The Straits Times, 8 January 1960

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    15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1960 15 CENTS It**** 4 tie**** 9
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    REBELS: NO to JAKARTA
    363 1 No provision for this in pact, says Ministry 'Our law must take its course' KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. «fHE FEDERATION Government will not hand over to Indonesia the 30 rebels from Sumatra now under arrest in Penang because there is no extradition agreement between the two countries,
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    'Motor broke down and we drifted' plea by rebels
    346 1 PENANG, Thurs. rpHIRTY self con- fessed Indonesian rebels said In the Sessions Court here this afternoon they were on their way from Rhio to Acheh, "where a big revolutionary movement broke down and is in progress," when their boat's engine strong
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    'I must give my six children away'
    562 1  -  Cathenna Ng Spore. Than. JL 1 SACKED TEACHER TELLS OF MY MOST BITTER DECISION' IT WILL be a bleak Chinese New Tear for Mr. Tan Kok Thuan, his wife and their six children. For 62-year-old Mr. Tan, who has just lost his teaching
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    37 DEPRIVED OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
    116 1 37 DEPRIVED OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP PAPERS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Government announced today that 37 people have been deprived of their citizenship papers. Thirty Tour were for "false representations' under article 26 of the Federation Constitution and three for ■disloyalty" under article 25. The names of the 37 people were
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    Mr. Tan: Search goes on
    28 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore Police are still searching for the wealthy contractor, Mr. Tan Ung Heong. wrrb was abducted near his home last Wednesday.
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    Air-sea hunt for raider
    251 1 KLANG, Thurs. Malaya's air force and navy were called out today to help the police trace the mystery gunboat which seized an Indonesian cargo launch off the Malayan coast yesterday. The seizure took place at Tanjong Rhu. 20 miles north of here, in full view of
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    80 1 Atlas with H-bomb on 24-hour alert in US NEW YORK, Thurs. The United States has an Atlas inter-iontinrntal ballistic missile with an H-bomb in its nose on 24-hour instant notice at the Vandenbrrg Air Force Base in California. it was disclosed last night. The disclosure was made by a commentator
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    Lock icon No golf!
    27 1 MANILA. Thurs. ThJM Presidential Committee on ß i Administration PerformanctM Efficiency iPCAPE) hasH warned Government ofßcial^B here to stop playing golM during working hours. Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
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      6 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000
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    Lock icon Brunei turns down closer link-up with neighbours
    582 2 Brunei turns down closer link-up with neighbours REPORT TELLS OF OIL-RICH LAND S ATTITUDE TOWARDS SARAWAK AND NORTH BORNEO LONDON, Thur». i BRITISH mission reported today that the <£»> oil-rich British protectorate of Brunei was not anxious to have closer political association with its poorer neighbours, Sarawak and North Borneo.
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    Lock icon MALAYAN ARTIST SCORES IN HONG KONG
    104 2 MALAYAN ARTIST SCORES IN HONG KONG HONG KONG. Thurs. A three-day exhibition of water-colour painting by a Malayan artist. Mr. Khaw Sia. has aroused much Interest here. Tin- exhibition, opened on Monday by Dr. Ong Ewe Hin. president of the Malayan Association, has been drst-ribed in thr local Press as
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    BOARD SEEKING THE YOUNG IN HEART ...
    131 2 BOARD SEEKING THE YOUNG IN HEART SINGAPORE. Thursday. a NEW approach is being made in the appoint- ■">»■ ment of new members to the Muslim AdvisoryBoard to replace the 23 whose three-year term of office expired on Dec. 31. It is understood that the i composition of the new board
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    New mosque
    30 2 KAJANO. Thurs. The Mentri Besar of Selengor, Inche Abu Bakar bin Baginda. will visit Kampong Sungei Kembong Ulu. in Ulu Langat, tomorrow to open a new mosque there.
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    Third arrest
    30 2 PENANO. Thurs— A gangster suspect the third in a week was picked up by the secret society branch of the Penang C. I. D. yesterday at Ayer Itam
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    Dr. B: We may end up like Red Indians
    174 2 Dr. B: We may end up like Red Indians DUTTERWORTH. Thurs. —The PMIP leader. Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy, said last night that Malays would "end up like Red Indians in America" if they continued to be fencesitters. "We have to fight for our rightful place in this country.' he said at
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    Lock icon ADENAUER CABINET ACTS ON JEW-BAITING
    350 3 SWASTIKAS AND ANTI-SEMITIC SLOGANS APPEAR ALL OVER THE WORLD BONN, Thurs— The West German Cabinet decided last night to urge the quickest possible enactment of a 10 -month -old Bill directed against the incitement of national, racial or religious hatred. A statement said the Cabinet
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    A talking dog, barking man shock people
    222 3 LONDON, Thursday. A TALKING dog and a barking man shared the publicity limelight in Britain yesterday. The dog. Corky. wa s holding court for the Press and television and giving a succession of long-distance telephone Interviews. His human opposite number, a 65-year-old man.
