The Straits Times, 2 September 1959

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  • 21 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1959 15 CENTS. fat*** Nat* 0 1
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  • 374 1 KRISHNA MENON AND SERVICE CHIEFS RESIGN Reports of internal dissension in armed forces Nation to hear Nehru's decision today NEW DELHI, Tues. India's Defence Minister, Mr. Krishna Menon, resigned today. The heads of the Army. Navy and Air Force also quit. Mr. Nehru has not yet accepted
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  • 877 1 TOTAL SHORTAGE IN CLIENTS' FUNDS ($950,000) HAS BEEN REPAID. ..COMPLAINT WAS MADE iV HIS OWN BROTHER nD r w SINGAPORE. Tuesday. |)K. t. H. Withers-Payne, one of Singapore's top lawyers, now livlnym London, was struck off the Roll of Advocates and
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  • 212 1 DACCA (East Pakistan), Tues. President Mohamed Ayub Khan of Pakistan said here today that India acd Pakistan must get together for "self-preservation in the face of the Communist menace." "We cannot go on fighting and squabbling with each other." he told reporters on
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  • 238 1 Indians launch an attack on the invaders N w DELHI. Tuesday. J^IUHTING is still going on at the Indian frontier outpost of Longju. seized by Chinese Communist forces on Wednesday, the Times of India reported today. The newspaper said a unit of the Assam Rifles launched a counter attack the
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  • 22 1 TOKYO. Tues. Communist China has announced completion in Peking of Its biggest sports centre with a central stadium seating 80.--000—U.P.I
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  • 269 1 BOMB IN GIFT PARCEL: KING AND QUEEN ESCAPE pNOM PENH, Tues. King Norodom Suramarit of Cambodia and his Queen escaped death by seconds when a bomb contained in a "gift parcel" exploded in their quarters at the Royal Palace here last night. The blast killed Prince Norodom Vakrivan, Assistant Director
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  • 156 1 KUALA LUMPUR Tuesday C]MMANUEL TOBY EBIEMBER, the Nigerian owner of "Toby's Paradise" in Singapore was last night ordered to get out of the Federation immediately. He cannot go back to Singapore, where his wife and business are. because a prohibition order has been
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  • 46 1 THE HAGUE (Holland), Tues.— The Dutch Government has decided to appoint Dr. Robert H. Van Gulik. 49, as Its diplomatic envoy In Malaya. Dr. Van Gulik, who will have the rank of Minister, has been stationed In Beirut. Syria, since 1956.— U.P.1.
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  • 18 1 MOSCOW. Tues. Premier Niklta Khrushchev returned here today from a vacation in the Crimea, Tass reported.
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  • 154 1 $50,000 TONTINE WOMAN 'MISSING' SINGAPORE, Tues. The "disappearance" of a middle-aged woman, described us the organiser of a tontine involving $50,000, was reported to the police today. The money is said to represent the contributions of about 200 people. Earlier, about 20 of them assembled in Cambridge Road for a
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  • 55 1 JAKARTA. Tues. The city garrison command today announced the banning of the Indonesian language daily. Sinpo, for a front page report last night that thousands of Indonesian workers would be laid off as a result of the Government's monetary decrees. A garrison spokesman said the ban from
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  • 195 1 VIENTIANE, Tues Pro Communist. Pathet Lao rebels have opened a concerted attack on Laotian army aircraft dropping supplies to lonely outposts, according to pilots flying the airdrop missions. "They are Retting good at it that was too close lor me." said a pilot whose plane
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  • 32 1 FOOD RIOTS ONE KILLED (Tl Tut- —One person wa> killed aud •undrd when Police opened > on food demonstrator near ih% residence B. C Roy. CWof M of Wefct Bengal. ter.
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  • 81 2 CRACKERS SCARE AWAY ELEPHANT MARAUDERS IPOH. Tues.— Two small groups of elephants, which had been on the rampage near Kuala Kangsar, have been driven into deep Jungle with firecrackers. Kampong folk in the Manong area had complained to the Game Department about the destruction to property caused by the six
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  • 55 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. j Tan Ting Slang, a clerk in a Seremban pawnbroker's firm, was fined $2,400 n the Se»--1 sion.-> Court today for at- tempting to smuggle diamonds into the Federation from Singapore The diamonds, valued at $1,200 (duty payable $300 and the car in
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  • 328 2 PARTIES PICK PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A THREE-HEADED Opposition will face the Alliance party when Malaya's new Parliament meets for the first time on Sept. 12. INCHE AHMAD BOESTAMAM will lead the eight Socialist Front representatives. DR. BURHANUDDIN AL-HELMY will lead the 13
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  • 210 2 BRITAIN SEES THE NEW SINGAPORE I ONDON. Tues. Bn- tish television viewers last night saw a 10 minute feature programme on the situation in Singapore. The programme. which formed part of the British Broadcasting Corpora tion's weekly documentary programme "Panorama," was filmed in Singapore. Among those interviewed was the Deputy
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  • 282 2 LONDON, Wed. 'THE duplication of A military hospital facilities in Hong Kong and Singapore is criticised in a report on the medical services of the armed forces, published here yesterday by the select committee on estimates. The select committee the all-party parliamentary watchdog on Government spending
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  • 267 2 PENANG, Tuesday. TTME president of the National Union of Federation Students, Mr. Kenny Khaw, said today that Malaya failed to draw a clear line of distinction between pupils in schools and students in colleges "Attempts to limit the Kjwers of pupils sometimes ilace students
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  • 70 2 FORGED HIS BROTHER'S NAME IPOH. Tues. Foo Chee Kai, a bank clerk, was today bound over in $2,000 in one surety on two charges of forging cheques for a total of $8,500 He admitted forging his brother's name to a cheque for $4,500 on Mar. 4, and another one for
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  • 28 2 LONDON. Tues. The death has occurred in London of Mr. J. H. Ellis, Chief secretary of Sarawak from 1955 to 1958. He was 50.
