The Straits Times, 18 September 1959

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    18 1 AVERAGE DAILY CEWTIFIEn SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Kstd. 1845. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1959 15 CENTS. Ik*?*
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    Lock icon THE ICE CRUMBLES
    640 1 KHRUSHCHEV TALKS OF A WARM SPELL IN RELATIONS I want this so much, he tells Ike and guests at dinner Red guests pleased with hosts WASHINGTON, Thursday. MR. NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, the Soviet Prime Minister, told an official dinner party here last "The ice of the cold war
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    PAY CUTS: OFFER TO EXPERTS BY GOVT.
    295 1 PAY CUTS: OFFER TO EXPERTS BY GOVT. SINGAPORE, Thursday. rpHE Singapore Government has rejected the 1 counter-proposals submitted by the staff side of the Civil Service Joint Council on the recent pay cuts. It has offered, however, to give professional and specialist officers what is described as "a sort of
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    Lock icon Red China warns U.S.
    64 1 LONDON, Thurs. The Communist Cninese Foreign Affairs Ministry charged today that a, United States warship "intruded" into China's territorial waters in the Paichuan area of Fukien Province today. Peking radio said a spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been authorized to issue the
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    'I DIDNT JUMP...! WAS LOOKING AT THE SCENERY AND FELT DIZZY'
    43 1 ARROW marks the spot wbere 21-year-old schoolboy, Soo Toon Keong, fell to his death, while admiring the scenery from the second floor of Suleiman Building yesterday. Straits Times picture. Soo Toon Keong
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    Lock icon MARSHAL PENG LOSES A JOB IN RESHUFFLE
    107 1 MARSHAL PENG LOSES A JOB IN RESHUFFLE HONG KONG. Thurs. Marshal Peng Teh-huai, one of Communist China's top soldiers, has been relieved of his post as Defence Minister in a Government reshuffle. rfe has been replaced by Lin Piao, a Vice -Premier, the official New China News Agency reported today.
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    Death fall from outside tax office
    199 1 Death fall from outside tax office KUALA LUMPUR, 1Y Thurs. A 21--y ear-old schoolboy fell to his death from the second floor of Suleiman Building here today He told police before losing consciousness: "I did not Jump. I was looking at the scenery and suddenly felt dizzy. I fell." The
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    Lock icon Dr. Goh in London
    48 1 LONDON. Thurs.— Singapore's Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, arrived here by air today for the two-day Commonwealth Finance Ministers' conference, which I opens next Tuesday. He was met at the airport by Mr. J. N. Davies, Trade Commissioner for Singapore in Britain.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 16 die in river
    25 1 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. Sixteen people perished yesterday when a raft ferrying a bus across a river In central Argentina capsized. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon British Reds call for pact with Russia
    287 1 LONDON, Thnrs. The Communist Party In Its election manifesto issued today called lor an Anglo-Soviet non-aggres-sion pact and a "free and independent" Britain, "tied neither to NATO war plans n*r to America" The Communists, who are putting forward 18 candidates, have no representation
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    RELIGION AND POLITICS —NOW A WARNING BY LEE
    188 1 RELIGION AND POLITICS —NOW A WARNING BY LEE SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew tonight warned against politicians who sought to exploit religious sentiments as a short cvi to political popularity. Speaking at a meeting held by tne Muslim community here tv celebrate the Prophet Mohamed's birthday, he urged the
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    Tengku: No tax increase here
    105 1 Tengku: No tax increase here KOTA KUALA MUDA, Thurs. Tengku Abdul Rahman said tonight there would be no tax increase in the Federation "for the time being." The Tengku, addressing an election rally here in support of Inche Mohamed Khlr bin Johari. the former Minister for Education, said: "Any Increase
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    Seven stab wounds
    47 1 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Ang Boon Huat, 33, of Chin Swee Road, was admitted to General Hospital late tonight with seven stab wounds in his back. He told police a group of thugs attacked him while he working in Boat. Quay. A man has been detained.
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 US. PLEDGE TO DEFEND LAOS YORK, Thin Mate Hcrtci declared in the In ffitlill that Unitrd Sta Hill keep Hi pledge to rcMst icsn.bsfOD in I •out equivocation." I PI
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    Man held after radio call to Causeway
    121 2 Man held after radio call to Causeway SINGAPORE. Thurs.— A car travelling towards Johore from Singapore was stopped at th' Causeway after urgent radio messages were flashed to Woodlands check point last night Impounded Policemen at the hairier, checking all cars entering the Federation, spotted one car splattered with blood.
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    Death fall down an airwell
    38 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A verdict of misadventure was recorded today on Athiapan Suppiah Thevar. 47, father of five, who died after a 25ft fall down an ariwell in Peck Seah Street on Sept. 1.
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    JUMBO'S DEATH ENDS A BIG HUNT
    175 2 JUMBO'S DEATH ENDS A BIG HUNT SINGAPORE, Thurs. i The death on Tuesday of a bull elephant after a collision with a train in South Johore has solved the game ranger's big problem. The elephant, killed near Bedenak. was said to have roamed the area and damaged crops and young
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    Naval visit
    27 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs— The Royal Navy destroyer Cavalier has left the Naval Base here for a five-day informal visit to Saigon. She is due there tomorrow.