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    Lock icon Banda case: Priest tells of rusty pistol
    184 3 Banda case: Priest tells of rusty pistol COLOMBO, Thurs. A Buddhist monk said today that the late Prime Minister's alleged assassin, Somarama Thero, visited him on Sept. 24— the day before the murder and discussed with him the "weakness" of the Government. He said Mr. Bandaranaike had nn fixjed policy.
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    Lock icon New murder bid reported
    38 3 CAIRO. Thurs.— The newspaper Al Akhbar claimed today th; t Iraqi police had arrested three ysuths accused of a fresh attempt to assassinate the Iraqi Prime Minister. Major Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Royal gifts for Epiphany
    61 3 LONDON. Thurs. Traditional gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh were made on behalf of the Queen at a communion service In the Chapel Royal of St. James* Palace yesterday, the Feast of the Epiphany. The sovereign customarily •makes the gifts to commemorate the gifts brought by
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    Lock icon 'Marrying Manville' to take bride No. 13
    252 3 'Marrying Manville' to take bride No. 13 NEW YORK, Thurs. Millionaire playboy Tommy Manville, 65. took out a licence yesterday for what he hopes will be his lucky 13th marriage. This time Manville Is marrying a 20-year-old German- born waitress who can cook and k<*p house He said he hoped
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    Lock icon Much thanks—3 weeks late
    40 3 Much thanks 3 weeks late LONDON. Thurs. Two keepers were relieved from the Eddystone lighthouse off Devon yesterday after three weeks of failure due to heary seas. For the last fortnight they lived on home-baked bread and corned beef. Reuter.
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    Lock icon NEW GOVT. IN LAOS SOON, SAYS ARMY
    158 3 VIENTIANE, Thurs. The Laotian Army high command said a new government would be formed in "only a matter of days." The army said consultations with a view to forming the government began on Tuesday and. although they have not yielded any result, they
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    Lock icon MAC IN GHANA TO START HIS AFRICAN TOUR
    216 3 ACCRA, Thursday. T»HE British Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmillan 1 began talks with Ghana's Prime Ministf»\ Dr Kwame Nkrumah, last night after being welcomed here by cheers and flags on. the first stage of his month-long tour of African territories. The subjects
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    Lock icon SOLDIERS GET 'LOVE LETTERS' FROM REDS
    137 3 SOLDIERS GET 'LOVE LETTERS' FROM REDS BONN. Thurs,— West German soldiers have been receiving letters from "19--year-old, blonde, and vivaclous" girls who claim to have fallen in love with them "at first sight." A spokesman of the West German Defence Ministry said here yesterday the letters also asked the soldiers
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    Lock icon SUCKED OUT OF BATHS
    48 3 SYDNEY. Thurs. Mr. Roger Podmorr. 40, was sucked Into the outlet valve at a swimming baths today and blown into the nearby open sea. He was bleeding profusely from severe cuts on the arms and le«s. when he was dragged ashore by rescuers. —Reuter.
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      74 3 Tiny shows the way... LONDON, ihurs.— Peter "Tiny" Hoy. a 29-year-old Manchester factory hand, arrived at Marble Arch police station today and rlaimed that he had walked the 373 miles from Edinburgh in 96 hours 24 minutes. He produced a timetable of his walk bearing signatures and official stamps of
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    Hunt for a mystery millionaire
    217 4 HE IS WANTED BY INDONESIA FOR ALLEGED $25* MIL. RUBBER SMUGGLE SINGAPORE, Thursday. JHE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT is cooperating with the Indonesian authorities in their hunt for a mystery millionaire, who last month was reported to have slipped into Singapore after a Jakarta probe into a
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    Ruling on primary school vacancies
    193 4 Ruling on primary school vacancies SINGAPORE. Thurs. Principals of Government and aided primary schools have been told how to deal with all available Primary One vacancies when schools reopen on Monday. A total of 56.000 children have been registered for admission but it Is expected that a number of places
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    He did not stay indoors—jailed
    65 4 He did not stay indoors jailed SINGAPORE, Thurs. Sal i Weng Thong was jailed for 12 months by the First Criminal District Court today for not complying with an order from the Ministry of Home {Affairs to stay Indoors from i 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sai. who pleaded guilty,
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    100 ft. Bailey bridge over new canal
    141 4 WORK on yet another a nti- floods project by the Singapore Government is slowing down traffic along North Buona Vista Road. The Army Is lending a helping hand. It has built a Bailey bridge to span a wide gap in the road where
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    POLICE DETAIN MAN AFTER HE IS ACQUITTED
    163 4 POLICE DETAIN MAN AFTER HE IS ACQUITTED SINGAPORE. Thursday. pOLICE today immediately arrested a hawker 1 under the Criminal Law Temporary (Provision) Ordinance, after he was acquitted in court of a charge of causing hurt to a labourer with a meat chopper. I The Fourth, Magistrate. Mr. M. Coomaraswamy, acquitted
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    MORE CARS NOW ON SPORE R0AD5—57,894 REGISTERED
    113 4 MORE CARS NOW ON SPORE R0AD5— 57,894 REGISTERED SINGAPORE, Thurs. The number of cars on Singapore roads increased by nearly 4,40* during last year. There were 57.894 cars re- g/istered at the end of l>ecemoer. compared with 53.521 at the end of 1958. the Registrar of Vehicles' Office announced. The
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    Killed by logs
    25 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A lorry-driver, Low Kong Hon, 24, of Kulai, Johore, was killed by falling logs in a Umber yard here today.
