The Straits Times, 1 January 1960

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  • 20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 Nat*" M He***"* The Straits Times 15 CENTS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1< 1960. Estd. 1845
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  • 619 1 1960 stress on hanges The Straits Times wishes all its readers a Happy New Year The New Year messages in full: See Pages 7 and 8 VHE Heads of States of the Federation End Singapore and Fthe Prime Ministers of the two territories spoke of a
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  • 307 1 -THEN KLANG GIVES HIM A YELLOW RICE AND 17-GUM 'JJELCOME BACK' KT^rtNG, Thure. 'x'f'llow rice signifying "welcome home" was thrown at the Sultan of Selangor and his consort, the Tengku Ampuan, as they stepped across the threshold of the Istana Kota here today
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  • 196 1 IPOH, Thursday. rrcHE last four remaining Communist terrorists in 1 the Ipoh area surrendered early this morning to a police Special Branch team in the Gunong Hapat New Village near here. |th whole South Perak area stretching from Ipoh to TanJoriK Mallm on
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  • 70 1 $50,000 bail for robbery case man SINGAPORE, Thurs. Bail of $50,000 in one surety was given today to a locksmith, Tan Eng Seng, who was arrested in connection with a big armed robbery at the Ban Joo Pawnshop, TanJong Pagar Road. Tan U facing a tentative charge of being with
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  • 112 1 Forged $1 notes in Capital KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Police warned today that forged $1 notes were now clrculatI Ing here. The Deputy Chief of the 'Selangor CID, Mr. Sarawan Singh, said that two cases were reported In Kuala Lum<ir In the last few days. A shopkeeper at Malaya Command received
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  • 63 1 LOTTERY: FIRST PRIZE TO MALACCA KL'ALA KIBU BAHRU. Thaw.— Ticket No. 334W48. sold in Malacca, won the first priie of $350,0«« in the 70th Social Welfare Lottery drawn here today. The second prise of 5125.W0 went to Penant with ticket No. ***** M. Selantor won the third prise of 554.M0
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  • 36 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A writ has been filed in the High Court Registry en behalf of China Engineers Ltd.. against Chop Kian Huat. of Victoria Street, clalmin* $22fT00 being money due from the defendant firm
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  • 139 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Ministry of Home Affairs announced today that, after consultation with the Internal Security Council, the conditions lmDOsed on N»r. Urn Kean Chye by the Appeal Tribunal when he was released a year ano have been extended for anolhei y*ar The conditions
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  • 476 1 CBE for Godfrey Evans and actor Mills LONDON. Thurs.— The Queen today gave awards to a stage comedian, a film star and a cricketer in a New Year Honours List in which the main prizes went to politicians and industrialists. Thtf comedian Is veteran Stanley Holloway, 69, who played Eliza
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  • 537 1 CIVILIANS AND SERVICES IN MALAYA ARE RECOGNISED KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. npHE services of men and women in the Federation, Singapore and Borneo have been recognised by the Queen in her New Year's Honours List announced in London this morning. The highest award goes to Admiral Sir Geraia Gladstone. Commander-in-Chief of
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  • 70 1 Gaitskell is worried about Bevan YEW YORK, Thurs.— Mr. 4> Hugh Oaitskell, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, said he was "naturally worried" about tho condition of Mr Aneu-i.-van. who wa* on the r .list yesterday after an opera; ion in i->?' ■Mr Gaitskell. who flew hert from Canada to
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  • 508 2 1 960: Big switch to industry SINGAPORE GOVT. WILL GIVE ALL AID TO BUSINESSMEN IN TASK AHEAD, SAYS Dr. GOH SINGAPORE'S Minister of Finance. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. said in a New Year message today that in 1960 the State would see the first serious attempts by the Government to
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  • 174 2 RADIO MALAYA TO CONTINUE TO DEPEND ON STORE SINGAPORE, Thursday. RADIO Malaya will continue to depend on Singapore until the Federation gets her own shortwave transmitter. A spokesman for Radio Singapore today said that Radio Malaya's decision to produce its own morning programme from Sunday, did not mean that the
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  • 50 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Gen. Sir Richard Hull. C-in-C Far East Land Forces, will visit India and Ceylon between Jan. 3 and 17. His visit is at the invitation of Gen. K. S. Thimmaya. chief of the Indian Army Staff, and Maj.-Gen. H.W.G. Wijeyekoon. Army Commander, Ceylon.
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  • 30 2 KUALA LUMPUR ThursMembers of Parliament from the People's Progressive Party will address a rally at the Old Market car Dark. Pudu. here at 7 p m. on Sunday.