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    Postmaster stabbed in fight with robber
    120 2 OUNGEI PATANI, Thurs. The Sungei Patani postmaster, Mr. T. A. Balhetchet, was stabbed last night when he fought off an armed man who tried to rob his post office. Mr. Balhetchet, who lived on the premises, had just opened the front door when i
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    Joint move on stockpiles 'big surprise'
    282 2 'CALCULATED TO DRIVE MORE ASIANS— INTO ARMS OF RUSSIA'— HEAH PENANG, Thursday. rpiiE president of the Penan? Rubber Trade Association, Mr. Heah L Joo Seang. said today the joint stockpile move by the United States and Britain was "calculated to drive more and more
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    CHANCELLORY PLAN FOR NEW DELHI
    161 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. T»HE Malayan Government has bought six acres of L land in the diplomatic enclave in New Delhi, ior $300,000 to build its own Chancellory. The Malayan High Commissioner to India. Dato S. Chelvaslngam Maclntyre, said this at the airport here today before
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    Health council is dissolved
    48 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs The Singapore Health Education Council, set up three months ago, decided at a meeting yesterday to dissolve itself. The Government had earlier decided to scrap its $20,000 a month grant to the council and withdraw its officers serving on the I council.
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    New life in the U.S. for Wye Hong if Congress says 'yes'
    235 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A 14-year-old schoolboy in the little town of Kulim, Kedah. is anxiously awaiting news from his American-Chinese uncle which will decide whether he will stay in Malaya or emigrate to the U.S. The future of
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    THIS FILM IS CONDEMNED
    57 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Malayan Catholic News condemns the film Anatomy of a Murder as its main theme Is rape. Films classified as morally objectionable In part for all are: Bird of Paradise. The Blue Angel, Bom Reckless The H-Man. Horrors of the Black Museum. David and
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      668 2 FIRST BOYS' TOWN WILL OPEN IN THE NEW YEAR KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Federation's first Boys' Town is being built at a 57-acre site near Batu Tiga, 12 miles from here. The million -dollar project, which Is beinf undertaken by the Brothers of the Order of Saint Gabriel, will accept
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    Nikita surprise: I have a new disarmament plan for the UN
    440 3 Nikita surprise: I have a new disarmament plan for the UN WASHINGTON, Thursday. MR. KHRUSHCHEV'S disclosure that he will place a new disarmax" ment proposal before the United Nations General Assembly tomorrow overshadowed all other points made in his speech before the National Press Club here yesterday. The Soviet Prime
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    Lock icon RED REBELS NOW ACTIVE IN TWO MORE PROVINCES OF LAOS—NO MILITARY THREAT
    244 3 RED REBELS NOW ACTIVE IN TWO MORE PROVINCES OF LAOS— NO MILITARY THREAT ■yiENTSANE, Thurs. Communist rebel activity was reported today to have spread to two more provinces of Laos bordering Siam and South Vietnam. A military source said there had been reports of skirmishes with some rebel casualties in
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    Lock icon OPINION POLL BOOSTS TORY MORALE
    117 3 OPINION POLL BOOSTS TORY MORALE I.ONDOX. Thurs—Conservative morale for the Oct. 8 general election wax raised by a public opinion poll estimate that the Government has now established a six per cent lead over Labour in 50 marginal constituencies. This compared with a three per cent lead in a similar
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    Lock icon France offers Algeria conditional self-rule
    209 3 DARIS, Thurs. President Charles de Gaulle announced that Algeria would be given the right of selfdetermination four years after pacification. He said that four years after pacification defined as the period when the annual deathroll in ambush and attack falls to 200 Algerians could choose
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    Lock icon Typhoon toll
    29 3 TOKYO. Thurs. Eleven people were killed, 54 injured and 20 were missing after a typhoon raced through the straits between South Korea and Kyushu this morning.— Neuter.
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    Lock icon HUNGARY: 'YOU HAVE DEAD RAT IN YOUR TEETH'
    263 3 "bankrupt policy of discrimination." In the question and answer period that followed his speech. Ma Khrushchev spoke about HUNGARY: "It seems as if you had a dead rat in your teeth. It is so uncomfortable and you cannot spit it out "If
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    Lock icon K TELLS OF SOVIET ROCKET FAILURE
    186 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. jlflß. KHRUSHCHEV told senators yesterday that A Russia's first attempt to send a rocket to the moon failed because of technical difficulties Senator William Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign relations Committee, said Mr. Khrushchev told senators that the first attempt had failed
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    Lock icon Building fall kills 40
    58 3 ROME. Thurs. Forty people died and 25 were hurt when a nve-^torey block of Oats collapsed at Barletta yesterday. Six hundred troops, firemen, police and monksearched through the rubble for the dead. The Public Prosecutor has Issued a warrant for the arrest of Signor Francesco Lombardl.
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    25 3 LONDON. Thurs.— A British committee to aid Algerian refugees has been set up here under the auspices of the Christian Action Movement. Reuter.
