The Straits Times, 4 August 1959

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    Lock icon Mr. K FOR U.S. — OFFICIAL
    370 1 Mr. K FOR U.S. OFFICIAL Exchange of visits announced in both capitals And Ike will go to Moscow later W A S H I N GTON, Mon. The Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, has been invited to visit the United States. "He has accepted with plea sur e." President
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    48 die in fire
    27 1 ALGIERS, Mon. Fortyeight men of the French Army, about half of them Europeans, were burned to death fighting an Algerian forest fire yesterday.
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    NIXON HAS A HUG FOR A MINER
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    He quit while on 2 days' leave
    153 1 LETTER SENT TO S.I.T. SINGAPORE, Mon. While on two days' local leave, Mr. H. Firshman, Senior Planner (Development Control) of the Singapore Improvement Trust, boarded a plane and left Singapore and his job. On July 10, two days later, the Trust received his
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    NEW CLAMP ON THE JAKARTA CHINESE
    133 1 JAKARTA, Monday. INDONESIA'S alien Chinese are finding it harder to travel under new regulations controlling the "domicile and travel of foreigners." Authorities said the regulation was issued because it was felt that "in connection with security conditions at present, an intensification of control over
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    Fanatics kill 7
    18 1 BRAZZAVILLE (Congo), Mon. Matswani fanatics killed seven Africans and wounded 43 in a clash here.
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    15 die in floods
    20 1 BOMBAY. Mon— Floods In the northern part of the state have claimed 15 lives so far.
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    Whisper, whisper up river and down the line
    267 1 TENGKU DELAYS THE IOCAL'-THEH... From FELIX ABISHEGANADEN MENTAKAB, Mon. rpHE Alliance national leader, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today completed Phase One of his tour of the East Coast states after having: DELAYED a train at Mentakab for seve,n minutes; 9 CRUISED upthcPahang Rlvw
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    Lock icon Bonus strike
    32 1 TOKYO. Mon. About 10.000 Japanese coal miners in Fukushima Prefecture. Northern Japan, today went on strike for an indefinite period demanding a summer bonus of 23.000 yen about $200— Reuter.
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    2 lost in storm
    24 1 PAPEETE (Tahiti). Mon.— Two members of a Pacific raft expedition were reported missing in a storm which hit the Marquesas.
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    Alliance not capitalist—Dr. Ismail
    168 1 Alliance not capitalist— Dr. Ismail KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Mlnl*t«r of External Affairs. Dr. Ismail bin Dafco Abdul Rahman, tonight denied that the Alliance was a capitalist party "as understood by most people." He said In an Alliance election broadcast that the party took advantage of both the Socialist and
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    Night of terror for
    253 1 ten then six shots blast dawn silence ARAU, Monday. yEN people crouched in fear in an attap house for seven hours last night while a man with a loaded shotgun prowled outside. He warned them that if anyone tried to leave he would shoot. At dawn
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    MISSING FATHER: FAMILY FEAR KIDNAP
    144 1 MISSING FATHER: FAMILY FEAR KIDNAP KLANG. Mon. The family of Mr. C. Valliparam, who has been missing since Friday, fear that he has been kidnapped. "We are quite certain that he is not staying away from home on his own accord." said V. Reginald. Mr. Valliparams 17-year-old son. today. His
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    PMIP to see reluctant candidate
    99 1 ITUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Top Selangor PMIP officials plan to leave for Singapore in the next few day.; to have a "heart to heart" taik with the party's reluctant candidate for the Kapar constituency In the Parliamentary election. Inche Ibrahim bin Haji Nordln. The Selangor PMIP
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    Thieves take $3,000 drugs
    39 1 SINGAPORE. Mon. Burglars last night broke Into the Kallang Dispensary. Kallane Road, and stole $3,000 worth of drugs. The theft was discovered by the dispensary's watchman early this morning. The back door was found broken.
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    Aid for squints
    21 1 CHICAGO, Mon.— Contact lenses can be used to correct crossed eyes in children, a Japanese ophtalmologist said yesterday.
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    Girl's body in nonl
    61 1 Girl's body in nonl SINGAPORE. Mon. Th« Royal Naval Police today recovered the body of a 10--year-old girl, Irene Williams, from the Terror Swimming Pool at the Naval Base. The body was spotted at the bottom of the pool In the afternoon by one of the swimmers. Artificial respiration failed
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    stop Press
    23 1 10.000 RED* DEMONSTRATION \L\\ DhlUi About lt,tH ?< f rev it n proit^t a ,^in >( Ciovt rn:,i- it the Communi-' in KM
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    New forge-proof I-cards—Step TWO OFF TO U.S. WITH BIG ORDER
    193 2 New forge-proof I-cards—Step TWO OFF TO U.S. WITH BIG ORDER KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Two Federation Government officers ieft for New York today to place orders for American machines that will churn out the 4.500.000 new waterproof and forgery-proof identity cards to be issued from Jan. l next year. They are
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    2 party officials resign
    57 2 KUALA tfANGSAR. Mon Two officials of the Kuala Kangsar branches of the National Association of Perak and the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party, have resigned their posts. Tengku Adnan bin Tengku Adil has resigned as chairman and information officer of the NAP branch, while Inche Mokhtar bin Petah
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    $140,000 HQ
    24 2 KUCHING. Mon.-'i'he Governor of Sarawak. Sir Anthony Abeli. will open the $140,000 headquarter; of the Sarawak Government Information Service in Kuching tomorrow.
