The Straits Times, 15 August 1959

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    22 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times ftal*** He** 1 1 Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1959 f 15 CENTS.
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    SOCIALISM: 'NOTHING TO DO WITH SEX'
    111 1 Xl M.\ LUMPUR, Fri. Rum «vrS are hem, spread that Socialism means sharing everything— «yen wives. an election rally wa& told tt.uißht Inche Ahmad Boestamam, chairman of the Socialist Front, told a predominantly Chinese audience at the Lee Rubber Factory here. "Socialism means equality—.
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    Election in 1960
    36 1 RANGOON. Fri. Gen. Ne Win's Government will hold general elections either In the last week of January or the first week of February 1980. U Chan Tun Aung. Minister for Judicial Affairs, said.
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    LOAN BILL PASSED
    267 1 Government gets greett light to bflrrow $100 mil. to finance cost of development projects Terms to be known soon gINGAPORE, Fri. The Legislative Assembly today passed without debate a Bill to enable the Government to raise a loan in Singap o r c of up to $100,000,000
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    MALAYA BARS REBELS FROM INDONESIA
    399 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A number of Indonesians, believed to include rebels, have been barred from entering Malaya since last year because of representations made by their Government. A Ministry of External Affairs spokesman said today that the Indonesian Government had declared their papers no longer
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    Talented belles from Indonesia
    21 1 SOME of the talented singers and dancers from Indonesia who will perform in Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    AN ORCHID WELCOME FOR CULTURAL TROUPE
    433 1 AN ORCHID WELCOME FOR CULTURAL TROUPE SINGAPORE, Fri. The 45-member Indonesian cultural mission was welcomed with orchids on their arrival here by the ship Djadajat today. Clifford Pier was a gay scene as the Indonesian "Ambassadors of Goodwill" landed under a big "Selamat Datang ke-Singapura" (welcome to Singapore) banner. Hundreds
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    Riviera holiday
    20 1 MONTE CARLO. Fri. Sir Winston Churchill has started a three-week holiday at the Riviera Villa of Lord Beaverbrook.
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    SPECIAL KELANTAN TRAIN TO BRING THE BALLOT BOXES
    163 1 SPECIAL KELANTAN TRAIN TO BRING THE BALLOT BOXES KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A SPECIAL train will run from Gua Musang to Kuala Krai in Kelantan a distance of about 80 miles on election night to pick up election staff and ballot boxes. It will stop about a minute at each of
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    Scouts stay a week 200 ft. below
    100 1 Scouts stay a week 200 ft. below pARIS, Fri— A team of 11 Boy Scouts have ended seven days 200 feet below ground in a cave near Penne, in South-West France, where they have been testing a new "survival ration." The Scout leader said when they came up to the
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    Who's Mac?
    29 1 BONN. Fri.— Forty per cent of the West German population have never heard of the British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmlllan, a public opinion institute has reported.
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    Laos: More fighting
    46 1 Laos: More fighting LONDON, Fri.— A recurrence of fighting between Royal Government and Coyitnunist forces in the Laotian province of Sam Neua was reported by the British Embassy in Vientiane in a dispatch sent on Wednesday, a Foreign Office spokesman said here today. (See Page 16).
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 TYPHOON TOLL IUKYO. Fri 1 Qrwfhl left 96 dead mi: sine and j ;1 >" on Japan's nuin Honshu. accord 1 1) Ijtcj>t count. IPI (See Pa«c 3)
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    WHY NO DELEGATE FOR TB TALKS? ATTACK ON GOVT.
    171 2 WHY NO DELEGATE FOR TB TALKS? ATTACK ON GOVT. KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Government was today criticised because it is not sending a delegate to the international conference of tuberculosis experts in Istanbul next month. The critic was the president of the Malayan Association lor the Prevention of Tuberculosis, Da
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    FIVE ATTACK YOUTH WITH AXE
    57 2 FIVE ATTACK YOUTH WITH AXE KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. -Five secret society gangsters attacked Lee Cheng Yu. 19. with a meat chopper in Cochrane Road ye>terday evenii g. Lee. of Sultan Street, was treated i n hospital tor lnjurie.s to both arms A police spokesman said the assailants were members of
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    Officer moves
    28 2 IPOH. Fri. -Inspector S. N. Nathan, an investigating ofn- cer of the New Town police station here, has been trans- i f erred to Bagan Serai.
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    They expect record 200 Keng Hua blooms
    146 2 They expect record 200 Keng Hua blooms KUCHING. Fri. About 200 buds of the beautiful Keng Hua are expected to bloom together at midnight tomorrow, presenting a rare sight. The plant belongs to Mr. J. Haworth. a health officer, and Mrs. Haworth. Mr. J. M. Burkill. Director of the Singapore
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    ASSEMBLY REJECTS MOTION ON POWERS OF GOODE
    1840 2 SINGAPORE, FrL— The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, told the Legislative Assembly today that the head of state was obliged to act in accordance with the advice of his ministers. Mr. Lee was giving the Government's reply to a motion by Dato
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    Assembly passes changes to the union ordinance
    1060 2 Singapore, Friday T* 1 H E Legislative Assembly today passed in principle amendments to the Trades Unions Ordinance which will enable the Government to dissolve or refuse registration to "yellow" or "splinter" unions. The amending Bill be read a final time on Sept.
