The Straits Times, 9 September 1959

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    18 1 AVEKACE DAILY CEBTIFIEP SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 file**** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1959 15 CENTS.
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    FOUND: THE KILLER
    347 1 GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS PINPOINT AN INSECTICIDE Federation also issues warning: Four cases in capital Girl dies the fourth victim in her family GOVERNMENT chemists in Singapore have discovered the "killer" element in barley which has caused the death of eight children since Sunday. Another warning was issued yesterday
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    IN PAGE TWO: The backroom boys isolate the killer
    641 1 IN PAGE TWO: The backroom boys isolate the killer It added that the cases admitted on Monday night and yesterday morning were "less acute than the earlier cases." From 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.. five more patients were admitted. They were an 11 -year-old boy, Sim Wee Huat. and his
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    MILLIONAIRE FLIES HOME TO FAMILY AND DIES 45 MINUTES LATER
    34 1 DYINC millionaire, Mr. Tay Chek Meng. on stretcher. being lowered from the Malayan Airways aircraft at Kuala Lumpur Airport this morning. Straits Times picture.
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    Lock icon Laotian troops quit Sam Neva village
    277 1 VIENTIANE, Tues. Government forces evacuated Sam Neva village to escape encirclement by Communist rebels, acting Foreign Minister Sisouk Nachmakassak announced today. Sisouk said that Royal troops withdrew in face of a three-pronged enemy attack converging on the village, located south-east of Sam Neva city,
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    Mr. Tay opens his eyes for a final smile
    356 1  - Mr. Tay opens his eyes for a final smile B.C. JEE By Kuala Lumpur, Tues. A DYING Federation A millionaire-philan-trophist was flown from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur today so he could die in his family home. Mr. Tay Chek Meng. 73. died 45 rnlnutet after a General ylosptui iimbttancc had
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    BRITAIN GOES TO THE POLLS ON OCTOBER 8
    422 1 BRITAIN GOES TO THE POLLS ON OCTOBER 8 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN'S General Election will be held on Oct. 8, it was officially announced today. An official notice issued by the Prime Minister from 10 Downing Street said: "The Premier has asked Her Majesty the Queen to grant an early dissolution
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    Ike's TV report
    32 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. President Eisenhower will make a television report to the America/i people on Thursday night on his successful mission to Europe, the White House announced to day.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Renewed ties
    29 1 CAIRO. Tues— Jordan's new Ambassador to the United Arab Republic, Mohammed Shareiki, presented his credentials to President Nasser today, following' resumption of diplomatic relations last month. Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    19 1 -<.. MORE "»,WORL. lvi,. .»1 I .id til UK. i Vap'i lather told be bcLcvod she barley vaiaf
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    The King leaves for India on Oct.9
    146 2 The King leaves for India on Oct.9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong will leave for their state visits to India and Pakistan on Oct. 9. Their Majesties will be' away until Nov. 19. Their detailed programme Is being finalised. The King arid Queen
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    Student, 18, killed in road smash
    108 2 Student, 18, killed in road smash MALACCA, Tues. A High er School Certificate student. R. Navaratnam 18. was killed this afternoon when he was thrown off a motorcycle on which he was pillion riding. Navaratnam. who received head injuries in the accident, was taken to hospital in a police radio
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    $19m. in taxes
    19 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.Income tax collection last month amounted to $19,855.--301. it was officially stated here today.
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    BARLEY DEATHS: THE LAB BOYS GET TO WORK...
    81 2 The hunt is on with chemists, toxicologists and doctors in the Singapore Government laboratory. Their top-priority goal: To discover the killer in apparently harmless barley and barley water. Straits Times picture sequence shows: 1 A toxicologist. Dr. Lee Kum fart, at work.
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    COPTER CRASHES: CORONER GRAVELY CONCERNED
    584 2 But verdict on death of five is 'no blame to anyone' CORONER today said that he was gravely concerned over two helicopter crashes which took place in and around Kuala Lumpur early this year. The Coroner. Mr. Chew Kok Chool, presided over two inquiries into
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    $5,700 for Malay story-tellers
    111 2 BERITA HARIAN plans this week to announce details of a Malay short story competition carrying $5,700 a year in prises. A spokesman for the Malay language daily newspaper said it would award $100 every week for the best story received. At the end of each year
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    VILLAGERS GRAB MAN AFTER $34 ROBBERY
    101 2 VILLAGERS GRAB MAN AFTER $34 ROBBERY SINGAPORE. Tues. Villagers last night captured a man fleeing after a robbery in YewTee village off Kranji Road. A man was later handed over to the police. A cordon was thrown around the village and the police arrested a second man. Two men with
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    4 Reds shot in August
    41 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Four terrorists were killed and three surrendered In the Federation last month. One terrorist suspect waa apprehended. Security force casualties were one regular police Killed and three wounded, and one Biamese policeman killed.
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    Sultan to open extension
    36 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Sultan of Selangor will open the new works extension of the Malayan Cement Limited at Rawang next Tuesday. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin. will speak.
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    INDIANS TOLD: BE GRATEFUL TO ALLIANCE
    294 2 i/UALA LUMPUR, Tues. An Indian Journalist from Burma today told Malayan Indians to be grateful to the Alliance Government for its liberal policy towards immigrant citizens. Mr. V. H. David. 50. editor and publisher of Burma Nadu, a Tamil dally In Rangoon, said: "Nowhere
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    Lock icon U.N. probe team going to Laos
    411 3 SECURITY COUNCIL TAKES A MIDNIGHT VOTE AFTER RUSSIA FAILS IN VETO BID NEW YORK, Tuesday. THE security council voted at midnight last night to appoint a fact-finding commission to conduct an inquiry into the situation in Laos. The commission has four members Japan, Italy,
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    The top men of China confer
    66 3 THE EIGHTH plenary session of the eighth central committee of the Chinese Communist Party was held on Mt. Lushan, Kiangsi. In the background of this Picture, received by United Press International from a Communist source, are. from left, the ChSJman of the Republic. Mr.