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  • 50 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs grees in Bachelor of ComThe Burmese Government merce (management* and is offering two scholarships a post-graduate diploma for Malayan students to course (management and study In Rangoon Univer- administration > sity next year. Each course will take two The scholarships are lor de-
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  • 135 2 A BUILD IT YOURSELF SPEEDBOAT FOR TENGKU SINGAPORE. Thurs. An assemble-it-yourself kit for a runabout speedboat is on Its way to Kuala Lumpur from Australiaaddressed to the Federation Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman. When put together, the boat will be 16ft. long, by sft 6in. wide, and weigh about 5001
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  • 44 2 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs— A special committee has been formed here to draw up plans to build a town hall for Butterworth. Senator G. Shelly Is chairman of the committee. Inche Mansor bin Osman secretary and Inche Mohamed Noor bin Hashim treasurer.
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  • 134 2 Two flower prizes for children SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Two special classes for schoolchildren to competa in arranging flower:, havt been organised by the Singapore Gardening Society lor its 1960 flower show. The society hoped to engender a love of flower and gardening in the younger generation by awarding special trophies for
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  • 102 2 MALAYA TO BE INVITED TO SYDNEY JAMBOREE KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Scouts from Malaya and other Asian countries will be invited to a 12-day I Scout Jamboree at Lands- downe. near Sydney, from 1 Dec 29. 1960 iThe Chief Commissioner for j Boy Scouts in New South j Wales. Mr. Vincent
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  • 216 2 WORK ON PARK AIRSTRIP SOON |C UA L A LUMPUR, J Thurs.— Work on anj airstrip in the King^ George V National Part M will start next month. V A Game Department spokesman here said today V that Inspection of the site M I near Kuala Tahan. head-* quarters of
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  • 166 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Malai yan High Commissioner in India and Ceylon Dato S C. Maclntyre. has been appointed coni currently as the Federation's Ambassador tc Nepal, it was announced here today. A Government statement said that this was in agreement between the Federation I Government
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  • 298 3 SOVIET ACCEPTANCE IS WELCOMED: WESTERN ENVOYS DISCUSS POLICY WASHINGTON, Thursday. BRITISH, French and West German diplo* mats yesterday began a series of consultations with Mr. Christian Herter, the U.S. Secretary of State, to prepare the Western position for the Summit conference on May 16. Berlin, Germany
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  • 358 3 S. KOREA DENIES SHELLING SOVIET VESSEL MOSCOW, Thurs. Russia alleged yesterday that a South Korean warship attacked and severely damaged the Soviet survey ship Ungo off the coast of North Korea last Monday, causing casualties. But. the South Korean Navy headquarters in Seoul this morning officially denled the report. "A
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  • 30 3 SAIGON. Thurs. Radio Vietnam* programme director. Buu Nghi. will make an observation tour of radio stations in Kuching and Brunei at the invitation of the British Government. U.P.I.
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  • 65 3 HICKERY, DICKERY —'DOCTOR!' LONDON. Thurs.— A mouse saw a Mioring mouth wide open in the bed and leaped In. The mouth belonged to 49--year-old Andrew Leech, asleep at his home in Byker. New-castle-upon-Tyne. He gulped and swallowed the mouse. Panic-stricken, he was rushed to hospital. Pills and salt water put
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  • 68 3 DECKED out in a gold lame "space suit, famed painter Salvado Dali gets set for a ride in his "Ovocipede" on arrival in New York. The plexiglass sphere can be propelled by the person inside just like the old fashioned squirrel wheel. Dali, who arrived aboard the
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  • 118 3 MANCHESTER. ThursTwo men were killed and eight Injured by a falling girder when work resumed yesterday on a new high level bridge near here after a 12--day hold-up through industrial trouble. It followed the pattern of an accident last February on the same
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  • 264 3 Poet says his memory is faulty COLOMBO. Thursday. SINHALESE poet and former Buddhist monk L D de Silva Gunasekera. a witness in the Bandaranaike assassination inquiry, was warned by the chief magistrate of Colombo to speak the truth when he said he could not remember certain
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  • 56 3 ST. MORITZ. Thurs— Four ski instructors were burled by a giant avalanche yesterday when a ski rescue patrol attempted to open up the Nlarchot, ski run from 9.000 ft. on Plz Nalr mountain. All four were dug out alive from tons of snow by the
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  • 181 3 WAR CHIEF WOUNDS DEPUTY IN DUEL UUENOS AIRES. Thurs The Argentine* War Secretary, Gen Rodolfo Larcher. s: ashed the forehead of an Opposition deputy, Senor Augustln Rodriguez Araya. in a sword duel here yesterday. Gen. Larcher challenged Senor Araya after he had accused the Economics Minister. Senor Alvaro Al■sogaray. and
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  • 45 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. An army man. Pte. Robert A. Benshcoter. 23. who was a member of a skydiving club at Ft. Sill. Oklahoma, was killed yesterday when his parachute failed to open after he jumped from a plane at 3.100 feet. U.P.I.