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    Lock icon POLICE STAND BY AT LITTLE ROCK —BUT IT'S ALL QUIET
    240 3 POLICE STAND BY AT LITTLE ROCK —BUT IT'S ALL QUIET LITTLE ROCK. Fri. Police stood guard (yesterday outside the two Little Rock high schools which opened their doors to Negro pupils on Wednesday but all was Quiet. After Wednesdays clash, when police fought a crowd with truncheons and fire hoses,
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    129 rebels killed
    40 3 JAKARTA. Fri. An Army spokesman In Medan. North Sumatra. announced that commandoes had killed 129 rebles, wounded five, and captured 57 In mopping up operations around Tapanull. The spokesman said a big quantity of arms were seized—Reuter.
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    Lock icon GOING ON A BENDER -WITH WATER
    176 3 I ONDON", Fri.— A doc- tor today described the case of two women who tried to get drunk by drinking water. One succeeded. In a letter in the British Medical Journal. Dr. Ralph Emery said both women were psycopathic patients, aged 32 and 47.
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    Lock icon Check to be made at museum —more items may be missing
    232 3 CAIRO, Fri. Police patrols were reinforced at Cairo Museum today after a second treasure from the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen was found stolen. This follows yesterday's disclosure that the Kings horses jewelled goldplated collar had vanished. The King's
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    Lock icon 'Experts' predict new Chinese
    349 3 action before Nik goes to U.S. LONDON, Friday. rptlE Daily Mail today quoted New Delhi experts who know Chinese A strategy as saying that Peking may precipitate some action either on the Indian frontier or the China coast before Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Russian leader, visits
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    Lock icon A SHOWCASE FOR ASIA, SAYS HAWAII'S CHOICE
    283 3 A SHOWCASE FOR ASIA, SAYS HAWAII'S CHOICE WASHINGTON, Friday. OAWAirs admission to statehood was an eloquent demonstration to the world, particularly Asi>, that the United States intended to carry out the principles of self-government and the equality of man. I Mr. Daniel K. Inouye. 32. the first Japanese-American elected to
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    NIZAM WILL NOT PAY SONS' DEBTS
    103 3 NIZAM WILL NOT PAY SONS' DEBTS BOMBAY. Fri. The Nizam of Hyderabad, one of the world's richest men. yesterday publicly renounced any responsibility for his two sons* debts. The former potentate of Hyderabad State in Central India was reported to have issued a warning to individuals and organisations against giving
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    Lock icon Grandson for Karloff
    38 3 NEW YORK. Fri.— Boris Karlon* became a grandfather for the first time yesterday with the birth of a son in Dayton, Ohio, to his daughter Mrs. Sara Coetten. wife of an American fighter pilot.— Reuter.
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    GINNY, 5, GETS A COURT YES TO MAKE RECORDS
    162 3 LOS ANGELES, Fri.— Ginny Tiu. five-year-old pianist from Hong Kong, yesterday won court approval of a four -year contract with Era Ltd. records. Superior Judge Ray Brocllmann specified that 25 per cent of the little girl's earnings with the company go
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    Lock icon A TINY RADIO FOR TOKYOS POLICE
    47 3 A TOKYO policeman on patrol listens to urgent radio instructions from headquarters. The receiver Is in the black leather case at his side and the aerial is inside its leather strap. Eighty selected policemen have the set weight. 280z.— U.P.1, picture.
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    Lock icon Typhoon toll is 38 dead, 51 missing
    101 3 TOKYO, Friday. I NCOMPLETTE reports received by the Japanese police last night put the death toll from Typhoon Georgia at 38 with 51 people missing and 179 injured. This year's seventh typhoon struck central' Japan yesterday morning. More than 24 prefectures had been
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    Lock icon $30m. radio in Liberia
    62 3 MONROVIA (Liberia). Fri.— The United States is to build a $10 million ($3O million) radio relay station in Liberia —the most powerful in Africa —it was announced today. The two countries signed an agreement In the State Department in Washington today to build the station which
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    Lock icon Penicillin losing its effect
    109 3 Penicillin losing its effect (JENEVA, Fri.— Penicillin Is gradually losing its once revolutionary eflectiveness against gonorrhea, the World Health Organisation monthly magazine Chronicle said today. The report, based on findings by two top WHO venereal disease experts, warned that penicillin may go the way of the first wonder drugs, the
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    Lock icon NEW TEST FOR BAKER -CAN SHE BE A MOTHER?
    111 3 NEW TEST FOR BAKER -CAN SHE BE A MOTHER? \f I AMI Fri. America's first space monkey. Baker, is to have offspring— so that scientists can see whether they suffer any effects from her 1.700--mile journey into space last May. The U.S. Navy, which has ordered a "life of ease
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    Lock icon Another US satellite in orbit
    107 3 <CAN FRANCISCO. Fri.-Dis-coverer Five, a 1,700-lb. satellite, was shot into orbit yesterday over the North and South Poles from Vandenberg Air Base, California Tracking stations in Alaska said it completed its first passage round the earth at 2029 G.M.T. and its radio signals were loud
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    Big mother is watching you
    44 3 FRANKFURT. Fri. A home television camera enabling housewives to watch their children play In one room while they are in an. other is on show at the Weot German radio, television and gramopnne c- ">"■' 'or. whlcii opened li-re ts<a*
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      399 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres NATIONAL SHORTWAVE AM 630 Good Morning: 6.32 JgRSI £S» Morning Prelude: 7.00 The News: Kuala Lumpur 341 mrtrr* 7.05 A Date With Music- 8.00 The l*e««*«>f 566 metres News; 8.05 A Date With Music; JKucc. m'!£ 8.30 Calling All
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    SWANS... 'shun!