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    ACCUSED OF OFFERING OCPD BRIBE
    99 2 ACCUSED OF OFFERING OCPD BRIBE MALACCA. Mon.— Wong Si Ngee. 45. was charged in the Muar Sessions Court yesterday with offering a bribe of $200 and a gold wristwatch to Mr. E. Oopal. the OCPD. Muar. on July 19. He claimed trial. Wong was alleged to have offered the bribe
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    Round One of east coast poll battle
    384 2  -  TAMINUDDIN KARIM By Kuala Trengtanu, Mon. IT STARTS TODAY WITH TENGKU FOR THE ALLIANCE AND BURHANUDDIN FOR PMIP ROUND ONE of the Alliance versus PMIP battle for the five contested parliamentary seats in Trengganu will start tomorrow when national leaders of both parties
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    TWO MEN MURDERED FRIEND FOR I $3,000, COURT TOLD
    249 2 TWO MEN MURDERED FRIEND FOR I $3,000, COURT TOLD IPOH. Monday. A SHOP assistant who was going to Penang for an opium deal was the victim of a "foul murder" and was robbed of $3,000 by his two trusted friends, the Ipoh High Court was told today. I The murdered
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    3 accused of murder
    62 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Three youths were charged in a magistrate's court today with murdering a hawker. Ong Choon Huat. 35. Llm Kwee Thye. Hoe Hock Hal and Llm Chew Yoong were alleged to have committed the offence on May 8 while being members of an unlawful assembly
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    ACTING MCA CHIEF BIDS Dr. LIM BON VOYAGE
    74 2 THE ACTING MCA. president. Da to Dr. Cheah Toon Lok (right) bids his predecessor. Dr. Lira Chong Eu, bon voyage at Penang's Bay an Lepas airport on Sunday. Dr. Lim, who resigned as MCA president last week, is on his way to
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    Study gifts for 53
    54 2 TELUK ANSON, Mon.— Fifty-three children of members of the Lower Perak Malay Government Servants Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society were awarded scholarships at the Malay Club here. The awards are for pupils in English schools from Std One to Std. VIII. Each study gift Is wortn
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    Malay concert
    35 2 PENANG, Mon.— The Penang Social Welfare Association will hold a Malay concert at the Chung Ling High School hall in Kampong Bahru at 8 p.m. on Saturday in aid of the associations fund
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    Govt. halts grant—so children's home may close
    280 2 Govt. halts grant so children's home may close SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Children's Society may have to close its convalescent home at Tanah Merah if it does not receive any more Government grant, Mr. 'John E. Lloyd, Its honorary secretary said today. "If that happens, it will be a considerable
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    The three 'cobras' of Malayan politics —by Alliance leader
    252 2 The three 'cobras' of Malayan politics —by Alliance leader IPOH, Monday. THE pubicity officer of the Perak; State Alliance J Mr. S. A. Lingam, iast night said that the Pan Malayan Islamic Party, the People's Progressive Party and the Party Negara were the three "cobras" of Malayan politics. They should
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    RAAF aid for a widow
    79 2 RAAF aid for a widow BUTTERWORTH, Mon. RAAF airmen stationed here have collected SIS 9 to, pay for repairs to a Malay widow's dilapidated house. The woman, Che Tah bin to Saad, lives in Bagan Belat, a village six miles from the Bntterworth airfield, which the RAAF "adopted" last year.
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    'Not guilty' plea to robbery
    48 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Chia Fook Tong. unemployed, pleaded not guilty in a magistrate's court today to a charge of robbing Chia Liong Mong of $24 a; id a wristwatch at Canal Road on July 3. He was remanded in the central lock-up until Monday.
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    Man dies after sea rescue DRAMA AT THE PIER
    85 2 Man dies after sea rescue DRAMA AT THE PIER BUTTERWORTH. Mon.— A Chinese failed to respond I to artificial respiration and died at the Mitchell Pier today after being pulled out from the sea. Chin Meng Aun. 49. had boarded the Penangbound ferry. Lidah. about 1.3* p.m. When the vessel
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    To tour Malaya
    29 2 PENANG. Mon —The Rev. Brother Lawrence OToole, jus- sistant superior general of the Christian Brothers, arrived in I Penang from Rome yesterday for a Malayan tour.
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    Aussie woman breaks kampong barrier...
    285 2 Aussie woman breaks kampong barrier... By K. BASKARAN KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. An Austrian woman has been living among Malays in remote kampongs for the past 15 months, studying their customs, their problems, their superstitions and the medicine they use during illness. She is MLss A. M. McArthur. an anthropologist, who
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    THE POLLING DAY CANVASSING BOOTHS—NEW DIRECTIVE
    268 2 THE POLLING DAY CANVASSING BOOTHS— NEW DIRECTIVE IPOH. Monday I THE Election CommisA sion has announced that police will choose sites for canvassing booths on polling day only in areas that are not private property. Earlier the commission had sent a directive to candidates stating that canvassing booths must oe
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    Ftsting due in Singapore
    40 2 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Gen. Sir Francis Festlng. will arrive in Singapore by air tomorrow afternoon on a three-day visit. He will leave on Friday to visit Australia and New Zealand.
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    $25,000 grant
    24 2 KUCHLN'G. Mon— The British Government has glvpn $25,000 from the Colonial Development and Welfare Funds to extend the Soils Laboratory In Kuchlng.
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    Lock icon THOUSANDS CHEER NIXON on DRIVE INTO WARSAW
    680 3 Crowds shout 'Long live Ike, USA' as Poles outdo even Mr. X's welcome 'I WAS OFFERED 100-ROUBLE NOTE' MOSCOW. Mon.— Radio Moscow yesterday interviewed the Soviet citizen who claimed Vice President Nixon offered him a 100-rooble note— despite Mr. Nixon's claim that the
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    QUEEN'S HEALTH WORRIES PAPERS
    100 3 QUEEN'S HEALTH WORRIES PAPERS LONDON, Mon.— The belief that the Queen's Canadian tour had been a brilliant success coupled with some concern about her health, characterised British newspaper comments this morning The Queen returned to London yesterday after a 15.000-mile tour of Canada Under a front-page banner headline "Never again"
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    Meeting the workers...