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  • 73 3 LONDON. Thurs. More than 500 schoolchildren yesterday became the first members of the public to be given the secrets of the Swallow aircraft which. Its designer claims, will fly faster than sound by changing the position of its wings and engines in flight The designer. Dr.
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  • 153 3 MOUNTAIN LANDSLIDES MENACE 100 HOMES CWANSEA. Thurs. Two mountain landslide* were today threatening about 100 homes In Wales and Monmouthshire. In the village of Ooddr'ergralg. In the Swansea valley. 56 houses are In the danger zone, 20 in immediate danger. At Blalna, Monmouthshire, a' landslide of mud and rock hart
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  • 264 3 LONDON, Thursday. AMR. lAIN MACLEOD, Britain's Colonial Secretary, ifl said yesterday, that Britain had "deliberately unleashed a chain reaction" by its policy of leading its colonial territories towards self-government. In a New Year message broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation, he referred to his recent visit
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    • 309 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADiO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres NATIONAL SHORT WAVE A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 urnvirr m 7 m Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News fcEKVUE 41.7 metres 705 A Date With Music- 800 MIDIIM WAVE SERVICES Alirio Diaz; 9.15 Shepherds Pie: Penang 366 metres 9.30 Friml
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  • 812 4 IT WILL PREVENT MANAGEMENTS TAKING ACTION TO EJECT EMPLOYEES '"pHE Government will introduce a new law to prevent employers ejecting their factory workers from company quarters. This was announced by the Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, today when he spoke to
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  • 105 4 Mr. Michael Tan Eng Hoon. 30. and his bride, the former Miss Jennifer Choo Gwek Chin, 22, who were married on Wednesday at the Church of St. Teresa, Singapore. The bridegroom, a flre officer in the Singapore Harbour Board Fire Brigade, is the second son of
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  • 283 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— An American grandmother who lost her heart to our coconut palms left Singapore today after a twoweek stay among the palms. She is Mrs. Pearl Gulnevra Curran of Los Angeles, California, a retired teacher now feature writing for the
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  • 289 4 BUILD UP PARTY CALL TO LIB-SOC MEMBERS SINGAPORE, Thurs. The chairman of the Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. Wee Soo Bee, today called on members to strengthen the party organisation and increase its activities "so that the emptiness of the other parties can be exposed." Writing In the first issue of
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  • 23 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Results of the Girls' Sports Club Christmas hamper raffle are--Ist: 4314; 2nd: 3901; 3rd 2965. 4th: 4649; sth: 2553.
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  • 18 4 BINOAPORE. Thurs.— The 8t Andrew's Mission Hospital raised $11,694.36 at its Flag Day on Dec. 19.
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  • 308 5 /\N March 21, 1879. a number of leading citizens gathered at Williamstown, Vi c toria. at the invitation of the Governor, Sir George Bowen. Among them were Commodore J. C. Wilson, commanding the Australian squadron of the Royal Navy, Colonel Scratchley of the Imperial Army, and Professor Kernot,
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  • 1316 5 HAILED AS A GENIUS— HE INVENTED GADGETS THAT WERE NEVER USED.... The onlookers watched it amazed as, with the young inventor at the controls, it chased a moving barge around the bay. The demonstration reached its climax when Brennan replaced the dummy nose with a war-head containing half-a-keg of gunpowder.
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    • 314 5 The Saint By Lesiie Charteris £bM i ''iJsdtp:: \mav&£ THeyne oust othek guests /v V put the room he then me asc too \#E #oaH-'vQPP/M5-/Fi:KEEP6CW6 A I THEON6 IrVE WS?£ J| LET US FOLLON m'J IAI Abner By Ai Capp > AH'LL KICKVO' NO.I'-VJAIT.'/ (xx WAS AU- V NOTHIN' DO»N\'.'-
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  • 69 6 Wordt tit (Minimum) MR. A MRS. QIRALD HOW thank parent!, relatives and friends for tbelr good wtshea, presents and sjulitaac* at their wedding on 26.12.M. WINC COMMANDCR WMITt wishes to thank all his friends for tbelr many kindnesses messages which be will acknowledge In due course. MR. AND MRS.
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  • 35 6 It Wtrd* tit (Minimum) IN LOVING MfMORV of Dr. Lira Boob Keng 0.8. E., LL.D.. MICH. who passed away on 1.1.8 T. Greatly missed by his loving wife, children, vraodchlldrea aad great grandchildren.
