The Straits Times, 19 January 1960

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    18 1 AVEBACE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times He**** Estd. 1845. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1960 15 CENTS
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    BUS 'HOLIDAY' THREAT
    333 1 48-hour ultimatum over bonus claim Annual leave all together, 200 may ask SINGAPORE' Monday. MORE than 200 employees of Tay Koh Vat Bus Company will take "a week's holiday," starting from Chinese New Year's Day (Jan. 28), if the management will not accept their bonus claim within
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    Malayan tour for M.P.
    91 1 Malayan tour for M.P. 11/ELLJNGTON. Mon. Tf The leader of the Opposition In the New Zealand parliament. Mr. Keith Holyorke, leaves here on Jan. 24 on a fiveweek tour during which he will visit Indonesia. Singapore, Malaya. Thailand. Laos. Vietnam. Hong Kong. Formosa. Okinawa. Japan and the Philippines. Mr. Holyorke.
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    LAWYER CONSULTS ISMAIL ON 'CERTAIN PAPERS'
    82 1 LAWYER CONSULTS ISMAIL ON 'CERTAIN PAPERS' MR. JAG-JIT SINGH (above), counsel for the 30 Indonesians charted in Penang with unlawful possession of arras and ammunition, bad an hours meeting with the Minister of External Affairs. Dato Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, in Knala Lumpur yesterday. Oato Ismail had granted the
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    A quiet send-off planned for Premier and party
    296 1 A quiet send-off planned for Premier and party SINGAPORE, Mon. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and his party will leave Singapore for Jakarta by Malayan Airways Viscount at 11 a.m. tomorrow to begin an eight-day State visit to Indonesia. A quiet send-off at the airport Is being planned,
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    'Busy year ahead' Khir predicts
    453 1 rpHE Minister of Com- merce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, spoke of a "busy year ahead" as he took over charge of his portfolio today. Inche Mohd. Khir, whe until last week was MliJster of Education and Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry,
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    39 1 ROME. Mon— A police rescue unit today fought Its way through a blizzard with food and medicine for the 430 vll lagers of Montefegalesl. In the Tuscan Apennines, cut off by snow storms for four days.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Writers' tax
    25 1 JAKARTA. Mon. The Indonesian Finance Ministry has ordered publishers to deduct a 20 per cent "authors' tax" from the earnings of writers. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Modern radar
    31 1 NEW YORK. Mon. United States scientists have developed a radar that can bend over the horizon and detect missiles launched from submarines, the New York Times reported today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Tengku goes fishing
    117 1 Tengku goes fishing r|X)NGARIRO, New Zealand. 1 Mon. The Prime Minister of Malaya, Tengku Abdul Rahman's fishing luck was out today when he tried this morning to catch a New Zealand rainbow trout in Lake Rotoalra. However, the chairman of Rotoaira Trust Board i which controls the fishing rights over
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    Lock icon Congress critics of Mr. Nehru's foreign policy back down
    222 1 BANGALORE. Mon. The ruling Congress party yesterday unanimously condemned Chinese Communist incursions into Indian territory but upheld Mr. Nehru's policy of nonalisnment with either of the world's power blocs. Members, who had earlier pressed Mr. Nehru to change his foreign policy
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    Lock icon Queen back in Palace
    70 1 LONDON. Mon— The Queen left her home at Sandrlngham. Norfolk, today to return to Buckingham Palace here where she expects her third child to be born within the next few weeks. The Queen, who was accompanied by Prince Charles, looked extremely well as she walked across
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    Mr. BONG: POLICE SUSPECT 'OUTSIDERS'