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    KING'S AWARDS FOR CABINET MEN
    224 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. IN a special investiture at the Istana Negara today, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong formally bestowed honours and awards on the Raja Perem|puan of Perils, Cabinet Ministers and a former j member of the Cabinet. The honour (or the Raja Perempuan was announced
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    THEATRE FUND: $209,647
    93 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The National Theatre Fund now stands at $209,647.70. Donations received today by the Ministry of Culture were: Singapore Transport-Vessel Workers' Association $100: Eye Hospital staff $100; Singapore Sanitary Contractors' Association $50; National Loyalty Week celebrations committee of PAP branches, other organisations and schools in Telotc
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    LORD SELKIRK CALLS ON PREMIER LEE
    119 4 LORD SELKIRK CALLS ON PREMIER LEE LORD SELKIRK. the new United Kingdom Commissioner in Singapore and Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, started his first official day yesterday with a round of courtesy calls. In the morninf, with the Countess of Selkirk and accompanied by the Deputy United Kingdom Commissioner, Mr H.
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    Three mobile libraries for outlying areas
    104 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Government will shortly send out to the outlying areas of Singapore three mobile lending libraries with books to cater to the needs of the residents there. They will cater more for the non-English speaking people, for whom there were no adequate
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    MOTHER, 19, AND SON MISSING
    100 4 MOTHER, 19, AND SON MISSING SINGAPORE, Thurs. A young wife, 19-year-old Floral Mary Arikerisamy, and her baby boy, have been missing from their Jalan Besar home here since New Years Eve. Her husband, Mr. PaulraJ Arikerisamy. 22, a City Council labourer, said his wife had left him after a quarrel.
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    Disclaimer
    36 4 Mr. Mervyn Desmond Cornelius of 459-B, River Valley Road, Singapore, writes that he is not the person of the same name whose petition In bankruptcy was reported in the Straits Time* of Nov. 6. 1959.
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      132 4 Singapore diary,,, CHINESE YMCA (Bhenton fi p.m.: body-building and weightWay): Table-tennis 9 am body- lifting 4 p.m.: judo special tntenbuUdlng and wetghtllfting 2 p.m. slve course 5.45 p.m Üble-Mnnls YWfA (Raffle* Quay'): Malay practice for senior* 6 p.m Malay beginners 11 a.m.; Malay conver- Civil Service Std. I beginners 830
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET STILL FIRM: TURNOVER GOOD
    403 5 MALAYAN SHARE MARKET STILL FIRM: TURNOVER GOOD By Our Market Correspondent STRONG buying support and lack of offerings caused the Malayan Share Market to harden further yesterday on a very good turnover. The reaction on the London Market has had no effect locally and prices yesterday in many cases continued
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    89 5 Till Fedrration Minister or Finance has llxrd the following prices for calcolating Customs duties for (he week beginning; on Jan. 7. Rubber JI.H cents a lb. Copra $634.00 a ton. Coconut oil $1,020.00 a ton. Palm oil #681.25 a ton. Palm kernels $514.00 a ton. The rales of
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    RUBBER PRICES
    140 5 JANIZARY first crude rubber buyers fob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 115'» cents per lb. unchanged on Wednesday's close. The closing tone was steadier. Closing prices In cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot fob buyers 115 I*,1 sellers UHI: Int. 1 R.S.S. Jan. buyer;
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    119 5 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent January /February shipments $40 'i buyers, $41 H sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $61 "i sellers, drum $63 v sellers. Pepper: continued strong; about 100 tons of business was reported done, Muntok white $506. Sarawak
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    33 5 SINGAPORE. JAN. 7. RUBBER: si. 15', per lb. (unchanged >. Inofficial 5 p.m. close $1.15 < i (steady). TIN: 5387 per picul (down 12*3 cents). Estimated unofficial offering; 220 tons (up 10 tons)
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    87 5 rpHE Malayan Exchanxe Banks' x Association made the following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday tall rates to $100 >: Canada: buyin? airmail T.T. 31 1/2. O.D 31 5/8. 90 d/st 32 1/16 credit bills, 32 1/8 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 3/16;
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    RUBBER CROPS
    70 5 Further December rubber crops Included: Indragiri 70.3761 b.; Sungei Tukang 77.1921 b.; Benta 104.0001 b.; Jeram Kuantan 74.000 Ib.: Kundong Tan Jong Pau Kundong Estate 45.188 lb.: Tanjone Pau Estate 146,3001 b.: Mrntakab 80.000 lb.; and Sungei Bairan 180.000 Ib. Aver Molek 43.089 Ib. and Bukit Katil 44.974
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    First Malayan Fund
    10 5 Manager's wiling price (Junuary 7 1 t!.l6xd.