    119 4 C-in-C ON TOUR OF INSPECTION SINGAPORE. Fri. The Commander in Chief, Far East Station. Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, inspected officers and men of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at their headquarters In Telok Ayer Basin today. During the inspection, the C-inC went for a short cruise in
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    Wage split: Ministry warns coffee shop owners
    321 4 Wage split: Ministry warns coffee shop owners SINGAPORE, Fri. Coffee shop proprietors have been warned by the Ministry of Labour and Law that severe action will be taken against them if they meddle with their employees' wage rates. Mr. Wee Toon Boon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry, today called in
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    CHURCH CALL FOR BAN ON DIVORCE
    161 4 CHURCH CALL FOR BAN ON DIVORCE SINGAPORE. Fri.— The St. Joseph's Church (Portuguese Mission) today called for a ban on divorce to put an end to all the ills of "free love." The church's latest newsletter said: "If divorce U allowed, then we have the same Ills of polygamymany homes
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    Accused says: 'I was very fond of her9
    482 4 Accused says: 'I was very fond of her 9 DEATH OF A MISTRESS: COURT IS TOLD OF TWO LIES ABOUT HER SINGAPORE. Fri. A LORRY driver, Tan Eng Seng, 49, on trial at the Assizes on a charge of murdering his mistress, Tan Ah Wong, 31, told Mr. Justice Chua
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    Mr. AW IS ASKED TO ATTEND TALKS
    349 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. WHEN negotiations resumed between the management of the Singapore Standard and its former employees at the Labour Ministry today, the staff side suggested that the managing director, Mr. Aw Cheng Taik, should be asked to attend future talks. They made this
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    WATER SHUTOUT AREAS
    65 4 BINOAPORE. Fri. The Water Engineers Department announced today that water supplies will be shut off tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the following places: Nicoll Drive between Telok Paku Road and Malay Regi- ment Camp, and along St. Francis Road between St. George's Road and
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      336 4 Todays Singapore alary... PAIRFIELD METHODIST tennis. Boys' Brigade, Pn-Y Club 5 p.m. movie circle show 7 pm. CHURCH: Bazaar at Nell Road. 9 am. brass band 1 pjn., body- BUKIT TIMAH YOUTH CLUB: 1 1 ajn. to 5 pjn. building 2 pjn International folk Table-tennla. bodybuilding, footINDEPENDENT MISSIONARY dance ba.sic
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    Travelling husband leaves all money with wife
    185 5 Travelling husband leaves all money with wife SINGAPORE. Fri.— Mr. Muhamad Sahil Daeng Nompo, 27. an Indonesian clerk, who plans to spend 10 years touring the world, is a very considerate husband. He has left his l.fes savings —15.000 rupiahs with his wife to set up a tailoring shop in
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    10 years without a job...
    74 5 10 years without a job SINGAPORE, rri. For 10 years TB victim Lim Kee Long. 38. had looked for a joo. Always he was turned down. On July 29, convinced he would never find work, he left his home In \dam Rond here, jumped into the sea off Nicoll Highway.
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    PPP ideals 'in the clouds'
    349 5 ALLIANCE MAN HITS BACK AT Mr. S: YOUR POLICIES NOT SUITED IN MALAYA' IPOH, Friday. rpHE IDEALS of the People's Progressive Party and its red six-pointed star symbol were described here today as things from outer space with no relationship to the affairs of the
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    WANTED: SINGERS FOR A CONCERT
    210 5 WANTED: SINGERS FOR A CONCERT SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore singers have been asked to offer their services to the Singapore Musical Society as soloists for a chora 1-orchestral concert to be held on Sept. 28 at the Victoria Theatre. The conductor for the night. Mrs. Tay Lee-Howe. Is looking for the
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    FIVE MINES TOT UP A PROFIT OF $6 MILLION
    114 5 FIVE MINES TOT UP A PROFIT OF $6 MILLION KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Five mines of Malaya's biggest mining group made a total profit of $6,710,426 during the past year. It went like this: $2,149,157 to Lower Perak Tin Dredging Ltd.: $1,993,309 to Berjuntai Tin Dredging Ltd.: $1,582,062 to Kuala Kampar
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    A detainee gets bail
    53 5 IPOH. Fri.— Chan Fook i Kuan, 39, who was detained by the police under the Prevention of Crime Ordinance last month was today released on $1,000 bail for 28 days. He will have to report to the police dally. The ball was granted by I the
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    Lawyers warn against allowing police statements in court
    448 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. The admission in evidence of statements made to police officers would adversely affect the course of Justice in this country, several Singapore lawyers warned today. The lawyers were commenting on the provisions of a Singapore Government Bill which had its
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    Misappropriated $5,000-charge
    44 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. Tan Hung Chwee was today charged in a magistrate's court with misappropriating $5,414 between April 27 and May 25, while employed as a cashier at Nassim and Co. Ltd. He pleaded not guilty and was allowed bail until Aug. 28.