    226 1 Mr. BONG: POLICE SUSPECT 'OUTSIDERS' KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. THE millionaire-contractor, Mr. Bong Sin. who was reported missing eight days ago, is now believed to have been kidnapped by a gang from outside Selangor. This Is one of the theories the Dollce are now working on. The police believe it is
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    Lock icon War on drugs
    27 1 LAHORE, Mon.— Pakistan's Interior Minister, Lieut-Gen. K. M. Shaikh, Inaugurated here today a six-day Interpol conference on illicit drug traffic In South-East Asia. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mali talks begin
    56 1 PARIS. Mon. Talks on Independence for the Mali Federation (the Sudanese Republic and Senegal) opened here today, exactly a year and a day after Its creation. President do Gaulle has agreed that Mall should have what he calls "International sovereignty," although remaining at Its own request a
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    10 held after $3,000 demand
    129 1 10 held after $3,000 demand lOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Police today detained 10 men at Pandan, four miles from here, after a week-long investigation into three "extortion 1 notes. One was arrested today at a lonely spot at Pandan while he was with a contrac- tor who had received a note
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    STOP PRESS
    52 1 CYPRUS DEADLOCK I.IIMMIV Mm < )pi iiv i unit miv i- reai heri i«>iii 'Itldlnik tixl.l\ „n ilrinaiul i.. i i 'II.t.MM -tr-U" -II vfeeg (in ivi.im.i < ohm's mil< pi ntli in liaMc learea mM •i I" HIjOUUI l"l HJci |c |)"-i|>"! the i^ju'J i ■■I iDdtpvndrn.
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    Naval exercise
    29 1 BANGKOK. Mon. Seven ships of the Royal Thai Navy and five U.S. minesweepers participated today in a naval mine warfare exercise in the Gulf of Thailand.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Red suspects
    20 1 BANGKOK. Mon The Thai police have arrested 11 persons -as communist suspects, a police spokesman said today. Reuter.
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    POLICE STEP UP PROBE INTO THE FAKE NOTES
    299 2 Search for source widens as more counterfeit dollars come to light KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. I>OLICE have intensified their investigations 1 into the counterfeit dollar notes mystery i as more have been discovered. Search for the source of the forged notes has widened.
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    20 thugs attack man and 2 sons
    105 2 20 thugs attack man and 2 sons pENANG, Mon. A father and his two i sons were assaulted by I about 20 secret society I gangsters at their I house in Trengganu Road last night. Cheong Kam Hoong re- ported to the police that the gang called at about 1130
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    Accused of bid to murder
    51 2 Accused of bid to murder PENANG. Mon.— Paul Lewis Regib was remanded in cusI tody after being charged to- day with the attempted mur- der of a woman. Ong Ah 1 Nya. at the junction of Pe- jiang Road and Prangln Road at about 1.45 a.m. on Ja n 16.
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    Union pay talks
    36 2 i KUALA LUMPUR. M6n. I I The All-Malayan Mining In- I dustry Staff UnJon Is to hold i a delegates conference here j next month to discuss the question of salary improve- ment.
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    TOMMIES URGED TO LEARN MALAY LANGUAGE
    146 2 TOMMIES URGED TO LEARN MALAY LANGUAGE SINGAPORE, Mon.— Lt. Col. H. P. Montague, an Army linguist, today urged British servicemen here to leani the Malay language "in order to foster a better understanding with the local people" He said that there were many good teachers around and ample facilities In
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    Off on course
    34 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A Malayan Railway traffic inspector. Inche Baharun bin Dams, left here today for a four-month course at the Railway Training Centre in Lahore on a Colombo Plan scholarship.