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 5 Malayan Share Market: Jan. 7 Jan. C Industrials: 125.71 114.70 Tins: 151.78 150.9S Rubbers: 216.03 214.52 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    955 5 T<HE Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Industrials and tins were steady while dollar and sterling rubbers were firm. The turnover was large.' 1 Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: B. B. Petrol 595. 3d. (AISi, 565. 3d.; Fed. Dlsp. $1.20;
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    96 5 SHIPS lyin K alonKsid.- the Singapore Harbour Board wbarrn or exfM-ctcd today are: Jan MateJko 1/2. Oeneral Stkor.Od 4/5, Charon 6A. Cardlgaashlre 6/7, Berunhor 8/9. B«njrkalLs 10/11, Lexa Maersk 13/14. Salse'fe 15/16, Ferndale 18, Van Waerwljdc 19, Islander 21/22, Pacific Mam 23. La rut 24. Purnea 25/26, Kaslmbax
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    Guthrie results
    51 5 Outputs from estates and mines in the Guthrie Group (or December and for 1959 In brackets are as follows: Rubber 9.036,000 lb. (92.744.000 lb.). tea (black) 161.000 lb. (1.939.--0001 b). palm oil 1345 tons (19.772 tons), palm kernels 535 tons (5.468 tons), and tin ore 1,767 piculs (11.047
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    TALAM MINES
    22 5 Talam Mines produced in the quarter ended December 31 638 piculs. The quota for the current quarter is 720 piculs.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    116 5 MELBOURNE, Thurs. TNVESTMKNT shares were firm here today. Colonial Sugar reacted 255. to Sis. with ACI down 2s. and Sleigh up Is. The rises and falls were more In balance. Base metals and ails were steady with loans firm. Con. Zinc 97/3 Mount Lyell (5/-) 8/7 North Broken
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      698 5 NOTICES I THE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE (CHAj?TER 133) riral board. Singapore Assessment List IMO (Sections 83 and 68) The Rural Board has duly revised the Assessment List for 1960. The list is now open to Inspection by owners and occupiers of properties comprised therein, at the Assessment A Estates Department. Ground
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      606 5 PUBLIC APjPOINTMjEjNT RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TRAINING TN RL'BBER ESTATE MANAGEMF.NT Applications are invited from Malays who are Federal citizens (or training in rubber estatemanagement. Applicants must hare pasted the school certificate examination or equivalent and must be physically (it- The training will last about two years and will
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      652 5 NOTICES J CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPO*! Whereas by Resolutions paM by the Council on the 9th Septttd ber. sth October and 13th Ocobcl 1959 respectively, under the lrd visions of subsection (1) and tM section (3) of section 143 of Local Government Ordinance. 11l i hereinafter referred to as MM
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    Record rubber exports
    339 7  -  GEOFFREY BOLAND By Singapore, Thurs. Malaya becomes the world's biggest supplier LAST year Malaya shipped abroad more rubber than in any previous year. The total was 1,281,7% tons, making Malaya the world's largest exporter of rubber in 1959. The total was four per cent better than in
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    CANNERY TO SEND PLAN ON MONDAY
    81 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The management of Whay Hln and Co. has deferred submitting proposals to the Labour Ministry on the reopening of its pineapple cannery In Gulllemard Road until Monday. Its proposals were to have been submitted to the Minister for Labour and Law. Mr.
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    THE JOLLY BACHELOR IS SAFE
    124 7 KUCHING, Thurs— The Jolly Bachelor, a Government launch reported lost during a storm In the South China Sea last Saturday, has been found at Satang Island. All members of the crew are safe but hungry and seasick. The hui t for the Jolly Bachelor began
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    Medicine plant set up in Malaya
    176 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A pharmaceutical factory with an authorised working capital of $2 million has been set up in Petaling Jay a by a leading British firm. It Is the first of 50 factories that will be opened this year. Together they will provide
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    TWO MORE JANUARY BRIDES
    114 7 MR. MICHAEL TAN KHIM HAK and his bride, the former Miss Angela Yap Kirn Tee, youngest daughter of a rubber trader, Mr. Yap Kian, and Mrs. Yap of Klang, after their wedding at the marriage registry, Klang. The groom is the son of the late Mr.
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    15 attack a clerk
    49 7 MALACCA. Thurs. Mr V. K. Pillay, a clerk in the Government Treasury here. was assaulted by 15 men while he was cycling home along Kubu Road last night. He was treated at the hospital for bruises and knife wounds on the head, arm and body.
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    Rise in trade
    24 7 KUCHING. Thurs.—Sarawak's external trade for October amounted to $85.79 million—s72o,ooo more than the September's total external trade. It was stated today.
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    MORE DUD $1 NOTES FOUND IN CAPITAL
    280 7 MORE DUD $1 NOTES FOUND IN CAPITAL I£UALA LUMPUR. V Thurs.— An increasing number of forged $1 notes have been found In Kuala Lumpur. And Police here believe that more are circulating in Selangor. The Chartered Bank here nave detected six such notes i during the past week and i
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    75 8 J0 Words lit (Minimum) MR. AND MRS. Skell, 179. Csrllngford Drive, Wrmcliff. Kirtex. thank friends for Greetings and wish them all Happy New Y*ar. MR. AND MRS. R. PETERSON thank relatives, friend* for taoir kind v iftheft. presents, assistance 00 the occasion of their marriage 2-1-60. DR. AND MRS.
