The Straits Times, 22 August 1959

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    20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80 9 000 fie**** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22. 1959 15 CENTS.
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    TENGKU SWORN IN
    838 1 Hundreds give 'rousing airport welcome as the Prime Minister arrives to take office again Day of important events for new Government KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Alliance national leader, Tengku Abdul Rahman, was sworn in tonight as Prime Minister of Malaya for the second time. Earlier, hundreds of
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    The 104th seat—polling on Sept. 30
    72 1 The 104th seat— polling on Sept. 30 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Election Commission tonight fixed Sept. 8 as nomination day for the election in Kedah Tengah constituency. Polling day is Sept. 30 for this consti. tuency. It was in this ward that the former Minister for Education, Inche Mohamed Khir
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    The same law for all —even for Assemblymen
    440 1 The same law for all —even for Assemblymen ONG: ACTION AGAINST BUILDING RACKETEERS WILL GO ON SINGAPORE, Friday Minister for National Development. Mr. On; Eng Guan, today alleged that an owner of unauthorised houses had tried to break the law by doing a favour for a PAP candidate in the
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 AIRDROPS LAOS MENTIIV Laotian am part i»f Fir^t l Battalion into IVim in "Sam N< U vtecc tr> tfiwe <» hid attack key jungle i lr authoriUttivc i today Rout, r
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    Sacked head is awarded $4,300
    891 2 JUDGE QUOTES LORD CHANCELLOR: 'THIS UNFORTUNATE LITIGATION' MR. JUSTICE RIGBY: I AM ENTIRELY SATISFIED PROFESSOR FONG WAS WRONGFULLY DISMISSED PENANG, Friday. pROFESSOR Fong Hok Li, a former headmaster of the Han Chiang High School, was today awarded $4,350 damages for wrongful dismissal by the school
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    SF 4823—A CAR THAT IS PUZZLING PENANG
    111 2 SF 4823— A CAR THAT IS PUZZLING PENANG BUKIT MERTAJAM. Fri.— Police here are puzzled over the ownership of a Singapore-registered car which has been parked for three days near the police station. The car, a saloon, has been left unattended, since Tuesday. Its registration number Is SF 4823. The
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    Malacca visit
    22 2 MALACCA. Fri.— The Japanese Ambassador in the Federation. Mr. Kaoru Hayashi. and his wife will visit Malacca officially next Monday.
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    DECOY 'GANGSTERS' FIRE ON THUGS
    110 2 SINGAPORE, Friday. OHOTS were fired in Chinatown last night after a secret society gang once again mistook a police decoy unit as rival mobsters. The heavily ountumbered policemen, posing as gangsters, opened fire after being attacked In Maxwell Road at 10.20 p.m. Police said today
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    Clerk pleads guilty
    65 2 IPOH, Fri.— Foo Chee Kal. a bank clerk, pleaded guilty In the Sessions Court here today to two charges of cheatIng Involving a cheque for $4,500 and another cheque for $4,000 while employed In the Ipoh branch of the Chung Khiaw Bank. Foo told the court that
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    Air-crash student Lai died on his last holiday—then home
    297 2 Air-crash student Lai died on his last holiday— then home PENANG. Friday I" 1 HE extension of his post- graduate course by one year cost a Penang student his life on Wednesday. Mr. Lai Peng Cheang, one of two Malayans killed in an air crash near Barcelona on Wednesday, was
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    PRIVATE PARTY FOR KING'S BIRTHDAY
    136 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will hold a private party on Monday at the Is tan a Negara here for bout 100 '"personal friends" to celebrate his 64th birthday. The King's private secretary, Tengku Mustapha, said today the guests would include Tengku Abdul
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    The secret weapon Marx bequeathed to Russia...