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  • 118 2  -  CHIN SOON KUI From KUCHING, Tuesday THE Governor of Sarawak. Sir Anthony Abell has appointed an eight- man commission to recommend a system of direct taxation for Sarawak. The commission will suggest the rates of tax, legislation required and the machinery necessary
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  • 45 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Another terrorist has .surrendered to the Siamese police, the Federation Government announced today. He is Lam Ah Lee alias Lam 'Ah Han who surrendered at Sadao on Aug. 22. News of his surrender had been withheld for security reasons.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 535 3 My summit road by Ike FIRESIDE CHAT BETWEEN BIG TWO IS WATCHED BY MILLIONS ON TV Mr. K MUST PROMISE RESULTS— ONLY THEN WILL I G0... LONDON, Tuesday. rPHE joint television broadcast by Presideni Eisenhower and Mr. Macmillan last night provided a fascinating study for millions of people of two
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  • 136 3 WASHINGTON, Tues.— Jet engines on airlines are proving to be 20 times more reliable than conventional engines, Federal Aviation Agency officials said yester- j day in a survey of Jet operations by two of the lour U.S. airlines currently flyIng Boeing 707's The two
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  • 461 3 our people should have all these things, houses and health services, hospitals and education, there should be people in poverty and In misery. "It is the story of our Empire and Commonwealth. Now I know what colonialism means to Americans. But colonialism had a
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  • 154 3 HOLLYWOOD, Tues— World heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson will make his screen debut in a Korean War drama entitled "All the Young Men." which stars Alan Ladd. Sidney Poitier. Mort Sahl and James Darren. Columbia Pictures said yesterday. The action concerns a detachment
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  • 239 3 Mr. K to make it a family affair WASHINGTON, Tues.— The Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, will make his visit to the United States a family affair by bringing along his wife, two daughters, o-nc son and a son-in-law, it was announced today. The State Department said Mrs. Khrushchev
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  • 48 3 LIVERPOOL. Tues. Two of Britain's biggest football pools promoters greatly increased their turnover last year. Yesterday Vernon Pools, of Liverpool, reported an increase of over £1.000.000. Last Friday Littlewoods reported an increase of about £8.000.000. Punters staked nearly £65 million on the two pools.— Reuter.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 362 3 Your radio today..* RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA «Ai NATIONAL SHORTWAVE Medium Wave 476 metres SERVICE 41.7 metres A.M. 6.30 Oood Morning- 6.32 MEDIUM WAVE SERVICES Morning Prelude: 7.00 The News; Lumpur 341 metres 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 The Penan* 366 metres News: 8.05 Date With Music lw>h S3O
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  • 451 4 LITERACY DRIVE: MANDARIN AND ENGLISH NEXT Malay classes open for 13,000 SINGAPORE. Tuesday. THE Minister for Education, Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, tonight announced 1 the second phase of the Government's mass literacy campaign. He said that registration for Mandarin and Lnglisn literacy ihissts would begin from next month. The registration
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  • 104 4 TO STAR IN FILM WITH MALAYAN SETTING ANOTHEfI film with a Malayan setting is to be triads in England. It will be based on 'The Long and the Short and the Tall." a Willis Hall play which had a successful run in London. The play concerns a small group of
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  • 172 4 A new tin pact: Malaya's role KUALA bUMPUR. Tues, Malaya, as the world's biggest producer of tin, Is playing a major role in preparing drafts of a new international tin agreement to succeed the present scheme which expires in June 1961. Mr I. D Irvine, of the Ministry of Commerce
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  • 228 4 INSURANCE MEN TO SEE GOH SINGAPORE, Tuesday. LIFE insurance companies here today agreed that a proposed Bill requiring them to invest the*r premiums locally, was "inevitable", but held that "rigid" rules should be avoided. They said that the Government should take Into account "our
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  • 79 4 BUS PASSES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN SINGAPOKh. Tue^.— School children In bingapore may soon be issued with seaaun passes by their principals entitling them to travel in buses at a nxed concession fare between 0 a.m. and 9 p.m. At present, they have to pay cash at half the adult fares,
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  • 28 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The finals of the Tiger Brewery Darts League will take place at the tk%%H and Neave Sports PaviUoa at 8 p.m on Sept. 12.