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      728 3 THE LIST OF APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN AT 10 A.M. ON THURSDAY, THE Ist OCTOBER, 1959. GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA ISSUE OF $20,000,000 4£ PER CENT REGISTERED STOCK, 1964 Interest payable on Ist April and Ist October (First payment on Ist April, 1960) AUTHORISED BY THE LOAN (LOCAL) ORDINANCE,
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      331 3 your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres NATIONAL SHORTWAVE AM. 6.30 Good Morning 6.32 MtmtM W^Ve's^vTcES Morning Prelude; TOO The News; Kuala Lumpur 341 metres 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 The J'eaant 366 metres News; 8.05 A Date With Music. SUlltca Setrw 8.30 Semprini Serenade;
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    But we do pay assessment on vacant land, some say
    171 4 LANDOWNERS CONFUSED, TOO SINGAPORE. Thurs. Some big landowners here today revealed that they do pay assessment on vacant land. They expressed surprise at a Government statement yesterday which said it was proposed to levy a special assessment on vacant land
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    Confusion as retailers fix their own prices
    521 4 Confusion as retailers fix their own prices CIGARETTE MANUFACTURERS ISSUE NEW LIST v (SINGAPORE, Thurs. There was some confusion today over the prices of cigarettes following the tax increases on cut tobacco announced yesterday. Vendors in different parts of the island raised prices on all brands of cigarettes irrespective of
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    ISLAM DOESN'T BAR BIRTH CONTROL'
    149 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ISLAM authorities and family planning officials 1 here today refuted the claim by Islamic teachers in Tasikmalaja, Indonesia, that birth control was prohibited by the Muslim religion. They said that several Islamic countries like Egypt and Pakistan not only allowed birth control
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    $2,000 FOR DEATH OF A SON
    72 4 $2,000 FOR DEATH OF A SON SINGAPORE, Than. Damages of $2,000 with costs were granted by Mr. Justice Buttroae in the High Court today to a hawker, Mok Goi Hwee, whose nirm-year-old son, Kane Hoi, was killed in 'a road accident. The award was made against Adam Ebrahim Moledina, a
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    A common market for S-E Asia is forecast
    417 4 -'MALAYA HAS A GREAT FUTURE' SINGAPORE, Thursday. BIG business executive today predicted that the countries of SouthEast Asia would eventually form a common market for their mutual benefit. I Mr. R. A. C. Cobley, outgoing chairman of Harrisons and Crosfield (Singapore), said
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    TOP JOBS CHANGES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE
    390 4 TOP JOBS CHANGES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE SINGAPORE, Thurs. A number of Permanent Secretaries and a Deputy Permanent Secretary are affected in a major reshuffle of senior members of the Civil Service announced yesterday by the Minister for Finance, Dr. Ooh Keng Swee. Official circles say that the transfers, involving
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    School speech contest
    34 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Chinese V.M.C.A. Inter-school speech contest in Mandarin will be held on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. Talcing part will be 64 students from 11 Chinese middle and primary schools.
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      171 4 SINGAPORE ARTS COUNCIL: UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA minton. Indoor games 3 p.m.: Indian art exhibition at Raffles PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: sepak rag* 5 p.m.: body buUdlns; Museum 9 ajn. to 5.30 p.m. Tmlk by Mr. David Marshall at 8 pm.; Movie Circle show 7 pjn. MALAYAN ECONOMICS SO- the Arts Theatre on
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    Bride of five months flies home a widow
    295 5 Bride of five months flies home a widow SHE IGNORED ADVICE AND WED FIANCE SO THAT SHE COULD CARE FOR HIM AFTER 50-50 CHANCE HEART OPERATION SINGAPORE, Thursday. THIE love of a Singapore girl, Miss Lena Pinto, 27, for her fiance was so great that she married him just before
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    DROWNED WIFE HAD CASH WORRY
    257 5 DROWNED WIFE HAD CASH WORRY SEREMBAN, Thurs. The husband of an expectant mother who with two of her cnildien was found drowned at Port Dickson on Tuesday told the Straits Times today he borrowed $10 to give them for food when he saw them alive for the last time I
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    PPP loses 2
    31 5 SITIAWAN. Thurs. The Peoples's Progressive Party yesterday won three of the five seats in the Kampong Koh local council by-elections. The other two seats were raptured by independents.
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    Spore boy reaches Germany for rare operation
    147 5 OONN, Thurs. Six--0 year-old Rejender Kumar Pawa of Singapore arrived in Duesseldorf by air from Delhi last night on his way to Cologne fo- two delicate operations to save his life. An official of Air India said that Rejendra stemea quite comfortable when
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    Rubber show
    26 5 KUALA BRANG (Trengganu). Thurs. The Mentri Besar of Trengganu. Inche Mohamed Daud bin Abdul Samad will ooen a rubber replanting exhibition here on Monday.
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    New chairman
    20 5 BENTONO. Thurs. Mr. Yip Kam Chong has been elected chairman of the Telemang branch of the Labour Party.