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    Midnight visitors at jungle tent were 3 elephants
    358 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— lt was midnight in the jungle: the four women were fast asleep in their tent. Then three very unwelcome visitors arrived and woke them up. The visitors? Three elephants. The women are Mrs. Betty Miles, Mrs. E. Sheahan (of
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    COMING: 5,000 POSTERS TO SHOCK MOTORISTS
    130 5 ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Five thousand shock posters showing a traffic policeman carrying the blood -spattered body of a mild are to appear in all parts of Kuala Lumpur in a new attempt to cut down road accidents. The chairman of the .Muni cipal road
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    THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF IMMORALITY, says CHURCH LETTER
    304 5 THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF IMMORALITY, says CHURCH LETTER I SINGAPORE, Friday. TSiE "very height of immorality" is reached when advocates of birth control reason on grounds of "maternal health and family happiness." said a Catholic Church newsletter today. 1 The newsletter, of St. Joseph's Church (Portuguese Mission), directed its
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    PERAK'S 4,000 'MISSING' POSTAL VOTERS
    263 5 IPOH, Fri. Several A thousand registered postal voters serving In the. armed forces and police in Malaya are "missing". In Perak. the state elections office has been unable to trace 4.000 postal voters <34 pcr 1 cent of the total*. They will miss their chance
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      248 6 The Sunday paper with a difference! Sunday Mail Starting on Sunday, August 16th News, politics, music, drama, arts all from a new angle the serious angle. .j POLITICS The most up-to-date reports of the Malayan and Singapore scenes, especially presented for the discerning reader. NEWS It presents the news of
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    FEATURE The battle for the throne of Johore two centuries ago
    1425 7 FEATURE The battle for the throne of Johore two centuries ago PORTUGUESE GUNS HELPED RAJA KECHIL WIN A KINGDOM, FAME AND HONOUR THE GOVERNOR DECIDED TO TEACH WHEN Raja Kechil sailed up the Sungei Johore with his fleet of 30 war prahus in December. 1717, the river looked much as
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      153 7 Carnn>n A Vo. !#*#r I q /^QN NO^tY^^' BHa^^^^^BVr \XJ >»f mtSK^W^^ I &O y '*C\J Jx\ h<> Saint Miy Le&Hv Chartvris WHY DO YOU rVISHI Y I'M THMKING OF THE "Of? ELSE" "NJ KSO S^CE YOUR TERvS IrV.LLTMgRE- I TO BE A HUMAN CLAUSE IN THE FIRST PROPOS'TiCN FORE
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    35 8 ?>• Wirdi lit (Minimum) BRANSON: The Family of th« late Mrs. Laura Irene Branson who «a« burled at Bidadari on 13.8.59 thank all relatives and friends for their kind attendance, wreaths and letters of condolence.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    347 8 H»ri§ tit (Minimum) THE COCKPITS Java RijsUafel served every Saturday aud Sunday lunch time. DID YOU KNOW thai U>e Scripto Standard Refill writes 2.1 miles and yet costs only 73 cents. SALON EUNICE Open Saturday •11 day. New stocks of smart day ano alternoon dresses now on display. Latest
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    141 8 *c Wtrit $t -,t (Mim.) PRESBYTEKIAN CHURCH In Sintapote, Orchard Road. Sunday Service* 0 a.m. and (p.m. All «elcom«. SINGAPORE CITY -Wide Assemblies of Ood Churches ChrLsi Ambassador* Youth Fellowship Rally—Lester Carl&en Speaker YMCA Hall Orchard Road. Toulght 7.30 pm. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Singapore, t. Orange Grove Road,
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    The Straits Times Saturday, August 15. 1959. Unions And Ballots
    654 8 The Straits Times Saturday, August 15. 1959. Unions And Ballots clared policy not written into the Bill of allowing the deregistration of "yellow" and splinter unions only after due investigations or secret ballot among union members. The safe-guard would be that much better if the ballot had a more substantial
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    Censorship
    366 8 Singapore is to ban the screening of films "whose primary interest is the glorification or justification of colonialism, or which are cal--1 ulated to bring Asians and so-called coloured people into 1 contempt, ridicule and hatred." I The intentions that govern the issue of the Government I directive to
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    High Hopes
    239 8 Malaya is closely related with Indonesia by the facts of geography. And as Tengku Abdul Rahman insisted in his proposal for a treaty of friendship in the South-East Asian region, there is every reason why the relationship should be friendly. The Indonesian Government was justifiably irritated by the
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    4 8 HAVEN'T yOU FORGOTTEN SOMETHING
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    136 8 FIFTY YEARS AGO From the Straits Times of August 15, 1909 AS we go to press we hear rumours being actively circulated of a slump la rubber. It may be mere Action circulated by "Bears" ag we have every reason to believe that ary markrd tendency of a chance would
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    The last round
    800 8 RAZAK FOLLOWS THE TENGKU IN BID TO NET THOSE EAST COAST FISHERMEN FROM PMIP to ALLIANCE ELECTION NOTEBOOK: 3 AS polling day draws near, the Alliance is making an intensive effort to draw to their side voters in the marginal constituencies where an opposition candidate threatens their
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    LEE SEEKS PROBE ON ILLEGAL BUILDINGS
    168 9 LEE SEEKS PROBE ON ILLEGAL BUILDINGS KUALA LUMPUR, Fn The Selangor State, Assembly will be asked i to appoint a special committee to look into the problem of unau-! thorised buildings on j state land within the Kuala Lumpur municipal area. A motion on this will t*> moved by an
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    Big eight of gangs
    39 9 ALOR STAR. Fri. Kedah police today said that eight people picked up in the state this week were Important fi- gures in secret societies. So far none has been released. The police investigations are continuing.
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    Bank director
    39 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Oato Osman bin Talib hasj been appointed a director of the Central Bank of Malaya In place of Dr. Mohamed Said, who has become a mem- j ber of the Negri Sembilan Legislative Assembly.