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  • 682 6 The Straits Times Friday, January 1, 1960 Into The Sixties Malaya has ample reason to look to the New Year with hope and confidence. Behind lies a year that has been unexpectedly good, considering that when 1959 began the mood of recession had not yet entirely lifted; rubber stood at
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  • 314 6 The $14 million Kubang Pasu irrigation scheme, formally opened yesterday by the Sultan of Perak, is a notable addition to the major projects which have contributed in recent years to Malaya's larger harvest About 25,000 acres of swamp are being brought under cultivation, while another 60.000 acres can
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  • 216 6 With the U.S. entry into a "period of voluntary suspension" all three powers involved in the nuclear ban conference at Geneva have now committed themselves in some way not to resume testing yet. Russia says it would not be the first; Britain will hold off so long as
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  • 808 6  - The strange fear that k lurks behind Australia's 'white' policy JOHN WILLIAMS THE REASONS ARE ECONOMIC-AND NOT, AS MANY ASIANS BELIEVE, RACIAL BY THE only item about Asians included in the history syllabus of a typical Australian school a few years ago was the incidental intelligence that nineteenth century Australians
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  • 744 6 The headquarters of the battle against Malaya's biggest killer POLITICAL attacks against the administration of the Lady Templer Hospital and allegations of the existence of a "colour bar" among its staff have tended to cloud the humanitarian and vital work it has been and is doing. The record of the
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    • 346 6 What about the Malayanisation of commercial firms? l^f AY I ask wnat the ITI Singapore Government is doing about Malayanisation in commercial firms? If in Europe, the U.S. or anywhere else a foreign trading or manufacturing firm establishes its business, permission may be granted by immigration departments
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    • 85 6 LIN YUTANG steps back to CHRISTIANITY "Is there a satisfying religion for the modern educated man?" Brought up a Christian, Dr. Lin Yutang. famous Chinese Philosopher, early rejected religious dogma. Now, after 30 years as a humanist, familiar with Buddhism and other faiths, he explains in the November Reader's Digest
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  • 914 7 A PAGE of NEW YEAR MESSAGES FROM THE LEADERS of THE FEDERATION and SINGAPORE 1 HpHE Yang di-Per- tuan Agong said tonight that with the proven ability of the people to strive together in national unity, there was every reason to look forward
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  • 776 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, today urged all Malayans to live and work "in a spirit of dedication to the well-being, peace and happiness of our country and our people. He said in a New Year message
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  • 161 7 SINGAPORE, Than. Tun Lim Yew Hock, hairman of the Singapore People's Alliance and former Chief Minister said in his message that the people approached the new year with hopes and expectations "The year 1959 marked the beginning of the new self- gOTerning state
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  • 566 7 YUSOF: FUTURE IS HANDS OF STORE'S CITIZENS SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, in a New Year message to the people of Singapore today, said that so long as they had the selfconfidence and wisdom to carry out their com mon aspirations, they need only build
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  • 1238 7 THE Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today spoke of changes thai will take place in the new State next year to bring about a more just and equal society. In a New Year message, he said that it was part of the business
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  • 298 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rpHE 1960 spotlight will be focussed on ru- ral development, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, declared in a New Year message today. Tun Razak, who is also in charge of rural development, said: "It is the declared
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  • 443 8 END OF COMMUNIST MENACE IN SIGHT: PEOPLE CALLED ON FOR FINAL EFFORT KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Sultans of Kedah and Perak, in their New Year messages today, referred to the end of the Communist menace being in sight. The Sultan of Kedah. calling on his people to give Information about
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  • 112 8 SELKIRK TITLE CHANGED CINGAPORF Thurs. Britain's top diplomat in South-east Asia will continue to be known as Commissioner-General. Ills full title will be: United Kingdom Commissioner lor Singapore and Commissioner General for South-east Asia. Originally it was announced that he would be known as United Kingdom Commissioner for Singapore and
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  • 51 8 IPOH. Thurs.— The Assistant O.C.P.D. of Pekan, Pahang* Inche Latin* bin Sharif. 26. and Miss Rozinah Khoo. 22. were married according to Muslim rites hern last night. The onde. formerly Miss Khoo Gin Eng. an assistant nurse from Penang, was converted to the Islamic faith on
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  • 220 8 LECTURE TRIP FOR WOMAN LEADER OINGAPORE. Thurs.— A Singapore woman leader. Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, will leave for a world tour on Jan. 5, to convince women in different parts of the world that they can play a major part in world government and world peace. This would be the main
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  • 21 8 NIBONG TEBAL. Thurs Inche Ismail bin Mohamed i Alliance) has been re-elect-ed chairman of Province Wellesley South Rural District Council.