    238 3 The secret weapon Marx bequeathed to Russia... VUASHINGTON, Fri. President Eisenhower sent Congress today a report which praised Karl Marx for his "unerring grasp of the potentialities of political and social conflict latent in the crisis of the old order." The report said this constituted "Marx's greatest legacy to the
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    New rifle means new-look drill
    166 3 ONDON. Fri. Britain's crack Guard regiments will shortly perform public duties In London wearing their customary colourful ceremonial uniform of scarlet coats and bearskins— but with the latest Belgian FN automatic rifle. The War Office announced last night that all troops performing such duties will
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    Lock icon BIG REBEL OFFENSIVE IS LIKELY IN LAOS SOON
    268 3 BANG! THERE GOES ANOTHER ROCKET VIENTIANE, Friday. THE LAOTIAN Defence Secretary, Col. Phouimi Nosavan, said last night fighting was raging daily at Phaphet, only 18 miles west of the town of Sam Neva, capital of the Sam Neva province. He said the
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    Lock icon 33 HURT IN TEMPLE STAMPEDE
    129 3 33 HURT IN TEMPLE STAMPEDE RANDY, Frl A sacred elephant stumbled to its knees during a big Buddhist religious procession today, touching off a stampede by thousands of participants for the second day in succession. Fourteen people were killed last night when a sacred elephant ran amok after stepping on
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    Lock icon U.S. LABOUR DECIDES TO BOYCOTT NIKITA
    235 3 U.S. LABOUR DECIDES TO BOYCOTT NIKITA Heated debate at union meeting NEW YORK, Fri. American labour organisations haye decided to officially ignore the forthcoming visit to the United States of the Soviet Premier, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev. The decision was made after sharp differences had been voiced during a debate of
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    Look! No runway needed
    117 3 YEW YORK. Fri— A supersonic FlOO jet fighter was hurled Into the air with a take-on* run of less than an inch in a successful test of operation from an atomic blast-proof shelter, the Air Force announced at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, yesterday. I It
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    Lock icon Chivalrous husband took the blame...
    178 3 Chivalrous husband took the blame... I ONDON, Fri. A young husband who learned that his wife had been stealing took the blame himself so their baby would not be born in prison, a London appeal court was told yesterday. After Edward Brown, 26. had told his story to the court,
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    Lock icon Rebel port is re-captured
    44 3 JAKARTA. Fri. Indone. j slan Government forces have captured Inobonto, aj rebel-held port in the north Celebes, Antara News agency said today. The agency said a number of rebels had been killed while others had fled Into the hills— Reuter.
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    Power for Pole
    30 3 LONDON. Prl. Rear Admiral D. M. Tyree. U.S. Antarctic projects officer, said here last night the U.S. hoped to build a nuclear power station in the Antarctic—Reuter.
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    Lock icon WOMAN ON RAPE CHARGE
    77 3 NEW ORLEANS. Frl. Mrs. Thelma England. 45, was today charged with rape. Eight men also were charged with aggravated rape after Investigation of a 15-year-old girls complaint that she was raped by two men at a home here. Assistant District Attorney Edward Estalote said since Mrs.
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      396 3 Your radio today... 1 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metre. NATIONAL SHORTWAVE A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 SERVICE 41.7 metre* Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; MEDIUM WAVE SERVICES 705 A Date With Music; 8.00 The Kuala Lumpur 34: metre* News; 8.05 Date With Music; Penang 366 metrea 8.30
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    AA turns to the abstainer for help
    249 4 AA turns to the abstainer for help SINGAPORE, Fri.—ln- spired by their success in rescuing many alcoholics, the A.A. (Alcoholics Anonymous) are planning to organise a branch group ca lied "Al.-Non" (strictly for nonalcoholics). The Singapore founder of A.A.. who recently caused a stir when he addressed the the Rotary
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    The wonderful world Miss
    522 4  -  CATHERINA NG BLIND AUSTRALIAN LAUGHS AT EARLY FEARS By Singapore, Fri. VINE months ago 26-year-old Leah Wilson left Sydney on a lone tour of the world. She was desperately afraid. For she is blind. Today Miss Wilson flew into Singapore on her way home, laughing at
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    CORONER TOLD HOW MAN RAN AWAY AND WAS DROWNED
    408 4 CORONER TOLD HOW MAN RAN AWAY AND WAS DROWNED Widow relates story of a chase that ended in a canal... SINGAPORE, Friday. ANG Ah Chye, 32, father of two boys, was drownv ed In a canal by the sea the night he went out with his next-door neighbour, Ang Hian
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      239 4 m I SINGAPORE BATTALION bate 10.15 ajn.. young adulu club- minton 3, pjn., boxing. Indoor BOTS BKIGADE: Opening and tewing 4 p.m., Malay beginners, games, sepak raga. bodybuilding dedication of camp site at Pong- table-tennis. 7.30 pjn. 5 pjn., movie circle show 7 pjn. gol Point (11 mile i 4
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    Lock icon TIGHT BUDGETS...