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    A new start for Soo Moy by the Golden Gate
    195 2 KUUM, Monday. A 17-YEAR-OLD Kedah schoolgirl. Ho Soo Moy, x began packing her thing* today for the 10,000--mile journey to Join her five brothers and sisters adopted by an aunt and uncle in San Francisco. The US. Government has given
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    Growers urge: Waive duty on fruits
    85 2 Growers urge: Waive duty on fruits pENANG. Mon— Two delegates representing fruit growers in Penang Island called on the Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Slew Sin. in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday and urged him to waive the new duty on local fruits. The delegates Inche Azii Ibrahim. Penan* itate executive councillor,
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    Tin mine bomb goes up in smoke
    244 2 Tin mine bomb goes up in smoke TPOH. Mon.— A dredge ■*and two small Chineseowned tin mines had to stop work for nearly two hours when a 250--lb. bomb, found in a dangerous condition in their vicinity, was exploded shortly after midday today. Workers on these mine* and hundred* of
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      409 2 Can you read these four sentences? MALAYA Di-dudoki oleh orang2 dari berbagai bangsa. Akan telapi mereka boleh bersatu padu dengan ada-nya suatu bahasa kebangsaan. Orang2 yang boleh menggunakan suatu bahasa yang sama, mungkin akan berfikir dengan chara yang sama. Itu-lah sebab-nya Minggu Bahasa Kebangsaan mi amat penting untok membena sa-buah
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    U.S. gets $40 thousand million A-arsenal boost
    467 3 WORK TO SPEED AHEAD ON MISSILES, ROCKETS, NUCLEAR SUBMARINES WASHINGTON, Monday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER today placed before Congress a staggering forty thousand million dollar plan for expanding America's arsenal of nuclear weapons from inter-continental ballistic missiles to new atomic rockets for individual soldiers. In
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    FAR EAST MILITARY TOUR
    55 3 THF I.S. Army Secretary. Mr. Wilbur M. Brucker. inspects a Nationalist Chinese cuard of honour on bis arrival in Taipeh for a three-day visit to inspect military installations. On his Far East tour Mr. Brucker is also visiting Burma. Thailand, the Philippines. Vietnam. Hong Kong. Korea
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    Lock icon WHERE IT COMES FROM— HOW IT'S SPENT
    73 3 WHERE IT COMES FROM— HOW IT'S SPENT THIS IS bow the U.S. will spend each Budget dollar: National security 54 cents: Interest on debt 11 cents; debt reduction 5 cents; farm programmes 7 cents; veterans programmes 7 cents; other activities 16 cents. And this is how the Government will K
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    Many feared dead in Jap blizzard
    94 3 Many feared dead in Jap blizzard TOKYO, Mon.— The Japan ese Coast Guard said today that 47 people were feared dead in the sinking of a sai'ing vessel and four fishing boats which went down off Hokkaido and northern Honshu in the winter's worst bliizard. At least two otber people
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    Lock icon 'ALL DOORS OPEN' to IKE IN RUSSIA
    174 3 MOSCOW, Monday. A LL doors are expected to be thrown open to PreA sident Eisenhower when he comes to Russia on June 10 for a nine-day visit. Although no programme has yet been worked out. he has already had a number of invitations
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    Lock icon BREAKDOWN IS FEARED AT CYPRUS TALKS
    236 3 BREAKDOWN IS FEARED AT CYPRUS TALKS LONDON, Monday. THE prospect of a breakdown of the Cyprus con- ference, aimed to remove obstacles to the Mediterranean island's independence, was being discuss ed for the first time among conference observers nere. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary, In what was described as
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    Lock icon Shah's trip
    34 3 TEHERAN. Mon. The Shah of Persia and Queen Farah will make their first foreign visit together when they go to Pakistan on Feb. 20 at the invitation of President Ayub Khan. Reuter
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    A 'free vote'
    28 3 OTTAWA. Mon— The Canadian Government has agreed to have a "free vote" on the abolition of capital punishment In the current session of Parliament.— UPl.
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    Lock icon Gaitskell now in Trinidad
    60 3 Gaitskell now in Trinidad PORT OF SPAIN. (Trinidad). Mon. Mr. Hugh Galtskell, the leader of the British Labour Party, arrived here last night from Jamaica. He Is to meet Sir Grantley Adams, the Prime Minister of the West Indian Federation, and members of the Federal Government for discussions which are
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    Lock icon UAR diplomat for London
    49 3 CAIRO. Mon— Mr. Kamal Khalil, first United Arab Republic Charge d'AfTaires in Britain, i s due to leave for London next Friday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said here today. Cairo and London resumed diplomatic relations, severed during the 1951 Suez crisis, on Dec. I.— Reuter.