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  • 52 8 Now a— 'double 10' note SINGAPORE. Tburs. A $10 note with the figure 10 appearing twice In one corner has been found here. The two figures are in the top right hand corner. One figure is reversed. The owner. Mr. Lim Hal Peng, a cashier, said he came across the
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  • 178 8 NEW HOMES NEAR IPOH FOR 55 MALAY FAMILIES IPOH, Thursday. THE Mentri Besar of Perak, Inche Mohamed Ghax zali bin Haji Jawi, today opened the flist phase of the Sungei Rokam low-cost housing scheme for Malay families. The project is 3i miles south of here on the Gopeng Road. The
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  • 65 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A youth walked into a hut occupied by Nor Matron at Kampong Pandan here yesterday and asked for a knife to slice a papaya. Nor gave him a knife. Th* youth then a.sked for a glass of water and Nor gave
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  • 34 8 BUTTER WORTH. Thurs A cyclist. Jaafar bin Haji Salleh. 50. died this morning on the way to Butterworth Hospital from injuries received in a collision with a car in Sungel Dua village.
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  • 315 10 IMMEDIATELY after the Christmas holi- day the rubber market i was rumouring heavy sales from the Russian stockpile state H.C.B. Ltd's.. current report. This had an unsettling effect and caused some liquidation in case there was any truth In the report, the survey adds. It now
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  • 16 10 Deteaaber average prieea Dee. l>st B»MI BaMter: 117.M eta. 127.M ets. Tta: 5M7.11 $3»CM
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  • 146 10 JANUARY ftrst grade rafeket buyers fob. dosed in Singapore yaaterday at 1134 cans per lb. up l j cents on Weanesday close. The closing tone was Idle. Cieatag prices In cent* per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int 1 R.S S. Spot fob. buyers 113>i. »eilers 114 .Nomi; Int
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  • 133 10 SHIPS lying atone side the Stagaporr Dn»— r B«ard wharve* •r expected Hsa*mw are: Soudan 1 2. Pres. Taft 4 5. VUhva Prabbs ja. MBaMB Maru 6 7. Sunda 9. Kyorttca Maru 1011. Stoaloa 13 14. Frankfurt 15,16 Hal Hing It. Van Noon 19. Oiang Ann N.Wall 2.
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  • 763 10 AVERAGE 1959 RUBBER PRICE WAS UP BY 21 CENTS By Our Market Correspondent THE average price of noon f.o.b. rubber in Singapore last year was 101.35 cents a pound or just over 21 cents above the average price for 1958. It was the best price since 1955 when the average
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  • 91 10 THE Feweraclsa Mlbbblii af Faaaari has Oxed the fallawtag artee* far ealraiattag Cwatesas dsMes far the week »-t«— *-g ea Dec 31: Babwer ll(>, cents a lb. Capra ttSZM a tea. Caeesmt aO SMXS a tea. Paha ail SS3LM a tea. rahß teraals iif a tea. Tbe rates
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  • 25 10 SINGAPORE. DEC. 31. RUBBER: $1,134 per lb. (af) Ii cents). TIN: 5355.75 per picul (unchanged). Estimated unofficial offering Z3» tons (up U ton*).
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  • 406 10 rpHE Malayan Sh»re Brefcen' A JUiirtr* 4 reported 7«f*Tte: -All «ecUoo» remained firm. I The turnover 111 fair." Singapore broters reported trie foQowlnc b>Mtnf up to 11:00 '"iMiiii 1 Praacr Neave tin (D>. $167 to $1 68: Gammon $X3S; M. Brewertes deb M 4 cenu Malayan Cement $1.80
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  • 102 10 CIM'tFOKE Chinese PTe4a«e Ewhange mmm prieea per plcul yesterday were: C«an: quiet: CK 'Conttoant i Daeeaabar 'Janoary shipments t»H kuraw. MOH atOars. Caaaast dl: bulk Ml sellers, drum Mi aaOan. Pijpsr: steady: no bual- i ness was reported done. Muntok white 133* Sarawak $335. special Sarawak black $225.
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  • 10 10 Manager's saQtng prtee (December 31> 11.11 xd.
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  • 22 10 Matayaa Share Market: Dee. SI Dee. M Isdawriah 121JS lf.U TUrn: IU.M 14SJ* f takkm: !«1.»4 74 Jan.l 19M— 1M.