    1324 5 It was Kuala Lumpur's bi& day but praise took on a hollow rin& /..in ANOTHER AGE/ THE last nail had been h a m m ered into the last laid floor; new whitewash lay sharply white on heavily ornamented ceilings and pale duck-egg green distemper spread its depressing
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    25 6 *r*rW> tit <*imm»m\ CABLE NEWS received by Dr. PK. Ponnlah of Malacca on 21-8-59. Intimating the death of his brother-in-law MuGaliar Thlruehmampalam In Ceylon.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    28 6 Her*. J.'O (Minimum} THE FAMILY of the late Madam Lim Slew Kheng thank all friends and relatives for their condolences, scrolls, wreaths, cash gifts and kind attendance.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    48 6 Ware's Sit (Minimum). IN POND MEMORY of our Beloved Mother Madam Tan Bee Choo who departed this life five years ago. DEEP IN OUR hearts, a Memory Is kept of our dearly beloved father Mr. Charles Ton Thlam Watt, woo departed this Life on 22 8.58.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    172 6 Worit S7« (Minimum) THE COCKPITS Java Rljsttafel served every Saturday and Bun<i.iv lunch time. TRY SCRIPTO ball pens for Fti.ootli even line. Models available from $2.00. Beware of inferior imitations. APOLLO CHICKEN ESSENCE In the new and Improved packing cu.mnues to qualify in Mc.Mistei's frea Gold Gift Scheme. Ask
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    RLLIGIOIS ANNOtV.KMENTS 19 Hordt tl.it (Him.)
    84 6 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH tn s .pore. Orchard Road. Sunday Bervk*i 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ah welcome. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOCIETY. Singapore. 8. Orange Grove Road, Slngapore-10 (oH orchard Koad> Buuday Services and Sunday School 10.30 a.m. Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays. 7 p.m. CALVARY
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    The Straits Times Saturday, August 22. 1959 After The Battle
    416 6 The Straits Times Saturday, August 22. 1959 After The Battle The battle over, all the hard things said in the stress of the campaigning are best forgotten, the political hostility much of it unpleasantly personal set aside in a joint endeavour to j advance the national interest. That these sentiments
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    New Law For Moneylenders
    521 6 Singapore's new Moneylenders Bill is now available for public perusal. Its wealth of detail will afford no comfort to those moneylenders who exclaimed against Mr. Byrne's more succinct forecasts about the Bill last month. It will certainly force some of the smaller men out of business.