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    Lock icon 'PEKING GOT IT ALL WRONG9
    273 3 'PEKING GOT IT ALL WRONG 9 Communist paper distorts Ike's tour: Times I ONDON, Tues. The Times today accused the Peking People's Dally of giving a dangerously false account of President Eisenhower's recent visit to Europe. The Times commented: "An article published yesterday in the Peking People's Daily, which Is
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    Lock icon Blamed for girl's death
    97 3 ADEN. Tues— John Hardie Henderson. 17-year-old Scotsborn NAAFI clerk, wat jailed for 10 years here yesterday for culpable homicide arising :rnm the death of his family's young Somali nurse. Henderson told the judge and seven-man Jury that he had slept with the girl on the night
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    Lock icon TAKE BACK YOUR MINK -ALUMINIUM IS BETTER
    137 3 TAKE BACK YOUR MINK -ALUMINIUM IS BETTER T ONDON, Tue».— A 46-year-old Manchester physicist has invented a revolutionary aluminium material. He claims it can be used to make a suit of clothing: which will be warm in winter or cool in summer, and because of its shine. be a most
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    Lock icon TOKYO TOPS 9 MILLION
    49 3 TOKYO. Tues.— The population of Tokyo totalled 9.100.539 on Aug. J, the Metropolitan Government's statistics bureau said today. It consisted of 4.711,401 males and 4.389.138 females. The figure Increased by 80.000 from the population on May 1 when the nine million mark was passed. Reuter.
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    Lock icon PUBLICITY MAY SPELL TROUBLE FOR JAYNE
    140 3 PUBLICITY MAY SPELL TROUBLE FOR JAYNE T ONDON, Tues. The Dally Express said yesterday that blonde Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield would be reported to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for involving her eight-month-old son Mickey In a late night publicity stunt. It stems from the
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    Lock icon Jap General to visit Hawaii
    49 3 TOKYO. Tues. The Japanese defence board said today that General Yoshihlde Amano. chief of the second department of the board's ground staff office, would leave here on Sept. 20 for Honolulu for a visit to the United States Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon NEHRU: CHINA WON'T RISK WORLD WAR
    188 3 NEW DELHI Tuesday. Jlflß. NEHRU, the Indian Prime Minister, is unlf* derstood to have told the Indian Parliamentary consultative committee on external affairs he did not think Communist China would risk world war by embarking on a major conflict with India. Mr. Nehru told
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    Murderer is released
    80 3 LONDON. Tues. James Camb. former steward on the liner. Durban Castle, who way sentenced to death for the murder of actress Gay Gibson, but was later reprieved, has been released from Wakefield Prison, the Home Office announced today. Camb was convicted 12 years ago. It was alleged
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      355 3 1 your radio today:.. RADIO SINGAPORE RADI MALAYA -~i irfl ™-4«- NATIONAL SHORTWAVE Mrdiuin Wave 478 metre* SLRIVICE 41.7 metres A.M. 630 Oood Morning; 632 MEDII M W AVt SEBVICES Morning Prelude: 7.00 The News: Kuala Lumpur 341 metre* 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 \£h* m.tre. Thp News; 8.05
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    TWO GOVT. LOANS OPEN: A GOOD RESPONSE
    118 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. There was good response today to the two Government loans for $15,000,000 (5 p.c.) and $25,000,000 (5} p.c.) subscriptions for which opened this morning. An official statement said that of the $15,000,000 loan, redeemable in 1967, "50 per cent has already
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    Landlords warned: You can't raise rents
    440 4 Landlords warned: You can't raise rents 'HIGHER ASSESSMENT INCOME TO HELP THE POOR 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Minister for National Develop* merit. Mr. Ong Eng Guan, tonight warned landlords that they must not raise the rents of houses built before Sept. 7, 1947, to offset the increase in assessments announced
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    Parkinson's Law — WITH MUSIC
    42 4 Parkinson's Law WITH MUSIC SINGAPORE. Tues.—Listeners to the English section of Radio Singapore will be able to hear a novel programme at 10 p.m. on Thursday. The programme will feature Professor C. Northcotte Parkinson's witty book, "Parkinson's Law* 7 set to music.
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    Parents are told to wait...