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  • 335 4 Lee to open show of ancient and modern Indian art SINGAPORE, Tues. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will open an exhibition of Indian art, organised by the Singapore Arts Council, at the Raffles Museum on Sunday. The works of art Include Indian paintings and sculpture, both ancient and
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  • 70 4 No-water areas SINGAPORE, Tues. Water will be shut off at the following places tomorrow: In Jalan Karuing. Seletar. from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.. to fix a up a water main. At 4th Street, between East Coast Park and Jalan Jamal from 9 am. to 6p.m., to fix a Between
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  • 368 4 Ford Company's contest for free trip to U.S. SINGAPORE, Tues. Ford Motor Co., of Malaya Ltd., is inviting a teenage Journalism student or working Journalist from Singapore or Malaya to participate in the Ford National Teenage Press Conference in Dearborn, Michigan, this month. The selected teenager will
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 201 4 I Today's Singapore diary.7. THE SINGAPOHE ACADEBfY METHODIBT CHI'BCH: Gospel 4 p nv to 6 ft*FENCERS: Fencing at Chine* meeting at "Peace Cove" 8 pjn. T.W.C.%. (R*ffl« QU^^, il k^: YMCA 630 pro YJIC.A.: Body-bullrtlng 4 ternational Women s Club— a SINGAPORE COUNCIL FOE pjn.; Junior Judo 4.4S p.m.: lecture
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  • 678 5 OUR EXCLUSIVENESS OBSTRUCTS NATION-BUILDING, LEE TELLS PRESS "Scope of the Malayan culture is very wide' SINGAPORE, Tuesday. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said today that organisations that included racial origins in their titles were obstructing the work of building a Malayan nation. Mr. Lee.
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  • 255 5 New Sikh sails away with a problem and a secret LETTER AT THE DOCKSIDE FROM A TRAINEE NURSE SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. Harbans Singh (formerly Eric Mellor) who became a Sikh here last week after a 15,000-mile hitch-hike-from Britain, sailed for Australia today, with a problem— and a secret. Just as
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  • 237 5 3 FOR SENATE TO REPRESENT MINORITY RACES KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. THREE former Federal Councillors who represent--1 ed racial minorities in the old legislature will become members of the Senate. They will be among the 16 I to be appointed by the Yang di-Pertaun Agong this week. They are: Dato Sir
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  • 64 5 Stowaway boy can stay here PENANG. Tuejs. The 10-1 year-old stowaway from inaia, R. Murugiah. will be allowed to stay with his mother in Klang. A spokesman of the Immigration Headquarters here said today he was satisfied Murugiah was born in the Federation. Murugiah stowed away in the State of
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  • 48 5 Tried to evade duty charge JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Wong Peng Wah. of Singa- pore, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to attempting to evade Customs duty on 1,152 pairs oi slippers which he had i brought Into the Federation from Singapore. He wao allowed $3,000 bail.
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  • 19 5 PENANG, Tues. Tuberculosis was the number one killer in Penang last month It caused 18 deaths.
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  • 143 5 PENANG. Tuesday. A SECOND car plunged down the slope at the 9th rx mile stone Batu Ferringhi here last night, less ♦nan six hours after another car had gone down 'the same slope. The driver. Mr. Llm Chiew Huat. 25, an Insurance agent, who
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 176 5 f'arwnon A Co. By ttas The Saint By Leslie Charter is I MAKE yS/THE^OSs"^^!^* STANDING^BUT INGA WILL STILL I OR THE HUMAN SACRIFICE 7 Iy fIE Tuccc ucatuckjC 'i i no u/uat tC3B& THE HOLY M I THAT GOES Wn> IT/ >^ I Dick Tracy By Chester GauM ■■■■■■■^■■■■■1 T
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  • 104 6 :0 Wordt tit (Minimum) MR. MRS. T. NAVARETNAM Thank friends and relatives for thair gifts and attending their utdding on 19.8.59. MR. Ac MRS. John William* thank all relatives and friends lor their good wist es. con'.rntulatory messages, presents and attencence at their wedding on August Eight. MRS. CHUA
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  • 324 6 20 Wards $10 (Minimum I IP YOU love flowers you tend to them. If you enjoy country lresh air. you'll use Air- wick. VANITY for Gowr.s from Cottons to Cocktail*. Snoes Hats, Handbags and all accessories. 32 Raffles Place. HARROWS LTD. Sale. Bargains on Material and Readvmade Dresses. 7,
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  • 657 6 The Straits Times Wednesday, September 2, 1959. A Way Out Of Chaos Indonesia can ill afford Mr. Lukman Hakim's resignation from governorship of the Bank of Indonesia. But it cannot be taken for granted that it signifies disapproval of his Government's action last week in devaluing high-denomination banknotes. His predecessor.
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  • 324 6 Inche Ahmad Boestamam has been chosen to lead the I Socialist Front in the new House of Representatives, Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy will speak for the P.M.I.P. and Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam for the People's Progressive Party. It startles no-one that the three main opposition parties should follow
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  • 254 6 If we arc to accept the evidence of normally reliable and impartial observers the general conduct of elections in South Vietnam may be good for the Vietnamese but is certainly 1 not good for a lot of other i people in South-East Asia. who may feel that Communist
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  • 1025 6  - JAPAN Enter The era of The soft sell DENIS WARNER by TOKYO. Tuesday RANGING through the centre of Tokyo are a dozen or more major department stores from whose air-conditioned lungs come breaths of winter that passers-by in the city's intolerable mid-summer heat find almost irresistible. In one store, a
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  • 816 6 A Malayan expert describes for experts its cause and effect... MAL AKIOLOGV WITH SPECIAL REFERENCF TO MALAYA By A. A. Sandosham. Publishcc! for the University of Malay:'. by Oxford I'niversity Press. 355. 'ill paces. 3i< text figures. plates <11 in colour). THIS is a textbook about malaria written by
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  • LETTERS
    • 142 6 The case for a sickness allowance y[R- Byrne Is to be conKratulated for taking a sympathetic view of the problems and difficulties of the unemployed by increasing public assistance However, it does seem puzzling that the sicklier allowance Is to be abolished. Sickness is no reapector of persons or pockets.