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    • 546 10 NOTICES MALACCA MUNICIPALITY CLAIMS FOB BEFI'ND OF BATES ON CNOCCt'PIED BVILDIMiS (Seetiaa SS af the Msiilsfcjil Oiaiaiaii). Notice to hereby given that claims for refund of rates for the 2nd half-year (Ist July— 31st December). ISIS In respect of unoccupied *^T !t l > tT within M""** 'if*? Lbbßb must
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    • 260 10 NOTICES KEPONG PLANTATIONS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Kepong Plantations Ltd. has declared an msansa arvxiena ok i■• par cent less tanast lax at the rat* of M Bar east payable on 3ut Decambar ISBS. ETHELBUROA MALAYAN AGENCY
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    • 522 11 SHOPPING GUIDE (Spore) M Word* tit (Minimum) Dull* 1 month. It Word* SiJt (Mln.) FREE TINPLATB calendar* toi ■arena** of gold Jeweller!**. La* Oon. W6-H. a Bridge Road OANORICIOE STOPS DANDRUFF Effectively And Economically Ask four Hairdresser oi Chemut OESTROV GERMS, prevent Infection rtth I C.I. "Savlon" Liquid Antiseptic. t's
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    • 209 11 COMMQNWEALTH UNION OF TRADE (Presietant Sir Evelyn Wrench. CMC, LL.O) nvitei epplicatiem fer memberthip. rhc Union's object ii to fottcr mora ■tractive inter-common» tolth trade by ixchenge vifitf fer e»ecuti»e» and trainees »ro»rdtn, a Special Air Service fer H* Tiemberi at very low fares (a.f. imflopore to London £W9 return)
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  • 184 12 A SINGAPORE housing developer, Realty Company of East China Ltd., will build a $5 million housing estate at Whitley Road, Singapore, later this year. Mr. Wang Coo-Klen, managing director, said yesterday that the project would be the biggest since the company's inception in 1957.
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  • 81 12 Less rubber exported from Sarawak Sarawak rubber exports in November totalled 4,019 tons, a drop of 691 tons compared wttk the October shipment. Exports for the first eleven j months of this year, however I amounted to 4O.*4ti tons, an increase of over G.OOO tons over the corresponding period of
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  • 226 12 pENANG'S entrepot trade is showing signs of recovery, despite a considerable fall in business with Indo- nesia. The value of the entrepot trade improved from $45.6 million in the first quarter of 1959 to $58.1 million in the third quarter of 1959. Increases
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  • 70 12 Soviet steel production in 1 1959 totalled about 60 million tons, the Soviet Central Stat- istical Board reported. I The figure represented 900.000 tons over the target production for the year. I Pig iron output amounted Ito 43 million tons and rolled shapes production reached 47
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  • 85 12 More Volkswagens are being made than any other car in Europe, the company announced recently. Production is still being increased every year Since the war, 3.3 million Volkswagen cars have been made, and in 1960 3.500 will be made daily instead of 3.000 a spokesman for
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  • 27 12 Firestone Tyre and Co., recently announced the development of a three-piece tyre mould which can give a smoother vibration-free ride and provide better traction.
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  • 361 12 INDEPENDENT FEDERATION CHIEF OFFICE pROM today the Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd., which has been operating in this part of the world for over 50 years, has raised the status of its Kuala Lumpur branch to that of chief office with independent control of all business in
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  • 172 12 No cheap Taiwan sugar "TAIWAN is not likely to offer Singapore cheaper refined sugar this year, despite competition from Indonesia, China and Czechoslovakia, according to local traders. They say that the Taiwan Sugar Corporation in Taipeh is quoting approximately $312.28 per ton for January and February shipments. This is about
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  • 224 12 rpHE China Siam Line, which has served the Far 1 East since 1922, will from today be known as the Norwegian Asia Line. 1 Mr Jorgen WibsUd. i acting manager of Tho- reuen and Co. (.Malaya) Ltd. local agents for the Line, explained that
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  • 117 12 JAPAN'S RUBBER IMPORTS FALL OFF T<HE Japan Rubber Importers' Association has announced Japan's October crude rubber imports decreased sharply to 8,793 tons from the September imports of 11,763 tons. The announcement said, of the total Malaya supplied 5.62!) tons, Thailand 1.320 tons. North Borneo 700 tons, Sarawak 586 tons and
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  • 185 12 First bulk cement tanker due this month in Singapore A NEW cement tanker operated by the Onoda A Cement Co. Ltd., of Tokyo, will arrive in Singapore on its maiden voyage on Jan. 11. The tanker, Unyo Maru, will carry 7,000 tons of bulk cement for the Singapore Cement Industrial
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  • 80 12 'FHE first Indian blast furnace of the Durgapur steel works was inaugurated by the Indian President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, this week. The furnace was built by a consortium of 13 British companies the Indian Steel Works Construction Company. The inauguration marks the completion of the first
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  • 42 12 Following the recent announcement that Aluminium Ltd. of Canada lAlcan) had increased their price of primary aluminium, big U.S. aluminium producers have now followed suit and raised their price In America to 78 Malayan cents per Ib.