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    OH-SO-QUIET DAY FOR INDIANS
    164 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. INDIANS in Malaya will celebrate India's 12th Independence Day tomorrow quietly. Some Indian clubs and association may organise their own celebrations. But the Indian High Commission here is not having a reception. An official of the commission explained- "We have a reception only
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    Law to guard farmers is approved
    98 9 Law to guard farmers is approved SINGAPORE, Fri.- A Bill to supplement the one passed last month giving temporary relief to farmers from the Rent Control Ordinar mi taken through all stagis and passed In the Legislative Assembly today. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry ol National Development. Inche Yacob
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    The big vote-catching drive
    512 9 ALLIANCE LEADERS MAKE A STRONG BID TO WIN OVER 250,000 WOMEN rN PAHANG AND PERAK KUALA LUMPUR, Friday, A BIG effort to win about 259.006 women voters over to the Alliance has begun in Pahang and Perak. In Pahang, a wife of the Sultan, Che Siti
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    Sabre jets raid bandit hideout
    109 9 Sabre jets raid bandit hideout SINGAPORE. Fri.— Twelve Australian Sabre Jets went into action yesterday over the northern region of Malaya in an antl-Com-munlst terrorist operation. This is the first air operational strike by Sabre jets from the Royal Australian Air Force. The jets are stationed in Butterworth. An RAAF
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    PROBE TEAM FOR THE 93 DETAINEES
    252 9 |£UALA LUMPUR, Friday. Detailed inquiries into the activities of the 93 people detained under the Prevention of Crime Ordinance will be carried out soon. A CID spokesman told the Straits Times today that a number of senior Government officers not connected with the police
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    Chief clerk jailed for cheating
    139 9 CEREMBAN. Fri. A former chief clerk of the Aborigines Department here, V.V. Girl, was jailed for six months today for cheating the department of $112 Girl was alleged to 'have put up a sub-voucher in March last year for the amount as allowance for a
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    Malay education committee
    64 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The seven-man advisory committee On Malay education appointed earlier this week by the Minister for Education. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will hold its first meeting this weekend. Inche Arif bin Suradi. the chairman, today said the committee would draw up plans on how to go
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    BIG TB STUDY
    118 9 Scope: Loss to economy, trades affected, method of attack SINGAPORE. Fri.— The Singapore Government will set up a committee to study the effect of tuberculosis on the economy. It will investigate its incidence in industries and trades and work out preventive schemes: list occupations and industries in
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    BABY1 OF THE INDONESIAN CULTURAL MISSION IS WELCOMED TO SINGAPORE
    61 9 BABY 1 OF THE INDONESIAN CULTURAL MISSION IS WELCOMED TO SINGAPORE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ballet dancer Tjin Yun, youngest member of the Indonesian cultural mission which arrived in Singapore yesterday, is rreeted by Mr. Lee Khoon Choy Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture. The mission comprises 45 singers, dancers and musicians
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    CITY COUNCIL URGED TO TAKE ACTION ON POLICE
    195 9 CITY COUNCIL URGED TO TAKE ACTION ON POLICE PENANG. Fri. A Socialist Front City Councillor, Mr. Lee Kok Liang, today urged the City Council to take action against the police for bringing their van into the Esplanade padang to tape-record speeches at an election rally. Very surprised Speaking at the
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    Yahiya's plan for sputnik age
    224 9 CALL FOR MUSLIM GROUP REFORM SINGAPORE, Friday. THE All-MALAYA Muslim Missionary Society needs to be rejuvenated with a modern school of thought "in keeping with the sputnik age," Inche Yahiya bin Haji Mohamed Ghouse said I Lod.il v In a letter to society members Inche
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    'More,' she said—reply was no
    107 9 'More,' she said— reply was no SINGAPORE. Fri.— A woman granted a $120 a month maintenance order in April today asked a magistrate for more and was refused. The woman. Yeo Swee Lan, said her estranged husband, who works for a bus company, drew a monthly salary of $288. Bne
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    School diamond jubilee
    37 9 TAIPING. Fri.— The Treacher Methodist Girls' School here will celebrate its diamond jubilee from Sept. 11 to 13. Included in the programme is a dinner organised by the old girls' association on Sept. 12.
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    Round 2 of campaign for Razak
    193 9 j ]£UALA LUMPUR. Fri.— 1 The Prime Minister. Dato Abdul Ratak. left here by air today for Kuantan to begin the second round of his election campaign with four days to go before Polling Day. He was accompanied by his wife. Datin Rahah 1
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    Ex police chief joins the Bar
    55 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. —Mr Khaw Kal Boh, a barrister was admitted to the Singapore Bar by the Chief Justice. Sir Alan Rose, In the High Court today. Mr. Khaw recently retired from the Singapore Police Force where he held the post Senior Assistant Commissioner in
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    Festival date
    24 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. This year's "Mandi Safar the national bathing festival, will be held at Penang. Morib. and Malacca on Sept. 2.