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    Nuclear Tests
    309 6 The British and American delegates to the Geneva conference on a nuclear test ban are pressing for an adjournment, and it seems likely that their Russian colleague will concur. Like the Foreign Ministers conference now ended, these talks are for the present overshadowed by the imminent meeting of
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    AMD NOW TO WORK
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    New faces '59
    1196 6 New faces '59 Fresh personalities from both Left and Right crowd Malaya's first Parliament THE elections have ended. The members of the Federation's first Parliament are to be sworn in very soon. There will be many new faces and not a few exciting personalities. Some of them: DR. BURHANUDDIN AL
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    -FIFTY YEARS AGO
    351 6 -FIFTY YEARS AGO From the Straits Times or August 22, 1909 LABI AN Is to see no more races as the sporting club is cloning shortly. rpilE Malay hospital at 1 Kuala Kangsar which was started experimentally is proving to be a success. The number of patient* seeking admission is
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    Malacca poser keeps them all agog
    248 7 Malacca poser keeps them all agog MALACCA, Fri. Now that the general election is over, the question on everyone's lips here is: "Who will be Malacca's next Governor? The present Governor, Tun Leong Yew Koh. was appointed by the Queen .'or a two-year term which expires at the end of
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    SIR ISMAIL TO BE CROWNED IN FEBRUARY
    52 7 SIR ISMAIL TO BE CROWNED IN FEBRUARY JOHORE BAHItr Fri. The coronation of Sir Ismail as Sultan of Johore will take place in February next year. A definite date has not yet been fixed. Before the coronation, the Sultan's eldest son, Tengku Mahmood. will be proclaimed Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince)
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    Envoy back
    25 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Australian Commissioner In Singapore. Mr. D. W. McNlcol. returned here today after attending a conference of heads of diplomatic mls-
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    Escaper is accused of shooting at police
    150 7 CINOAPORE, Fri —Tek Kum. alias Ah Kau, 22 described by the police as an escaoed prisoner, was brought to court today to face a tentative charge of firing a revolver at a police party near Clemenceau Avenue and Buyong Road on April 20.
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    An ex-Red finds her true love
    400 7 LIFE WILL SOON START ANEW FOR BRIDE-TO-BE WHO ONCE HAD REWARD OF $2,000 ON HER HEAD By JOSEPH MIRANDA Ipoh, Friday ANEW life has begun for a misguided young woman who fled into the steamy jungleclad hills of Perak 10 years ago to join
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    Woman teacher wins $11,661 claim against Shariah judge
    435 7 Woman teacher wins $11,661 claim against Shariah judge SINGAPORE Friday. MR. Justice Buttrose in the High Court today gave judgment with costs for Juriah binte Haji Akib, a teacher in a girls' school, for $11,661 which she claimed from Mohamed Taha Suhaimi, the president of the Shariah court (Muslim religious
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    POLICE SEIZE PISTOL AND TWO KNIVES
    73 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. Detectives seised an automatic pistol and two daggers in a building site at the 6} mile Tampines Road here soon after midnight last night. The weapons, wrapped in a parcel, are believed to have been left there by a gang of thugs.
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    Inspector loses his appeal against dismissal
    120 7 Inspector loses his appeal against dismissal PENANG, Fri.— The Penang High Court Judge, Mr. Justice Rigby, today dismissed with costs a claim for damages by a former building inspector against the George Town City Council for alleged wrongful dismissal. The Judge said he was satisfied that the council, by virtue
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    $2,905 PLUS FOR THE SELANGOR MENTRI
    167 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE MENTRI BESAR of Selangor, Inche Abu 1 Bakar bin Baginda, is to get $2,905 In pay and allowances, plus furnished quarters, servants and gardeners free A Bill providing for this and the remuneration of members of the State Assembly will
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    Malayan engineers for Bangkok
    116 7 ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Twenty-three students from Malaya and other South-East Asian countries will go to Bangkok next month to start a three-year engineering course on Seato scholarships. The scholarships were awarded to graduates with degrees in engineering. The Beato Graduate School of Engineering in Bangkok to
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    No-licence moneylenders won't be able to get money back via courts, says the new Bill
    706 7 No-licence moneylenders won't be able to get money back via courts, says the new Bill SINGAPORE, Friday UNLICENSE D moneylenders will not be able to recover loans in the courts under a new Moneylenders Ordinance published today. The new Bill repeals and extends the provisions of the old Moneylenders Ordinance.