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    Missiles for Federation? Not yet
    169 5 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs.— I Britain's Chief of Air Staff designate, Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Pike, said today that he did not know if guided missiles would be used in the Federation. "The R.A.A.F. base here is part of a defence scheme agreed to by both
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    WEDDING FLASHBACK
    9 5 A PICTURE taken on their wedding day
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    TENGKU INSPECTS SITE OF ANCIENT TEMPLE
    254 5 TENGKU INSPECTS SITE OF ANCIENT TEMPLE MERBOK (Central Kedah). Thurs.— The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, yesterday evening travelled by Jeep through four miles of rough Jungle road to inspect a 1.000-year-old Hindu temple at Sungel Batu Pahat 16 miles east of Sungei Patani. The Prime Minister, with his wife,
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    Gardener faces murder charge
    43 5 Gardener faces murder charge IPOH, Thurs.— A gardener, P. Chellan. 60 was charged In the Magistrate's court yesterday with murdering a woman. G. Ponnamah, 50, at Mentrl Lane here on Aug. 31. No plea was recorded and Chellan was remanded in police custody.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    126 6 20 Kord« $U (Minimum/ CHUA S FAMILY Thank friends and relatives for their condolences, wreath*, cash, loan of cars and kind assistance at the funeral of Hi* Beloved Father Chua Yon* Seng. THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Tay Chek Meng thank all friends ac>d relatives as well as
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    REQUIEM
    86 6 1» Word, SIV t Minimum) REQUIEM HIGH MASS Will be sung for the soul nf Louis Thivy at St. Francis Xavler Church Serangoon Gardens at 7.00 a.m. on Saturday 19.959. Fondly iemembered and sadly mused by his loved ones. Died 20.9.57. REQUIEM HIGH MASS will be sung at the
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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    The Straits Times Friday, September 18, 1959. Fighting A Scourge
    616 6 The Straits Times Friday, September 18, 1959. Fighting A Scourge Possibly the most horrifying side of the toll of life and health taken in Malaya by tuberculosis is that it is very largely an environmental disease. One Malayan in every seven suffers or has suffered I from it for no
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    The Asian Left
    383 6 It is always serious when a strong opposition party becomes divided as has just happened to the Japanese Socialist Party. Flux and faction are familiar features of all Japanese politics, but this Socialist split typifies something that has become common to Socialist parties throughout Asia. The party
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    0.14 Per Cent
    245 6 Dr. Goh Keng Swee has pone to London confident of getting $28 million. Actually he is after more than $28 million, since half this sum, the cost of maintaining Singapore's little army", is an annually recurring outlay. This is no cause to modify the Finance Minister's confidence.
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    Afro-Asia: Comes the acid test
    1056 6  -  and it's all wrapped up in one word: ALGERIA FROM WILLIAM CLARK...I IN NEW YORK THIS week's assembly of the United Nations is going to be crucial for the AfroAsian group, which is aware that its unity is disappearing: and its power as a pressure
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    Lock icon Putting the jet age within reach of all
    555 6 riKYO. Thurs. With jet aircraft services already shrinking the Pacific Ocean, airlines are now hoping cuts in fares will follow to bring thousands more tourists to the South Pacific and the Orient. A meeting of the International Air Travel Association will be
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    LETTERS
    128 6 I think this dress row so childish... I THINK it childish of Socialist Front MPs to fight over attire in Parliament when they were given the choice of wearing national costume. If they despised Western dress, and If they were genuine Malayans and true party men they should have
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      72 6 YOU'RE Creative! Being creative is not an aptitude, but an attitude doing work that leads somewhere. And we can all be creative! A challenging article in the July Reader's Digest (now on sale), tells how you can release the creative talents within you and gives practical advice on the difficulties
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      122 6 VC~ j&M |mT^ jit ,£M H^ mi Bssmf '■*■>' W W l" -3 "fc'-'*— ticket tell you how to cross U.S. A. and really see it? You can get plenty of tickets that will take you across America. But they don't say anything about showing you the country. But if
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    Islands get fresh water
    502 7 ON STROKE OF 4 P.M. ARMY ENGINEERS PUT THE PIPELINE-UNDER-THE-SEA INTO FULL OPERATION A GUSH of water at 4 p.m. today signalled a historic moment for two of the little islands south of Singapore. It meant that, after decades of dependence on rain, the 1,000 or
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    Stray cow costs blind man SlO
    74 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A blind man, Poonusamy. was fined $10 in the second magistrate's court here today for allowing his cow to stray on a public road. Poonusamy told the magistrate. Inche Wan Hamzah bin Wan Mohamed Salleh: "I am blind. How should I
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    MINISTER ORDERS MAJOR CHANGES AMONG TOP POLICE FORCE OFFICERS
    357 7  - MINISTER ORDERS MAJOR CHANGES AMONG TOP POLICE FORCE OFFICERS VETERAN police investigators experts in their own fields have been drafted into the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. They include a secret society expert, Superintendent P. Rajaratnam. two Homicide Squad men. Inspectors Tan Chin Wooi and Phang Cheow Hock, and the former
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    5 man escort for the King
    53 7 KOTA BHARU. Thurs. The Sultan's office here has laid down a rule that the Yang dl-Pertuan Agong will be provided with an escort of five police motor-cyclists whenever he visits Kelantan. Malay Rulers and the governors of Malacca and Penang will be provided with
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    'Spelling uniformity is real issue'