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      201 9 ARMY BOYS TRADE SCHOOL The annual examination tor entry into the Army Boys Trade School, Nee Soon, Singapore will take place in November and December 1959. Examination Centres will be established in various towns in the Federation of Malaya and also in Singapore. Applications from English speaking boys who must
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      157 9 iiiii.'iiiihii iiiimiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiimuw»»wiimw»| I FORGET j YOUR 1 I FACE I SOMETIMES, how you wish you could! How can you concentrate at work or enjoy a party when pimples, rashes or prickly heat torment you with discomfort and embarrassment But suffering from skin complaints nowadays is just plain old-fashioned, because to
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  • THE STRAITS TIME Saturday Forum
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      Dr. HO CONVEYED THE CONSENSUS OF OPINION
      127 10 Dr. HO CONVEYED THE CONSENSUS OF OPINION Both K. R. Dharan (S.T. Aug. 7) and Eureka (S.T. Aug. 8) express opinions which are undoubtedly biased and unjust. Mr. Dharan quoted two or three sentences from Dr. Ho's articles and criticised them without substantial evidence to support his attack. Eureka was
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      THE GENTLE (BUT OH, SO HAZARDOUS) ART OF CATCHING CROCODILES
      435 10 THE GENTLE (BUT OH, SO HAZARDOUS) ART OF CATCHING CROCODILES IT was interesting to hear of the success of Mat Yessin bin Hussin in crocodile catching. Good luck to him, I dislike crocodiles in their wild state. However, there does not seem to me to be enough solid gold around
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      142 10 The day I got caught in a storm... HOW pleasant to find an example of extreme courtesy on one's own doorstep. It happened to me during a recent storm in Kuala Lumpur. I was caught while drt.ing my scooter and took shelter under a cycle park at the CEB offices
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      Overtaking
      41 10 REFERENCE the stlll-con-tlnued dlsobeyance of those "keep to the left except when overtaking" notices. Let's all be quite honest and admit that 90 per cent of us are trying to overtake the people that are doing the overtaking. B.G. Singapore.
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      'VOLUNTEER'LABOUR: WILL ANYONE SPEAK UP?
      142 10 'VOLUNTEER' LABOUR: WILL ANYONE SPEAK UP? \fUCH publicity has been given to the so-called "volunteer labour" by government servants. From reports l n the newspapers it appears that everybody Is happy standing in the sun for one day. If the workers were allowed to express their views on this "volunteer
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      PMIP THERE ARE FEW QUESTIONS IT MUST ANSWER
      195 10 PMIP THERE ARE FEW QUESTIONS IT MUST ANSWER I HAVE seen ln the Press recently a number of reports of alleged speeches made tar officials of the PMIP in which it is stated that ln the event of the party being voted into office Malaya shall be governed under Islamic
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      Trengganu: Call for a 'safety first' week
      122 10 I DO not know the rate of accidents each year ln Kuala Trengganu but I do know they could occur at any moment The traffic here Is heavy. And I am unhappy to observe school children rid. ing bicycles two or sometimes three
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      The tax that really hurts
      73 10 J 1 is perturbing enough to hear that a student's belongings are usually taxed on arrival in England. But when I received news from a former class-mate that his camera which he bought for $126.00 in Singapore was taxed about K2O (S170.00)— more than what
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      WAS THIS TRIP NECESSARY?
      118 10 AS instructed. I called on the Immigration Department with their letter to collect a permit. But when I got there I was told I had to bring two photographs and $62.60. As such. a second trip to their office is necessary. If the applicant works in
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      SILENCE
      61 10 VJOME months ago members of the public at Gemas were called by the Assistant District Officer to a meeting to form a local council for the town. Several more meetings were held after this, but nothing is now heard of the outcome of these meetings and the members of
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      SURPRISING
      42 10 IT Is surprising that a great port like Singapore does not have a college where local people interested in shipping administration can acquire the necessary skill. Perhaps in this connection the Polytechnic can do something towards fulfilling this need. INTERESTED. Singapore.
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      200 10 A party bicomti a PAK'Y Si^H when you i*rv« teSif MARTELL ITi^-Lj~~7!?s^£| host* tribut* to l-i^ r A JJ 1^ esteemed guests p~naici glr^J New 44 L M Jill j The first 44 baby r»flt* sHIrSSB Built-in Photo Expoiure Mctar |BQk Copol MXV 1/500 he Shutt.r I jflftl hP« Q]
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      255 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7 Not the sort of gathering for 1 They have always made their dry humour (12). mark ln booths (5. 3, 4) 10 He may have the necessary as--8 Onat falls into ebbing sea surance to be a candidate They"re related (7) <6-6). 9 Lens cap
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      1395 11 McAUSTER «Sc CO., LTD. lEI Phki MM> EIXBRMAM LINE KLAVENESS LINt ttatpta. HAMttts. PoniaMM Mm its ameles. ur rtAHCisct. ft ami «ATTIE. VANCbuVEB ft PttTUKt tap In CajMta aaa USA Mtrtk Atlantic Pwti linitli carga tw Ctatral ft Set* Amenc* cm Of HtWtASni raart P. Stm 'iumi iunnyvuu •m. XyWTt
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    RUBBER PRICE SPURT AS U.S. MARKET STOCKS DRY UP
    657 12 RUBBER PRICE SPURT AS U.S. MARKET STOCKS DRY UP By Opr Market Correspondent PUBBER spurted in price on the Singapore Market yesterday following a rise of 180 points in the New York price overnight, where fears of a dock strike at the end of September set up heavy buying demand.
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 Malayan Share Market: A«g. 14 Aug. 13 Industrials: 93.87 93.71 Tins: 196.36 106.01 Robbers: 140.89 139.78 Jan. 1 1958 ioo.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    27 12 SINGAPORE. AUG. 14. RUBBER: $1,071 per lb. (up 2] cents). TIN: $399.50 per picul (up 621 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 160 tons (up 5 tons).
