The Straits Times, 18 January 1960

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  • 18 1 AVERAGE DAILY CEBTIFIKIi SALE ESTEEMS 80,000 The Straits Times fitter. Estd. 1845. MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1960 15 CENTS.
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  • 231 1 This is why you should master Malay QNE NATION, one language. That is the theme of National Language Week, because people who speak the same tongue can more easily identify themselves with each other. And that is why thousands of people throughout Malaya are now studying Malay. Are you one
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  • 801 1  -  WEE KIM WEE JAKARTA, 'SOVEREIGN NATION' PROTOCOL TO APPLY Jakarta plans 'red carpet' treatment for P.M. From Sunday Visits to Jogja, Bogor and Bali 'THE Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will receive a "red carpet" welcome when he arrives here on Tuesday for
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  • 57 1 The challenge— Maori style THE MALAYAN PRIME MINISTER. Tengku Abdul Rahman, his wife and other* in his official party are challenged in the traditional Maori manner as they enter the Turangawaewae Maori village. By picking up a twig of the Karaka tree after the challenge, the Tengku and his party
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  • 202 1 DANGEROUS BOMB AT A TIN MINE: ARMY TO REMOVE IT IPOH, Sun.—Arrange--1 merits were today being completed to tow away a $1 million dredge from within the ertecuve range of a 250 lb. bomb uncovered by the dredge yesterday morning. The bomb is in the mining area of the Sungei
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  • 48 1 DETROIT. Sun. A cat named Abby has been found responsible for a US$lO7 long-distance telephone bill. Abby knocked the receiver off an upstairs telephone extension while his owners, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Decaire. were making a long-distance call downstairs, and the line remained open for 20 hours.
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  • 112 1  -  EPSOM JEEP, By IPOH, Sunday. LH)R the first time in many years betting on the win totalisator at Ipoh touched the 10,000 mark in one race today the 5.15, a 6f. handicap for Class 2, Div. 3 horses. There were heavy "covering" bets on
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  • 783 1  - Tengku sees vast geyser land in 600-mile drive KEVIN VOLTZ The CHATEAU. From yiSITORS think New Zealand's North Island geyser is only a spectacular tourist attraction, but Malayan premier Tengku Abdul Rahman today, on the fourth day of his fortnight's goodwill tour to this country, saw how scientists are putting
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  • 126 1 Drive for bigger Navy LONDON, Sun. The Royal Navy toaay is in a '"parlous state," according to tne wavy League, an unofficial body which aims at promoting the interests of the navy. Tomorrow, the League is to launch a new pha*e in its campaign for a bigger and better navy
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  • 25 1 IKE FOR RUSbIA IN |UNE ALBANY Grur Prtjjiitut tiMiili nill mi ke teii-il.o ■>'- Rank fi"ii' luiu I" ntaitr Uoti.v foruull ma-iiuued tod-iv 1
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  • 437 2 Anna's betrayal makes her a Red heroine ANNA MUKICS, a girl who asked to be taken to Canada in return for guiding a woman across the frontier and then handed her over to the frontier guards has been decorated by the Hungarian Communist Youth Federation for "exemplary conduct in the
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  • 25 2 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. Sun. a National Language Week speaking contest will be held at the Sekolah Umum here at 230 pm tomorrow.
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  • 146 2 $800,000 RAID WAS FANTASTIC FEAT LONDON. Bun.-TheMare Btreet branch of Barclays Bank locks everything np tight every night, especlal- ly the money. First they place the money In a steel cabinet The steel cabinet ts In a massive vault guarded by three massive locks The doors are 10 Inches thick.
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  • 86 2 MAN TOOK BUFFALO BY HORNS... CAPETOWN, Sun. A 25-year-old farm foreman was in hospital today after a Ufe-and-death struggle with a huge buffalo bull which had tossed an African and damaged a farm near the Kruger National Park. He grabbed the bull by the horns Ami as It shook Itself
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  • 131 2 HONG KONG, Sunday. A CHINESE MIG Jet fighter which crashea on Formosa four days ago, killing the pilot, did so because of a "mechanical fault causing loss of direction". The offlclal New Chin* News Agency quoting "sources concerned." said the aircraft was on a training flight.
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  • 23 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Bun The Johore Bahru Customs station will be closed on Jan W and Jan. 29 for Chinese New Year.
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  • 23 2 KUANTAN. Sun. The assistant District Officer here. Inche ishak bin Dadln has been elected president of the Kuantan Youth Club.
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  • 140 2 HOLLYWOOD WRITERS ON STRIKE OVER TV FILMS HOLLYWOOD. San —A Writers Guild of America strike against Hollywood studios threatens to shut down all film production here shortly. More than 500 writer* walked out last night in a dispute over payment for post- 1948 films released for television viewing. A spokesman
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  • 28 2 KUALA KANOSAR. Sun The progress exhibition organised by the Department of Information. North Perak •ill be held at the Iskandar Polo Club here tomorrow and Tuesday.