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    • 117 6 NOW that tne election battle is over, let us congratulate the victors and wish the losers better luck in the next election and to eveiyone concerned a big glad hand for putting up such a clean fight which will no doubt add greatly to our prestige as a
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    • 79 6 TN reply to a query as to why Brooke Road 'off East Coast Road) was without lights, It was stated In 1957 that the road was a private one and that, pending the formation of the Katong-Changi district council, it came under the administration of the Rural
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  • 1006 7 My life in attic— by Cheng Guan 'I USED TO GO IN A CLOSET AND SCREAM HYMNS TO COMBAT LONELINESS' SINGAPORE, Tuesday LIM Cheng Guan, 28. talked to reporters yesterday about his amazing four years in an Ann Arbor, Michigan, church attic. But in Singapore his relatives refused to discuss
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  • 145 7 t^ropitrtv SINGAPORE. Tuesday. pROPERTY owners in the city area may have to Pay greatly increased assessments on tnei? houses and shops next year. The annual values of these premises have been increased it i.-> understood, by up to five or six times this
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  • 71 7 PARLIAMENT FIRST DAY COVERS KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Thousands of official firstday covers of the new stamps to commemorate the opening of the first Parliament were sold throughout the Federation and Singapore today. The special Issue of the Parliament stamps will be on sale at all post offices and postal agencies
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  • 142 7 THE WOMAN IN ROOM DOUBLE DEATH MYSTERY MADAM LEONG LUEN ENG 3?, the woman in the double death drama in the attic of a house in Jalan Besar. Singapore, at dawn on Monday. She had deep gashes on her body. Suspended from the beam in the locked cubicle was a
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  • 54 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. The four day police military exercises in Singapore end--led this afternoon. "Valuable lessons were learnt by both tides." a Press conference was told. The police secretary. Mr. William Cheng, and the Army public relations officer. Major J. R. Galway. said that cooperation between the two
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  • 270 7 Sikhs to ask the Govt. to review Bill to curb lenders SINGAPORE, Tues.— Sikh moneylenders here have appealed to the Singapore Government to reconsider its plans to impose restrictions on the money lending business. The Government has already rejected a plea by the Chettiar Chamber of Commerce to reconsider the
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  • 111 7 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A 400-strong Indian youth mission will visit Sin- gapore and the Federation in October in a chartered ship, the Sonavathi. The mission comprises boys and girls from the youth section of the Indian National Congress, the ruling party in India. Unlike the Indonesian
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  • 43 7 SINGAPORE, Tu«>. Ang Ah Seng. 20. was today remanded for a week after being tentatively charged with the murder of his cousin. Bee-toh Kwong Tian, 16. at 1 a.m. yesterday In a house at Lengkong Tlga. off Chang! Road.
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  • 30 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. More than 150 pin- table ope- rators have been rounded up by Selangor police since the campaign against them began four month* ago.
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  • 14 7 CHENG GUAN PICTURE TAKEN NINE YEARS AGO CHENC CUAN a picture taken in 1950.
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  • 183 7 PROBE on GOINGS ON IN KONG SAIK STREET SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE Ministry of Labour and Law has called for a full report in connection with certain immoral activities said to be going on in Kong Saik Street. This follows complaints made to the Minister, Mr. :K M. Byrne, of organised
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  • 96 7 Green badge men start knocking on doors today JJUALA LUMPUR, Tues A man wearing a green badge is likely to knock on your door sometime during the next six weeks. He will be one of the 2.000 assistant registering officers who will go around the country bringing the Federation electoral
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  • 135 7 pENANG. Tues. Secre-tary-general of the 10.--000-strong Federation Malay Schools Teachers' Union, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Akib. today criticised the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, for his reported statement last Friday that Malay .school teachers had given him "a little trouble over the question of Malay
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  • 95 7 MALACCA, Tuesday. THE BEACH at Tanjong Kling seven miles from J here was turned into a fairground today for the annual festival of "Mandi Safar" tomorrow. Thousands of gaily-dressed Malays, both old and young, tonight camped In the open air. Mary bus-loads of picnickers came
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  • 54 7 Economics in 12 lectures SINGAPORE. lues. A course of. 12 lectures on Malayan economics, to be held everjv Friday, has been arranged by the Malayan Economics Society in association with tho Singapore Council for Adult Education. The course will begin with a lecture by Prof. T. H. Silcock at the
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  • Children's Page
    • 991 8 The rivals join up to solve a mystery Tubby and his friends are on a cycling holiday where they meet up with their rivals Krishna and Co. They play a number of tricks on each other on the way to Mersing where they camp. Now read on. ft pONTRARY to
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    • 322 8 HERE are some pen pals for you. Ismail Che Long, aged 12. Sultan Ismail College. Kota Bharu. Kelantan. Caroline Kok. 9 Larut Road, Singapore 8. Johnny Wong, aged 15. 18 Edgecombe Road. Penang. Scouting, stamps. Zalnunah binte Harun. aged 12. 62-A Rasah Road Seremban. Guiding,
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    • 357 8 TRACE OUT A PATH TO THEIR SHIP 5 Dear Boys and Girls. S Here are the six winners Eof our "Sharing The Trea5 <ure" contest. S Paulette Lee. 117 KitE rhener Road. Singapore 8. E N<{ Weng Sang. S, Lorons; E 33, Ceylang. Singapore 14, EP. Rany. 5 Peng Nguan
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    • Article, Illustration
      17 8 Comedian Derek Roy visits Tosh the seal which h* presented to the London Zoo.