    201 7 SINGAPORE, Thursday. JTNGKU ABDUL AZIZ, senior lecturer in economics w at the University of Malaya, said today that the real language issue between Malaya and Indonesia was uniformity of spelling. He said that once this issue was settled, the whole literature of modern IndonesU would
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    ACCUSED OF STEALING TICKETS
    69 7 ACCUSED OF STEALING TICKETS IPOH. Thurs.— A. Paul Israel, 40. pleaded not guilty In tfie magistrate's court here today to stealing 38 Social Welfare lottery tickets from a girl on the Hugh Low Street bridge on Sept. 15. He was alleged to have snatched the tickets from the girl, Miss
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    Cardinal due in Singapore
    51 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs Cardinal Agaglanlan Is due in Singapore on Sept. 24, on hls> way to the Vatican from Australia where, as Papal Legate, he attended the centenary celebrations of Queensland and the diocese of Brisbane. In his one-day stop here ho will visit Catholic churches and
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    AN EXPELLED STUDENT SEEKS HELP OF MAYOR
    76 7 AN EXPELLED STUDENT SEEKS HELP OF MAYOR pENANG, Thun. A Penang High School boy. Chan Sin Cbye. 18, today called on the Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, and told him he had been expelled from the school because of alleged activities in connection with the Socialist Front state election campaign
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    DROVE HIS TAXI AT WATCHMAN: $100
    154 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A taxi driver, Thong Seng Lee, was fined $100 in a district court here today after he was found guilty of committing a rash act by driving his taxi towards a Lido theatre watchman on Sept. 7. The watchman. Banta Singh, told
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    WIFE DESERTED HIM TO JOIN CABARET
    258 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A young schoolteacher told th' Chief Justice. Sir Alan Rose, in the High Court today that his wife left him about a year after their marriage to become a singer and dance hostess, saying that she was fed up with life as
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    New taxes will stop the petty smuggling
    212 7 New taxes will stop the petty smuggling I^UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Petty weekend smuggling across the Causeway will rease as a result of the increased taxes im- posed by the Singapore Government on petrol, tobacco and cigarettes. The Director of the Preventive Brnch, Federation Customs headquarters. Mr. A. W. S. Sim,
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    20 8 FORUM FOR FILM FANS A children's dance from "The Chinese Wall.'*
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    429 8 You'll even learn how to trap a tiger and it looks easy THE Italian film THE CHINESE WALL" produced by Leonardo Bonzi. IS a film with a difference. Speaking about China it always brings to mind the mysterious happenings behind the "bamboo curtain" all bound up in red tape. But
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    COURT LIFE OF YESTERDAY
    80 8 "RAJA LAKSAMANA BINTAN" is another Malay film portraying court, life ln the old days. It has an authentic background and is well acted. The bersllat scenes were fascinating. particularly those Involving Ahmad Mahmud. the young hero, and S. Kadarisman as the pirate. Rosnani made a pretty
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    920 8 TIMES: AID FOR SINGAPORE SHOULD BE GIVEN GENEROUSLY LONDON, Thursday. rpHE TIMES said today that the help promised A by Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, to Singapore when the new state was inaugurated should be given as generously as possible. Commenting on the progress made by the new Government
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    VICTORY FEAST FOR THE TENGKU
    145 8 A LOR STAR, Thurs.— The Kuala Kedah Alliance will hold a "thanksgiving" ceremony on Sept. 25 to celebrate the victory of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, in last month's election. The Tengku, who defeated his PMIP opponent, Haji Hassan bin Abdul Rahman, by 13,032
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    82 8 JOGJAKARTA. Thurs.— The departure of an Indonesian arts delegation from here for a tour of several Asian countries has been postponed until October. The delegation was schf- duled to leave in late August for a tour of Malaya, I Singapore. India and
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      293 8 Straits Times Crossword WM 111 IH ACROSS 8. She darns badly and not 1. Gets pier repaired by stand- without resistance (B>. ing (8). 13 Cite a paper that will give 5. Drive furiously and you gel a better value (10 >. black mark (6). 15. Elystan daffodil iB>. 9.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    130 10 MELBOURNE, Thurs. INVESTMiiNT scares maintained a firm tone on a quieter market here today. AWA gained U. to 28s. (id. and ICIANZ rose a lurtber Is. BHP continued to rise gaining 6d. on me day. Base metals were firm while the oils remained steady. Commonwealth bonds held a
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    110 10 Singapore i ninese Produce Exchange noon prices per picui yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent September/October shipments $39 buyers, $40 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $61.. sellers, drum $64 tellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $170. Sarawak $169. special Sarawak black $107, garbled Lampong black
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 10 October first grade rubber buyen f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 102 cents per Ib., down five-eighths of a cent on Wednesday's price. The dosing tone was barely steady. C'losinc prices in cents per ib.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b buyers 104 1 sellers 105:
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    279 10 Snips lying; alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves I or expected today are: Pres. Grant 1/2, Bawean 4/5 Americana 6A, Et Salazar 6/7, Olenroy 8/9, Glenearn 10/11. ChakUina 13, Maas Lloyd 15/ 16, Eastern Saga. 18. Tohore 19. Semanu.n Peralc N Wall 4. Enip. Kltthvake 21/22. Mllcumo Maru
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    RUBBER CROP
    11 10 Amalgamated Rubber Estates Ltd. In August produced 953,900 Ib.