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  • 168 2 MIAMI BEACH, (Florida), Sunday. f pHE F. 8.1, revealed yesterday that a passenger who bought a ticket on a plane which crashec into the Gulf of Mexico last November may have arranged for another man to travel for him in order to collect on
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  • 55 2 MASS TRIAL OF 145 IN CUBA HAVANA. Sun.— Soldiers marched 145 accused "counter revolutionaries" Into the theatre of the grim La Cabana fortress yesterday for a mass trial on charges of plotting to overthrow Fidel Castro with help from the Dominican Republic. The trial Is the biggest yet in the
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  • 279 2 GIRL. 14. DETAILS HER DORMITORY INTIMACIES ANEW HAVEN, Sunday SEX SCANDAL is rocking Yale, a leading American University A 14-year-old girl has been arrested by New Haven city police and 11 students have quit the university after allegations that they had sexual relations with
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  • 44 2 M *P°H- Sun. Lieut. Col. M.W. Holme has taken over as commanding officer of the Ist Bn.. 3rd East Anglian Regiment. He succeeds Lieut. Col T.J. Barrow, who has been appointed general staff officer, officer training. Hong Kong land forces.
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  • 529 3 WEST BELITTLING ARMY CUT, SAYS RUSSIA REPERCUSSIONS CAUSED BY SOVIET DECISION HAS EMBARRASSED U.S.' ltf OSCOW, Sun. The Soviet news agency Tass today accused certain "Western quarters" of resorting to "all sorts of tricks and ruses to weaken the impression produced by the bold unilateral art of the Soviet Union"
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  • 172 3 EIGHT POLICEMEN SEIZED: 'FENCES' CHARGE n HICAGO, Sun. Eight Chicago policemen were seized on Friday and held for investigation of what authorities said may prove to be a major scandal. The eight were seized in a pre-dawn round-up by fellow officers ult'?r a burglary suspect charged that they acted as
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  • 25 3 BUENOS AIRES. Sun. Post offices here werje completely paralysed yesterday by a strike protesting against the dismissal and arrest of union leaders. Reuter.
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  • 171 3 The baby who was traded for a house SOUTH SHIELDS. Sun. The baby boy who was traded by his parents for a house went to his new home today. The swap was carried out so the six-day -old infant's brothers and sisters could have a decent home. The baby was
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  • 34 3 PORTSMOUTH. Sun. The British submarine. Tally Ho, which won fame in the Far East during the war, returned here yesterday to be scrapped after five years in the Mediterranean.— Reuter.
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  • 27 3 MELBOURNE. Sun. Troops yesterday went to the assistance of almost exhausted men fighting a bush fire in the Flinders Ranges In South Australia.- Reuter
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  • 156 3 WOMEN IN JAKARTA ROW OVER C.O.L. JAKARTA, Sun. J Extra guards have been placed outside the Indonesian Commerce Department building here after a week of sporadic demonstrations against rising living costs. Forty representatives of housewives and other organisations gathered at the building last Thursday, but dispersed peacefully when the Minister
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  • 43 3 AMSTERDAM. Sun.— A Dutch father. Mr. P. M. .AVri' here has n *™e«> bis son after the 12 Apostles of Christ— Luke Mark. Matthew. John. Pet«r, Paul. Bartholomew. James. Simon. Philip, Thomas and Andrew the Catholic newspaper De Tijd reported. Reuter.
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  • 305 3 KADUNA, Sunday. \|R. MACMILLAN began the last stage of his iT Nigerian tour here yesterday while the Federal parliament in Lagos unanimously resolved to ask Britain for independence within the Commonwealth. The new legislature asjeed i the British Government to establish the Federation of
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  • 98 3 LONDON, -Sunday. MR. SELWYN LLOYD, the Foreign Secretary, expressed confidence in the outcome of the Cyprus ministerial conference at its opening session yesterday. The conference, called to remove disagreements on the size of British military bases after the grant of independence to the island due
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  • 41 3 NEW YORK. Sun.— Judge Ace Porter, of St. Joseph. Montana, who recently increased the fine for running through a "school-stop" sign from US$3 to US$2O charged himself with the same offence and left $20 to pay the fine. Reuter.
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    • 350 3 1 Your radio today. 77] RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres NATIONAL SHORTWAVE A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 832 SERVICE 41.7 metres Morning Pre lu de 7.00 The New,. kS'ES.™* 1 S 3 T£& 7.0S A Date With Music; 8.00 The Pr-nanj 3M mrtrrs News; 8.05 A Date With
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  • 237 4 TAPPERS AT WORK FIRE CRACKERS TO FRIGHTEN OFF 'MR. STRIPES' 7 GOATS CARRIED AWAY BY PROWLER BELIEVED TO BE A 'KRAMAT' BUKIT MERTAJAM, Sunday. [JUBBER tappers in Tassek Junjong on the Province Wellesley-Kedah border fire crackers while at work to scare away a tiger, reported
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  • 125 4 COLOMBO PLAN STUDENT IS BACK WITH A DEGREE •UK. ABRAHAM FARAJ ELIBHA, 25, a Colombo Plan student, who returned to Singapore in the Oranje yesterday afttr completing a course at the University I of Melbourne A former student of St. Andrew's School, Singapore, he obtained a degree in electrical enrinee>ing.