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    • 89 8 For that well-groomed look m-^ ma fe»p) *\r^' 17 1-' lsliir**" 011 *""7/ I Jnß n^P ■■II II W K!^^^^ mß\i'" vl "< T 11 I M There is nothing so excellent for keeping the hair smooth, glossy and healthy as Yardley solidified >^ brilliantines. They give your head that
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    • 49 8 CC.C Collect ttx of these coupons to iotu the Children's Comer Club. name r Address Age S E Sex Please enrol me a member of the Wise Owls Club <nid send me a badge. I ant enclosing six C.C.C. coupons and a stamped self-addressed envelope. Name i Address niIIIIIIIHMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH~
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 1700 9 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE 10 ADEN, LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW, IONDON 1 CONTINEHTAI PORTS Due S'por> Sails r< S'nara fenan, lEIRESIAS M'seillrs Litarpapl. Ovtlm Cd. IS Sept 4 Stft 5 I Stpt 7 LAERTES L.vtrpeel Od. 13 Sepi 4 Sift 5/1 Sift I tIYTONEUS L don Bremen. H'burg. R dim (apt 5
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    • 1347 9 om'u.Nc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. 'V/ Singapore (licerperitid ib tke Until Rietdaai I ONE! SAILINGS TO ADEN UK A CONTIHFHTAI PORTS S'pora P. Sham Penang BEHAIBEh toi Red it* liveroool R'Cam Hun ia Party 2 Sipt OLHIONDNO tor London R'dam Bremen Hamburg Sda Hi Sift Liedaa direct arrivis 27
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    • 1433 9 McALISTER <Sc CO.. LTD. TEL: Na.. ***** ILLBRMAN LIME KLAVENESS UNI IONOON HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM HAVRI IOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO t HUH SEATTLE VANCOUVER 1 PORTIARO mo tw Canaot and USA Piortn Atlantic forts Acctat.if cargt fax raalrt 1 t Saatt CITT OF RIPOt» »mtriii Spore F Sham Prnang SUNNYVILIt 14/20
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  • 22 10 Malayan Share Market: Sept. 1 Aug. 31 Industrials: 57.38 97.19 Tins: 113.22 111.88 s Rubbers: 143.34 143.30 Jan. 1 1958=100
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  • 611 10 TIN PRICE DECLINES BY ONE DOLLAR: RUBBER STEADY By Our Market Correspondent fHERE was a 22] per cent rise in estimated offerings on the tin market yesterday when business was resumed after the Merdeka celebrations in the Federation of Malaya. The price fell one dollar compared with Saturday to $400.25
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  • 137 10 MELBOURNE. Tues. INVESTMENT shares maintained a firm tone here today. Transport shares all eased with Burn* Philp losing Is. to 945. ACI rose further to 78s. 6d up Is. 6d. and AHA gained is to 28s. Base metals and the oils eased slightly. while Commonwealth bonds held a
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  • 147 10 September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 106' cents per lb., down three-eighths of a cent on Monday's price. The closing tone was quiet after steady. Closing prices in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 106., sellers 107;
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  • 108 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quit': UK/Continent September/October shipments $38 buyers, $39 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $60 sellers, drum $62 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $156. Sarawak $155, special Sarawak black $98. garbled Lampong black $98
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  • 98 10 The Malayan Exchang" Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T 317/16. O.D. 319/16. 90 d/st 32 credit bills. 32 1/16 trade bills Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 1/16; French Francs *****: Belgian Francs
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  • 33 10 SINGAPORE. SEPT. 1. RUBBER: SI.OoJ per lb. (down three-eighths of a cent). Unofficial close 5 p.m. $1,064 (steadier). TIN: $400.25 (clown SI i. Estimated unofficial offering 190 tons (up 35 tons).
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  • 586 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: 'Rubbers and industrials were quietly steady and tins were firm. The turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Fed Dlsp. $1.04: Fraser and Neave ords $1. 45.. to $1.44; W. Hammer $1.52
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  • 182 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Salmara 1/2. Kambodia 4/5. La Manchu 6A, Benvorllch 6/7, Benlomona 8/9, Olengarry 10/11, Singapore 13/14. Karakorum 15/16. Kapitan Kosko 18. Santa Lucia 19, Sena* N. Wall 3. Bentong 21/22. Aubv 23. Islander 25. Tong Thay 26, Hallvard
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1193 10 jK \f*ALINE| Express U.S.A. Paellie «Js Atlantic Coast Service E.T.A E.T.A. E.T.A. Spore f. S-am Penan| H'fcon| L.Angeles New York "Kiytkami M»ru" Ist Call 4 5 Sept t Sept 7 Sept 2U Call I S Sept 11 Sept 2 Oct II Oct "<MikMM Maru" ut Cal> 2S'Klept 27 Sept 21
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    • 210 10 THE JB& BURMA FIVE STAR LINE EASTIOUND tSTtOUNO Mi 8.,« IM Frim j*M P«rt* ft HMf Kill l(a i lß g f lr Him Mm t iatM LlHilf f»r Burma P»ft» "AMERICANA" "ARIAHA" Penang P. Sham Spore Sinppore Penan| la P t 5 Sept itu > x MM INTERNATIONAL BARRETTO
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    • 655 10 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES OKDINANCE (CHAPTER 174) And IN THE MATTER OF HADDEN COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDINO-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of HADDEN 4i COMPANY LIMITED held at the Registered Office of Uie Company, 1 3 Chartered Bank Chambers.