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    'Unite'callto turf club employees
    75 7 'Unite'callto turf club employees PENANO, Fri. Worker* in the Federation's turf clubs have been urged to form themselves Into a solid front to fight for their legitimate rights. Addressing the annual meeting of the Batu Gantong Labour Union here, the president. Mr. I. Packirl, warned "If we are divided, there
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    WANTED: A PARK FOR BICYCLES
    93 8 HEFORE the parking lots in Raffles Place were re-drawn and arranged, there were several racks for cyclists to park their cycles. Now that the Government plans to introduce parking meters there. I doubt the racks will be replaced. With the racks gone, cyclists are having
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    The English educated: Does such a class exist at all?
    213 8 The English educated: Does such a class exist at all? GS^^tt I FEEL that the Prime Minister's frequent references to the Eng-lish-educated as a class have made the classification an outmoded attribute. The Prime Minister himself being an English-educated man, I wonder how has he secured extrication from the tanglements
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    What has been overlooked in the big argument...
    294 8 VfUCH has been said Im about the English-edu-cated in Singapore. One thing however has been overlooked. We were educated in English because this was the only official language in Singapore then and only by learning this language was it possible for us
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    HAIL....BUT NO FAREWELL FOR MUSICIAN MOYSER
    121 8 HAIL.... BUT NO FAREWELL FOR MUSICIAN MOYSER r OUIS MOYSER. one of Singapore's few firstclass musicians, left this country last week for Australia. For 13 years. Mr. Moyser has worked for Radio Slngapoqe, as 'cellist with the Radio Orchestra, and the Musica Viva Players owed their origin, direction, pro-gramme-planning and
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    Waiting room blues...
    73 8 J REFER to your article on Page 10 of the Straits Times of Aug. 18. Will you please thank the author for the tip and inform him that the railway administration is pleased to announce that Prai waiting room is to be repainted this year, but does
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    The way to be right when keeping left
    396 8 The way to be right when keeping left T AM grateful to "Left in Doubt" (S.T. Aug. 13 arawing attention to the fact, in connection with the "Keep Left" campaign, that a vehicle moves to the centre- of the road prior to turning off to the right. I entirely agree
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    THUGS LOOK TO NEW WAYS OF EARNING A LIVING
    192 8 THUGS LOOK TO NEW WAYS OF EARNING A LIVING T*HE Government has A introduced stricter measures to deal with the gangster menace in Singapore. But no sooner have we seen the early stage of their effectiveness than we read of the revival of robberies and thefts in different parts of
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    TIN PRICE HAS BIGGEST MOVE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
    617 10 TIN PRICE HAS BIGGEST MOVE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS By Our Market Correspondent remaining extremely steady for several weeks the tin price in Singapore yesterday had an upswing of $1.62} which took it up to $402 per picul. This was the highest price for six weeks. The offering was unchanged at
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    28 10 SINGAPORE, AUG. 21. RUBBER: $1,082 per lb. (down a quarter of a cent). TIN: $402 per picul (up Si 1.62*). Estimated unofficial offering 160 tons (unchanged).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    775 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "The local share market was again firm in all sections and the turnover was good." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: 8.8. Petrol 54s 3d. and 545. 6d.; Ftod Dlsp. $1.04; Pltepatricks $1.06; Praser
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    149 10 Ships lylnc alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Ommenkerk 1/2, Mencstheus 6/7, Adrastus 10/11, Klrsten Maersk 13/14, State of Kutch 15/16. Lycoan 18. Perils K. Wall 2. Tong Leong N. Wall 3 Serudom N. Wall 4. Glang Lee N. Wall 5. Wakaahlma Mam 23/24, Starcrown
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    Rubber upswing continues
    454 10 Rubber upswing continues rE upswing renewed at the end of last week has continued throughout the current period, report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current rubber market review. Profit-takinf? has been well absorbed and the few minor bear factors have been ignored, the report adds The rise has been an