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  • 28 4 KUALA LUMPUR. £>un. Wealthy contractor, Mr Bong Sin believed to be the victim of a kidnap gang was still missing tonight. He disappeared a week ago.
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  • 65 4 TELUK ANSON, dun. Six elephants on a rampage have destroyed banana trees, sugar cane and vegetables In Kampong Setx-las, on the Degong Road. 22 miles from here. Mr. T. 8. Nair, manager of Tai Seng Estate, a rubber plantation next to the kampong. said: "They passed
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  • 41 4 BINOAPORE. Sun The new Anglican High School In Upper Changl Road will be officially opened and j blessed by the Bishop of! Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H. i W. Balnes on Jan. 25 at 5.30 p.m
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  • 35 4 SINGAPORE. Bun. Th« I Commission of Inquiry into: the building industry will hold a public session at the conference room of the Ministry of Finance, sth floor Fullerton Building, tomorrow at 10 a.m.
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  • 12 4 Mrs. HOLLOW AY round the world at 80
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  • 312 4 Trip made with money earned as baby-sitter SINGAPORE, Sun. An 80 year old American grandmother is seeing the world with money she eacned as a babysitter. Mrs. Letizla 8. Holloway. of Los Angeles, Is making the trip alone on the $3,000 (U.S. i she earned as a baby-sitter over the
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  • 24 4 SINOAPORh Bun.- Mr. R. Pahnastock. an American scientist, will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon meetIng on Wednesday. His topic: "Satellite Tracking."
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  • 27 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. The annual conference of British diplomats and Service chiefs in South-East Asia will be held here from Jan. 20 to Jan. 23.
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  • 109 4 SINGAPORE, Sun Free film shows beginning nightly at 7 p.m. will be given by the Ministry of Culture at the following places from tomorrow: TOMORROW Chang! Tamil School. Wing Loong Road: Tau Mong School. Yio Chu Kang Road: Lam San Bchool. Chua
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  • 112 4 Indians celebrate music festival SINGAPORE, Sun. The Indian community celebrated *he Mummoorthi Festlva at the Ramakrlshna Mb ion Hall In Bar thy Road today with a programme of scaT;gs and prayers. It was In honour of three famed composers of Carnatlc music— the classical music of South India— Thyagaraja. Qikshlthar.
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  • 22 4 SINGAPORE. Bun. Mr. Chua Chong How has been elected president of the Lorong Limau Chinese Sports 4 Family Benefit Party.
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  • 140 4 SINGAPORE ARTIST HOLDS ONE-MAN SHOW IN HOME TOWN FOR FIRST TIME SINGAPORE, Sun. Mr. Yuen Fong Wan, 22, a talented Singapore artist, held his first one-man art exhibition in his home town here yesterday, at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. J. M. de Kermadec. general secretary of the Alliance
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    • 120 4 Singapore diaryT.. EXHIBITION Or PAINTINGS by T. C. Tan at Dlethelm building Marks* Street. a.m. to 4 3o p re SINGAPORE JVDO CLU* Junior class Reneral practical 7.3n pm to 10 p.m YWCA (Bafflsa Qmmy) English conversation Intermediate 9 1» am., advanced 10.15 ajn., beginners IMS am; Chinese cooking shrimps
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    • 92 4 FEDEBATION OF BOYSCLUBS (Qoeen Street): Judo 6 p.m., motor-repairing, art claw, photography 7 pjn. KATONG BOYS' CLUB (OuiUemard Road): Badmmton, Indoor 3 pm; aepak raga 5 pm,, bodybuilding 6 pm Bl KIT TIM\H YOC7TH CLUB: TVble-tennis. Indoor games, footbaa), body-building 4 p.m badminton 4 30 p.m. J6O CHIAT YOUTH CLUB:
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  • 1348 5 Daimler -they thought the genius was slightly crazy ONE night in 1883, a police IKirty marched through the streets of Cannstadt, in Wurtemburg, to halt at a secluded villa. For some time the villa had been the source of mysterious sounds which
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    • 243 5 The Saint By Leslie Charteris AND THAT REFLEX OF yOUffS WOULD 1 WELL, YOU 6IVE (T TIF 1 COULD. VICKY,"] fIRST TI/ME WHEN YOil I HAVE 6/VEN AWAy wweke ir wvs I mck to me at once) i would LVI Abner By Ai Capp vo' dont unuerstan' a word Tl
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  • 31 6 1* ore's tit (Minimum) MR. AND MRS. MOHO. NOOR BIN taib thank friends and relatives for their kind wishes and valuable gifts on the occasion of tnelr marriage on 10-1-60.