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    DELAYED RUSSIAN SHIP EASES RUBBER PRICE AGAIN
    796 10 DELAYED RUSSIAN SHIP EASES RUBBER PRICE AGAIN By Our Market Correspondent fHE easier tendency which has developed on the Singapore Rubber Market, as the result of proposed liquidation of the American and British stockpiles, was aggravated yesterday when it was learnt that a Russian steamer, the Irkutsk, due to call
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    89 10 THE Federation Minister of Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs duties for the week beginning on Sept. 17. Rubber 109 cents per Ib. Copra $622.00 per ton. Coconut oil $1,024.00 a ton. Palm oil $744.25 per ton. Palm kernels $406.75 per ten. The rates of
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    38 10 SINGAPORE. Sept. 17. RUBBER: $1.02 per Ib. (down five-eighths of a cent). Unofficial 5 p.m. close SI 01', (steadier). TIN: 4401.12' j per picul (up 62> 2 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 145 tons (down 10 tons).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    649 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: ■■Industrials and rubbers were quiet and slightly easier while tins were selectively better. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: 8.8. Petrol 48s. 3d. and 475.: Fltzpatricks $1.05 cd; Fraser and
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    57 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 6/18. O.D. 31 7/16, 90 d/st 31 7/8 credit bills. 31 15/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or OJ>. ready: Canada 31. The free exchange
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    21 10 Malayan Share Market: Sept 17 Sept. 16 Industrials: 96.99 97.09 Tins: 115.90 115.35 Rubbers: 148.07 148.84 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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      41 10 t^kw, KIE HOCK SHIPPING CO., LTD. llV^^A.l 41 CECIL STREET SPORE. TllipktW NM. 7*4 M 2201 I TONG YICK Semara-g Sept II 1^ lONS nim Surabaia TONG JIT Banrjjermasin Stft 22 TONC K0 Djambi Sltt 22 TONG KIAN Paiembang stpt 2f
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      764 10 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that 1. EMMANUEL TOBY EBIEMBER of No. 192, Anson Road, Singapore, have applied to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for the transfer of a Ist Class Public House licence in respect of premises No. 192, Anson Road, to Mr. Loh Sau Nam. ANY
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      793 10 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby Riven that the engagement of Miss Tan Bok Goh with Mr. Poh Chye Hock made in October 1967, is cancelled as from this date. Dated this 16th day of September. 1959. IBRAHIM ALMENOAR SOLICITOR for Miss Tan Bok Goh NOTICE ROBERTSON A Woodcock Ltd. of
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      670 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS :»re invited lor the post of SENIOR SURGEON. Grace 'E\ Medical Department, Singapore Salary: $1,670 p.m. (Fixed) Plus spec, allowance <600 p.m. QUALIFICATION ii EXPERIENCE: FJI.C.S. or Us approvea equivalent. Applicants dMBJt possess a medical qualification registrable in Singapore; should ge\u r.iily have 10 years' experience since
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      1756 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT tt Word, U (Min.)— Box ct,. etxra ROOM TO LET for bachelors in Moulmeln Road Vlntclty. separate entrance, M.S., rent $50/- pjn. Apply to Box A 4364 S.T. Spore. MODERN UNFURNISHED twobedroom flat, Dunearn Road. Rent $382.00 includes water and service charges. Apply P.O. Box 3021. Spore. KILBURN
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      899 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT it Words SI (Min.)— Box it ct: rtxrm TWO ROOMS BATH attached, I c fan. cooking facilities, refrigerator, telephone. Private bungalow residential with Chinese family near bus stop, market. 4m.s. Upper Serangoon. Reasonable. Box A 4377 S.T., Spore. ACCOMMODATION WANTED at Word, ti (Mm.) Box *U. ostra QUICKLY
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      706 11 TUITION Jf Word. SI (Ml*.,— Box it eU. etxra BALLROOM DANCING Staple Quickest Way! Guaranteed Dance Successfully In 3 Hours!! Individual Coaching Ghani's School Of Dancing, 7. Dhoby Ghaut, Spore. SAFETY DRIVING SCHOOL. All Cars Dual-Controlled. Experienced English. Mandarin. Malay Speaking Instructors. Success assured. 258. Orchard Road, Phone ***** (Spore).
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      967 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE tt Words SS (HlM.}— Box it etc etxra PONTIAC SALOON 1952 green colour two tone, one owner, good condition. Price $1300.- 0.n.0. Por inspection contact Telephones (Spore) *****. *****. FOR STYLE and comfort buy this 1952 Jaguar MX VII, reasonable price, excellent condition, recently resprayed. Phone Spore
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      977 11 FOR SALE it Words Si (Min.)— Box it ct: etxra HI-FI ASSEMBLY comprising Connoisseur Turntable A Arm, Leak Amplifier (Varislope 3). Wharfdale 3-Speed System with enclosure Uher Tape-deck in handsome cabinet with Philips 6valves Tuner. Bargaining at $1,300/-. Contact Benteng, 412 Joo Chlat Road, Spore, Tel: *****. MISCELLANEOUS It Word,
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      H.K. OUT FOR BIGGER MARKETS
      228 12 H.K. OUT FOR BIGGER MARKETS lIONG KONG manu- facturers can successfully compete in the Malayan and other export markets, because of their cheaper prices, a Hong Kong businessman said in Singapore yesterday. The businessman. Mr. Van Man Leung, said that severe competition at home and overseas had compelled Hong Kong
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      Bridgestone to ship more rubber
      303 12 Bridgestone to ship more rubber RRIDGESTONE Tire Co. Ltd.. leading tyre manufacturers in Japan, will considerably increase their imports of Malayan rubber when their new multi-million dollar plant in Tokyo is completed next year. This was said yesterday by Mr. Kazuo Ishikure, the company's new manager in Sineapore, who succeeds
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      P.&O. liner for Far East
      67 12 A new P.&O. liner, Oriana, will be launched on Nov. 4 for service on the AustraliaEngland run. Oriana, of 40,000 tons, will also be used on P. &O. services linking Australia, Canada, the United States and the Far East. The ship has a superstructure made
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      75 years of progress for NCR
      166 12 rpHE National Cash 1 Register Co. of Dayton, Ohio, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. The company was founded by Mr. John H. Paterson in 1884 and today Is one of the world's leading industrial firms. Local branch During the past 75 years, the
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      Car output
      20 12 Volkswagen will invest about $3,328 million to expand car production In 1960. Present dally production exceeds 3.000 vehicles.