    94 4 Parents are told to wait... SINGAPORE, Tues. Parents who registered their children in Government primary schools for admission to Primary I in 1960 are asked to await a further announcement from the Education Ministry before calling at the schools. Originally, parents were asked by principals to collect their notification slips
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    Varsity students raise $9,837 for charity
    102 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The University of Malaya Students' Union in Singapore raised a record sum of $9,837.20 in its recent Welfare Week. The Welfare Week Committee has decided to give the money to six organisations. The Oversea Chinese Creche will get the biggest share ($2,837.20)
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    Boy swept away—vain search by frogmen
    184 4 Boy swept away vain search by frogmen WOON CHENG KIAT. a TT two-year-old boy was today swept into a flooded monsoon drain outside his home In Jalan Rumah Bomba. off Alexandra Road. As neighbours prevented his mother. Tay Mul Ueok, 24. from plunging Into the drain, two men swam out
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    MASSEURS SEEK PERMITS
    86 4 MASSEURS SEEK PERMITS SINGAPORE, Tues—Several massage saloons have applied to the Ministry for Labour and Law lor licences to run their establishments, under the new Massage Establishment Bill passed last week. These applications will be dealt with by a Licensing Officer. No licence will be iwued to any person under
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      110 4 Today's; Singapore diary.: SINGAPORE JUDO CLUB: 6th Kyu to 4th Kyu 7.30 pjn.; advanced 8.30 pjn. SINGAPORE ARTS COUNCIL: Indian art exhibition at Raffles Museum 9 a.m. to 530 pjn. INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: Free film hhow at Perak House Boys' Home. Pastr Paniaqg Park. 7.30 pjn. TOC H: Recorded music
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      92 4 p.m.- fencing 630 pjn. Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay): International Women's Club machine embroidery demonstration by Singer Sewing Machine Co. 10.30 a.m. (Outram Road) Malay 9 a.m KAMAI.A CLUB: Malaysians to 11 am and 4 to 6 pjn. SALVATION ARMT: Band practice 0 p.m.; Songster Brigade 7.30 pjn. GEYLANG STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST
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      89 4 London Times 1 pjn. SINGAPORE COUNCIL FOR ADULT EDUCATION: Educational «V»" show 13 noon and 1 p.m. SINGAPORE ACADEMY FENCERS: At Chinese V.M.C.A. 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 pjn. CLOTHING SHOP: St. Andrew's Cathedral, CWA room. South Side 3 to 5 pjn. KATONO BOYS' CLUB: Badminton. Indoor games 1 pjn.; tapak
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    'GAMBLE' RAISES LIQUOR INCOME
    90 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. A marked increase in revenue from liquor duties here was due mainly to speculative buying by Importers who anticipated that the Government would raise the duty on taking office a Customs spokesman said today. Thus cumulative figures of revenue from January to August this
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    Overloaded bridge collapses
    88 5 Overloaded bridge collapses BATU PAHAT, Tues.— A 130 ft. bridge at Senggarang collapsed under the combined weight of a heavy Drainage and Irrigation Department excavator and a Jeep on Sunday. The excavator was being towed across the bridge by the Jeep. No one was Injured. The bridge can take a
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    Two locked up, then robbed
    35 5 PENANG. Tues. Three youths stole $164 after they locked a housewife and her eight-year-old daughter In a bathroom during a hold-up at a crockery shop in Seang Tek Road yesterday
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    Car stripped by thieves
    54 5 IPOH. Tues.— A car belonging to a salesman, Mr. Lav Chee Leong, was stolen from Chung Thye Pin Road here last night. It was recovered this morning from a rubber plantation near the third mile Kuala Kangsar Road by inspector Lee Kam Yong. The wheels and
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    Trade fair man arrives
    52 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. Chans Shun Yen, deputy leader of the Hong Kong manufacturers' mission, has arrived in Singapore to make arrangements for a trade exhibition to be held this month in the Happy World Park. The exhibition of Hong Kong products will last two weeks, beginning
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    Out—secret of land grab in jungle
    270 5 Out— secret of land grab in jungle 3,000 GREW CROPS IN BANDIT AREAS UNKNOWN TO ALL BATU PAHAT, Tuesday. MORE than 3,000 people who had secretly defied Government orders during the emergency in Johore by growing crops in forbidden areas, have set the State Government an awful poser now that
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    4,000 to take oral English
    30 5 SINGAPORE. Tues— A total of 4.137 candidates will take this year's Cambridge School Certificate oral English examination, which begins tomorrow. They include 797 private candidates.
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    Khir faces 2 rivals in —fight for last seat—
    149 5 Khir faces 2 rivals in fight for last seat— GURUN, Tues. The former Alliance Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, will face two opponents when the election for the Kedah Tengah constituency takes place on Sept. 30. Polling for this constituency was postponed when the PMIP candidate, Hajl Mansur
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    MOTHER HACKED TO DEATH
    149 5 PENANG, Tuesday. A MOTHER of four, Mangalathamal, 39, was found hacked to death in an isolated hut in a kampong at Mukim 13, Kampong Bahru, Ayer Itam, early today. i Her 10-year-daugbter. Villacheme. ran to the Kampong Bahru police station, about 600 yards away, to report
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    Watchdog Bobby was drugged by robbers
    253 5 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A SCHOOL principal and his family, confronted H by a gang of three robbers at their home in Durhess Road last nieht. looked to their watchdog Bobby for help. But to their amazement Bobby, who normally tolerates no strangers In the house,
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    Three novice sailors set off on 4,000-mile voyage to Australia in bathtub-size boat
    39 6 PICTURE shows the four with the boat at Changi Point. On left it Stella. The others are Peter Liley, Joseph and Frederick Phipps. Straits Times picture.
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    HITCH-HIKERS WOULD NOT LET AN OCEAN STOP THEIR PROGRESS
    586 6  -  ESME BAPTISTA ing on the knowledge she had gained in sailing. The visas expired last Thursday, but the three men still had more to learn. They had been staying at the Central Sikh Temple in Queen Street, but fearIng detection by
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    Man appeals against exile, curfew order
    82 6 Man appeals against exile, curfew order IPOH, Tues. Perak businessman, Chan Fook Kuan, alias Babi Chal, 39. who was recently ordered by the Minister of Interior and Justice to be classified under the Prevention of Crime Ordinance, has appealed against the order. The order will not be enforced pending the
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    Jaga'B death: Man to stand trial
    158 6 IPOH. Tues.— The Ipoh Magistrate, Raja Mohamed Redzuan bin Raja Yaacob. today freed one man from a tentative murder charge but committed another to stand trial in the High Court. The men were jointly charged at a preliminary inquiry with the murder of a
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    JAPS EAGER TO BUY ESTA TES IN MALA YA
    283 6 JAPS EAGER TO BUY ESTA TES IN MALA YA PENANG, Tuesday. JAPANESE firms are "very keen" on buying rubber estates in Malaya, a representative of Japan's biggest rubber importing company said here today. "This eargerness is due to the stable political situation in the Federation," Mr. K. Hashimoto, chief of
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    Staff course
    37 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.Two Federation Army officers, Captain Tengku Kahar bin Tengku Mahadl and Capt. Mahmood bin Sulalman. are leaving here tomorrow for a staff course at the Defence Services Btaff College. Wellington, in Bouth India.
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    Lock icon 'Scrap the white Australia policy'
    143 6 'Scrap the white Australia policy' MELBOURNE. Tbes. Australia wou'd gain increased goodwli in Asia by abandoning the white Australia policy, the Assistant Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Roland Koh, said here today. He thought Australia sShould admit a quota of Asians in the professions and skilled trades. Bishop Koh
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    PMIP class
    19 6 KANGAR. Tues.— The women's section of the PanMalayan Islamic Parity here has started a weekly religiouc class.