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  • 406 6 2* Wards tit (Minimum) AT -THE COCKPIT" Mondial to Fridays Business Man's Lunch $3.50. CHARMING FRESH SELECTION of cool cotton frocks. Vanity, 32, Raffles Place, Spore I EDWARD SIMON I/card No. 03M67J have embrace Muslim Religion as from 2.2 99 In the name of Otamaa bin Abdullah. THE OTHER
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  • 696 6 The straits Times Monday, January 18, 1960. Registering Societies The amendments of the Societies Ordinance which the Singapore Government proposes are certainly substantial enough to warrant examination of the bill by a Select Committee. Political parties, sports associations and social organisations alike are concerned. Public interest consequently is considerable, and
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  • 264 6 The debate surrounding the Federation Governments scheme to lend money for the provision of cheap housing has brought out clearly the difficulties that arise when a national problem gets mixed up with State rights, particularly when land is involved as it is in this case. It is
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  • 256 6 The Muslim Marriages (Amendment) Bill is to go before a Select Committee of the Singapore Assembly. But it is unlikely to undergo any substantial change. Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, the UMNO member for Geylang Serai, on whose suggestion the Bill was committed to Select Committee, gave
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  • 277 6 Unified scheme awaits the Minister's approval THE article headed x "The Teachers' Tangle" (S.T. Jan. 14) is inaccurate and incomplete in many important respects. The unified salary scale h&6 not been finalised though substantial agreement has been reached in the National Joint Council for Teachers. The final scheme awaits the
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  • 345 6 Tengku and the Maoris' white heron... YOUR readers may be Interested In an explanation why the Tengku was addressed by the Maoris as "the white heron of a single flight." The white heron Is the largest of the four white egrets that are known collectively In Malaya as "Bangau." Its
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  • 461 6 CAIRO, Sunday. IT IS now just a placid lake contained by the ramparts of the old Aswan Dam. On the granite rocks of one bank and the sand stone bluffs of the other four miles south of the old dam, simple lines of whitewash
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  • 1181 6  -  AUSTIN DE SILVA 899 candidates will contest 1 51 seats in Ceylon's general election in March: but the question is will it be held? -From 1 COLOMBO. SUNDAY ELABORATE preparations have been begun by Ceylon's political parties to fight the general election, fixed for March 19. As
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  • 191 7 CEYLON VISITOR WRONG SAYS SENATOR KUALA LUMPUR. Sun —Most of the 30,--000 Ceylonese ln Malaya are already Federal citizens by operation of law, the leader of the community, Senator Dato Sir Clough Thuraisingham, said today. He was commenting on the statement by a retired lecturer from Ceylon. Mr. A. Brodle.
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  • 87 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Two Malayans left by air today to attend the week-long conference of the third session of ECAFE in Bangkok. They were the acting Deputy Controller, Trade Division, Inche Nasaruddin bin Mohamed. and the Assistant Controller. Mr. Toh Ah Bah. A secretary at the
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  • 191 7 Meeting of S-E.Asia university leaders SINGAPORE, Sun. Exchange programmes of university students and teachers will be among topics discussed at the board meeting of the Association of South East Asian Institutions of Higher Learning which opens here tomorrow. The meeting, at the University of Malaya, will be opened at 9.15
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  • 279 7 JUDGE TELLS THEM: I'D HAVE SENT YOU TO JAIL IF YOU WERE NOT FIRST OFFENDERS MUAR, Sunday. SIX people who pleaded guilty to operating a 10,000 character lottery were fined a total of $27,000 by the President of the Sessions Court here today. They were:
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  • 83 7 COLONEL OF GOORKHAS ARRIVES SINGAPORE. Sun.— MajorGeneral L.H.O. Pugh. former Chief of Staff at GHQ, Farelf. arrived here today ln his capacity as Colonel. 2nd King Edward VIIs Goorkha Rifles (the Slrmoor Rifles). Ma j. -Gen. Pugh who Is visiting Singapore. Hong Kong and the Federation ln this capacity, will
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  • 66 7 BINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. James Puthucheary. manager of the Industrial Promotion Board, left by air this morning for Bangkok to attend a meeting of the committee on trade of the E C A F E. With him went Mr. Tay Scow Huah. an Assistant Secretary In the
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  • 60 7 SINGAPORE. Sun. Air Marshal Sir Edward Chilton. the Air Officer Commanding-In-Chlef of Royal Air Force Coastal Command, left Singapore by air for Australia early this morning after a short visit to RAF units here and ln the Federation. After his Australian tour, he will pass
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  • 25 7 BALING. Bur..— The Baling Youth Club will hold a tea party on Jan. 21 for Miss Patricia Hoggart. a youth leader from Australia
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  • 166 7 IPOH, Bun.— The executive of the Perak branch of Party Rakyat was dissolved at an extraordinary delegates meetins of the branch here today. A new committee was set up. The chairman, Inche Sha'arl bin Babul, who called the meeting, did not attend. After the closed-door session.
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  • 37 7 THE Yang di-Pertuan Negara. Inche Yusof bin Ishak plants a stick in the ground at Pulau Bukom Kechil to mark the site of a new mosque. Straits Times picture.