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    • 837 10 NOTICES NOTICE We herewith give notice that Mr. Lim Chong Guan of Penang ceased to be a member of our staff we.f. 1.9.59 and he has no authority or power, as from date, to transact any business, etc.. on behalf of our Company. SUNGEI PAPAN CO: LTD. (Sungel Papan Estate)
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    • 374 10 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. Low Pfiig Nam is no longer in our employment and has no authority to collect money or transact business on our behalf. MALAYA COMMERCIAL TRADING CO. LTD.. Dated Ist. September, 1959. NOTICE AS FROM the 30th September 195 a. Mr H. J. Goerllch iHan« Joachim Goerlicht will
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 808 11 (Continued from face 6i SITUATIONS VACANT If Word* %i (Mim.)— Box M eU. txtn WANTED LADIES lor *aver x bublnesh. European pre- d reply Immediately to Bos A 4158 ST. Spore. WANTED experienced femah ■vpi>t and female/male cashlei (cash security $3,000 00 1. Applj Box A 4157 S.T. Spore. WANTED
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    • 818 11 SITUATIONS VACANT Wort, SJ (Min.i— B»x i* r»» rxfi TANQLIN SCHOOL requin two qualmed European Tescnei Junior and Kindergarten. App; In writing u> Principal, 3 Orange Drove Road isporei. CATHAY STORE wanti oui doors sales-girls can speak man languages. Call 82. Serangoo Garden Way, Singapore 19. Tin 9.00 to 11.00
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    • 879 11 < OMMODATION VA( AM >• »unU SS (Vim.)— Box SO Ha. txtrm MODERN UNFURNISHED TWO-BEDROOM Flat. Dunearn Road. Rent $382 Includes water and service charge*. Apply P.O Box 3021, Spore. *> MODERN UNFURNISHED ONE- bedroom flat with garage, Dunearn t Road. Rent (341.40 c. Includes v water and service charges.
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    • 870 11 I HOUSES He LAND FOR SALE 2t Wordt $S (Mln.)-Bnx it tt». extra FOR QUICK SALE terrace house. Serangoon Garden Estate. 3 bedrooms. 3 ceiling fans. Iron eate window grills, modern sanl-t-.tion. Vacant possession. Price $12,800/- ea&h Principals only j write P O. Box 675 Singapore. TWO-STOREY Terrace Houses I
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    • 942 11 E HIRE PURCHASE m \U Word* Si (Min.)— Bux HrU «xfr« I SOON TECK FINANCE Com- pany finance Hire-Purchase on j Motor Cars new and secondhand (1954 Model upwards only): terms moderate. Apply 173 A South f Bridge Road. Singapore Tel: ***** I or Room 2, 3rd Floor MCA Building,
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    • 768 11 FOR SALE 1 2* Word, IS (Min.)— Box SO ef. txtrm AMIR SONS Oriental Caroet Merchants offer Very Special Bargains. 276, Orchard Road. YOUR TTLKS Choose Them From Jupiter Trading Company. 85, Market Street, Singapore 1 Telephone ***** DRASTIC REDUCTION crocj kery. cutlery glass on view at Four j Kee
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    • 517 11 FOR SALE i tO Word, $S (Min.)— Box SO ct,. extra AMERICAN MAKB electric 1 dish washer, must be in excellent condition. Ring ***** giving full i particulars CCC JUNK STORE. 137. Bukit Tlmah Rd.. Tel: *****. Offers for Sale: Photo En larger, Rolleicord Camera. children's I Play-Pens. Swings, Rocking
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    • 450 11 SHOPPING GLIDE .spore) 2« Word, $10 (Minimum). OmUu 1 month. Word, SI JO Mm DRIP DRY and Sarong Batik frocks at Rose Gown Shop. YOU OWN A G.E.C. Fan Monthly $11. 177 Orchard Road. I ***** i LAMPSHADES: Ready made or made-io-order. 398. Orchard Road. Phone ***** S pore CHIONG
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  • 241 12  - MALAYA MAY BE ASKED TO STAGE OLYMPIC GAMES SOCCER MATCHES VICTOR NAYAGAM By Kuala Lumpur, Tues. VfALAYA may be asked to stage the second round matches of the preliminary round (AustraliaAsia group) of the Rome Olympic Games soccer tournament. Mr. Lee Wai Tong. secretary of the Asian Football Confederation, who
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  • 154 12 17OREST HILLS. Tues.— 1 Australia regained the Davis Cup here yesterday when Neale Fraser defeated Barry Mackay of the United States in the final singles match of the tie by 8-6. 3-6. 6-2. 6-4. The match had been resumed yesterday after being halted on Sunday
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  • 30 12 SINGAPORE. Tues. Thi Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's second course for coaches which begins tomorrow at the Parrer Park at 5.30 p.m. will be conducted in Chinese and English
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  • 17 12 MALACCA. Tues. Malacca beat Pahang 7-2 In a friendly badminton match at Mentakab on Sunday.