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    267 8 JO More1, tit (minimum) AT THI COCKPIT Merle HarrU ■mbj THINE IS A Definite Cure for unpleanam odours. If you don't know It, we'll tell you—Alr-wick of course! PHILIPS Bee the new ranee of radios and Sttrtoframs now on display at the Philips Radio Showroom, Clemenceau House. SURPRISE YOUR
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    PHOTOGRAPHY
    93 8 2* Words tS (Vim.)— Box SO <•»». txlrm COLOUR PMOTOCRAPMr DU uai chi In Comnerti and Industry. advanced development of Um proem* u tfe* strait* Tune* Colour Laboratorte* wbicfi product up to U" s 18" baa made It* um posubl* (or man? nur POM* IneJudlnt nous* maxazinu. Brochum, showcard*
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  • She Straits Stairs Friday, January 8, 1960. Brunei Says No
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      Brunei Says No
      694 8 The discovery by the British parliamentary mission which visited Borneo that there is no enthusiasm in Brunei for federation with her two colonial neighbours is not new. But the mission's report will be valuable if it directs a little of Westminster's attention to three Bornean territories which
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      Batu Arang
      280 8 Batu Arang has been a long time dying, and with luck may never be actually dead. But as a coal mining township Batu Arang passes from the picture in three weeks' time when the last coal is loaded. The future is problematical. The company, Malayan Collieries, hopes to
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      School Rules
      232 8 The Federation Government has repeated its injunction against political activity by teachers in Government-aided schools; in the same breath it said they could take part in politics if they first got permission just like other civil servants, including Government teachers. Setting aside the contradiction, the Government has signally
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    The monstrosity in the desert...
    1214 8  - The monstrosity in the desert... CHARLES GARNER BY JERRY-BUILDERS CASH IN ON THE CONSTRUCTION STAMPEDE IN RIYADH RIYADH, Thurs. THERE is rejoicing in Saudi Arabia. The first rain of the year has fallen. It was not one of the cloudbursts that drench the desert for half an hour and vanish,
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      BOOSTING REVENUE AT THE AIRPORT
      123 8 ACCORDING to recent reports the Government is currently losing $2 million yearly by running the airport, and are looking Into ways of reducing this deficit. Apart from charging landing fees on all aircraft using the airport, would It not be worthwhile considering the establishment of
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      A MISLEADING SYLLABUS
      111 8 TTHE history syllabus for candidates In Malaya Is too short to be clear and Is misleading. The syllabus says that candidates are required to learn In detail the history of India, Ceylon. Pakistan. Hong Kong, Australia. New Zealand and North Borneo, and also, but In less detail,
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      LANGUAGE IN COUNCIL
      106 8 I WAS shocked to read In the Press the words used at the last meeting of the municipal council by Mr. V. David, against another councillor Mr. A. Tharmallngam. It was absolutely unwarranted on the part of a councillor to use words -such an, "spineless and gutless"
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      What Kuan tan offers tourists
      100 8 What Kuan tan offers tourists '["HE Pahang Government has set up a tourist bureau In an attractive building and efforts are being made to offer facilities for tourists. It Is a pity however that some of the streets in the capital Kuantan are so muddy that cars get stuck and
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      100p.c TAX
      72 8 I NOTE with interest that 1 the Federation's recently imposed customs duty of 100 per cent on imported tinned pineapple is applicable to the Mala-yan-grown fruit processed In Singapore and re-Im-ported into the Federation. Surely in the present state of the Malayan pineapple industry this will do nothing
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    DELGADO
    554 8  -  J. H. FERGUSON: by LONDON Opposition leader in exile (on 75 per cent pay) talks of hopes for the future PORTUGAL is one of those countries where the leader of the Opposition finds it more prudent to reside abroad. He is General Kumberto Delgado, who has been living in
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      66 8 Facts About Your Hair Do "hair-growing" tonics really grow hair? Can hair turn white overnight? Does dandruff cause baldness? What makes hair straight or curly? Many popular notions about hair are pure fantasy some can do harm. You'll find the latest scientific facts about many hair problems in the November
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      115 8 m Ijji I your ticket tell you how to cross U.S. A.— and really see it? You can get plenty of ticket* that will take you across America. But they don't My anything about showing you the country. But if you book your ticket with Boustead's you'll be told how
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    Income tax: Manager's denials
    581 9 WITNESS TELLS COURT HE DID NOT WARN ACCOUNTS CLERK TO KEEP MOUTH SHUT SINGAPORE, Thursday A COMPANY manager, testifying in crimi- nal proceedings against his former accounts clerk, denied in court today suggestions that he had refused to allow the clerk to resign as the latter
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    Three acquitted
    39 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.Krishnan. Sharif/ and Bakar were acquitted In the magistrate's court in Kota Tlnggl today of housebreaklng and theft of 420 katis of rubber from Tal Teck estate on Dec 6. Their defence was not called.