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    New York market 'blindness'
    434 12 New York market 'blindness' AGAIN New York has. dis- tinguished itself by resisting the high prices for so long that it has been blinded to the increasing stringency of supplies in primary centres.. report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current rubber market review. This had oeen obvious to the rest
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    135 12 MELBOURNE, Frl. INVESTMENT shares on The Stock Exchange here today closed the week on a firm tone. BHP closed at 645. ad. down is. on the day. Base metals and the oils remained steady while Commonwealth bonds maintained a steady trend. Loans 3Vt, 1956-59 £101 7s. 6d. buyer
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    90 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks* Association made the following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 3iu o.D. 31*;, 90 d/st 321/16 credit bills, 32>i trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 3 16; French t rants *****: Belgian
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 12 September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 107** cents per lb.. up 2*l cents on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was very quiet. Closing prices In cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 111, sellers lll'-j: Int. 1
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    106 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchance noon Drices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK /Continent August/September shipments $36 i buyers, $374 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $57 v sellers, drum $59';. sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white $149. Sarawak $148. special Sarawak black $89. garbled Lampong black $89 (all unchanged).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    623 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Rubbers were firm, Industrials were steady and tins quiet. The turnover was lair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: 8.8. Petrol 545.: Fitspatrlcks $1.03; Fraatr and Neave ords $1.40 (OL), $1.38 and $1.40: Gammon
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    252 12 Ships lying alongside thr Singapore Harbour Board nharvrv or expected today: Roebiah 1/2, Seltsu Maru 4/5, Halldor 6A, Idomeneus 6/7. Kwangtung 10/11. Aruchisan Maru 13/14, Trouipooi 18. Klrovsk 19, Ttonoh N. Wall 3, Sedili N. Wall 4, Clang Ann 21. Eurytan 21/22. Kasukawa Maru 23 24, Hal Htng
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      689 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of OFFICE ASSISTANT, Singapore Industrial Promotion Board. Applicants must be either citizens of Siugapore or the Federation of Malaya. Salary: $800/- all Inclusive. Ql \l IKK AT ions: a University degree with Economics, Accountancy or Mathematics as a subject. Preference will be
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      656 12 PUaSUC APPOINTMENTS APPUCATIONB ARE lnvlt«l from Federal Citizens and/or Perak State Nationals for an appointment as a Typist In the Public Works Department. Perak on the salary scale of: 100/115 X 7.50 145/160 x 7.50 190/205. Candidates (or this appointment must have attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday
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      656 13 NOTICES j JENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD INTERRIPTION OF ELECTRICITY BUPPLT It will be necessary to interrupt BS electricity supply between the lours of 8.30 ajn. and 500 p.m. iaily to all Butterworth consumers in Bagan Luar Road area from 13 8.59 to 20.8.59 for the purpose of carrying out urgent Improve-
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      741 13 (Continued from Page 8) SITUATIONS VACANT to Word, Si (Min.)— Box it ct: txtro i WANTED Cook and Washing Amah, husband and wife, or two > amahs, Changi area. Telephone: Spore, ***** In office hours. WASH GENERAL AMAH required by European Family. Telephone Spore. ***** after 4.30 p.m. Sunday. LEADING
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      814 13 SITUATIONS VACANT in Words Si (Mm.) Box St ct: txtrm INSURANCE COMPANY requires Junior Accounts Clerk. Apply Box A 9455 ST., K.L. staling I experience and salary required. AUTOMOBILE SALESMEN required by Motor Firm in Malacca, previous experience an advantage. Apply Box A 5882 S.T. Spore. WANTED GRADUATE TEACHER of
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      767 13 OFFICE SPACE VACANT in Wordt SS (Min.)— Box St ett. txtrm AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 205 square feet office at 14 Paterson Hill, Phone *****— Singapore. OFFICE SPACES, with all modern facilities, available at reasonable rates. New building situated at busy centre of town. Apply Box A 5914 B.T. Spore. GODOWN SPACE
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      818 13 WANTED It Word, SS (Min.)— Box St eit. txtrm WANTED TO BUY: Second hand piano In good condition. Write particulars, price. Inspection time to P.O. Box 2330, Singapore. DOUBLE BARRELLED SHOTGUN in good condition. Singapore or South Johore. Ring Tlram 216. 3 TIGER Or Leopard Skins for Drummers. Contact Adjutant
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      915 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE it Word, SS (Min.)— Box St ett. oxtrm STANDARD 1947 Engine and body very good condition $600 0.n.0. Please Tel: Spore No. *****. GOING CHEAP Flat 600 Model '55. In good condition. Price $1,900 0.n.0. View at 62, Middle Road. Spore 7. 1957 FIAT 600 owner driven.
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      716 13 VEHICLES FOR* SALE it- Wordt SS Mm. )—Box St ett. txtrm OFFERS ARE INVITED for one Dodge van SO 2544. Model 1961. Regularly Serviced and Overhauled, inspection at Shell Depot. Bagan Da lam. Offers to Operations Manager. Shell Co.. Buttenvorth. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. FOR SALE 20
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      495 13 MISCELLANEOUS tt Word, S* (Min.)— Mi it ett. extra FREE BOOKLET "The Clock la Ticking Again" now available to the hard-of-heartng from Philips Singapore Limited. N.T.S. Building. D Almeida Street, Singapore. AT TOUR SERVICE It Wordt Sit (Minimum) Dmilw 1 month. 10 Word, $2Jt (Ml* PHOTOSTATS BY FOTOMATIC (B'pore) *****.