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  • 609 7 THE Yang di-Pertuan A Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, received a warm welcome today from the people of Pulau Bukom Kechil and Pulau Seking, on his first official visit to the Southern Islands. The islands were decorated with flags and bunting, and the islanders,
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  • 309 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. The State Medical and Health Officer. Johore, Dato (Dr.) Salleh bin Abdul Hamid, 50, died suddenly yesterday. Dato Salleh was at his office as usual during the day. Collapsed After visiting the town he returned home about 7.30 p.m. when
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  • 302 7 DETAINEES: RULES ON MAKING OBJECTIONS SINGAPORE, Sunday. TN the Preservation of Public Security (Ad•l visory Committee) Rules gazetted last Friday, the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. On; Pang Boon, has laid down that every person against whom an order or direction had been made must, if he should wish to
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  • 145 7 FORGERIES: A NEW WARNING IN BORNEO lESSELTON. Sun. The North Borneo Accountant General. Mr. H. V. I. Jones, has urged the people here to study their dollar notes carefully to see if there are any forgeries among them. They have a) so keen told* "If you find a forged note
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  • 851 8  -  Saul Rose By ROLAND CHALLIS THE Indian Socialist, Rammanohar Lohia, speaking to the AntiColonial Bureau of the Asian Socialist Conference in 1954, said: "Asian Socialists must anchor their faith in equal rejection of all Imperialism and the creeds that give them birth." The remark touches
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  • 229 8 SCRAPBOOK FOB THr TWENTIES. By Leslie Bally (MuUer. 255.) rpo those who h: ye formX ed their ideas of the twenties from the theatrical skit "The Boy Friend." this book will show the other side of the coin: A decade which Included the General
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    • 308 8 Straits Times Crossword ACKOSS 7. Nelson loses his start a 1. Saint's ghost, or strange proportion, anyway (6). heavenly phenomena (8. ft). S. Acting as another mining 10. Timekeeper encountered on seaport possibly (IS). going into city (9). 9. Two foreign articles on the 11. "Of have we on the
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    • 1426 9 b.!lb N i M THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. "ni"' SINGAPOIE (incMptrattl ib tat UnUd Kmgdea) I UNI SAILINGS TO AOEN UK I CONTINENTAL PORTS Sport P SUm Pantrii ■ENCLEUCH tor H burg, L'don. Grangtmout» 21 24 IM M/ 27 Jaa M/M Ja* ■ENVENUE for Liverpool, Rotterdam. Hun 2/ S
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    • 1461 9 tap*- McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. kpa, r*^ Ililf*"" LINE fXLAVENESS LINE V cOtOkON ■IMHW BITTfMKIM HAVRE LOS ANCELES, SAN FRANCISCO. I NULL. SEATTLE. VANCOUVER I PORTLAND •no for Canada ft USA North Atlantic aarts Acceitm cirgt ftr CmM lasrifc Cm OF UPON- tmenca. S'pora P. S'harn Penang IRONXVIILE im. B-7/M
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 24 10 an 11 12 IS 14 15 16 (pcrpienl) (prrlb.) $387.62', Sl.13% $387.62>, HUH $3«7.87'4 11.14-H $388.12', $1 Us, »3M.12i 2 $IM% »388.37fi
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    • 1781 10 REDUCED BUSINESS ON QUIETER MARKET By Our Market Correspondent THE Malayan Share Market turned quieter last week and the volume of business was on a reduced scale. Following the burst of activity of the past few months the market is now over-bought and requires to get its second wind if
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    • 525 10 RUBBER: AGAIN NO UPSETS TTHE rubber market again last week was very quiet A and February succeeded January as the current quoted position on Friday with no upsets. me price remains very sieauy, jmaays ciose vi Deuig me &anie an ivlonutiy s. me Highest closing price was 91.1%-fc on Weunesaay
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    • 12 10 ALL Malayan Exchange Banks' AsaorUtion rates remained unchanged on Saturday.