    23 3 MR. NIXON mores to shake hands with a Soviet worker in Leningrad. Left is Soviet Deputy Premier, Mr. Frol Koslov.
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    Lock icon Lloyd sees Gromyko on Laos crisis
    173 3 GENEVA, Monday. BRITAIN yesterday expressed concern to Russia about what it regarded as outside interference in the Laos disturbances and urged that this should cease, according to a usually reliable source. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. British Foreign Secretary, expressed this cqncern when he called on
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    Lock icon Envoys relieved
    26 3 AMMAN. Mon. A Royal decree today relieved three! Jordanian envoys lnclud- 1 Ing the ambassador In London from their posts for medical reasons. Reuter.
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    Politics again
    25 3 JAKARTA. Mon.— The ban on political party activity was lifted today for Jakarta area, but permits will still be required for all meetings.-
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    STOLE PLANE FOR DASH TO FREEDOM
    68 3 STOLE PLANE FOR DASH TO FREEDOM VIENNA, Mon. A Ciech refugee escaped into Austria in a stolen plane today and landed 20 miles north of Vienna, according to police reports. Police said Emil Schwetz, 29, of Czechoslovakia, landed near Mistelbach north of Vienna early this morning after stealing a light
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    Lock icon Australia visit
    38 3 CANBERRA. Mon. The Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzies. announced today that Mr. John Hare. British Minister for Agriculture. Fisheries and Food, would visit Australia for 14 days ir September as the guest of the Government. Reuter
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    Lock icon After the strike
    33 3 PARIS. Mon— Several thousand Algerian prisoners throughout France who ended a 16-day hunger strike last night are to have a special diet for a week to help them recover.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon C 5 HOURS UNDERWATER
    52 3 LOS ANGELES. Mon—A -23-year-old mother of three children clambered out of the water at Hermosa Beach yesterday and claimed a new underwater endurance record I Mrs' Dolores Fisher, operator ot an underwater diving scnoQl- nad been underwater 55 hours. 37.11 minutes, The old record was 50
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    Lock icon 'Fearful strain'
    169 3 "It shows the fearful strain of travelling 15.000 miles through Canada in 45 days: of shaking 8.003 hands, visiting 136 places, making 50 speeches and two TV broadcasts. "The eagerness of Commonwealth countries to welcome the Queen is well understood. So is her willingness to visit them. But
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    Lock icon 'Let China into UN'
    59 3 SYDNEY. Mon. China should be admitted to the United Nations, tne leader of the Opposition. Dr. Evatt. said today. Its admission would be "a pathway to peace." '•Recognition does not mean we would agree with its internal policy, nor that we would have to treat the
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    Lock icon Labour MP dies
    29 3 EDINBURGH. Mon. Mr. David Johnstone Pryde, Labour MP. for Midlothian, who once worked as a miner, died at his home at Bonnyrig He was 69.— Reuter
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    Lock icon KERALA: WE HAD NO CHOICE, SAYS NEHRU
    127 3 KERALA: WE HAD NO CHOICE, SAYS NEHRU NEW DELHI. Mon. The Prime Minister, Mr Nehru told a meeting of his Congress Parliamentary Party last night that the Central Government had "absolutely no choice" but to interven*. in Kerala, where presidential rule had been declared. Mr Nehru is understood to have
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    'Change the set-up' campaign
    104 3 'Change the set-up' campaign CAPETOWN. Mon. A campaign calling for sweeping reforms of the South African constitution is to be launched here by a newly formed committee including the Archbishop of Capetown. Dr. Joost de Blank. The committee was elected during a four-hour multiracial conference behind closed doors. Today South
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    Lock icon SUMMIT IN DECEMBER MAY FOLLOW MR. X's VISIT TO U.S.
    206 3 SUMMIT IN DECEMBER MAY FOLLOW MR. X's VISIT TO U.S. n ENEVA, .Mon. The U Western allies are planning a December East West summit meeting as a sequel to Mr. Khrushchev's expected visit to the United States, reliable diplomatic sources said today. Reports reaching the Big Four conference delegations said
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    Lock icon DID NAVY HAVE LEG PULLED?
    89 3 DID NAVY HAVE LEG PULLED? LONDON. Mon. Men on duty in the naval dockyard at Chatham, were alerted yesterday following a telephone call that an "aristocratic Javanese lady" would be paying a- visit. The lady who wanted to see "Navy Day" exhibitions proved to be a white woma.i speaking Impeccable
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    Lock icon Parties fatal for five
    31 3 PORT MORESBY. Mon. Five natives have died here after drinking methyl alcohol, and 11 othert are seriously ill In hospital, after parties held at the weekend. Reuter.