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    Arabs confer
    34 3 CAIRO. Mon.— The United Arab Republic Foreign Minister. Mr. Mahmood Fawzl. conferred with Mr. Abdel Khalek Hassouna. secretarygeneral of the Arab League, on Israel's plan to divert the Jordan River waters.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon TALKS ON KENYA: NAIROBI WARNING
    220 3 TALKS ON KENYA: NAIROBI WARNING NAIROBI, Mon. The 11 Kenya convention of European Associations declared yesterday that there could be no secuie future for Kenya's people unless the British Government retained ultimate control "for a very considerable period of years." In a letter to European elected members taking part In
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    Lock icon 'Jews get out' sign on British ship
    187 3 MELBOURNE, Monday. f fHE British freighter King Henry (6.000 tons) was daubed with swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans here last night. Crew members today painted out signs which said "Judan Raus" and "Jews Get Out h The 2ft. white signs surrounded by swastikas were
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    Lock icon Rice conference
    29 3 SAIGON. Mon. An International conference on rice will be held here from Feb 13 to Mar 1 under the sponsorship of the Food and Agriculture Organisation.— U.P.I.
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      264 3 Your radio today... Ipoh 330 metrea Malacca 297 metrea A.M. 6.00 9 00 News Summary; P.M. 1.15 Tiffin Date: 1.30 The News: 1.40 Speak Malay; 1.45 Tiffin Date: 2.00 Close Down: 5.00 Children's Half Hour: 5.30 Country Style: 6.00 Programme Summary; 6.02 Retail Pish Prices: 6.05 Current And Topical«.3s Sports
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    JAPANESE SOCIAL WORKER DUE ON STUDY TOUR
    126 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Miss Kikuye Takeuchi, Director of the National Recreation Association of Japan and programme director of the Japanese Y.W.C.A., will arrive in Singapore on Feb. 8 for a four-day visit. Miss Takeuchi is now on a study grant tour of the U.S.A.,
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    $181,335 ROBBERY SEQUEL
    397 4 Top amateur boxer fella court of armed men's escape In taxi LOCKSMITH ACCUSED OF TAKING PART IN PAWNSHOP HOLD-UP SINGAPORE, Monday. A TOP Singapore amateur boxer was one of two youths, who gave an account today of a dramatic escape by four men in a taxi after
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    Dearer oranges for new year
    174 4 Dearer oranges for new year SINGAPORE, Mon. Chinese merchants here have imported about 40,000 cases of oranges from China for the Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb. 28. Another 20,000 cases are due to arrive this week. But merchants said the total import this year will be only half
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    Negro spirituals
    39 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. For the next few weeks the Indian section of Radio Singapore will be broadcasting at 7.15 p.m. on Fridays recordings of Negro spirituals made by the Golden Gate Quartet when they sang here last year.
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    OVER-AGED STUDENTS: REGISTRATION AT JURONG
    186 4 OVER-AGED STUDENTS: REGISTRATION AT JURONG SINGAPORE, Mon—Registration for admission to forms 111. IV and V of deserving over-aged pupils from Government, aided or private schools will take place from Thursday, Jan. 21, to Wednesday, Jan. 26, at the Jurong Special Secondary School i the former Bukit Timah Government Chinese Middle
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    Band concert
    17 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Police Band will play at the Queenstown Community Centre on Wednesday.