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    • 288 10 fHE Malayan Share Brokers' Aaaeeiatlon reported on Saturday (Jan. 16): "Industrials and tins were better, dollar rubbers were quiet and sterling rubbers were easier. The turnover was small." Singapore brokers reported the following business: Industrials: BB Petrol 61s Con. Tin Smelt ords 51s. 14d.; Pitspatrlcks $1.16; Praser and
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    • 22 10 Malayan Share Market: Jan. 16 Jan. 15 Industrials: 123.07 121.85 Tins: 150.88 1V1.5K S Rubbers: 223.24 2i4.2b Jan. 1 1938=1*0
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    • 86 10 Iyer HlUm 111 l K H>d Ktata Bellas Tin Malayan Tin Southern Malayan Pahanr Con. (pref.) Southern Tronoh >on*el Best raipinr Con. ranjonf Tin rronoh Mines Suklt Srtnhawanc t Interim. urrml payment 4>id.f md.t 5%t 3d.t 3d.t 8%%t 6d.t 1 S/sd.t 15%t ed.t. «d.t 10% t IMUe of
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    • 1048 10 'THE following list of revised x quotation, was ituee by the Malayan Share Brokers' Awclation after its la»t meetlnr on Saturday (Jan. 16). H and L stand lor higheM and lowest for business done in 1959 and In the current year to date. at NMMNM t «T
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1263 10 Express U.S.A. Pacific 4fc Atlantic Coast Service E.T.A. E.T.A. E.IJL Spore P. Sham Penang H'doni L. Anfeltt New York •■Kviikna Mara" 21/25 Jat 2* 27 Jit I ftk 21 Ftk 14 Mat "Kiaikna Mare" lit Mil 2J/2I Feb a Fit 1 Mar 2«cill 2/ 4 Mar I Mar 2t Mar
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    • 76 10 TECK HWA SHIPPING CO., LTD. 46, Circular Read, Sinqopore Telephone Net. *****, *****. ***** A ***** m.v. "ANCON" far Bangkok Jan. 20 m.v. "BRAVO" for Phnom-Pcnh Jon. 22 r^ KIE HOCK SHIPPING CO., ITD. I |^*sssssbsbV\ 41 CFCIt STRCEI S PORE Tclipktst Ntt. mst 22tM liV^P"^! SELAT MABURA Ptmom Penh
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    • 793 10 NOTICES RAFFLES HOTEL LIMITED (Incorporated vi Singapore) NOTICE Is hereby given that Mr. MARIO MARCHKSI haa been appointed MANAOm of RAFFLES HOTEL In succession to Mr. FRANS BCHUTZMAN. EVATT CO. Secretaries. HONG FATT (SUNGEI BESI) LIMITED LOSS OF SHARE CERTIFICATE APPLICATION has been made to the Directors of this Company
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 1235 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL APPLICATIONS are Invited irom qualified Midwives for the posts of Midwives In the Salary Scale of $152.50 x 7.50 267.50 p.m. Applications stating age. qualifications and experience to reach the Municipal Secretary. Kuala Lumpur not later than January 25th 1960. Application forms are available
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    • 810 11 si (Cci'innrd fTwaa l*Bfß f) SITUATIONS VACANT 10 Word* ti (Mim.)— Box M rta. axf r* BOX A 8742 S.T. Pasltion n!M*l Applicants thanked. WANTIO Recommended EnglishSpeaking Cook Oeneral Amah for European Couple, Flat No Children. Phon* B'pon *****. FIRST CLASS English apeaktng Cantone** general amah required by European family.
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    • 1156 11 SITUATIONS VACANT tt Words U (Min.)-Box it tt: txtrm WANTIO LADY OPIRATOR/ Tjrv'H. state experience, qualification*, age and salary dfslnd Reply to BOX AMI 9 ST. Singapore. EUROPEAN CLUB m Singapore In rites applications for tbs post of Club Secretary. Applicants should write, giving persons! details and experience, W Box
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    • 1029 11 SITUATIONS VACANT It Word* ti (Min.)-Box f ti: txtrm LAMCI INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL COMCtRN tnvnts applications from University/Technical Colk«* txadaatM and iho*» pssstd H.B.C. v trainee* for rvspoßsibl* posit ton* IB factory -»J«« dspc Probation t **sr*. •tartan*, alary trsan S3SO SSSO, dspsndm* *n qualifisattari. saad pr«t*«ct<. Oopl*s only or aiptomu/cartiftcatsa
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    • 1093 11 OFFICE SPACE VACANT to Wordt Si (Mim.)— Box it cts. tMtrm AVAILABLE FMOM 11T January OBlce Table Space In Raffle* Place. Telephone facilities. Reply Post OflJce Box 143. Singapore VACANT FACTORY S, Jalan Luaaba Kuda, Johore Banru. About one acre. Contact Madam Law. SA Jalan Lumba Kuda. Johore Banru. HOUSES
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    • 1159 11 SHOPS TO LET M Word, ti (Min.)—Box M rts. tMtrm TO LIT 4 Stony Shop boua* Tt N»w Bridge RoM. Please apply Chin*** Bankers Trust Company. Unite*. Chulla atrttt, Singapore. WANTED I* le-orss ti (Mim.)— Box it tit. txirm FOREIGN FIRM near market place Bingftpor* require* qualified Malay traehar for
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    • 579 11 MISCELLANEOUS I* Wtrdt li (Him.)— Box tt tt: «"H LOOK LOVELIER Secnt K^| Treatment at Mas Factors Beau-H Salon! Th* Federal Dispensary. sLH Raffles Place, B'por*. Pbon* ***** n^ftfj appolntmrnU. WIN A FRICIOAIRE REFRIGERAToH Visit THE NIW FRIOIDAIRE CENTRS-B 2OU. Clemcnceau Avenue. atngapof^H and gat your FRBB INKY FORM for
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  • 1488 12  -  EPSOM JEEP Trainer Yong lands a smart treble APPRENTICE jockey Subian gained his third n winner in the new season when he brought in Briden in the main sprint at Ipoh today. Briden completed a double for the meeting. Sulplzlo, carrying 3.614 win tickets In the U-mlle
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  • 42 12 MADE IT! Nat Cooper, the Perak lock-forward, eludes a tackle by Services scrum-half Braybrook and grounds the ball just inside the corner flag to score Perak's only points in Saturday's Malaya Cup final. Services won 12-3. Straits Times picture.