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    103 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 7/16, O.D. 31 9/16. 90 d/st 32 credit bills. 32 1/16 trade bills. Hong Kong: buying airmail T.T. 53, O.D. 52 15/16. Selling T.T.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 10 September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.08% cents per lb.. Gown a quarter of a cent on Thursday's price. The closinz tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 109 sellers 1104; Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    112 10 Singapore Chinese Prodaoe Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent August/ September shipments $36 i buyers. $374 sellers Coomt oil: quiet; bulk $57 sellers, drum $58^ sellers. Pinwi: steady; no business was reported done yesterday, Muntok white $161. Sarawak $160, special Sarawak black $98 (all
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    20 10 Malayan Share Market: Aug-.JI Aug. 20 IndustrlaOs: 96SZ 95.76 Tins: lll.il 109.44 Robbers: 148.00 147.19 Jan. 1 1958-100
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    267 10 MELBOURNE Fri. TNVESTMENT shares closed th« week on a firm tone here today. Rises and falls were even during the day with Barns Philp dropping Ss. to 9ls. Bank of Adelaide rose 2s. The hire purchase section today was firmer. Base metals and the oils held a firm
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      690 10 NOTICES THE BORELLI RUBBER COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBT OIVEN that an interim dividend of 20% leas 40% income tax will be paid on 17th September. 1959 to all stockholders whose names appear on the Company's register as at 10th of September. 1959. NOTICE
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      585 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN SINGAPORE APPOINTMENT OK PRINCIPAL The Universlt) of Malaya in Singapore Invite* applications for the Prlnclpalship which will fall vacant early in January 1960. The Principal is the academic and administrative head of the institution. Further Information regarding the appointment may be obtained from, aid
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    Distine and Malayan Scholar are doubtful
    91 12 Distine and Malayan Scholar are doubtful 1/UALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Distil* and MaUyan Scholar ara doubtful ttirteri for the Yang di-Partuan Agoitg't Cold Cup sprint over ti* turlongj her* on Sunday. The 14 prohibit jeeeatori »n4 riders are: Happy Melody 9.0 Ward Mangold 8.10 King Monitor 8.9 |ohnton Downing Street 8.
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    NS keep cup
    74 12 SEREMBAN. Fri. Negrl Sembilan combined schools retained the Leong Hoe Yens Cup when they beat Peiian s I combined schools 2-1 in the Inter-state tennis competition final yesterday. Scores < Negrl players first Abdul Rahman bin Abu Ba- kar bt Tan Seng Jin 6-0, 6-2; Mohammed Nasri
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    HAPPY MELODY WILL BE 'HOT'
    420 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By Kuala Lumpur, Friday Clash with Satoro may provide big racing thrill WITH Happy Melody and Satoro clashing for the firsf time and several other brilliant sprinters in the field, this Sunday's Yang diPertuan A g o n g's Gold Cup (6f) here
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    SOUTH KOREA & VIETNAM TO OPEN M-MEET
    271 12 SOUTH KOREA VIETNAM TO OPEN M-MEET KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE third Merdeka football tournament will open with a preliminary raund match between Vietnam and South Korea here on Aug. 30 (6.30 p.m.). In the draw announced by i the FA. of Malaya today. Singapore will meet India and Hong Kong
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    Malays to meet Indonesians
    71 12 SINGAPORE, Frt The Singapore Malays team to meet the visiting Indonesian University side In a friendly soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium on Aug. 25 will be from: Mokhtar Tabrl, Idroe Albar, Matmoon Sudasee, All Samljan. Umar Rahmat, Khamls Banl. Warl Basrl, Osman Johan, Kaaslm Ashlk,
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    244 athletes
    34 12 SINGAPORE, Frl A total number of 244 athletes from 14 business houses In Singapore will take part in the annual 8.8. H. athletic championships at Jalan Besar tomorrow, starting at 3 p.m.
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    Cup billiards
    19 12 SINGAPORE, Frl. The Farelf Cup billiards tournament will begin at V.M.C.A. on Sept. 3 at 6.15 p.m.
