTS RETURN HOME JN THE last fortnight, there has been a flood of beauty technicians arriving in Singapore from London. They are all Chinese girls, born either in Singapore or in the Federation, who have been studying the art of making women beautiful
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      'Don't marry too young' says Au Kar Wei
      204 8 DRETTY Hong Kong starlet, Pearl Au Kar-wei, 19, is in the Federation with some good advice for teenagers on marriage. Pearl, who was in Malaya only last month tor the Sixth Asian Film Festival, thinks that most people marry too young these
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      Relief for your weary feet
      484 8 Relief for your weary feet IF your feet are cranky and sensitive in hot weather, or Just plain miserable, here are eleven easy ways to have peace. To unshackle your feet, romp barefooted on the beach. That is a joyful way to reduce callus and exercise the arches. Supplement the
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    RUBBER PRICE DECLINES ON THIN MARKET: SHARES QUIET
    827 10 RUBBER PRICE DECLINES ON THIN MARKET: SHARES QUIET By Our Market Correspondent '[*HE price of rubber in Singapore yesterday fell progressively on a thin market with buyers showing little interest. There was also some profit-taking and July first grade, which had opened at around Friday's closing price at 96 J
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 10 SINGAPORE. JUNE 15. RUBBER: 951 cents per Ib. (down one cent). TIN: 5402.50 per picul (up 12) cents). Estimated unofficial offering 120 tons (up 5 tons).
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 10 July first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 95 3 i cents per lb., down one cent on Friday's closing price. The closing tone was quietly steady. Closing price* in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 94 7 K
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    255 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Tanagra 1/2, Banggal 4/5, Shoyo Maru 6A. Agamemnon 6/7, Si. Bangka 8/9, Jagvljay 10/11, Anna Balcke 13/14, Glenroy 15/16. Steel Architect 18, State of Madras 19, Selangor N.Wall 3, Siblll N.Wall 4. Benveg 23, Tong Fo 24,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    110 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices Der picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK/Continent June/July shipments $42 buyers, $43 sellers, Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $64', sellers, druir $67 sellers. Pepper: quiet no business was reported done, Muntok white $132, Sarawak $132. special Sarawak black $78. garbled Lampong black $74
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    160 10 The Malayan Exchange (Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 15/16. O.D. 33 1 16. 90 d/8t 33 5 16 credit bills, 33 7/16 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 11/16. O.D.
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    MAY CROPS
    28 10 The following May rubber crops are announced: Malaka Plnda 116.000 lb.; United Malacca Aver Molek 36.580 lb.; Leon* Hin San 59.200 lb. and Nyala* 42.443 lb.
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    Melbourne Stocks
    8 10 Melbourne Stock Exchange was closed yesterday.
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    Amal Rubber
    12 10 Amalgamated Rubber harvested a crop of 873.720 lb. in May.
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 10 Malayan Share Market: June 15 June 12 Industrials: 88.89 89.34 Tins: 109.77 109.80 Rubbers: 137.67 138.37 Jan. 1 1958 100
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    550 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Avsoriation reported yesterday: "All sections on the local share market were quiet and prices were slightly easier. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Fed. Disp. $1; Fltzpatricks 95 cents; Gammon $1.69; W. Hammer
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      137 10 NOTICE THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION An members of the above Association in the State of Singapore will be closed for business on Wednesday nth. June 1959 for Hart Raya Haji. SHIPPING NOTICE KNUTSEN LIME m.s "KRISTIN BAKKE" Voy. 10«vV arrived 9.6.59 Consignees of cargo ex the above vessel are
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      820 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited I from Federal Citizens for the post I of CITY SECRETARY, City Couni ell. George Town, Penang. QUALIFICATION: (a) Oraduate of a recognised University; or (bJ Advocate Solicitor of the Supreme j Court of the Federation of Malaya; or (c) Associate of the Chartered Institute
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      622 10 NOTICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE Members are hereby advised that the Radio Road Service will be closed down from 7.00 a.m. on Hart Raya Haji to 7.00 a.m. the following morning. By Order of the Committee. UNITED PLANTATIONS SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED (Incorporated In the Union of South Africa Declaration of
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      1156 11 FEDERATION OF MALAYA GOVERNMENT! VACANCIES U) AUDITOR AND ACCOUNTANT. Department ol Co-operative i Development: Salary $1360 (fixed) pjn. AGE: candidates should! !i?t normally be above 40 years of age nor below 30. QUALIFICATIONS: Membership of one of the following bodies: (a) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland; (b) Institute of
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    PLAN FOR $2 MIL. HOUSING PROJECT
    214 12 PLAN FOR $2 MIL. HOUSING PROJECT A S2-MILLION lousing A project, consisting of 64 bungalows, is to be undertaken this month in Cluny Road, Singapore, by Sweet Acre Ltd. The managing director ol the company, Mr. P. F. Chen, said yesterday that ground clearance work had already begun on the
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    'Malayan economic unity a must'
    328 12 'Malayan economic unity a must' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECRETARY ON GREAT NEED gINGAPORE should tudy carefully the question of establishing an economic union with Malaya in all matters of finance, commerce and industry, said the retiring secretary of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Mr. P. Stephen Rajaratnam yesterday. Mr. Rajaratnam,
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    Sime Darby employee in England
    145 12 A SENIOR Asian employee of Sime Darby and Co. Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Yap Sun Hoe, left for the United Kingdom yesterday to study modern cigarette production methods. Mr. Yap, who is senior area supervisor of the cigarette and tobacco department, will take the course
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    INVESTMENT PROSPECTS IN N. BORNEO
    196 12 INVESTMENT PROSPECTS IN N. BORNEO BORNEO can 11 now be most rewarding to increased investment with its good soil well surveyed and a population adequate in numbers and in spirit, said the Colonial Development Corporation in its annual report. "The Government and people have lifted themselves over the economic hump."