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    Ruler opens $4im. dam
    265 4 NO FEE CHARGED BY U.S. FOR HELP ON PROJECT IT IS THE BIGGEST ONE IN MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR,! Mon. The Sultan of Selangor today opened Malaya's biggest dam at Klang Gates. The $4,500,000 dam is part of a huge scheme to (prevent water shortages during droughts
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    FUN OF THE FAIR-AT SELETAR
    58 4 Thousands of people from all parts of Singapore yesterday attended RAF Seietar fete and fun fair organised to raise funds to improve recreational facilities for youth in the area. Straits Times picture shows an Army housewife and 10-year-old Miss Maureen Macgae in fancy dress offering
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    Teams seek historical sites
    235 4 IZUANTAN, Mon.— The Singapore division of the University of Malaya has sent three teams to Pahang and Trengganu to study the prospects of conducting research on historical sites. All three team* are from the Faculty of Arts. The first team of four, led by K. Sundaralingam
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      286 4 Singapore diary. TOC H tScotu Road): Talk by flower trnngctnent 10 a.m. Mr. I. Morrison on Bible In I SALVATION ARMY (CltmenSarawak" 8.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A. ceau Ave.) Junior Legion 6 p.m.; (Outram Road): Chinese classes Home League Auxiliary 7.30 p.m. 5.30 and 6.30 p.rr. 7 30 p.m.; CHINESE Y.M.O.A.: Oames
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    The Socialist challenge is strongest in the towns
    1553 5 STRAITS TIMES guide, to the national elections TANJONG Ward by ward prospects INTERESTING CLASH OF PERSONALITIES A NY frank appraisal of he Parliamentary poll prospects in the four Penang Island Constituencies must take into account om pertinent question: How will a weakened
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    THE LINE-UP AT A GLANCE TANJONG
    303 5 THE LINE-UP AT A GLANCE TANJONG MR. G.H. GOH (Alliance) 68, advocate and solicitor, prewar officer in the Prnang Volunteers and Group Harden in the A.R.P.. Bntterworth. first elected Mayor of Georgr Town (1957), awarded Joban Manrku Megan 1958. MR. TAN PHOCK KIN (Soc. Front) 36, accountant. Depot) Mayor of
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    You are Judged by Your ENGLISH
    236 5 You are Judged by Your ENGLISH You are judged oy the wav you speak and write. Are you content with tutway you express yourself? Arc you sure that you are nut making mistakes that cause Deople to underrate you? Thousands ot men and women are nandlcappea because they make embarrassing
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    Klang Gates dam STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES
    1135 6  - Klang Gates dam STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES SAUL JOSHUA By A proud feat by PWD COMPLETION OF FIRST PHASE OF $19.5 M. PLAN YESTERDAY'S official opening x of the Klang Gates Dam by the Sultan of Selangor marked the completion of the first phase of the Public Works Department's $19,500,000
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      123 6 York refrigeration and air-cooling plants totalling more than 1,500,000 BTU's per hour capacity were essential factors in the construction of the Klang Gates Dam. This industrial application requiring reliable heavy duty machinery included York plants for water chilling, aggregate cooling, production of flakice and cold storage. For all your oirconditioning
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    Years of study needed to find right site
    439 7 Years of study needed to find right site yAHIOUS schemes had been put forward from time to time to ensure an adequate supply of water for Kuala Lumpur. Even before the war, consideration was given to the Klang Gates gorge as a possible dam site. But because of the relatively
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    THE FIRST PROBLEM: THE REMOVAL OF KAMPONG FROM SITE
    337 7 THE FIRST PROBLEM: THE REMOVAL OF KAMPONG FROM SITE THREE years ago A there was a thriving kampong where today the Klang Gates Dam and its impounding reservoir are situated. It had a school, a masque built by contributions from villagers and more than 200 homes. Most of the 300
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    DEATHS
    132 8 it W.rWj tit (Minimum) MR. TAN TEOW KHUAY age 65 years passed peacefully away on Monday 3 859 at 7.20 a.m. Leaving non* Seng. Tlong Bens, Mary. Tlong Kheng, Lily. Tlong Choon. son-in-law Chan Teck, daughters-in-law Ivy, Beng Imm. Mary and two grandchildren. Cortege will leave 23, Kuo Chuan
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    36 8 St Words tit (MMmum). MRS. LEE LIAN SENG and children thank relatives and friends for condolence messages, scrolls, wreaths, donations, assistance and attendance at the funeral of the late Mr. Lee Loan Seng on 1-8-59.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    520 8 M Worit Sit (Minimum) 810 REDUCTIONS In teenage wear at Madeline's, 278 Orchard Kd., Spore Including party (rocks and iwlmsuits. This week only. TO KEEP YOU cool and refreshed long after the shower and to enjoy a comfortable day.' 4711 •Ice Eau de Cologne". CLEAR THE AIR of Tobacco
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      Near The Summit
      736 8 The mists of speculation and anticipation must not be allowed to obscure the fact that Mr. Khrushchev has not yet received an invitation to visit the President of the United States. Mr. Nixon obviously scouted the idea whilst he was in Russia, but the. invitation can hardly
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      State Awards For Scholars
      324 8 The Singapore Government's decision to replace the Queen's scholarships and fellowships with State awards completes the break with a tradition that goes back threequarters of a century in Malaya. Last year the Federation Government discontinued the Queen's. These decisions were to be expected in view of
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      Broken Homes
      153 8 The Singapore Muslim Advisory Board has received complaints against publicity for cases heard in the Shariah Court and it has even been suggested that the Press and presumably the public should be excluded. Divorce and maintenance cases are routine news coverage, and the Malay Press in particular has
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    PRESCOTT: ALL BLAME AND NO PRAISE...
    1298 8  -  Dr. HO KUANG-CHUNG By Head. Department of Chinas* Language and Literature University of Malaya, Singapore (Th« first of two articles) THE report of the Nanyang University commission of inquiry was published on July 22 and farreaching must be its repercussions on the future of
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      TRANSFERS THAT ARE A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY...
      150 8 QUITE often we hear of Government junior clerks being transferred from one state In the south to another state In the north a distance of 300 miles. Apart from the Inconvenience and hardship caused to the clerks In respect of their
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      THAT SCHOOL RUSH HOUR
      82 8 1 VENTURE to suggest that the lower portion of Edinburgh Road be opened to the public at certain hours during school days There are lour large schools and two small ones within this small confine ot Bophia Road travel dally along Sophia and Wilkie Roads during
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      Pernicious habit...