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    A frightened woman in court
    268 7 SHE HELPS PUT ROBBER IN JAIL AND ASKS JUDGE: TELL THIS MAN NOT TO HARM ME KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. AN EXPECTANT mother, who testified against a robber today appealed to a High Court Judge to tell him not to harm her. Mrs. Knoo Kirn Lee,
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    End of fast to be celebrated
    56 7 PENANG, Tues. a merchant, Mr. B. T. Shah, will give a lunch party tomorrow to celebrate the completion of a nine-day religious fast by his wife. Shrimati Pushpa Dcvi Jambuwala. Mrs. Shah will break her fast at 9.15 tomorrow morning and attend the. party
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    Music goes round and round and round...
    74 7 Music goes round and round and round... OTNGAPORE, Tues. There's a lot of listening ahead for Mr. Tham Wai Hoong, 24, a student Mr. Tham won first prize In a song hit contest In connection with the film 'For The First Time." His prize: 2,000 gramophone records. Too many for
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    Study award
    36 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues An old boy of the High School. Klang. and the Victoria Institution. Inche Abu Mansor bin Mohamed Basir, 18. has been awarded a Selangor Government scholarship to study accountancy In Britain.
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    $275,000 church opened
    70 7 IPOH, Tues.— About 1.500 Roman Catholics Including an archbishop, two bishops and 30 priests from all over the country Joined the blessing ceremony of the new $275,000 church of Our Lady of Lourdes here this evening. It Is the second biggest Roman Catholic church in Malaya. The
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    NINETEEN MORE GET THE BIG 'X' STAMP
    100 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. NINETEEN more people in the Federation have been issued with identity cards stamped with the big "X" branding them so. undesirables. The total of thugs registered in Selangor under the Prevention of Crime Ordinance is now 105. Thirty-eight suspects are
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    President again
    19 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Mr. R.W. Benjamin has been re-elected president of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Services Union.
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    Singapore to Sydney in 14 hours by Comet
    92 7 Singapore to Sydney in 14 hours by Comet SINGAPORE, lurs. British Overseas Airways Corporation is to begin regular Comet 4 flights between Singapore and Sydney at the beginning of November this year, taking only about 14 hours. There will be five flights a week, leaving on Saturdays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
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    MALAY No. 1 LANGUAGE SPOKEN INSINGAPORE
    118 7 MALAY No. 1 LANGUAGE SPOKEN INSINGAPORE SINGAPORE. Tues. Malay is the most widely spoken language in Singapore, according to a preliminary release of the State's 1957 census figures made today by the Government. The figures, which cover persons aged 10 and above, show that 434,200 Singaporeans were able to speak
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    HABEAS CORPUS WIFE: THE QUESTION IS 'WHAT DO WE DO NOW?'
    409 7 HABEAS CORPUS WIFE: THE QUESTION IS 'WHAT DO WE DO NOW?' A SLENDER, 17--year-old girl with downcast and tear-rimmed eyes posed a delicate problem for the High Court here today. Mr. Justice Neal said: "The question is what do we do now that she has been brought here?" Allegation The
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    PNEUMONIA KILLS 14 IN A WEEK
    66 7 PNEUMONIA KILLS 14 IN A WEEK KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Fourteen people died of pneumonia In the Federation during the week ended Aug. 22. It wa.s officially stated here today. There were 67 cases. According to the health report for the week, cases of other main diseases were: Diphtheria: 53 cases,
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    24 7 BATU GAJAH. Tues.— Dr R. J. Naudi. medical offlcer-ln-charge of the Batu Oajah Hospital, has left for England on three months' leave.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    27 8 29 Word, Sit (Minimum} MR. ii MRS. L. A. Jacobs— Sengalrayan thank friends and relatives for attending their wedding and for their present* ?.iid good wishes.
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    259 8 Wordt $10 (Minimum) VANITY. Attractive selection of Morning and Cocktail Downs. 32 Rallies Place Spore. APISERUM For Daring Vitality! Apiserum— Royal Jelly from the Queen Bee. Available at all leading dispensaries. IT'S SWIFT, sure and economical to use yes. It's Air-wick the modern way of removing all unpleasant odours.
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    The Straits Times Wednesday, September 9. 1959 Return To Sanity
    568 8 The Straits Times Wednesday, September 9. 1959 Return To Sanity The subject of disarmament comes to life again after a two-year quietus and with I some big changes in Russia's attitude. Jhe ten-power disarmament committee now agreed upon by the Big Four shows a welcome return to sanity on the
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    The Poisoned Barley
    391 8 The barley poisoning tragedy in Singapore has taken a cruel toll. Up to late last night, eight of the 36 victims, most of them children, had died. All the sur. vivors, it is to be hoped will i pull through without serious ill effects, although the latest
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    Border Facts
    247 8 The Indian Prime Minister has kept his promise and presented to Parliament a White Paper showing all India's transactions with China over border matters during the past five years. It contains news but no surprises about China. All the surprises concern India. Mr. Nehru has evidently made bad
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    WE ARE PERTURBED AT THIS ABOUTION OF EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS
    367 8 AS students of the Singapore Polytechnic, we listened with great interest to the broadcast by the new chairman of its Board of Governors last Wednesday night. And much as we applaud some of the proposed changes, we are perturbed to learn
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      342 8 SOME comments on technical education in general, with special reference to the Singapore Polytechnic, will not be out of place at the moment. Up until a mere 40 years ago the only young men and women who could reach professional status in technical and commercial fields were members of
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      A fight
      125 8 In other words a common workman's son can enter a technical establishment with an elementary education and end up as a professional man. The trade unions fought for this and won after a long struggle. That Is about 40 years ago. There is no doubt that the ex-board
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      I will be sorry to see these boys go...