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    Underworld boxing boss concerned in probe
    104 12 J^EW YORK, Fri.— FranMe Carbo, the reputed underworld boxing boss, was questioned for the first time yesterday In connection with the Investigation Into the Ingemar Johansson-Floyd Patterson heavyweight title fight on June 26. Carbo who Is awaltlru trial on charges of being an unlicensed
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    WEIGHTS FOR ALL EIGHT RACES AT KUALA LUMPUR LOITSUNDAY
    405 12 WEIGHTS FOR ALL EIGHT RACES AT KUALA LUMPUR LOIT SUNDAY WEIGHTS for TT all eight races at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday: Agong's Gold Cup Cl. I, Div. I— 6F Happy Melody 9.00 DUUnt 8.12 BUrifold 8.10 Monitor 8.09 Downing Street 8.U7 Aberdeen 8.06 Black Gold 8.01 Satoro 8.00 Your HlchneM
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    Darul win replay
    68 12 "SINGAPORE. Fri. A "gift" Koal towards the end enabled Darul Aflah "A' 1 to beat Gymkhana Sports Club 2-1 in a BAFA Junior Cup first round replay at Farrer Park today. After trailing one-nil at half-time. Darul Aflah equalised in the 42nd minute through Salnl. The "gift"
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    Lock icon Arsenal expect a tough season
    257 12 Arsenal expect a tough season ONDON, Fri. The 1959-60 English soccer season swings into action tomorrow. The curtain lifts at a time when the standing of English soccer has plunged to a new low after the failure of England's national team during their summer tour ol the Americas. They wen*
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    YMCA tourney
    23 12 SINGAPORE, Fri. The V.M.C.A. handicap lawn tennis championships will begin on Sept. 5 as Bras Basah Entries close on Aug. 29
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      199 12 TODAY SINGAPORE: AthleUcs SBHFA Sports. Jalan Besar. Rurby: 75 RNZAP v 41 Squadron, Changl. Swlmmlrtf RIC gala, 6.15 p.m.. RIC: SCC No. 2 tunlor gala. 4 p.m Tan Jong Rhu. Golf: 'A' and B medal i bogey) RIC Capurns prize RSOC. TOMORROW SINGAPORE: Cricket EC A senior tournament Police v
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    LOUD CHEERS FOR COLOURFUL KEDAH ATHLETES IN OPENING PARADE
    317 13 ]£UALA LUMPUR, Fri. Kedah's team of nine competitors won the most acclaim in the march-past •f the 14 competing teams In the opening ceremony which preceded the third annual Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union c hampionships at the Merdeka Stadium
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    919 13  -  NORMAN SIEBEL By CEYLON'S 'WONDER BOY' BREAKS RECORDTHEN DOES A 'KUTS ACT' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A slightlybuilt 19-year-old lad, A. S. M. Khan of Ceylon, lived up to his reputation of being the "wonder boy" of athletics in his country when the third annual Federation of Malaya
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    THE Ist DAY'S RESULTS
    760 13 MEN IHYD: heatl— l Tan Kok Hong (Kel). 2 S. Karupplah (Ked). 10.2 aec; heat 2—l Raja Asian (Kel). 2 Oabuh bin Plglng (NB). 10.4 sec; heat 3 l Kesavan Soon (Spore), 2 Joseph Lee (Sar). 10 2sec; heat 4—l Ernest Prlda (Spore), 2 Aris (Kel),
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    THE JINX SUB IS SURFACED AT LAST
    248 14 THE JINX SUB IS SURFACED AT LAST OINGAPORE, Fri. A Japanese submarine today surfaced after lying for 17 years in the depths outside Singapore harbour. The whole conning tower and part of its 300-foot long body Is above water, ana at low tide the whole rus^i deck can be seen.