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  • 191 12 nATHAY Pacific Airways will increase their services between Singapore and Hong Kong from six to seven flights weekly from March onwards, a spokesman for the company said in Singapore yesterday. The spokesman said that two of the flights would link Singapore to Tokyo via Hong Kong
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    • 157 12 FIRST MALAYAN FUND There's money in this... FOR EVERYONE WHO REALISES THAT EXCELLENT INVESTMENT ARE AVAILABLE IN MALAYA'S TIN, RUBBER AND INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES. FIRST MALAYAN FUND OFFERS YOU: Safe long-term investment with regular high returns, paid out half yearly. Services of highly qualified financial experts. A share in the ownership
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  • 1574 13  -  HOME SWEET HOME SCORES SMART WIN TO PAY A FINE DIVIDEND SHAW'S Stables consistent sprinter, Movie House 11, with Merv Posner astride, scored a stylish half-length win from the well-backed Time To Reason to pay Ss(i in the Class 3. Div. 1 j 7F race
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  • 97 13 JOHANSSON IS TIGHTER of the YEAR' AGAIN NEW YORK. Thurs. —Ingemar Johansson. Sweden's world heavyweight champion, was today named "Fighter of the Year" by the Ring Magazine for the second successive year. Only three other champions. Joe Louis. Rocky Mardano and Ezzard Charles, had Drevlously won it twice in successive
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  • 27 13 BELFABT. Thurs— Freddie Gilroy of Belfast will defend his British. Empire and European bantamweight boxing titles against Scotland's Billy RafTerty here on Mar. 5. Reuter.
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  • 277 13 TAN WILL BE COACH FOR FOUR YEARS 0. SINGAPORE, Thursday. TAN Eng Yoon. Singapore's double gold medal winner at the SEAP Games in Bangkok, will serve the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association as national coach for four years. The S.A.A.A. originally proposed a three-year terrr. for the coach but this was
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  • 51 13 KRISHNAN OUSTS RUSSIAN IN 3 SETS CALCUTTA. Tburs. R. Krishnan of India defeated M. Mozer of Russia 6-3, 6-1. 6-1. to enter the semifinals of the men's singles of the Asian lawn tennis tournament. England's Billy Knight, who eliminated Sweden's Jan Lundquist. 6-2. 6-0. 6-0. will meet Krishnan in the
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  • 132 13 —Taste ofWI batting strength for MCC BRIDGETOWN. Thurs. In the first major game of their Caribbean tour. MCC bowlers had a foretaste of the West Indies batting strength yesterday wnen Barbados scored 249 for th« loss of two wickets on th* opening day of their match here. Beymour Nurse, a
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  • 363 13 ffWE first S.E.A.P. Games X was a great success, but before it passes into oblivion, as so many things do, aften the first flush of enthusiasm, I should like to comment on three items which appeared in your paper, on Dec. 18 and 19 In the sports page and
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  • 41 13 LONDON. Thurs. Scottish professional Eric Brown, who gained Britain's only singles win in the Ryder Cud m:itrh against the United flutes in California last Snonth, has been named "golfer of the Year" by Britain's Association of Goir Writers. Reuter.
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  • 215 13 well. I hope that the other sporting bodies will not take offence. They have many opportunities of overseas competition in this area. Why. then, can we not allow athletics to compete on its own too? This is, of course, a matter that must be
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  • 79 13 SPRINTER HECTOR HOGAN RETIRES gRISBANE, Thurs.—Australian sprinter Hector Hogan, a bronze medallist at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, has announced h's retirement from athletics. Hogan said the decision had been made on medical advice. He had been train- i Ing for the Australian national titles In January MM Is suffering from
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  • 54 13 GOTHENBURG. Thurs.— Vastly Kuznetsov, Russian i decathlon champion, headed. Ingemar Johansson. Sweden's world heavyweiht boxing title-holder, in a poll conducted by a Gothenburg newspaper to select the top stars in sport in 1959. Kuznetsov collected 391 points against Johansson's 336 points in the voting by 43 journalists
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  • 33 13 IPOH. Thurs. Results of opening days matches of the All-Malayan Sikhs interstate hockey tournament: Perak bt Pahan* 7-0: Selangor beat Penang 4-0; Negri Sembilan bt Johore 4-1; Singapore bt Kedah 6-0
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  • 169 13 Kiwis bid for Farelf Cup ITUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Regiment, spearheaded by their three star Maori All-Black players have already signalled their determination to win this year's Farelf Cup rugger competition. This recently-arrived unit have entered the semi-finals in the Malayan zone and judging on their
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  • 33 13 NEW YORK, Thurs. Th« polo grounds here was selected today as the site of th» proposed return world heavy weight championship bout between Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson next June. Reuter.