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    DEATH PENALTY FOR ICE-WATER SELLER
    243 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. A 46-year-old ice-water seller, Chan Tong, was sentenced to death today at the Assizes for the murder of Lim Ouat Hoon. a young married woman, in Kirn Seng Road on Aug. 8 last year. The jury returned a 5-2 verdict of guilty, with
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    Singer in search of 'right man'
    214 4 S.X.APORE. Mon. A British sin«*r, Miss Phyllis Craig. 24, (left) who was here two years ago "looking for the right man." arived In Singapore yesterday after touring many countries— >till single. Since then, however, she had two broken engagements. Blonde Phyllis and Grace Calvert
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    COURT IS TOLD OF ALLEGED BRIBE— AND GRAB
    257 4 COURT IS TOLD OF ALLEGED BRIBE— AND GRAB SINGAPORE, Mon. A Gambling Suppression Branch detective told a court today how he received an alleged bribe of $2,000 meant for his chicf and lost it in the next few minutes. Tp Boon Kwee alleged that Gian Hock Eng. 48. who gave
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    Modern melody
    26 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The English Service of Radio Singapore will present "Dupa Kenchana" Malay and Indonesian melodies in the modem manner at 7.30 p..m tomorrow.
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    New ruling
    32 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. More than 200 Government English and Chinese schools will now have to operate their staff salaries accounts by two signatories the principal and senior teacher for each school.
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    TOP 14 TO STUDY NEW BILLS
    80 4 SINGAPORE, Mon—Fourteen top unionists, including Government Assemblymen and Political Secretaries, will meet soon to discuss the Industrial Relations Bill and the Trade Disputes (Amendment) Bill, which were tabled in the Singapore Legislative Assembly last week. The meeting is being convened by Mr. O. Kandasamy.
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      130 4 Singapore diary... 1 YWCA (Raffles Quay) Malar beginners 10.30 ajn Japanese flower arrangement 2nd course 10 ajn.. 3rd course 11 am Blue Triangle Club cooking otir.Mistration S p.m.. drama for children 3.45 p.m SINGAPORE JUDO CLUB: Beginners' class 7.30 p.m. to a3O p.m., advanced class 8.30 p m to 10
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      126 4 building and welghiUftlnf 4 p.m.. Judo special intensive course 5.«5 pir... Malay Civil Service Btd. 1 Deglnnen r 3O pm. TOC Talk by the Rev R. I. McCulloch. of RAF Tengah. on "The Church of South India" at U Bcott* Road 8 30 p.m. BUKIT TIMAH YOUTH CLUB: Table-tennli body-bulldlng,
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    Aid for padi planters
    292 5 15,000 IN MALACCA TO BE FREED FROM i GRIPS OF MIDDLEMEN MALACCA, Monday. THE Malacca Government today announced that it had set aside $256,<MM) for a scheme to improve the lot of 15,009 poverty-ridden padi planters in the state. The scheme, aimed at smashing the middlemen's
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    Indonesia's first Foreign Minister flies in
    105 5 SINGAPORE Mon. Indonesia's first Foreign Minister said here today that his country was going through a transition period. Mr. Ahmad Subardjo. (above), Foreign Minister in 1945 and one of the framers of its revolutionary constitution, said: "A parliamentary democracy is all right for a
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    Malayans form garden brigade in Perth
    82 5 Malayans form garden brigade in Perth PERTH. Mon. Malayan students here have formed a "garden hoseholding brigade" to help householders keep their gardens alive in the present hot summer weather. Student liaison officer, Mrs. Mary Hodgkln. s&id that they were charging five shillings an hour to water gardens. She said
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    Johore L-week programme
    47 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Inche Tallb Abu has been appointed chairman of the Mlnggu Bahasa (National Language Week) committee for Johore. The programme for the week Includes an essay writing competition for nonMalay Government officers, singing and art competitions as well as debates in Malay.
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    $1,125 m. means it's a boom year...
    267 5  - $1,125 m. means it' s a boom year... GEOFFREY BOLAND SPENDING BREAKS NEW RECORDS nPHERE is more money than ever in circulation in the Federation of Malaya today and December was a boom month. During December, the money in circulation In the Malayan currency area in which the Federation Is
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    Woman bit off ear of her neighbour
    103 5 I I£UALA LUMPUR, Mon.— An expectant mother, P. R. Mookaiah. was sentenced to one day's jail and fined SIM or three months' jail for biting off a part of a woman's ear. A. Govindamah said that she and Mookaiah were neighbours living at
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    HUSBAND ADMITTED TO HIS BRIDE OF 2 MONTHS: 'I HAVE ANOTHER WOMAN...'