      250 8 I will be sorry to see these boys go... AND OTHER READERS WRITE I REFER to the article (S.T. Sept. 7) in which you cheerfully suggest that Jaga kreta boys will soon be extinct. Before they go. I should like to pay a tribute to them and particularly to the
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      WAS THIS ACTION TOO DRASTIC?
      130 8 YOUR leader (ST. Aug. 28 on the changes at the Language Institute expressed the uneasy reaction of all those who have been following these events. Unless some more light Is shed by the Education Minister on these happenings, the public cannot help concluding that his
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      WARNING SIGNS WANTED HERE
      66 8 JN VIEW of frequent road accidents at the 8} milestone Ipoh-Gopeng Road mv neighbour's son was killed there recently I would urge that road signs are put up at once warning drivers to reduce their speeds. Parents living In the Tekka area are very worried about
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    634 8  -  COMING MONTHS WILL DECIDE THE ROLE OF FRANCE IN THE FUTURE OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT THE coming months may be of decisive importance in determining the role of France in the future of the African continent. Algeria is her main anxiety; it is not her only problem. For
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    Murder case mother 'charmed'
    374 9 COURT TOLD SHE CHOPPED OFF BABY SONS HEAD-THEN CHANGED BLOOD-STAINED DRESS SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A MOTHER accused of murdering her one-year-old son told the Assize Court today that an old woman from Kuala Lumpur had charmed her and "made me silly.** The woman, Ang Soo Noy, said
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    Park dinner
    26 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Chinese Electrical Engineering Association will be folding a commemoration dinner at the Mak Yee restaurant. Bukit Blntang Park, here tomorrow.
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    Lakes for K.L.-architect's plan
    223 9 Lakes for K.L.--architect's plan I(UALA LUMPUR. Tues. A Malayan architect who is working on a master plan for Kuala Lumpur as a thesis has suggested that a series of lakes be created in the centre of the town. Mr. Goh Hock Guan, of Lunas. Kedah, is now making on-the-spot investigations
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    DEDICATE SELVES TO COUNTRY, TENGKU TELLS MPs
    194 9 DEDICATE SELVES TO COUNTRY, TENGKU TELLS MPs K UAL J» LUMPUR. Tues. —The Prime Minister, lentku ,\bdul Kahman. tonight tailed on all Alliance members of parliament and senators to dedicate themselves for the well-being of the people »na tne country. Speaking at a Selanror MCA dinner, the Tcngku said: "Let
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    Pilot saved his crippled jet in 65-mile glide
    309 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. *-> Flying Officer Sam Toyne's great glide was the topic No. One at the RAF station, Tegah today. The full details of the "great glide" were released this morning, when F.O. Toyne, 27, turned up for duty to find an
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    BOARD TO EXAMINE COPRA DUTY PROPOSAL
    82 9 BOARD TO EXAMINE COPRA DUTY PROPOSAL KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Coconut Advisory Board is expected to examine a proposal that the export duty of copra be raised. The suggestion was put forward in a petition to the Government from more than 20 oil millers. The petition said that there was a
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    Club plans Siam trip
    58 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.The Psychology Club here Is to organise a 10-day tour of Bangkok in December. The charges are $135 per person. excluding meals. The party will leave Kuala Lumpur on Dec. 14. About 50 members of the the club will tour South Malaya and Singapore
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    Engineer moves
    18 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Mr. F.M. Hazlewood. assistant engineer, PWD. has been transferred here from Alor Star.
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    Ex-soldier writes: Please help me rejoin fiancee
    257 9 Ex-soldier writes: Please help me rejoin fiancee SINGAPORE, Tues. —A former national serviceman, Mr. William Cooney, of Glasgow. Scotland, wants to return to Singapore to marry his Chinese fiancee. What he does not know, however, is that his fiancee. Miss Irene Llm Pee Llm. has left the home of her
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    Two-party pact announced
    165 9 Two-party pact announced TPOH, Tues— The People's Progressive Party of Malaya and the Malayan Party have entered into a pact under which they have divided Malaya into two spheres of influence. This was announced at a public meeting here tonight by the secretary general of the PPP. Mr. D. R.
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    S.T.C. DROPS 49 SACK NOTICES
    265 9 QINOAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Traction Company today withdrew notices of dismissal served on 49 busmen. The STC general manager. Mr. O. O. Wilson, put up this statement on the company's notice board before lunch-time "At the request of the.Minister for Labour and Law. I have
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    Court told of shots near , Govt. House
    437 9 Court told of shots near Govt. House DRAMA OF MAN DROPPING BLOOD AND CARRYING A REVOLVER SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A PRELIMINARY inquiry was told today that -£*> a wounded gunman escaped from Government House Domain after allegedly opening fire at a detective in the Clemenceau \venue area. Teh Kam, 23, who
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    New bridge completed
    67 9 BATU PAHAT. Tues— The new Tongkan* Pecha bridge, which connects Batu Pahat with Muar via the Yong Peng land route, has been completed at a cost of about $200,000. the Administrative Officer. Inche Bldin bin Login, said today. With this new road service, more cars are by-pass-ing
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    SOLDIER BROTHERS PLEAD: DO NOT PART US AGAIN
    155 9 SOLDIER BROTHERS PLEAD: DO NOT PART US AGAIN SINGAPORE, Tues. The War Office is studying a request by two soldier-brothers to be posted to Singapore together. At present, only one of them is due to come here. The brothers— John Mac?^ober^' 27> and Tommy. iTT*^ 0 are both serving with
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    $275,000 plan for hospital
    45 9 IPOH. Tues.— Work is well under way on a $275,000 programme of additional facilities and extensions to the General Hospital here. One of the biggest items is a physiotherapy building, including a swimming pool, the first of its kind In Perak.
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    Tenders Board chairman
    48 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A senator, Mr. Chan Kwong Hon. has been appointed chairman of the Selangor Toddy Tenders Board. Other members are the State Financial Officer, the State Commissioner for Labour, the Ben i o r Assistant Comptroller of Customs (Central) and Mr. S. Murugesu.