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    A surprise proposal, a taxi ride, then he vanishes
    290 9 MALACCA, Thursday. A WOMAN accepted a proposal ot marriage and was jilted all within 40 minutes yesterday And until the surprise proposal at a taxi stand in Tampin the man was a complete stranger to i her. Last night Asiah binte
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    'MR. AND MRS.' TO CONTINUE IN SINGAPORE
    146 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs— Mr. and Mrs. will continue to be officially proper solutions In Singapore for some time to come at least. The Minister for Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam. said today that Malayanisation of salutions here was out of the question until the Federation
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    FISHING PROJECT: BOAT ARRIVES
    148 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A MILLION dollar Malayan- Japanese fishing enterprise has started business in the Federation The first boat, of 99-tons. will leave Penang for the Indian Ocean to fish tuna. The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. said today that the
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    $12,000 GRAB: FOUR TO STAND TRIAL
    88 9 $12,000 GRAB: FOUR TO STAND TRIAL BINGAPORE. Thurs. Four men were today committed to stand trial at the assizes at the end of a preliminary inquiry Into the robbing of a cinema cashier along Bras Basah Road on Nov. 9 last year. The four men were: Omar bin Mohamed Noor.
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    Thief left his fingerprints
    53 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.-Fln-gerprtnts found on the hub cap of a stolen car were responsible for the conviction of a car thief In a Singapore court today. Nack Nay bin Sawl was found guilty of stealing the car In Hill Street on Oct. 12. and was sentenced to
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    Now it's ballet in samfoo...
    65 9 A BALLET in samfoo? Yes it is one of the scenes in the Malayanised version of Aladdin being produced by the Selangor Philharmonic Society. The picture taken at last night's rehearsal shows a little bit of revelry along Kuala Lumpur's Petaling Street. Aladdin, which opens
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    Fatal bus fall
    25 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs— A 28--year-old pregnant woman. Tan Boon, mother of two. died at the General Hospital yesterday after falling off a bus.
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    Too many idle ships in Singapore
    155 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. For the first time since the early thirties. Singapore now has too many idle ships and insufficient berths The normal anchorage for laid-up ships in the northern part of the eastern roads is full up— with 22 steamers Another 14 ate accommodated
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    Kidnap probe
    20 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—Singapore police are still investigating the abduction of a wealthy contractor. Mr. Tan Ling Heong. last week.
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    TENGKU AGREES TO BE A PATRON OF MALAYSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    148 9 TENGKU AGREES TO BE A PATRON OF MALAYSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Federation's Premier, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has agreed to be a patron of the Malaysian Sociological Research Institute, a spokesman of the institute announced today. The Institute, inaugurated here last month, was formed to promote research Into Malaysian
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    Central Bank appointment
    46 9 .TOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Inche Yassim bin Dato Abdul Rahman, a former secretary of UMNO, leaves Johore Bahru next week for Kuala Lumpur, where he will take ud an appointment with the Central Bank. Inche Yassim has been with the Bank Negara of Singapore.
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    Batu Arang: New hope
    311 10 STATE SECRETARY TALKS OF MEASURES TO REVIVE TOWN COLLIERY HAS PLAN TO PLANT RUBBER TO AID THE JOBLESS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday r[E dying town of Batu Arang, which will soon be forgotten as a coalmining area, will rise again as a rubber producing centre. In three
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    THE INSPECTOR TOOK A BRIBE, COURT TOLD
    328 10 THE INSPECTOR TOOK A BRIBE, COURT TOLD IPOH, Thursday. A ROAST pork seller told the magistrates court here at a preliminary inquiry today that he gave $20 to a police inspector who accused him of having committed an offence by slaughtering a pig in his shop. In the dock was
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    3 lottery case detainees out on $10,000 bail
    228 10 3 lottery case detainees out on $10,000 bail A<LOR star, nun.— Three detainess were today granted $10,000 bail each pending their appeal against the findings of an inquiry held under the Prevention of Crimes Ordinance. The Inquiry, held after the ender. 00l Teoh Hock, busK m n y a "d
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    GOING HOME FOR GOOD AFTER 20 YEARS IN MALAYA
    205 10 GOING HOME FOR GOOD AFTER 20 YEARS IN MALAYA MR. A W CROFTS, 62 (above). Director of Music and Bandmaster to the Royal Federation Police for the last 20 years, leaves Kuala Lumpur for rood next Tuesday. But before he travels to Enrland to retire he will take over direction
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    Boy's death fall
    20 10 PENANG. Thurs —A schoolboy. Mohamed Noor bin Ahmad. 15. died yesterday after falling from a coconut tree.