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  • 26 12 CHICAOO, Tues. Ray Norton. 21-year-old American sprint 'hope" for next year's Olympics won the 200 metres In the Pan-Air.«rlcan Games yesterday in 20.6*ec. Reuter.
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  • 655 12 Malaya go down to Varsity tourists am id cheers KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. ALL-MALAYA gave their fans much to cheer about although they were beaten 23-0 by the touring Combined Oxford-Cambridge Universities Etugby team at Merdeka Stadium here tonight. The visitors won by a goal, four tries and two penalty goals
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  • 155 12 BLACKBURN WEST HAM AT THE TOP f ONDON. Tues.— Blackburn Lj Rovers and West Ham United, both promoted from the Second Division of the English football league at the end of the 1957-58 season, head the First Division table with seven points each after winning their matches last night. Blackburn
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  • 80 12 tTUALA LUMPUR. Tues. —I South Malays were all out for 119 runs when their annual cricket match against North began today at Pantal. North Malays had scored six runs without loss when rain stop- I ped piay at 3.45 p.n: The match continues tomorrow. A good
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  • 53 12 KL airmen in easy win SINGAPORE, Tues. Three goals each by Hughes and r^elly paved the way for RAF Kuala Lumpur to beat RAP Oan 9-0 In the first round of the FEAP knockout soccer competition at Seletar tonight. In another match RAP Changl entered the semi-finals by beating RAF
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 307 12 CHEVIIOIJET For those who like big motor- I ing, luxurious motoring, pleasurable motoring, the latest Chevrolet is I here. It's a head-turning model... a brilliant finish, rich interior... sheer smooth lines that pack power. It's more than a car it's a symbol of success a sign that you've Mrriyted. If
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 256 12 SINGAPORE: Rngfer University of Malaya v Johore United. Bukit Timah. Soccer FEAF championship, Changl. KUALA I.IMPIR: Soccer (Merdeka tourney) Hong Kong v Japan (prel round replay i, 8 p.m.: losers pool Singapore v South Korea, 7.30 p.m.; winners' pool Malaya v Vietnam, 9 p.m. Straits Times Crossword across a Holdings
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  • 1034 13 SHE LOOKS SET FOR 9F VICTORY RACING with EPSOM JEEP DENTENTURIUS CAN BEAT CLASS 1 RIVALS PRONT RUNNING Nazakat, carrying only 8.7 in the Class I—9f1 9f haridicap (Race b) at Bukit Timah today, looks set to score yet another victory. Nazakat has been most
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  • 1477 13 SECOND DAY AT BUKIT TIMAH Race 1—2.15: Class 3, Div. 2— 6 F. 1 ***** Marie Fan (Shaw St.) Spencer, 4 9.0 (F) Posner 10 2 ***** Son of April (Barkis St.) Sullivan. 3 8.13 (F) Lee 5 3 0 Tumbalina (S3. Leei Daniels. 3 8.13 (O) Uman 2--4 *****
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  • 28 13 EPSOM JEEPs best bet, art Can Do, Dententuriui and Yards rina. CALL BOY's double ii New State and Dcntenturim. THI COINC it good.
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  • 231 13 From K.D. GOTT. MELBOURNE, Tuts. MALAYAN apprentice Moses Lee is among the leading world jockeys being sought by Australian racing clubs to ride in the International Stakes events in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane later this year. Melbourne Racing Club secretary Jack Reilly said an I invitation
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  • 106 13 pENANG. Tues. Sunday racing, successfully Introduced here at the August meeting, will be repeated at next month's three-day Autumn meeting here. The first and third days' racing will be on a Sunday— Oct 4 and 11. with the second day on Wednesday. Oct. 7. The
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  • 146 13 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 2.15 SUPERJKT Movie Fan Race On RACE ON Son of April Super jet BACE ON Movie Fan Super jet Bare t 2.45 ■JTH HEAVEN No Kidding Hard Final NEW STATE Princely Gift No Kiddinff 7TH HEAVEN No Kiddinr Princely Gift 3.15 ERIK
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 61 13 aiJICUUIU lIIUU WIUI O.V W TIMES change but some thing* remain unaltered. White Horse Whisky, for instance. This famous Scotch Whisky hat long been known for a particular excellence. The 4b generous flavour and gentle JfJ glow of White Horse give^^yW unequalled pleasure WHITE HORSE Scotch Whisky Sole importers m
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    • 454 13 Berkefeld STERASYL self-sterilising VV^^ candles not only trap the germs on the J exterior of «he candle but, due to Sterasyl, actually destroy thcm!V. Only British Berkefcld Sterasyl candles can offer this time and labow saving development and the certainty of absolutely pure water. Sterasyl filtered water is so pure
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  • 337 14 New principal but same powers REGULATIONS GOVERNING STUDENT UNIONS WILL NOT BE CHANGED, SAYS MINISTRY MAN KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesd-iy. THE NEW PRINCIPAL of the Language Institute will have exactly the same powers over the students' union as the man he replaced. v The Former principal, Mr. (i. K Daniels, was
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  • 172 14 After 2 dry days— they fetch water in pails OINGAPORE, Tues. For the past two days, nearly 100 families living in Singapore Improvement Trust's 14-storey Forfar House in Queenstown have been without water. The taps went dry when the centrifugal pumps broke down. Efforts to have the pumps repaired failed.