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    Late CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS PERSONAL
    52 14 Late CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS PERSONAL Id Wnrit- S/« Ifirtim ,-i ISMAIL BIN MOHD YASIN. now in Kelantar. or Tengganu wanted at home before August 24. to deliver articles to me at Port Dlckson. Whoever knows of his v hereabout please Inform him as soon as possible. Mohd Yasin bin All. Senaling
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    TUC HEAD 'Arrest of colleague has touched me deeply' RESIGNS
    177 14 TUC HEAD 'Arrest of colleague has touched me deeply' RESIGNS GINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. Lee Chew Lim, chairman of the Singapore Trades Union Congress, has resigned over the arrest by the Government of TUC vice-chair-man, Mr Lee Yew Seng, and because of a divergence of views over policy. In his letter
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    Two main aims at seminar to boost Malay
    568 14 FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE THEY COME TO DISCUSS LANGUAGE PROBLEM SINGAPORE, Friday PEOPLE from varied walks of life in Singapore and the Federation will mingle together tomorrow and on Sunday at the campus in Bukit Timah for a common purpose. School
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    Lock icon DEATH OF SCULPTOR EPSTEIN
    65 14 DEATH OF SCULPTOR EPSTEIN LONDON. Fri.-Sir Jacob Epstein, most controversial sculptor of this century, is dead. He died on Wednesday at his London home. The death certificate gave the cause as heart-failure and high blood pressure. Sir Jacob, at the height of his fame and powers, was working until a
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    Man dies fighting ship fire
    316 14 'IT WAS DARK AND SLIPPERY. ..WE COULDN'T SEE A THING' GAS MASK DISLODGED AFTER 15FT. FALL INTO BLAZING HOLD By EE BOON LEE Singapore, Frl. FIREMAN died on the way to hospital today after being overcome by smoke in a ship's blazing hold. The fire
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    Lock icon The election through Red eyes...
    51 14 The election through Red eyes... PEKING. Fri. Chinese newspapers today reported briefly and without comment the Alliance Party's victory in the Malayan Parliamentary elections. A headline over a report of about 360 words in the Communist Party newspaper Peoples Daily said: "Ruling party secures majority in Parliament by suppressing opposition.
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      16 14 LONDON: More than 1.000 typists employed by the British Government marched through Whitehall demanding more pay.
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    NATIONAL CORPS WILL NOW DEVELOP THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS
    338 14 SINGAPORE, Friday. rVHE lot of the people in the Southern Islands off Singapore will be improved when a comprehensive development scheme, expected to cost $250,000, is launched. The scheme was drawn up after a two-month study of the islanders' conditions. The Minister
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    LONDON STOCK MARKET
    275 14 LONDON. Pri. London stock markets ended another brilliant week on a buoyant note today. Industrials continued to forge ahead to record further widespread gains but conditions elsewhere were quieter In front of the weekend. Nevertheless the general tone remained very firm. Closing middle prices of selected stocks
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    34 14 LONDON, Fri. Spot 31 T id.. September 31» 4 d., Oct.-Dec. 31»»d., Jan-March SOHd.. April-June 29Hd, July-Bept 28% d.. Oct.-Dec. 28 d., Aug. c.if. unquoted. Sept. c.l.f. 21»,d., Oc.. cLf. 31d., Tone: DuU.
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    60 14 DU^'SSELDORF, Frt. Ex-General Hasso von ManteufTel, wartime German tank commander, was sentenced to one year and six months' imprisonment here today on a manslaughter charge. Von MantfufTel wag alleged to have illegally ordered the execution of a German soldier on the Eastern front hi January. 1944.
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    225 14 ITUALA LUMPUR, Pri Cevloo scored a second triumph laic tonight on the first day of the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union championship* when 26-year-old L.C. Dlas won the six miles final in 31 mm. 34.4 sec. This time set a new Malayan record, beating the previous marls
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    204 14 IX>NDON. Fri.— Close of play scores In today's cricket matches were: LEICESTER: Match abandoned, rain. Leicestershire 329 for eight declared and 222 for five declared (van Oeloven 79 not out). Surrey 335 for seven declared and 61 for three. BIRMINGHAM: Warwickshire beat Nottinghamshire by 10 wickets.
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