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    • 235 13 Let's drink a toast to the ANNUAL' niiiiunLi The 1960 edition of the s K r> Better get your copies today from Straits Times Annual now pbu t^^^^ Y our newso 9 ent of the ANNUAL on sale at all good book- \£L j'' r £m while they last because
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  • 87 14 PETER WILSON son-in-law of Mrs. S. P. Joseph 1498 Sungei Best Road Kuala Lumpur passed away 1.30 a.m. 31.12.59. MRS. UM SOON BEE nee Koh Talc Poh aged 69 passed away after long illness at 38, I.orong 25, Geylang. on 31.12.59 leaving 3 sons, Teow Hin (Raymond), Teow Hoe,
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  • 33 14 ANOTHER 3 winners from Singapore Model Academy. Ist.. 2nd., 3rd. "Girl Of My Dream" Co.npetition. Congratulations to Margaret. Barbara and Susan. Ftor particulars of training course please Telephone Ruth Warner (Spore) *****.
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  • 41 14 MR. AND MRS. G. Santhanam of Kuala Lumpur wishing all friends and well-wishers a Glorious New Year and God Bless. CONGRATULATIONS Tom Maxwell Kmre Sungei Patani on achieving AISP from your friends in Negrl and Selangor best wishes for 1960.
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  • 221 14 ITUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Ticket number *****46 bought in Malacca took the $350,000 first prize in the 70th Social and Welfare Services Lottery draw In Kuala Kubu Bahru today. Results are: Firat prise ($350,000): *****48 (Malacca). Second prise (1125,000): *****80 (Penang). Third prise ($50,000): *****59 itielangor). fourth prise
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  • 353 14 MORE USE OF THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE pENA N G. Thurs. From tomorrow, the City CouncM will make more use of the national language. "Our telephone operators will be sayinr Majlis Bandar Raya" (Instead of the 'City Council')" the new Socialist Mayor, Mr. Ooi Thiam Slew, announced shortly after his election
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  • 62 14 Dr. Barbara shows the feet that walked 373 miles WITH feet heavily bandaged, a Russian-born dietician. Dr. Barbara Moore, 56. sits on her bed at Paddington Hospital. London, when recovering from her arduous 373-mile walk from Edinburgh. Dr. Moore reached Marble Arch on Christmas Eve after a walk of seven-and-a-half
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  • 170 14 ITUALA LUMPUR. 1Y Thurs.— Floods in the Federation have maae several trunk roads impassable to all traffic today. Flood waters are as deep as five feet in some parts of the East Coast. In Pahang, In the Kuantan district, the Pasir Kemudi bridge at the 16th.
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  • 84 14 EXPERT AID: THE GOVT. THANKS U.S. I/UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Government has thanked the United States for the loan of a fiscal expert. Mr. M. Monk, who assisted In statistical studies relating to the Federation's fiscal planning. The Ministry of External Affairs told the U.S. Embassy here that Mr. Monk's
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  • 107 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The Johore State Budget for 1960 was passed today by the Legislative Assembly without opposition after a three-day debate. The Budget provides for an estimated revenue of $29,810,160 as against an estimated expenditure of $32,890,126 showing a deficit of $3,079,966. still larger problem of
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  • 117 14 SINGAPORE. Thurs The Far East Land Forces GHQ today announced the following awards by the Queen In the New Year's Honours list C.8.E.: Chaplain to the Forces Ist Class X.C Oliver GHQ. Farelf. 0.8. E.: Col. J.G. Cumberle*e. GHQ Farelf: Col. T.D.H. McMeekln. HQ Land Forces.
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  • 247 14 KUALA TBENGGANU, Thursday THE Mentri Besar, Inche Daud bin Abdul Samad, today pled^ei that the PMIP state government did not plan to stop or discourag the sale of Social Welfare lottery tickets in the state. He was commenting on a
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  • 124 14 JVKARTA. Thurs. The Communist Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Huang Chen, attended a gay garden party at President Soekarno's palace here last night. It was his first public appearance since the start of the quarrel over th* ban on alien traders. The Foreign
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  • 86 14 ALAS, POOR AH SOK. SINGAPORE. Thurs. An undertaker found burying bodies In an nnlicenced burial ground asked a magistrate here today if he could pay his $150 fine In instalments as he was paid only $7 for each corpse he buried. Won* Ah Sok pleaded guil- ty to three charges
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    • 303 14 Late CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS BULFORD— Dec. 19th at Sydney, to Alex and Beryl a son Bruce Anthony. TO RAJA-RANI of Kota Bharu a son at Assunta Hospital, Petaling Jaya AUGUSTIN: To Rosalind and Arthur, a son. Paul Charles, at Dr. Morgans Nursing Home, Penang. on December 31, 1959. Both well. CHONG:
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