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      Ford sales' course opens next month
      230 12 DEALERS from Singa- pore and the Federation will be among 60 delegates who will attend the nine-day Ford sales training course which will be held at the Ocean Park Hotel, Singapore, from Oct. 1. The course, which has been organised by the Ford Motor
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      SALESMEN FOR SARAWAK
      135 12 STANDARD VACUUM i Oil Co., Singapore,! has announced the transfer to Sarawak of two salesmen. They are Mr bteven Lim, an industrial salesman, and Mr. Lim Soon Tee a re- tail salesman, who will be posted to dibu and Kuching respectively. Mr. Steven Lin- lias just completed
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      Korean company to buy scrap iron from Miri dealers
      197 12 Korean company to buy scrap iron from Miri dealers A SOUTH Korean company. Shin Fung Co., has set up a branch in Miri, Sarawak to buy scrap iron for shipment to Japan. The manager Is Mr. Jo Tal Chul. who was formerly at tached to the Saigon office. Mr. Jo
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      218 12 0 IZICSUJIOC IN YOUR WATCH MEANS RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY Incabloc constitutes th* most important improvement in th* modern watch industry. Ev*ry watch equipped with Incobloc hoi irj mcchonitm protected Trom shock, working ond occurocy i^^fe. ensured 150.000.000 quolity watches oil over V| Ihe world ore equipped with Incobloc fc^ today
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    Soh appeals to players
    573 13  -  BRING GRIEVANCES AND PROBLEMS TO ME, HE SA YS I BY TEOH ENG TATT AND VAZIR MARKAR SINGAPORE, Thursday. QJOH GHEE SOON, ihe Singapore Amateur F.A. president, today invited Singapore players to bring their grievances to him or discuss with him any problem that was worrying
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    Lock icon Evans quits
    134 13 BUT AGREES TO STAND BY FOR TOUR LONDON, Thurs. Godfrey Evans, the England and Kent wicketkeeper, who has played in 91 Test matches more than any other player announced his retirement from firstclass cricket, in a television interview here last night. Evans, who was 39 last month, said
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    SPECIAL FARES FOR CUP FINAL FANS
    145 13 SPECIAL FARES FOR CUP FINAL FANS IPOH, Thurs. Malayan Railways has announced special concession rates for Perak football fans travelling to Kuala Lumpur for the Malaya Cup final between Selangor and Perak on Sept. 26 Special concession tickets will be sold at Parit Buntar. Bagan Serai, Talping, Kuala Kangsar, Sungel
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    Swim squad
    82 13 QINGAPORK, Thurs. Singapore 3 will *>• represented at swimming at the South-Rast Asia Peninsular Games at Bangkok in December. SASA decided at a meeting to night to send an eight-member team to the Games. The team, all men, will compete In five Individual events 100 and 300 metres
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    Son of April keeps form
    305 13 ON THE TRACK with Epsom Jeep IPOH, Thursday. CON OF APRIL, who scored his maiden win at Bukit Timah recently, is keeping his form. Ridden by Bob Taylor, this three-year-old easily beat newcomer Gay Tournai over 3f in 38 3/5 on a yielding track here
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    Lock icon Wolves whip Fulham 9-0
    199 13 T ON DON, Thurs XJ Wolverhampton Wanderers, the English football league champions slammed in nine goals without reply last night against Fulham the club who b-^at them 3-1 last week. RESULTS: DIV. l— Chelsea 4 Birmingham 2; Everton 2 Blackburn 0; Leeds 2 Manchester United 2-
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    Maxwell up
    52 13 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Maxwell S.C. moved to second place in the SAFA Dlv 1 league when they beat Indian B.C. 7-1 at Jalan Beaar Stadium today. Maxwell thus avenged then- 4-2 defeat In the first round. They are now point behind the leaden. Marines, who top the table with
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    Swifts' meet on Sunday
    136 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs. SwlH Athletes Association will hold ir seventh annual championships at Fairer Park on Sunday, starting at 2.30 pjn. Among the "1 competitors are a number of Singapore and Malayan champions. Results of completed events are: 3 mile* open: 1 Dial Singh. 2 Stale Kok
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    Stanley, Naga very doubtful for Cup final
    262 13 Stanley, Naga very doubtful for Cup final I^UALA LUMPUR V Thurs. Stanley Gabrielle, the Federation's leading insideforward, and S. Nagaretnam, another international star, are almost certain to miss the Malaya Cup final for Selangor against Perak here on Sept. 26. Both were badly injured In yesterday's F.AA league division one
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      178 13 V What the RED rocket l^^iflB t B I means t° y° u Bml '18b»' 1O t remen dous Russian achievement of firing a rocket to the moon has K9| won the applause of the whole world. I But what does the Red rocket to the jjjWm^K <hj moon mean
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      192 13 Gve Bob Martin's once a dag to keep him. healthy, handsome, gay 1 "DIG, bluff, gentle Bruno will do anything for Gillian, because he knows she loves him. And Gillian knows what's best for him. Once a day, and every day, Bruno yets his Bob Martin's Condition Tablets. He doesn't
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      60 13 SINGAPORE: Hockey SKA league Dtv. 1, Police v TTC. Thomson Road, Dtv. 2, SRC "I RMN. padang; Dlv. 3, RAP Changi v SOC. padang: SHB Police v Prisons, BulcH Chermln; Dlv. 4, Queenstown v YMCA. Balestler Road. S«ee«r Sultans' Gold Cup, Singapore Malays v Johore Malays, Jalan Besar (5.19); friendly.