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    He's President
    34 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues^ The president of the M#rayan Technical Services Union, Mr. V. E. Jesudoss. has been elected president of the Congress of Unions of Employees In the Public and Civil Services.
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    UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE $250,000 GIFT TODAY
    92 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Australian High Commissioner in Malaya Mr. T. K. Critchley, will hand over $250,000 worth of technical equipment to the University of Malaya at a ceremony here tomorrow. The equipment, which includes lathes, grinders and building machines, has been presented to
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      The boys find a secret hideaway in the jungle
      894 10 The boys find a secret hideaway in the jungle 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, then, one day the scouts come back from exploring the countryside to find
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      MALAYAN FRIENDS
      164 10 lI ERE are .*me mere pen *pals for you Regis Cheong. aged 13. 8-B Tranquerah Koad. Malacca. Stamps, badminton. S. Vimala, aged 11 165-D. 33,4 miles Klang Road. Kuala Lumpur. Reading. Elizabeth Saniuynathan. aged 11, 2-B Sentul Road. Kuala Lumpur. William Oh. aged 17. R Rock Road, Kuching.
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      266 10 ■fIIIIIIIIIIimiHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIII \AN ODD SUIT IFOR OLD SAM I Ibbbbbbbb! bbbbbbbbbblbbbb^^b^^J [l 3 ■BB^^k^aaff 1 f iff! bbbbbL^- 2 Dear Boys and Girls, S Here are the six winners E of our 'Picnic' contest. Heng Ong Ah. 39-E Upper S Pickering Street, Singapore 1, E Wan Fook Wing, 24-B Prince S
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      1352 11 b u u n .lo n .ng THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. x SINGAPORE (lucirperatH MM Ulitt* Kitgaea) S LINES SAILINGS TO ADEN. UK I CONTINENTAL PORTS S'por* P Sham Penang BENNEVIS for Liverpool. Hull, Hamburg 64. 1-7/ I Stft II 11 Sept 11 13 Sept BEHVENUE for Liverpool. Rotterdam
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    135 12 MELBOURNE. Tues. INVESTMENT shares maintained a firm tone here today. Gerrard gained :s. 9d. to 325. 9d. ICIANZ rose 9d. and CBR was up 15s. to £67 15s. Base metals and the oils remained steady on an active market. Commonwealth bonds held a firm trend. Loans 3 "iCc
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    RUBBER PRICES
    145 12 September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 110 cents per lb.. down l*i ceiKs on Monday's price. The closing tone was slightly easier. Closing prices in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R S.S. Spot fo.b. buyers 110. selleis 110\; Int. 1
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    118 12 Sin&apore Chinese Produce Exchance noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady: UK -Continent September/October shipments $39 buyers. $40 sellers. Coconut oil: steady: bulk $61 > 2 sellers, drum •64 sellers. Pepper: steady; about 40 tons of white pepper were reported done yesterday, Muntok white $176, Sarawak $175.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    73 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Swiss Francs 141 1/8; French Franca *****; Danish Kroner 225 1/4. On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was
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    RUBBER PRICE SAGS ON QUIET MARKET: TIN FALLS OFF
    554 12 RUBBER PRICE SAGS ON QUIET MARKET: TIN FALLS OFF By Our Market Correspondent WITH the New York market closed overnight and the London Market neglected the price of rubber in Singapore yesterday sagged on a quiet market. After reaching the $1.12 level on Monday yesterday September first grade was taken
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    OFFICIALPRICES
    30 12 SINGAPORE. SEPT. 8. RUBBER: $1.10 per lb. (down 1} cents). Inofficial close 5 p.m. $1,101 (quiet). TIN: $398.50 (down 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 160 tons (down 15 tons).
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    RUBBER CROPS
    37 12 The following further August rubber crops are announced: Chermang Development 190.000 lb.. Indragirt 63.744 lb.. and Nyalas 45.980 lb. Krmpas 413.088 2b. and RadrlU 27.500 lb. Bukit Katil 38.296 lb. and Ayer Molek 38,985 lb.
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 Malayan Share Market: Sept. 8 Sept. 7 Industrials: 98 H 98.38 Tins: 114.46 114.42 Rubbers: 149.48 149.27 Jan. 1 1958=100
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    590 12 The Malayan Sharr Biokrrs Association reported yesterday: "Industrials and tins were easier while rubbers van quiet. The turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following bustness up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Fed Di:>p. $1.03. Fitzpatricks $1.03; Fraser and Neave ords $1.47; O. E. Life $26.50: Gammon
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    STORE SHIPPING
    170 12 Ships Ivinj alonciide the Sincapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Sudan 1/2. Braunschweig 4,5. Bennevis 6/7. Zaankerk 8 Clytoneus 10 11, Everhfc 13/14 Sydney Maru 10/IU, Benmhor 17. Maetsuycker 19. Sclangor N. Wall 3. Katong 21 22. Rajah Brooke 23. Bruas 24/25. Matang 26. TJitJalem>ka 27 28.