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    MAYOR TOLD ABOUT HOOLIGANS
    78 10 MAYOR TOLD ABOUT HOOLIGANS PENANG, Thurs The Mayor. Mr. Oo Thiam Slew, was today told about teenage hooligans who threw stones and broke the tiles of the City Council's irhild welfare clinics at Claimant Place The complaint was made by the health sister. Miss Chan Kirn Liew. when the Mayor
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    Assistant State Secretary dies
    53 10 ALOR STAR. Thurs— Inche Ahmad bin Sheriff. KeUah Assistant State Secretary 'Service Branch), died suddenly at his home at Baker Bata here this morning. He was 49. Inche Ahmad, a son of Sir Hajl Mohamed Sheriff, former Mentri Besar of Kedah, Joined the Kedah Civil Service
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    To face murder trial
    48 10 KULIM. ThuTS. A special constable. Osman bin Yahaya. 23. was today committed to stand trial on a charge of murdering 8. Manlam. 32. a rubber taDper. at Tonghurst Estate. Mahang. on Sent. 24 last. Manlam died In Kullm hospital from a rifle shot injury.
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      259 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS except the— 's sound" (Shtl1. Way In which banker's ley) 4-5 >. pounds honour the poet iTi. 6. Robes quiet in colour (6). S. b absorbed In thought— not 7. Seaman in Bristol a shade happ'ly employed 7). dishevelled (6. 3 6). 8 Trees conceal second
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      706 11 VEHICLES FOR SALI It Word* U (Min.)— Box It ett. txtra 1 ASS REGISTERED OCTOBER 1908. one European owner, showroom condl- i turn, 53.500 0.a.0. Tel: B'pore office I hours ***** extension 23 after 3 p.m. 1 3335*. QUICK (ALE 1931 Nash Rambler Convertible. paintwork, upholstery, body, engine excellent condition.
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    CALTEX EXPANSION PLAN GOES AHEAD
    253 12 T<HE multi million- dollar expansion pro- j gramme of Caltex Oil (Malaya) Ltd. is going ahead steadily in the Federation, the manager, Mr. F.H. Levenhagen, announced yesterday. Construction has started on the land depots at Ipoh and Seremban, which will be supplied from an ocean
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    More German cars made
    66 12 The German DaimlerBenz AG motor car manufacturing company reported satisfactory business In 1959. By the end of 1959. the company had built approximately 171.000 vehicles, compared with 156.691 In 1958. Passenger car production rose by 9.000 units and commercial vehicles by 5.200. Total sales for the
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    'Gloomy' outlook in local clove trade prospects
    184 12 SINGAPORE overseas trade in cloves, which has declined substantially since 1953, is unlikely to recover in the foreseeable future, according to local traders. This is because more and more overseas customers are buying direct from Madagascar and Zanzibar, the worlds largest clove producing
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      Local dealers fear R.I. trade snags
      320 12 BAN ON ALIEN TRADERS MAY BE FELT HERE SINGAPORE produce dealers fear that trade with Indonesia this year will become increasingly difficult, as a result of the republic's mounting economic crisis. They have also expressed fears that the Indonesian Government's ban preventing alien traders
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      COMPANY GIVES SCHOLARSHIPS
      230 12 A SINGAPORE insurance company recently launched an annual scholarship scheme for members of the staff or their children, with a view to giving them advanced training in general insurance tmsiness. The company, The People's Insurance Co. (M» Ltd., claims to be the first local insurance organisation to
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      Australian group offers assistance
      189 12 AN Australian group of specialist firms is offering its assistance to the Federation of Malaya and Singapore in the planning of new construction projects. The group, the first of its kind ever established in Australia, consists of two consulting engineering firms, two architectural companies and a
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      Alcan chiefs on visit
      54 12 Mr. Edwin J. Mejia, chief sales management officer, director and vice-president of Aluminium Ltd. of Canada, arrives in Singapore today with Mr. J. Boetschi. president of Alcan Asia Ltd.. the group sales company for the Far East. They will be here for a few days to
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    MALAYA STEPS UP IRON ORE OUTPUT
    107 12 MALAYA STEPS UP IRON ORE OUTPUT rpHE Federation of 1 Malaya is considerably increasing its production of iron ore as a result of growing demand by the Japanese steel manufacturers. During the first eight months of 1959, a record total of 24 million tons were produced, the highest since 1956.
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    Third Japanese tanker to aid service
    202 12 Third Japanese tanker to aid service- 'THE Onoda Cement Co. Ltd., Japanese cement manufacturers, will later this year put their third bulk cement tanker into service on the Singapore run in order to cope with increasing sales. The tanker, Tsubame Mam, weighing 20,000 tons, is now under construction In Japan
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    U.S. vehicle production
    43 12 America produced 401.--446 cars in 1959, an increase of 85 per cent from the 217,332 cars assembled I in 1958. The December output wai 40.526 cars, up 28 per cent from the previous December. Production in Novembtr totalled 35.905 cars.
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    FAM invites 12 countries
    281 13 OST OF STAGING JUNIOR SIAN CUP WILL E 'TREMENDOUS' KWOK By VIC NAYAGAM, Kuala Lumpur, Thursday •WELVE countries have been invited by the F.A. of Malaya for the second Junior Asian Cup soccer tournament starting here on arch 26. i. They are Burma, Ceylon. Cambcdia. Siam,
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    UNDER-15 SOCCER FOR SCHOOLS THIS YEAR
    177 13 UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation of Malaya imbined School* Sports tuncil will run an interite combined schools soccer amplonshlp for under 15s Is year. The tournament will be run i Vie same lines as the Rahan Trophy competition for mbined schools on an Interate
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    Lock icon New champion
    32 13 TOKYO. Thurs. Second ranking Japanese bantam, weight Kenji Yonekura wrested the Orient bantamweight crown last night from veteran Leo Espinosa of the Philippines by taking a unanimous 12-round decision.— U.P.I.