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  • 342 12 BIC SWIEP: Total Pool $221,000 Ist Prise: No. *****1 $61,300 2nd Prise: No. *****0 $28,111 3rd Prise: No. *****2 $14,712 STARTERS ($2,191 each): Nos. *****0. *****0. *****1. *****8. *****7. *****5. *****5. CONSOLATION PRIZES ($l,OOO each): Nos. *****4, *****3, *****1, *****3. *****8, *****5. *****8.
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  • 250 12 DORT OF SPAIN, Sun.— Mi-. I chael Carew, 22-year-old little-known Trinidad batsman, scored an unbeaten century against M.C.C. here yesterday to underline the Immense task which faces the tourists' bowlers on the West Indies' heart and back-break-ing pitches. Carew made 102 not out In a Trinidad
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 255 12 aufttes? Hfi Reach for Listerine before that cold takes hold! The first sniffle or sneeze is a warning— fl reach for Listerine! Gargle it full-stren-gth every few hours. 12-year tests proved: People who gargled Listerine Antiseptic twice daily had fewer, shorter, milder colds than those who* did l^'Ji WlWl*ll Your
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    • 78 12 ATLAS Forrest Modern lighting 7 7 7 9 7 7*? SIMM.! 9ASIC COMPONENTS FORMING AN INFINITE VARIETY Of DIFFERENT FITTIMCS O SEVEN DIFFERENT DIFFUSES SIX SEPARATE COLOURS SIX INCENIOUS SUSPENSIONS n [mn^ KISAKI MARINE DIESEL ENGINE Strong Power a Easy Starting DK-10 BrP +M Wf^T' DK-10 9IP #fl ■kH. 20K-Alo*lBrP
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  • 163 13 TEST: INDIA LOSE BY INNINGS MADRAS. Sun. Australia won the Fourth Test here today by an innings and 55 runs. Resuming at 26 for two. India lost four more wickets in taking their score to 115 by the tea interval. Then came the collapse and the side was dismissed for
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  • 29 13 SINGAPORE. Sun.—Singapore Combined Schools "A" won the Singapore Hockey Association League Div. 2 title when they beat Prisons 5-2 yesterday. They will play ln Dlr. 1 next year
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  • 777 13  -  SAUL JOSHUA, ASIANS will have more chances of playing for their state teams in the Malaya Cup competition in future as a result of an 'expansion of rugger" move agreed upon by the Malayan Rugby Union at Its committee meeting here yesterday.
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  • 248 13 LEADERS KEEP LEAD DESPITE SNOW, MUD LONDON, Sunday. TTHE Big Freeze, which for the past week has held Britain in its grip, yesterday caused the first hold-up of the season in the English football pro- gramme. Five League games were called off. and many others were played only after referees
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  • 87 13 CHUA CUP: PENANG SURPRISE PERAK IPOH, Sun. Penang, with an overnight 2-1 lead, beat Perak for the first time in the Chua Choon Leong Cup tennU aeries here this morning. Penan* won 3-2 to become the North Zone winner*. Perak were without their No. 1. Moses lay, who has been
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  • 84 13 SINGAPORE, Sun. The third Malayan Hockey Federation quadrangular for the season In which Singapore will compete will be held In Singapore on Feb. 19, 20, and 21. Other states taking part are Negrl Sembllan, Malacca and Johore. The Singapore Hockey Association also confirmed the
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  • 998 13 Tottenham 26 14 8 ***** 36 Burnley 26 16 3 8 62 43 33 Wolves 26 14 3 9 67 51 31 Preaton 26 12 7 7 50 45 31 Pulham 26 IS 4 9 49 49 30 BtMff. Wed. 26 12 6 9 49 31 29 Blackburn
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  • 91 13 Pennefather scores seven in row QINQAPORE, Mon—Defending champions Singapore Civilians scored an easy 8-0 win over Royal Navy In their opening match in the Singapore Hockey Association quadrangular at Changl today. Highlight of the fame was the fine performance by Percy Pennefather. who scored seven goals In a row. two
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 229 13 /I'/ 7 YOUR FLAT ROOF 1 111 I I II I WOULD NOT LEAK/ consult TONG NAM (MALAYA) LTD. I*o. Srt*q ad. Km. 407. 4f» Ff« ar 4na lid, S>*9«por«. 7. K>y«* Srr*«r. Kuala Lammmr T.< ?6?»0 t, 22W 7*l: $109» THt ORIGINAL JAPANESE DISCOVERY FINALIN T*-4^*o!T^| riMHW 11 KCItiRMO
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 60 13 SmOAPOU: lamr SCO v All Whites, padang. tower: SOSPa league, Div. 2A Prlaon* I Police B", Changl; SIR Jurong. Kallang: Marines "B" v Printing. Srangoon Road. Tab**tennla: STTA championahlpa, BTBC, 7 30 p tn. G««: RSOC LQTJ medal competition. Slme Road. Hockey: SHA quadrangular Army v Navy (4 p.m.); Civilians
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  • 221 14 MOVE TO HELP THE TAX PAYERS KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The newly-form-ed Federation of Malaya Taxpayers Association will examine the 'incidence of taxes and rates with a view to removing j anomalies." It will scrutinise laws relating to taxation and rates, oppose "unreasonable or oppressive" measures and press for the Inttoductlon