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      737 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO PI'BLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for the post 01 Laboratory Technician. 2. The post will be on contract for a period of two years' resident service. The salary scale of the post is between Ms43o/- aad M*62o per mensem and the salary to
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      962 12 NOTICES PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ESTATE OF SEGAR HAROLD BLACKLIN ALIAS. HAROLD SEGAR BLACKLIN. DECEABED. All persons having claims against the Estate of the abovenamed deceased who died at Mount Vernon Hospital. Northwood. Middlesex on 24th July. 1959, are required to submit their Tlalms in writing to the under- signed not
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      764 12 I COMPANY MEETINGS THE GOLDEN HOPE RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS The Fifty-Third Annual General Meeting of The Golden Hope Rubber Estate, Limited, will be held on 21st September, 195fi, in London and the following is an extract from the address by th« Chairman, Sir Eric Macfadyen, which was circulated
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      814 13 (Continued from Page SITUATIONS VACANT Wordt SS (Mim.)-Bvc SO et*. extr* FOR CLUB Chef or Ist Cook, experience in Hotel or Restaurant. Apply: No. 22, Campden Park. Singapore 11. WASH AMAH to work mornings only for European couple with no children ut Holland Road near Bukit Timah Road. Phone Spore
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      791 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 20 Ward* SS (Mim.)— Box SO et: extra NO TEA MONEY! Furnished Unfurnished flats at Rambutan/ Tembeling Road. Dlst. 15. Cheap rent. 3 bedrooms. Mr. Lee. 123 Queen Street. Spore Tel *****. NEWLY REDECORATED Two Bedroom Adelphi Park Bungalow To Lei or For Sale, sitting, Dining rooms, Longbath
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      733 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 20 Ward* Si (Mim.)— Box SO et*. extra READY FOR OCCUPATION! Flats Shops at Tanjong Katong Koad. Close to Market, Schools, Cinemas it bus routes. Built on concrete piles. Solid construction. I Attractive design. M sanitation. Down payment $5,500/- upwards Monthly $133.50. Enq. Melodies Ltd., 123
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      853 13 TRAVELS TOURS to Ward* SS (Mim.)— Box SO eU. extra 26-DAY CONDUCTED Spring Tours of Macau, Hongkong and Japan leaving 30th April, 1960. Limited accommodation only. Apply Far Bast Travel Bureau. 6/8. Robinson Road. Singapore 1. Tel: *****. HIRE PURCHASE to Ward* SS (Him.)— Box SO et*. extra EU TONG
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      661 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE 2* Word* SS Mim. I— Box SO S»J extra MORRIS MINOR SALOON Nov. '55 low mileage. Two European owners, taxed February 1960. Telephone Hughes K.L. ***** Ext 229. 1957 CHEVROLET. 1956 Fiat 1100, 1955 Bedford Van. 1954 Hlllman California, 1952/54 vauxhall. 1952 Austin A4O. 1952 Studebaker Lorry.
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      513 13 FOR SALE to Word* SS (Mim.)— Box SO et: extra DUNLOPILLO RATTAN suite Teak topped writing desk and other household effects. 9-2 sixth Avenue, office (Spore) *****. evenings *****. SALE! Prices Never Dreamt of Ladies' Evening Belts. Bags clearing $1.00, Leather Slipper $2.50 pair. Always Remember Cathay's, 38/39, Bras Basah
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      511 13 AT YOUR SERVICE Word* SIO (MuUmmm). Dailm 1 month. M Word* StJO (Mim.) "OCB AMOCE Plan Printing paper. Sole Agents: Fotomatlc. 58 Robinson Road. (B"pore> *****. TROPICAL FOUNDATIONS. Made to Measure, Cool. Light, Comfortable. Splrella. Robinsons. DONT LET "Just Anybody" repair your set, radio insist on specialist like "Mobile" (Spore)
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    PERUVIAN SIDE MAY PLAY 2 GAMES IN FED.
    526 14  -  VIC NAYAGAM, IF negotiations fqr a Peruvian football team to tour the Far East early next year are successful, they will play two matches in Malaya. It is proposed that the Peruvians a combined Peru Municipal Club and Sports Boys team play
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    Five players suspended
    60 14 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Amateur FA. Commission of Inquiry today announced the suspension of five players. They are Ashar Basati ol Setla Jaya and Tan Wee Hock of Chartered Bank (both until the end of 1960 season), Chan Hock Choon (Teluk Kurau United, six month.* >. Dahalar.
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    Khalsa 7-2
    36 14 SINGAPORE. Tues. Khalsa Association beat a Singapore Cricket Club side 7-2 in a friendly hockey match on the padang today. Scorers: Khalsa Abdullah (3), Gurnam Singh (2), Kartar Singh. Anoop Singh; S.C.C. Dalrymple-Hay, smith.
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    Japan and India bidding for Peng Soon
    238 14  - Japan and India bidding for Peng Soon By F. SALAHUDIN SINGAPORE, Tues. Japan and India are bidding for the services of Wong Peng Soon, the Singapore professional badminton coach and former world champion. Both countries have offered one-year contracts to Peng Soon to coach their Junior players. It is believed
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    179 14 F ONDON, Tues.— John Mor- timore of Gloucestershire became the fourth cricketer to complete the "double" of 1.000 runs and 100 wickets this season when he Mt a whirlwind 64 for an England eleven against a Commonwealth side at Hastings yesterday. Mortlmore hit seven sixes
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    58 14 f ONDON. Tues. Collie Smith, the Weft Indian Test cricketer injured in a car crash on Sunday, was reported today to be "still seriously ill" in a Stoke On Trent hospital. Garfield Sobers and Tom Dewdney, two other West Indian players injured in the crash, were
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    294 14 Visiting Kiwi Cup men have fine records in world-class tennis T!HE three-man New x Zealand Davis Cup team and a ranking Australian player, Bob Howe, arrived here by air today to play exhibition matches in the Federation. The three New Zealand players are Mark. Otway, 27 (captain). Lew Gerrard. 21
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    3 handicap races at gymkhana
    117 14 3 handicap races at gymkhana l/UALA LUMPUR. Tues. The amateur meeting here on Saturday will include three handicap races, j Weights were announced today. THE CHELTENHAM CLP Of 1 hurdles) Antlrocles 13.7, Ambassador 13.7, Box Office 13.4, Golden Dollar 12.7. Mayfalr 11.0. Good Andrew 11.0. Malekzadeh 11.0. Announcement 1 1
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    25 sent down
    203 14 SRA PROMOTE WINNERS AT BUKIT TIMAH MEETING SINGAPORE. Tues. The Straits Racing Association today announced the demotion of 25 horses. They are. From Class 1 to Class 2— Programme, Gallant Emperor and Darenth. From Class 3 to Class 4— Alliance, Shangrlla 11. Rangoon 11, Actress 111, Gameborough
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    226 15 AN outstanding impression of the Merdeka second anniversary soccer tournament which ended its most enjoyable weeklong course at the Merdeka Stadium on Monday is that Asian soccer standards are not only improving but are levelling out at the top. Three years ago HONG KONG were represented at the first
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    94 15 LONDON. Tues. Results of yesterday's football matches: DIV. 2: Bristol Rovers 2 Ipswich 1; Plymouth i Rotherham 0Sheffield United 1 Sunderlßrid 2. DIV. 3: Accrington Stanley 2 Bournemouth 1; Colchester l Hallfax 0; Coventry 2 Bradford City 2; Newport 2 Tranmere 1; Port Vale 1 Southampton 1;
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    Tengah held
    48 15 SINGAPORE. Tues. Stable Boys and RAP Tengah drew 2-2 In their SAFa Junior Cup tie at Jalan Besar Stadium today. Collier and Griffith scored for Tengah while Fadall and Ismail All replied for Stable Boys. The replay will be held on Sept. 17 at Balestier Road.