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    195 13 BARRINGTON, PULLAR THE HEROES BRIDGETOWN, Thursday. FIGHTING second wicket stand of 103 by Geoff Pullar, who was run out for 65, and Ken Barrington, (73 not out) helped England reach 188 for three at the end of the first day of First Test against the West Indies here today. Winning
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    S'pore: Entries close Feb. 14
    84 13 SINNGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore Turf Club will have racing on a Thursday and a Sunday during it.. next meeting at Buklt Tlmah next month. The first day of the meet Ing will be on a Saturday <Feb. 6). The second day on Feb. 11 and the
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    SABA TAKES UP OFFER BY JOHNSON
    66 13 SABA TAKES UP OFFER BY JOHNSON SINGAPORE, Thurs. Th« Singapore Amateur BoxIng Association has accepted the offer of Ronnie Johnson, the West Indian professional, to coach Singapore boxers. Johnson's appointment will be made official at the next SABA, council meeting. Johnson, who helped to orepare Singapore boxers for the S
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    Basketball team banned
    85 13 CINGAPORE. Thurs.— Mr. Quek Seng Ouan. manager of the Quelc Hock Seng basketball team, announced today that he had "banned Indefinitely" his team from further competition because ylayers "did not play whole-hearted-ly and were Indisciplined.' Some of the teams players were In the Singapore team, of which
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    28 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs— Mrs. S Tiers (five down* own the R.8.0.C. monthly silver medal at Slme Road. The bronze medal went to Mrs. J. Rees (five down).
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    168 13 MALACCA. Thurs. The Malayan Hockey Federation today announced a revised programme of eight matches. Including one In Singapore, for the visiting South Korean national team A cable from the South Korea Field Hockey Association had Informed the M.H.F that Its team will only toe able
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    204 14 1 I ONDON. Thurs. Sir Anthony Eden's own story of Suez is outspoken about the difficulties encountered throughout the crisis in trying to work with Mr. John Foster Dulles, late American Secrej tary of State, the Times said today. In a foreword to
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    22 14 MRS PAVALAKODY KANAPATMIPILLAI. mother of Mr C M ih.(th»va and Malar ot Mr T. Biv.ipraKanam expired on 8.1.60 at; Jaffna. Ceylon
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    21 14 MR AND MRS HOLCER ANDERSEN tftank lillllm and friends for th.ir ;tmhii> and attendance at tn. 11 marriage at Scrrmban.
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    34 14 IN LOVINC MEMORY of Madam Th.v N)o.-n Moi I Mrs. Choo Kirn Hock). Laid 10 rr.it S-1-1959. Sadly miiued by her loving tiunband and daughter Till we meet f>n that beautiful ihore.
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    375 14 Teachers back ban: 'Politics will hinder school work KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. I EADERS of teachers' organisations in the Federation today supported the Government's decision to prevent schoolmasters dabbling in politics. In IPOH, the president of the Malayan Graduate Teachers' Union, Mr. Teerath Ram, said "We agree that teachers who are
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    188 14 NO CHANGE IN OUR POLICY IN SPORE' SAYS MR. YONG SINGAPORE. Thurs. Teachers in Singapore aided schools have always been free to indulge in politics, and Government saw no reason to change the policy, Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk I. in, declared today. Mr. Viiiic was answering a question
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    73 14 KATMANDU, Thurs. The Soviet President Kllmenti Voroshilov will fly to Nepal on Feb. 3 for" a three-day state visit, it was officially learned here today. The Nepal visit will follow immediately after President VoroshiloVs visit to India which starts on Jan. 20. King Mahendra of Nepal, who
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    57 14 BANGKOK, Thurs. The Thai police have found Communist Chinese goods smuggled into Thailand's southern province of Songkhla via Malaya, a police spokesman said today. The goods uncovered in.W jungle included Chin ej^i dates, dried garlic and drle cuttlefish. Three armed men believei tto have been guarding th
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    30 14 LONDON, Thurs—Spo' 344 d.. Feb. 334 d.. March 33d., April/ June 324 d.. July/Sept. 31\d. Oct./D«c. 3md. Jan. c.U. 33.d Feb. c.l.f. 33 Sid.^ March ci.f. 33d. Tone: Dull.
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    19 14 LONDON. Thurs.—Buyers £793, sellers £794; Forward buyers. £785. sellers £786: Statement £794. Turnover a.m. 115 tons, p.m. 125.
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    192 14 DID CANNIBALS EAT LENNOX BOYD'S GREAT UNCLE? ISLAND QUEST ONDON, Thurs. -Mr. Alai 1_ Lennox Boyd. Britain former Colonial Secretarj left here by air yesterda; for a nine-week holiday li the South Seas where h hopes "to find out if it 1 true that his great uncl was eaten by
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