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  • 26 14 LEONIE AUGUSTA THESE3RA passed away peacefully on 1-9-59. Cortege leaves 20 Makepeace Road today 5.00 p.m. for Cathedral of Good Shephera. them? for Bldadai'i Cemetery.
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  • 30 14 MRS. YEAP HOCK HIN Lai Peng Cheong family of the late Lai Peng Cheane thank all friends, relatives and Shel. Co. representatives for their condolences, telegrams and kind attendance.
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  • 179 14 New strike threat looms over railway KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.-^-A new Malayan Railway row is brewing this time over agitation by more than 2.500 monthlyuaid workers for a pension scheme. They have said they will take a strike ballot A their demand Ls not met by Sept. 10. The workers belong:
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  • 114 14 In the Hong Kong Uber Cup players SINGAPORE. Tues.— A happy father. Mr. Cheong Tal Pos. was among the large gathering of badminton officials at the Singapore airport to meet the Hong Kong Über Cup team last night. It was a touching reunion for Mr. Cheong and Mrs. Wong Set
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  • 134 14 HOW TO BE HAPPY IN MARRIAGEAN EXPERT ADVISES OINGAPORE, Tues. A O husband ought to be a little jealous and a wife must always place her husband first if both are to lead a happy married life. well-known Indonesian theologian, Kama Haji Anwar Mussadad. said today. Kama Haji Anwar, of
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  • 155 14 SINGAPORE. Tuesday. A LAWYER was in court this afternoon defending a towkay accused of a "character" lottery offence,, when he was told that thieves had raided his garden and stolen some of his prize orchids. Mr. A. J. Braga. (former Health Minister in
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  • 111 14 PICKPOCKET 'QUEEN' DISDAINED SMALL SUMS HONG KONG, Tues.— A Chinese woman dubbed "Queen of the Pickpockets" was arrested by the police today, a Chinese language newspaper reported. The paper described the woman as a person with a penchant for high living. Th* "Queen," the paper said, frequented the best places
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  • 39 14 VIENTIANE. Tues. Mr. Khamphan Panya, the Laotian Foreign Minister, said today he would leave for New York next week to help put the Laos situation before the next session of the United Nations general assembly. Reuter.
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  • 265 14 LONDON, Tues. Stock Markets In London today ended the account on a generally satisfactory note although there was certain amount of Irregularity In price movements. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: Consols 2V r £5 1 7 xd Ending 4<; £S1 5/18 War
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  • 31 14 LONDON, Tues Spot 31.d., October 30Tsd.. Oct.-Dec. 30\d.. Jan.-Mar. 29 \d April-June 29' id., July-Sept. 28-; d.. Oct.Dec. 28>*d.. Sept. c.l.f. 30\d, Oct. c.i.f. 30 s »d. Tone: Quietly steady.
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  • 20 14 LONDON. Tues. Buyer* £791';. sellers £782-. Forward buyers £792. sellers £792... Settlement £792. Turnover a.m. 80 tons p.m. 30.
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  • 277 14 Kusuma named new chief of Indonesia Bank JAKARTA, Tuesday. VfR. INDRA KUSUMA has beeA appointed acting Governor of the Bank of Indonesia, Antara news agency reported today. Mr. Kusuma, who was a member of the banks Board of Directors, replaces the former Governor, Mr. Lukman Hakim, who resigned yesterday following
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  • 259 14 LONDON, Tues. Yorkshire clinched the county cricket championship today when they beat Sussex by five wickets. Surrey, the champions for the last seven years., lost their last hope of retaining the title when they failed to score a point in their drawn matih with Middlesex today. Results In
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  • ...AT A GLANCE
    • 34 14 PEKING REPORTS 720 KILLED IN TYPHOON TOKYO, Tups. The New Chinu News Agency reported today that 720 people were killed and 996 were missing after a typhoon hit thr Chinese coast on Aug. 23.
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    • 22 14 OSLO: The Soviet Union has refused permission for Scandinavian Airlines System to operate a route over Soviet territory to countries in South
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    • 16 14 LONDON: Britain's armed forces totalled 565.200 at the end of June, the Ministry of Defence announced.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 222 14 Late CLASSIFIED AOVERTISEMEIITS in Y.nid, sin (Minimum) COOMBS— To Felice and Ralph a daughter Cyrena Clare at Gleneagles Nursing Home. September Ist. ESPECIALLY IN THE STRAITS TIMES J^jjS?C V5<A t<'>^ TlMts MOU$l viR VALUY RO.. SINGAPORE. TEL: MOO /j^gSzSSZ^ BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS. ENGAGEMENTS, _> 4/% "»R minimum of twenty ANNOUNCEMENTS,
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    • 163 14 _____wtn_ j^^^B^ 15_w?^____wr^ r t'*i s %P ji|_M____-_^fl^H To give cvury^ni;, young t^~ *v und olj, 3 deserving t^t" "~k\ souvenir ot this essential flpu— date of <th October, 1957, f\JL-* _C —fTT*" Xi I the CAMY WATCH FAC- *%-_l TORY CO., LTD., Geneva, J"><_3r ►v -ill hos developed a
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