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    Glugor hit 6
    30 15 PENANG, Tues. Olugor Club beat Marines 8-1 In a Otv. 2 soccer match at Dato Kramat today. Scorers: Olugor Ariffln (2). Ismail (2). -Wahid. Agll; Marine* Osman.
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    32 15 Saints win SINGAPORE, Tues— St. Andrew's School beat University of Malaya by n points (a goal, a try and a penalty) to three (a try) In a rugger match at Woodsville today.
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    Police win
    20 15 PENANG, Tues. Penang Police beat Penang Sports Club 5-3 in a friendly hockey match ait Western Road today.
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    31 15 PENANO. Tues. Han Chiang today entered the ftnal of the ln-ter-school basketball competition by beating Methodist Afternoon 81-53. In a quarter-final tie. Chung Hwa Confucian beat Penang High 61-50.
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    602 15  - Levelling out at the top... NORMAN SIEBEL By Olympics, to a draw and lost only to Malaya 4-3 in a match of touch-and-go intensity which could hay» gone the other way* with equal justice. JAPAN, who have only recently embarked on a programme of soccer rehabilitation, are progressing at a
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    INDIA, KOREA DRAW 1-1
    156 15 DENANO, Tues. India, runX ners-up In the Merdeka soccer championship, and Korea, winners in the losers' pool and holders of the Asian Cup, drew 1-1 when they met at the City Stadium here tonight. After an early shock when Banerjee gave India the lead In the
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    Vietnam beat FEAF 3-1
    81 15 SINGAPORE. Tues. South Vietnam beat PEAP 3-1 at Jalan Be«ar stadium tonight after trailing 0-1 at half-time. PEAP went Into the lead In the 34th minute when Watson smartly moved down the wing, cut in and centered to Hanman who ham- mereo in a good goal.
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    332 16 ONG ENG GUAN SETS UP FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE AFTER A 1 REPORT FROM OFFICIAL SINGAPORE. Tuesday. THE Ministry of National Development has set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the sinking of a block of Improvement Trust flats at Queenstown yesterday. Seven families living in the Hats
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    46 16 SAIGON. Tuej\— The head of the cultural affairs section at the French Consulate in Singapore. Mr. Pierre Martin, arrived here today on a two-day visit, during which he will give a talk on the social organisation of Malayans, the Vietnam Press Agency reported -Reuter.
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    47 16 NEW YORK, Tues. Burglars stole jewellery worth U*****,000 $750,000 1 from the hotel apartment of cinem .1 magnate Harry Brandt whili he and his wife were awj.y for a long weekend. Mr. Brandt owns a sprawling chain of cinemas in the metropolitan area. U.P.I.
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    53 16 MOSCOW, Tues. Russia today signed a general contract for technical assistance and equipment for the first stage of Egypt's vast new Aswan Dam, the official Soviet news agency, Tass, reported from Cairo. It said the contract stipulated that deliveries of equipment would begin In October
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    149 16 TAPPER DIES AFTER FILM SHOW TIFF, COURT TOLD RAI B, Tues. A Upper was found dead after an argument during a cinema show over the throwing of a rambutan skin at a labourer, the High Court here was told today. V. Rengasamy. a labourer, said this when giving evidence against
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    23 16 NEW YORK. Tues-The 82--member U.N disarmament commission will meet on Thursday to consider new moves to reopen talks on arms limitation.
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    674 16 A THREE-HOUR sym- posium on "Population Control and Family Planning" aptly described by its chairman, Dr. G. Haridas, as an "intellectual treat" gave more than 200 people food for thought tonight at the Pathology Lecture Theatre, General Hospital. It was organised
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    338 16 LONDON. Tuei. With an October election Almost a certainty London stock markets rebounded sharply today. The recent selling dried -up and there was some quite vigorous bear covering with the result that prices quickly went ahead. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duiy were GI-TEDGED
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    159 16 GAMBLERS (WITH SIGNS) ARE LED THROUGH A CITY lOGJAKARTA, Tues.— Eighteen gamblers, including a woman, were led around the city bearing placards: "We are professional gamblers." People lining the route jeered at the gamblers, who were arrested when Police raided a village. BASLE: Swiss Police said a 70-year-old man committed
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    145 16 Japan now claims a typewriter you can dictate to TK)KYO, Tues. The M- Electronic Department of Kyoto I'niversity has claimed to have developed a typewriter that will transform the human voice into Roman letter* The university said the typewriter transformed sound vibrations into electric waves and instantly printed in Roman
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    38 16 WASHINGTON. Tues. The United States Development Loan Fund announced approval today of a US$lO 000.000 I $30.000.000 1 loan to a Pakistan bank to help build up small business enterprises in the country.— U.P. l.
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    87 16 LONDON. Tues. Results in today's cricket matches were: SCARBOROUGH: Players beat Gentlemen by io wickets. Gentlemen 293 and lV Players 396 and 16 for no wicket. HASTINGS: England XI beat Commonwealth XI by two wickets. Commonwealth XI 279 and 289. England XI 307 for nine declared and 263 for eight
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