      194 8 Pernicious habit... HUE parking of cars In Singapore leaves much to be desired. As your correspondents point out, It is because of this that motorists find It so difficult to keep left while driving along Singapore roads. And this in turn leads to the pernicious habit of overtaking on the
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      Puzzle behind 'keep left' campaign
      146 8 HAVE always been puzzled by the "keep left" campaigns and wondered what the thinking was behind them. Now I have been enlightened by the letter of Mr. A. T. Rajah. I have wondered what difference it makes whether a motorist overtakes on the left or
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    KASSEM
    312 8 puts the squeeze on the Reds in Iraq BAGDAD, Mon. —By promising to revive party politics, draft a new constitution and hold free elections next year, Gen. Kassem has demonstrated his distaste for military dictatorship. And by setting a term to his "transition period" he has greatly enhanced the
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    'Alliance's promises fulfilled ...even exceeded'
    175 9 'Alliance's promises fulfilled ...even exceeded' MALACCA, Mon.— The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, said here last night that the Alliance had not only fulfilled its election promises but had exceeded them. Mr. Tan said that when they fought the 1955 elections, they held out promise of
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    Four Reds gave up last month
    31 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Four Communist terrorists surrendered and one was wounded in the Federation last month There were no casualties to security forces or civilians.
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    GOVERNOR'S SON WEDS OR SATURDAY
    78 9 GOVERNOR'S SON WEDS OR SATURDAY MALACCA. Mon. The Governor of .Malacca, Tun Leong Yew Ron, and Toh Puan Leong. have invited 2.000 people to their son's wedding on Saturday. rit.-I.n-ut. Basil Leong Kok Kce. of the Royal Malayan Air Force, will marry Miss Helena Yeap Chai Choo. a teacher in
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    Dear voter...f rom the Tengku
    336 9 TWO MILLION LETTERS GO OUT WITH A PERSONAL BE FRIENDS' PLEA KUALA LUMPUR, Moo. JL| ORE than two million letters will soon go out to voters in the general election. They will bear the signature of the Alliance national leader, Tengku Abdul Rahman, over his
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    Provident Fund girl weds in Kuala Lumpur
    69 9 Provident Fund girl weds in Kuala Lumpur MR. Low Soon Eu, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Low Hoon Chong. of Kuala Lumpur. and his bride. Miss Chiew Slew Choo. youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chiew Lay Swee. after their wedding in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The bridegroom is
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    Youth Council is to discuss future at a meeting today
    306 9 Youth Council is to discuss future at a meeting today SINGAPORE. Monday. THE future of the Singapore Youth Council will be discussed at an emergency meeting of its 46--member General Council tomorrow. The General Council. I whose meeting tomorrow la described as "very Important," comprises representatives from 36 organisations affiliated
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    JP is elected new chamber president
    64 9 JP is elected new chamber president MR. AJIT SINGH, a Kuala Luspur businessman who was made a Justice of the Peace by the Sultan of Selangor in bis birthday honours list, has been elected president »f the Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Naraindas was elected vice-president. Mr. J.M. Patel
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    Canadian show
    28 9 SINGAPORE. Mon.— A display of Canadian engineering goods will be held at the Canadian Trade Commissioner's office at Robinson Road ehre from tomorrow to Aug. 11.
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    Diamond jubilee
    25 9 TELUK ANBON. Mon.— The Anglo-Chinese School here the largest and oldest coeducational institution in Lower Perak— will celebrate Its diamond jubilee this week.
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    EARLY START ON SPECIALISED WORK Now paid men move in for the Kallang park job
    296 9 EARLY START ON SPECIALISED WORK Now paid men move in for the Kallang park job SINGAPORE, Mon. City Council and Public Works Department labourers today continued work on the Government's "Operation Lung" project to turn the old Kallang Airport into a park and playground group went to the site early
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    Help Salvaf Army apt
    56 9 PENANG. Mon. ihe Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee. today called on the people of the state mm "who are well-known for their generosity" to help the Salvation Army Boys' Home. 'The Salvation Army has brought inconceivable benefits to people everywhere." he said when declaring the
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    COUNCILLOR JAILED FOR SCYTHE ATTACK
    135 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.Ng Kui, an estate kepala and a village councillor, was sentenced In the Supreme Court today to 18 months' jail by Mr Justice Hepworth for causing grievous hurt to Sin Kok. a rubber tapper. He was tried for murder, but the Jury found
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    Woman killed
    31 9 TELUK ANSON. Mon. A woman. Lljah binte Labal Hussein, 51, died soon after she was knocked down by a motor-cyclist on the Bldor Road nine miles from here yesterday.
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    $3,000 fine on smuggler
    62 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Lee Bin Toon. 48, of Ipoh was today fined $3,000 In the Sessions Court here for evading customs export duty amounting to $361. The court was told that 11 piculs of tin ore valued at $3,181 were found In his car at the
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    Boy, 7, injured in accident
    36 9 KOTA BHARU. Mon. A seven-year-old boy, Tan Kirn Oeok, was seriously Injured last night when he was knocked down by a car In Kota Bharu town. He was admitted to hospital.
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    Varsity honour
    27 9 PENANO. Mon.— Mr. Loo Choo Kheam, principal of the Methodist Boys' Bchool. has been made an Associate of the Institute of Education. University of London.
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    Mr. R: We don't know of that pact
    165 9 Mr. R: We don 't know of that pact pENANO. Mon. The Malayan People's BodaOst Front headquarters here has no knowledge of any understanding betweeD Its candidates and the Pai Malayan Islamic Party In the Federal election In Pahang. This was stated in Penang today by the Front's vice-president, Mr.