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    Dearer petrol
    289 14 TAXI LEADER: THIS WILL CUT INCOME OF US ALL SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. T. A. Simon, President of the Singapore Hire Car Association, today proposed a meeting of owners and drivers to discuss the higher price petrol. He said: "We are very anxious to find out what people in
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    44 14 '"HE FAMILY o.' the Late Mr. Neral H. Moreira wish to acknow- ledge with grateful thanks the many expressions <-f sympathy offered by their numerous friends. They greatly appreciate the care and attention of tht Doctors and St&ff of the Ipoh District Hospital.
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    Jet airport: A $14million bill
    492 14 MONEY IS NEEDED FOR LONGER RUNWAY, NEW TERMINAL, RADAR TO CONTROL TRAFFIC will be handled by customs i authorities on one floor and |by health and immigration I officials on another. Escalators will convey passengers from one point to another. Allowance will be made to
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    INCHE HUSSEIN FOR MANILA EMBASSY
    122 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. "THE Federation Government today announced the appointment of Inche Hussein bin Mohamed Osman as Malayan Charge D' Affaires in Manila. Inche Hussein. 34, is Head of Chancery at the Malayan i Embassy in Jakarta. A graduate of the University of Malaya and
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    Pong Pin outstanding at swim meet
    70 14 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore's promising schoolboy breast-stroke swimmer Scah Pong Pin was the outstanding performer at the St. Andrew's School annual swimming championships at Amber Road today He set up two of the four new records established at the meet. Seah shared me "A" Division
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    SPORT...IN BRIEF
    118 14 MRS. MrCONNELL and Mrs. Smjth (222> 2 points) won the Keppel Ooli Club's Dunlop Coronation Cup played over 27 holes today. Mrs. Hoy and Mrs. Pfckett were runners up with 240 points. BEATTY berondary School scored their second successive inter-school rugby win when they beat St. Joseprrs institution
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    LONDON STOKES
    354 14 LONDON, Thurs.— Apart from some confusion in property shares due to unconfirmed rumours of a hitch in Llntang Investment and Ely Brewery deals. London stock markets made a satisfactory showing. Renewed selective buvlng of Industrial equities was responsible for further good gains in many stocks. Closing middle prices
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    30 14 A SMILING Mr. Khrushchev with President Eisenhower ot o welcome ceremony for the Soviet Prime Minister ot St. Andrew's Air Force Base, Maryland. U.P.I. picture.
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    Shooting victim baffles police
    156 14 Shooting victim baffles police SINGAPORE. Thurs.— After a 48-hour investigation, police are still baffled by the case of a man who they believe, was shot while walking along I'pper Serangoon Road at 11.40 a.m. yesterday. The mystery bullet came "out of the blue" and hit fisnmonger Ng Beng Kee in
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    A shipboard romance— but only for a film
    101 14 A shipboard romance but only for a film SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mrs. Aruldhati Mukerji. leading Bengal film >tar. arrived in Singapore today after spending five days filming on board the liner Canton on its voyage here from Calcutta. The film "Indgra Ghanu" is the 30th Him in which Mrs. Mukerji has
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    Mr. PEACE VISITS AMERICA: MOSCOW
    124 14 Mr. PEACE VISITS AMERICA: MOSCOW I ONDON, Thurs. Moscow radio ?aid today that Americans are saying of Mr. Nikita Khrushchev's United States visit: "Mr. Peace himself has come to America "Never before in 169 years of its existence has. Washington experienced such an event. "Americans met with great Joy the
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    IN BRIEF
    150 14 JAKARTA: President Soekarno again conferred with the Defence Minister. LU Gen. Abdul Haris Nasution, about the arest of the leftist Attorney General, Mr. Gatot Tarumimardja. HONOLULU: Un Dai, Asian movie queen, arrived here from Hong I'ong for a month's tour of Hawaii and the United States mainland. LONDON:
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      282 14 Late CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS ■1, Word* tl* (Wainui) KAPER: To June and Bill a son. Christopher William. at Cleneagles Hospital on 16th September. Both well. LEE CHEE— TENG: The enKtgement was announced In London on 17th September. 1959. between Sonny Lee Chee Ewe Pean only 6on of Mrs. Lee Hong Telk
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