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    PANGS SUSPENDED—SIANG HOCK FOR TWO YEARS
    269 14  - PANGS SUSPENDED— SIANG HOCK FOR TWO YEARS VIC NAYAGAM By I^UALA LUMPUR. Fri. Pang Siang Hock. Penang's s.tar Malaya Cup forward j and former Malayan international inside- I forward, has been sus- j pended for two years for injuring a player and for inciting his team to walk-out during Penang's
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    MEDALS FOR ATHLETES AT INTER-CLUB MEET
    48 14 For the first time in Malaya gold (above), silver and bronze, medals will be presented to first, second and third placed athletes at the inter-club competition .sponsored by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association for the Stan vac trophy at Farrer Park today.
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    Malayan youths better players says Kops
    305 14  - Malayan youths better players says Kops LEE FOO SAN By TPOH. Fri.—Malaya has a better set of young badminton players than the neighbouring countries, according to Erland Kops of Denmark, the 1958 all-Eng-land champion and recent Selangor Internationa] champion. Kops was comparing the youths of Malaya with thosi of Indonesia
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    Perak hang on for draw v Kelantan
    331 14 KOTA BHARU, Friday. KELANTAN held Perak to a 1-1 draw here today in the first leg of their home-and-away Malaya Cup soccer match for the right to meet Selangor in the final. Perak led 1-0 at half time^ Kelantan will meet Perak at
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    ACS boys on holiday trip
    125 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. Aniflo- I Chinese School. Singapore will for the first Ume this year send a sports team of 30 to Kuala Lum- i pur during the holidays. The team, which will leave Sin- i en pore on Monday, wll meet Kuala I Lumpur schools
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    McGLYNN IS MAN OF TODAY'S CUP FINAL
    86 14 McGLYNN IS MAN OF TODAY'S CUP FINAL CINGAPORE. Fri.— First Che- shire Regiment will face ■a. centre-forward who has scored 100 goals in Singapore soccer this season when they meet GHQ Farelf. in the Singapore Base district senior knockout soccer finai for the Straits Times Cud at Ayer Rajah Road
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    Swim relay to CSC
    121 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. Chinese Swimming Club, with a strong quartet, won the Singapore 4 x 200 m inter-club medley relay when another two finals in the Singapore A.S.A. championships were decided today. The Chinese Swimming Club teum comprising Oei Boon Khwee, Foo Chee Han. Tan Cheov Choon
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    Parker to lead MRU
    97 14 l/UALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Max Parker of Singapore has been named captain of the Malayan Rugby Union XV to meet Combined Universities (Oxford/ Cambridge i in a floodlight match at the Merdeka Stadium on Sept 1. The team is: Parker (Spore): Ungku Ibrahim ijoh). Nepia Pk>. Gibson
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    RAF Tengah win
    31 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. Royal Air Force Tengah beat Jollilads PC. 5-1 in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park today. Foley (3i. Collier and Langdon scored for the airmen.
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    Darul Afiah beat Fathul
    95 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. Defending champions Darul Afiah kept pace with leaders Marine Department when they beat Fathul Kartb 2-0 in their SAPA ltague dlv. one match at Jalan Besar today. Owing to a misunderstanding over starting time, both team* were not at full strength and Fathul Karib
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    Selangor bat all day on perfect wicket for 353
    459 14  -  F. SALAHUDIN MCA LEAGUE FINAL- IST. DAY By SPORE, FRI. fin A perfect batting wicket. Selangor put them- selves in a commanding position when they batted all day for 353 on the first day of their threeday Malayan inter-state cricket final
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    SCOREBOARD
    97 14 SELANGOR Ist Inn*. Walker b Nagaiah 61 Thannnacnanam b Woodhouse 81 Barrick c Sheppard b Muirhead 50 j SathasJvam c Sbeppard b Woodhousr 101 M. Shepherdson c Muirhead b Smllivan 49' Dulip run out 4 Koon Leong not out 52 I Garucharan b Delllkan Lakbhir Ibw Muirhend C. Sheppherdson
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      134 14 SINGAPORE: Cricket (MCA final) Singapore v Selangor. padanu (11 ami. Soccer AllSingapore v Hong Kong Chinese. Jalan Besar (5.15 p.m.>; SAFA league Div. 38. Indian BSC v Setia Jaya. Jalan Besar (4 p.m.): SAFA Junior Cup, H.M. Dockyard v RAF Chaiwi. Naval Base; Straits Times Cup final. Ist Cheshire Regt.
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    71 16 CINGAPORE, Fri.— The PoD lice Secretary, Mr. William Cheng, confirmed today that two senior Traffic Branch inspectors had been dismissed for "misconduct." The dismissals followed a departmental inquiry into their alleged unethical behaviour, he said. There were now 18 testers and action was being taken
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    303 16  -  JOHN WILLIAMS FROM Vientiane. Fri. QNE-HUNDRED and thirty rebel prisonersmembers of the Communist Pathet Lao movement have escaped from a camp near Luang Prabang. the Laotian royal capital. It is thought they are marching north to Join UP with other rebel forces. The
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    33 16 ATLANTIC CITY. Fri. An Eastern Airlines DC-7B with four crewmen aboard made a successful belly landing on a foam-covered runway after circling for about four hours with a faulty landing gear.
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