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    King will open Parliament at a glittering —ceremony—
    411 9  - King will open Parliament at a glittering ceremony YAP CHIN KWEE By Kuala Lumpur, Mon. THE House of Representa t i v c s and the Senate will be inaugurated by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Sept. 16 at the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall in Ampang Road. A special sub-com-mittee
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    FEDERATION'S FIRST AGRICULTURAL CENSUS BEGINS
    196 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. Al5-MAN team today began the Federation's firs agricultural census. The Minister of Agriculture. Inche Abdul Aziz bin l.shak, told these men—members of the Commission of Agricultural Census that they had "a task of great national Importance." The census will cost the Ministry
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    $100,000 COLLECTED FOR SHOW
    69 9 PENANG. Mon. About $100,000 has already been collected for a joint charity performance here by two leading Chinese drama troupes in Penang and Singapore. The Penang Peng Seah and the Singapore Ping Sheh, will stage several short plays at the Penang Chinese Girls' High School for
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      312 10 WANTED: QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR OUR OLD FOLKS This pair is for the modern miss Eye-catching hose worn by grandmother THE old people of Singapore need your help. Yearlymore and more people reach the age when they can no longer earn a living or look after themselves. If they are
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      The puzzle of the fickle hemline: Is it up down?
      668 10 The puzzle of the fickle hemline: Is it up down? THERE is mild havoc in the fashion world of" Paris this week. France's leading couturiers are of opposing minds and have unveiled collections with opposing lines. Dior designer, Yves Mathieu Saint-Laurent K25 tiSSZSZZr toe lid oir the current The brilliant
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      For the lady in waiting
      262 10 T\EAR Mother-to-Be: Being pretty when pregnant is not such an impossible thing. There are just some basic things you should keep in mind. You will have to watch the way you stand. Now that you are carrying extra weight, don't throw yourself backwards for balance.-
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      TWO EASY-CARE COIFFURES FOR THE YOUNG SOPHISTICATE
      188 10 TWO EASY-CARE COIFFURES FOR THE YOUNG SOPHISTICATE PROMISING young hair dresser. Theresa Chan thinks that youth should make the most of themselves while they are still able. And hair, in her opinion is one of the most important points of beauty. For the day she has created for Aline Stobbs
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      322 10 make It. almost (6). f T» I 22. •There's a divinity that Straits Times Crossword &r%r $s* i^^i (5-3). 23. Revolting boor choae wholly I 12 I 5 I*" I p I I r unconscious humour (9. 6). ■Bf ~^Hb" ~^^bb|^^— m«~ ■■f~^ i. Never classically (3. 5. ">. "P*
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    Parent company to make payment
    163 12 Parent company to make payment IN addition to maintaining its dividend at 15 per cent., less tax, for 1958, with an unchanged final of 10 per cent, on the £614,925 ordinary William Jacks and Co., metal merchants, importers and exporters, is paying a capital profit distribution of 5 per cent,
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    SATURDAY BUSINESS
    234 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported on Saturday (August 1): -All section., on the local share market were quiet and the turnover was small." Singapore broker-, reported the following business: Industrials: Fraser and Neave prei. $4.20 (O), ords $1.35 (O. Ti; Gammon $1.78: M. Cement $1.57: M. Colls
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    Sungei Krian reviews 50 years of progress
    179 12 Sungei Krian reviews 50 years of progress LOOKING back over the fifty years of Its existence. Sungei Krian Rubber Estates Ltd. has issued some interesting statistics. Formed in 1909, the company then had 455 acres of immature robber and capital of £30.625. Today its capital Is £152,000. its nett assets
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    131 12 MELBOURNE, Mon. JNVESTMEKT shares held a firm tone on the Stock Exchange here today. Peter Vie. eased Is. to 435. while most of the leaders gained lyBase metals and the oils remained firm. North Broken Hill gained Is. to 945. Commonwealth bonds continued steady along firm lines. Loans
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    MELBOURNE STOCK MART REPORTS BOOM (TRADING AGAIN
    646 12 MELBOURNE STOCK MART R EPORTS BOOM (TRADING AGAIN JJOOM conditions returned to Melbourne Stock Exchange trading last week to drive many share prices up to new peaks, it is reported. Of late Malayan investors have taken increasing interest in Melbourne and Sydney stocks and last week the majority of overseas
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    75 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Cambodge 1/2, Klnko Maru 4/5, Shoyo Maru 6A Glenorchy 6/7, Sargodha 10/11, Olenearn 13/14, Javanese Prince 15/16, Utrecht 18, Charon 19, Selangor N. Wall 2, Sedlli N. Wall 3. Eastsea N. Wall 4, Tapah N. Wall 5.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    78 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants on Saturday. August 1 (all rates are to $100): SWUng T.T. or O.D. ready: French Francs *****; Belgian Franca 1631 1/4; Danish Kroner 335 1/2; Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange market In
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    Takuapa Valley
    45 12 The liquidator of Taknpa Valley Tin Dredging wiil clom the transrer registers of the company on August 10. Holders, who have shares not yet registered should have this done without delay. The first distribution In liquidation is payable on August 20. HEAOIN6 COST
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      254 12 BURMA FIVE STAR LINE Monthly Service From ""^-flnTTi JAPAN AND HONGKONG PORTS s^5S "MICHAEL JEBSEN" Spore 11 Aug. Penang 13 Aug Accepting Cargo for Penong and Rongoon Agents:— INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENCY SINGAPORE PENANG 331-342, Telok Ayar Street 51, Beach Street, TEL: *****—***** TEL: ***** THE EASTERN SHIPPING CORPORATION UMITEB Pot.engerj
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      701 12 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. Tan Soo Yang has resigned from this Company effective as of 31st July 1969 and therefore has no authority to transact any business or to receive any payment on our behalf. EDWARD EU A CO. LTD. 1, Orchard Road. Singapore. NOTICE Mr. WEE TEOW SAN has left
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      335 12 TENDERS S BUKIT LANJAN QUARRY DAMANSARA ROAD Tenderers may now obtain all particulars from Superintending Engineer, Kuala Lumpur. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER. Kuala Selangor. TENDER NOTICE Tenders In 'lted for the purchase Of 160 ste»l cargo containers measuring 3. r eft and 4 containers of 100 eft., second hand, specially designed for
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      800 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE U Word, Si (Mtm. >—Bux it rt, txtrm FORD PREPBCT for sale, one European owner. Accident free, car being sparingly used. Tel. ***** Ext. 13 Singapore. 1956 DODGE KINGSWAY automatic. One owner syce driven. Offers to Transport Manager. Stratus Times Press Ltd. 1957 BORGWARD TS. 26.100 miles.