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  • 83 14 THE FAMILY OF tho late Mr. Paul <;oh Tick Slont:. VMM their heartfelt thank- to all n la liven, friend* and wcll-wmhiT* who attended thr fun.ral. cent wreatha. meaaage* of condolence and rendered valuable aailMancr at the funeral. MR. CHOW >HEE SCNC thank all thoar who attended the funeral
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  • 170 14 MM. V. SITTAMPALAM at Vudduk.Ki.L.i M on 13-1-60 mother of Uiun. Thillal»mpalatn No. 42 Jalao I MoaJM (Road 60). PeUUnc Jaya ID inrrly ot G M.R. and C.A Offlce Malayan Railway) and Sabaratnam of C<; Xlv Vylon. PMRAKR J VICMARNKOSOL (Tan Nlmitra). Buddbmt Prle« of W.-it Budatsana, Bangkok, paused
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  • 123 14 NZ ENVOY'S DAUGHTER ARRIVES BY LINER SINGAPORE, Sun. Miss Pirihira Bennett. 22, daughter of the New Zealand High Commissioner in Malaya. Lt.-Cot. C. M. Bennett, arrived in the liner Oranje from New Zealand today to join her parents. She was met by her mother who had come down from Kuala
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  • 74 14 WASHINGTON, Bun. State Department officials said yesterday that no rice &ales were being made at Singapore under Public Law 480, nor are any planned. A State Department expert also said he knew of no commercial sale of rice planned In the area. He added it was
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  • 38 14 LEOPOLDVTLLE. Belgian Congo. Bun. A state of emergency was proclaimed In the province of Kasai. central Congo, today to give the Belgian authorities wider powers to halt the fierce lnter-trlbal fighting between Lulau and Baluba tribesmen.
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  • 426 14 REBELS' HIRED FLIER ADMITS BOMBING AIRFIELD IN AMBON IN HIS DARK B-26 JAKARTA. Sunday. AMERICAN flier Allan Lawrence Pope denied before a Military Court here that he conducted an air attack against an Indonesian naval convoy near Ambon, East Indonesia, during the height of the 1958
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  • 287 14 Music of East, West first night SINGAPORE, Sun. A Chinese musical association, under the sonorous title "Singapore Metro Phil- harmonic Society," gave an inaugural concert in the Victoria Memorial Hall tonight. A mixed bag Included vocal solos, choral and Instrumental Items in pursuance or the Society's avowed policy of presentIng
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  • 29 14 TOKYO, Sun. Tour people were killed and a family of five missing In avalanches caused by the worst blizzard to hit northern Japan this winter. Reuter
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  • 246 14 MORE CASH FOR PADI WHEN NEW RICE MILL IS OPENED KOTA BHARU, Sunday. A BIG co-operative rice mill, the first of its kind on the East Coast, will be set up next year near here to cater for patli from 200,000 acres in Kelantan. This uas announced by the Minister
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  • 133 14 A POLICE Inspector in Muar. Mr. h eon Kwai Leong, and his bride, the former Miss Sit Soon Boi, a teacher in Segamat. after their marriage in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Mr. Cheong is the fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. Cheong Cheen of Kuala Lumpur
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  • 242 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. At what time of day do most Malayans listen to their radio sets? What are the most popular programmes? A total of 220.000 listeners' licences has been issued but how big is the entire radio audience in the Federation? A
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  • 108 14 MALACCA. Sun.— The president of the Malacca Rubber Trade Association. Mr. Lee Yin Pok, last night urged that a port authority bt established to develop Ma- 4 lacca Into a first-class lighterage port. He told a dinner to mark the opening of the association's premises
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    • 222 14 yotc ►SIFIED ISEtiEMTS W,,ril. SIM (Minimum) KOH TAN: B.iwivn Kwc H.i- only cbild of Mr and Mr* Koh Sonn Prwe and Olm Wah. third il.niKhi.-r of Mr. and Mm. Tan Nko Kion* on l<-l-«0 ESPECIALLY IN THE STRAITS TIMES I mfgg*^ *\l' TIMI< > HOUSI KIVIK VALUV KD SINC.APORI Tfl
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    • 167 14 i\ MODEL 1 80SC— 6 4 CU. FT II If BOSCH REFRIGERATOR GIVES YOU m MORE COOUINC SPACE IN LESS "I KITCHEN SPACE This beautiful model matches 1 y the Malayan housewife's dream of the TJT perfect refrigerator. It is designed V I I with a place for everything, and
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