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    Gold output
    27 12 Malaya produced 8.887 troy oz. of gold in the first three months of this year, nearly double the total of the corresponding period of 1958.
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    Lee Wah Bank open new branch office
    200 12 CONFIDENCE of increased banking business in the Federation of Malaya is further indicated by the opening yesterday of a new branch office in Petaling Jaya by the Lee Wah Bank Ltd. A spokesman said In Singapore yesterday that the bank was at the
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    U.S. detergent on market
    61 12 A new brand of detergent hag been Introduced to the Malaya market by Procter and Gamble, of Cincinnati Ohio, the United States. The product is manufactured by the subsidiary. Thomas Hedley and Co. Ltd of London, manufacturers of Tide soap powder. The new detergent '*> known
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    Penang business man on six weeks' tour
    98 12 Penang business man on six weeks' tour APENANG businessman, Mr. K. B. Singka, leaves for a six-week tour of the United Kingdom, tbe United States, the Middle East and Japan today. Mr. Singka of Eta S. Patina Prince (Far East 1958). will establish business contacts for his firm daring his
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    Vauxhall car sales rise
    21 12 Vauxhall Motors Ltd. achieved record production, sales and export figures for cars and commercial vehicles in April.
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    More products for Malaya as results of company merger
    260 12 A WIDER range of overseas products will be made available in Malaya as a resnlt of the merger between two local Dutch companies, Lindeteves (M) Ltd., and Jacobson Van den Berg (Singapore) Ltd. The two companies ars now known In the
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    Fine gesture by MCFA
    249 13  -  SAUL JOSHUA SELANGOR TO PLAY HONG KONG CHINESE TOMORROW By We are grateful, says FAS KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Malayan Chinese F.A. has given up one of its matcheL against Hong Kong Chinese so that Selangor's near international side can play against the unbeaten touring team. This
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    230 13 WARSAW, Monday. KZAPRUNOVA of Russia beat the women's world record for the long Jump with a leap of 20ft. at the international athletics meetings here yesterday. But the performance will not be submitted as a record because of wind assistance. The official world record Is
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    180 13 CASPER WINS U.S. OPEN GOLF TITLE ulUil "WEW YORK. Mon— Billy 1 Casper of California won the United States open golf championship J 1 here yesterday. I He had rounds of 71. 68. 69 and 74 tor a total of 282.— Reuter. CALIFORNIA: Parry I O'Brien, bettered his own world
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    205 13 Malayan students win first match in London MONERASINCHE HITS BRIGHT 84 ONDON, Mon— in iheir Ij nrst ever cricket match in England, Malayan Students Union beat Faraday House, an engineering college in Londjn. by 139 runs. Opening the innings. Noel Mcnerasinghe, a former Malayan cap, skippered the Malayans to victory
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    62 13 BRISBANE. Mon. MacDougal. owned by Messrs. N. L. Brown and R. N. Brown, won the two miles Brisbane Cup at Eagle Farm here today in a driving finish. Jockey Ron Hutchinson got him up for a short head win over Grand Garry, with the topwelght, Baystone,
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    352 13 3 SAFA MEN QUIT. CINGAPORE, Mon.— Three members of the special committee appointed by SAFA to find ways and means of improving the standard of soccer in Singapore resigned after a councillor had charged that the committee has been idle since it was appointed several months ago. The three members,
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    326 13  -  FIRDIE SALAHUDIN By 18 TO TRAVEL IN FUTURE SINGAPORE, Monday. The Singapore Amateur Football Association decided by a majority vote to take 18 players for all future away Malaya Cup engagements. This decision was taken at a SAFA Council meeting after the chairman, Mr. Son
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