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      326 13 FIRST FLICHT I SINGAPORE! I TAI/VA I lUX V M Sla d 7th August 1959 (arriving same day.) by LOCKHEED PROP-JET /j| f _Eleotra/_f I THE FASTEST PROP-JET IN THE WORLD M pacific J§B f airwifays "mm^t Booking Offices: Singapore Tel: ***** 9 Malayan Commercial Agencies Ltd. K.L. Tel: *****
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    SERVICE TO BE WIDENED SOON
    160 14 SERVICE TO BE WIDENED SOON THE Ceylon Insurance 1 Co. Ltd. will soon undertake general accident business in addition to its other services in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Mr. P. Wettasinha. manager of the Singapore branch said yesterday. Mr. Wettasinha said that the new business would include workmen's
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    Swiss rubber imports fall
    53 14 Swiss rubber imports In June fell slightly to 1.315 tons compared with May. according to the Customs Directorate in Zurich. America supplied 590 tons. Malaya 526 tons. West Germany 97 tons, Indonesia 30 tons. Italy 22 tons, the Belgian Congo 20 tons. Britain 12 tons and
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    Tin company open $8-mil. dredge
    353 14 NEW MINING PLANT IN KAMPONG GAJAH p pHK Malayan Tin Dredging Company, one of the major European concerns in the Federation of Malaya, put into operation for the first time a new $8-million dredge on its mining property near Tanjong Tuallang, 28 miles from Ipoh,
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    Opel output
    25 14 Adam Opel AQ., Russ?l--i sheim. produced 315.945 cars. I delivery vans and trucks last year of which 52.9 per cent I were exported.
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    1.C.1. MAKES FLEXIBLE TANKS FOR LIQUIDS
    246 14 A FLEXIBLE, lightweight tank for the transport and storage of a wide range of liquids has been manufactured by a subsidiary company in the 1.C.1. Group. Now available on the Malayan market in white or black finish, the tank is made from strong coated
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    Air France orders 17 new aircraft for pooled service
    183 14  - Air France orders 17 new aircraft for pooled service AIR FRANCE and Transport AerJens Intercontinentaux. which recently signed an agreement to pool their services, have ordered 17 Boeing 707 for operations in the Far East including Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. This was announced In Singapore by Mr. M.
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      189 14 ■BBllL^il^Bßm|li^^lll^^Bßjj Air traffic Swissair's air freight traffic in the first half of this year increased by 34 per cent over the corresponding period of 1958. Economical! IR] Efficient [f-1 j CABINETS-CHAIRS C? \M CUPBOARDS-DESKS "^^^i Bf" H PARTITIONING H LOCKERS-SHELVING iB SYSTEMS -MBIES 104. ROBINSON RD.. HO-11 2 BELFIEL D
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    Charoen the champ again
    1249 15  -  NORMAN SIEBEL By Singapore, Monday KEW SAN WAS GREAT EVEN IN DEFEA T /^HAROEN Watanasin, Siamese holder of the Malayan singles title, retained his crown with a 15-11, 15-12 victory over Teh Kew San, last year's runner-up, in the I Malayan open bad- minton championships at
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    7-WICKET WIN FOR THE NORTH
    143 15 7-WICKET WIN FOR THE NORTH sCEREMBAN, Mon— An unbeaten 88 runs by Mike Shepherdson and a useful 48 by opening bat A. Barrlck helped North to beat South by seven wickets here today. North, set to score 163 runs for victory in 3hr. 50min. did it in -'In. 20mm.. the
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    SCOREBOARD
    192 15 mii ill Ist inn- 234 NORTH Ist inns 284 SOLTH 2nd Inns.— Devindraii c Yeoh Hal Ouan b C. Shepherdson 0. Marks b Blyth 22. Slvasamboo st Walker b Blyth 19. Bowles run out 33, R. da Silva b C. Shepherdson 48. Khoo Bin Keng b Guruch.iran Singh 3,
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    Teh-Lim gain revenge over the Indonesians
    336 15 Teh-Lim gain revenge over the Indonesians SINGAPORE, Monday. jtf ALAYA'S world doubles champions in badminton, ATiTeh Kew San and Lim Say Hup, today gained anther proud conquest when they beat their arch badminton "enemies," the Indonesian pair Tan King Gwan and Njoo Kirn Bie, 15-7. 15-12 in the semifinals of
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    MALAYA AND SIAM SHARE SINGLES
    336 15  -  VIC NAYAGAM B, I POH. Mon.— Malaya, the 1 holders, and Slam had each won a singles and the score was tied at 1-1 at the end of the day when bad light stopped play In the deciding doubles of their inter-por; tennis match here
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    2-1 for P. Stia
    60 15 BINOAPORE, Mon. Perhampon Stia beat Tamil Brotherhood Association 2-1 in a BAFA Div. 3 A league match at Farrer Park today. Scorers were Hlmat and Bahron. Sitharam scored fo rTBA. In another Div. 3a match at Farrer Pnrk TBB beat Alagappa 4-.1 In a Div. 3B
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    Police win
    35 15 SINGAPORE. Mon. Police beat SHB Police by four wickets in a Junior tour- #-nent match at Thomson Road yesterday. SHB 136 (W. Bta. Maria 4-S5). Police 137-6 (Mahallnnun 45. Chandraraj 44. Plllal 5-29)
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    MALAYA WILL NOT COMPETE IN NEXT DAVIS CUP
    273 15 IPOH. Mon. Malaya will n«t compete in next year's Darts tup competition so that funds available can be spent in enronraring and training younf players. The Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya made this decision at its annual meetlni It was f-lt that
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    First Asian open badminton meet in Singapore
    482 15  - First Asian open badminton meet in Singapore SAUL JOSHUA By SINGAPORE, Mon. The nrst Asian open badminton individual championships will be! held in Singapore dur-| ing the Easter holidays next year. This was decided at the first Asian Badminton Confederation standing committee meeting held in Singapore. The ABC. will pay
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    H.K. Chinese beat Kedah
    37 15 SUNGEI PATANI. Mon. The Hong Kong Chinese football tou- lists today beat Kedah 5-0 here. The tourists scored all their goals In the second half through Chl-yln (2), Ban-lim (2) and Szeto Man.
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    Champs again
    43 15 SINGAPORE. Mon— For the second successive year, 12th Company were champions at the annual athletics meet of the Boys' Brigade. Singapore Battalion, held at Victoria School ground today. They scored 44 points. The 12th Company is attached to the AngloChinese School.
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    Singapore crack up after 40 mins.
    327 15 Singapore crack up after 40 mins. By F. SALAHUDIN SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore lived up to their reputation as 40--minute footballers when they met Selangor. the south zone finalists in the Malaya Cup competition, at Jalan Besar stadium today. Playing under the AllSingapore banner, because of the inclusion of six Servicemen,
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    Pioneers start clearing jungle
    527 16 $4 MILLION PROJECT TO GIVE LAND TO SMALL MAN' FOR PLANTING OIL PALM JOHORE BAHRL, Monday. piONEERS today began work on the initial phase of a si million scheme which will give the Federation its first oil palm estate owned entirely by smallholders. The estate will
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    Home blown up
    35 16 NEW YORK. Mon. The home of a Negro family at Wilmington. Delaware, whose move into an all-white residential area touched off angry demonstrations five months a<*o. was wrecked by a mysterious explosion
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    MALAYAN
    68 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. Colin Stokes, the Malayan golf champion today won the Singapore title when he beat Joe Hutcheson by seven strokes in the final rounds at Sime Road today. Starting off In the final round four strokes behind Colin Stokes. Joe Hutcheson had a difficult task to perform. Alter
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    Plane with 43 aboard develops wire fault
    120 16 Plane with 43 aboard develops wire fault KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A BOAC Britannia bound for London with 43 passengers developed engine trouble as it was preparing to take off from the International Airport here this evening. The passengers, including 14 Irish scouts returninsj home after the jamboree in the Philippines,
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    Fun Fair prize winners
    52 16 SINGAPORE. Mon—Prizewinning numbers in the St. Teresa's Convent fun fair held on Saturday are: Ist prize. *****: 2nd prize. *****; 3rd prize. *****: 4th prize. *****: sth prize, *****: 6th prize. *****: 7th prize. *****: Bth prize. *****. Consolation prizes- *****: *****: *****: *****: *****: *****:
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    World conquerors Kew San, Say Hup, win championship
    433 16  - World conquerors Kew San, Say Hup, win championship NORMAN SIEBEL By SINGAPORE, Mon. Teh Kew San and Lim Say Hup put the golden seal on a brilliant five-month spell of world conquest when they won the men's doubles title in the Malayan open badminton championships at the Singapore Badminton Stadium
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    CRICKET-CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES
    101 16 LONDON. Mon. Ciose of play scores in today's cricket matches were. THE OVAL; Surrey 261 (D. Gibson 80. J. Springhall six for 43 > and 147 for three <K. Barrlnx'on 51. D. Fletcher 44 > Nottinghamshire 121 (C. Poole 52, A. Bedser five for 29 1.
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    90 16 LONDON. Mon. —Tim Parnell, 25. son of former British motor racing star Reg Parueli, was seriously Injured when his Cooper-Climax crashed at Druids Corner on the Brands Hatch circuit today. He hi: the bank 400 yards from the start of the Sist lap
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    CHAMPION WINS SINGAPORE GOLF TITLE
    453 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. by two shots at the second and third holes with par figures. At the fourth hole Hutcheson was badly placed after cut drive- a risky four wood over the trees found htm on the left side of the fairway under the trees; Stokes
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    GIANT BOARD TELLS OF — BIG PARK PROJECT
    45 16 GIANT BOARD TELLS OF BIG PARK PROJECT P.W.I). AND CITY COUNCIL labourers put up this figantic signboard In Singapore yesterday to announce "Operation Lung" the Kallang Park and children's playground of the Ministry of National Development in four languages. Straits Times picture (Story Page 9).
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    Jean goes nude— It is more powerful that way'
    198 16 Jean goes nude— It is more powerful that way' HOLLYWOOD, Mon. Film actress Jean Simmons acts two love scenes in the nude in her latest film "Spartacus." set in the days of ancient Rome. Other stars are Kirk Douglas, Sir Laurence Olivier and Peter Ustinov. The first nude scene occurs
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    247 16 THE REST O« DELHI, Mon. Communist members walked out of India's House of the People (Lower House) today in protest against the Central Government's dismissal of the Communist Kerala State Government. The walkout came after the Home Minister, Mr. G.B. Pant, formally Informed the House
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    237 16 Heavy buying empties the rubber stores KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Rubber god owns in the Federation are empty today because traders have exported all available stock following heavy buying —and a bid by traders to beat an expected new duty due on Thursday. Exports in July could be expected to be
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    Two local bodies to replace the British Medical Assn.
    198 16 Two local bodies to replace the British Medical Assn. SINGAPORE, Mon. The oldest medical organisation in Malaya —the British Medical Association (Malaya branch) which is more than 50 years old will be dissolved soon. Two new bodies the Malayan Medical Association and Singapore Medical Association will take its place and
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