    342 5 OENANG, Mon. Two months after their marriage at the Penang Registry, a husband admitted to his wife that he was keeping another woman, the Penang High Ccurt was told today. THE WIFE, 21-year-old Cheah Joo Kirn, told Mr.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    222 6 M Wards tU (MimiMmm) PMI LECTURE on Cbrswan sclent by Theodore Wallach at Canning Rise Cultural Centre. Thursday, January list., 6 p.m. All are siuunn BTEREOCRAMS-- See and hear the latent models at William Jacks' Philips Radio Showroom, 160 Ctsmeneeeu House. Clemencea Avenue. BE A GOOD Malayan Read Bertta
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    The Straits Times Tuesday, Janoary 19, 1960. Tip From The Tengku
    668 6 The Straits Times Tuesday, Janoary 19, 1960. Tip From The Tengku The possibility of a Malayan system of off- the -course betting modelled on the successful New Zealand scheme was first raised ten years ago, before the New Zealand scheme had proved itself. But the Singapore committee which explored the
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    Hopeful Journey
    280 6 Mr. Lee Kuan Yew leaves for Jakarta at a time when relations between Indonesia and Singapore have never been better. Indonesian suspicions on the subject of rebel activity have subsided, and the warm welcome that awaits the Prime Minister and his party today offers fresh evidence of the
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    Eleventh Hour
    290 6 Though the toughest, the question of Britain's sovereign bases on Cyprus is not the only subject about which representatives of the countries concerned have been holding talks in London. And this is perhaps fortunate, because by displaying liberality on the others Britain may be able to break an
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    Muslim marriage certificate: What is needed
    659 6 V STATEMENT by the Singapore State Ad-vocate-General regarding an ••unauthorised" clause inserted by me In the new Muslim Marriage Certificate appeared In the Straits Times of Jan. 9 It was also stated that the Government had withdrawn the certificates. I think this Is to
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    THE QUIET MAN
    1037 6 THE QUIET MAN BY a quirk of history an unfiery and unpassionate school teacher has emerged as the leader of Africa's largest and potentially wealthiest country on the threshold of its freedom. He is Alhaji Sir Abubaker Tafawa Balewa, Federal Prime Minister of Nigeria, which becomes independent of Britain next
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    SWASTIKA CAMPAIGN AND THE LAW
    634 6 By a Legal Correspondent LONDON, Monday. IHHENEVER Britain experiences any outburst of racial discrimination there are always the watchdogs pressing the Government for specific legislation to deal with those parading their racial intolerance. When the previous proprietors of the Scala ballroom in Wolverhampton refused entry
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    The assessment bottleneck
    726 7 BUILDING INQUIRY TEAM TOLD OF FACTORS THAT HOLD UP NEW HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE LACK of a clear-cut policy on assessment is a bottleneck holding up new homes being erected in Singapore, the Building Industry Inquiry Commission was told today. MR. H. G. WONG, secretary of the
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    Puan Sharifah goes in search of shoes
    194 7 pUAN Sharifah Rodziah. wife of the Prime Minister, managed to get off on a two-hour shopping spree the afternoon after her arrival with Tengku Abdul Rahman, in Auckland last Wednesday. In the morning they had met Colombo Plan students from Malaya who are
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    Prisoner's morning escape bid foiled
    229 7 IT WASNT A MOCK JAIL BREAK A YOUNG prisoner es- caped from a working party at Pudu Jail here this morning and started a dramatic chase watched by hundreds of office workers. The chase, however, ended 15 minutes later when the escapee was captured In
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    Keys send waitress to court
    80 7 ITUANTAN, Mon. A 19--year-old waitress, Bidah blnte Yasln, was charged here today for being m possession of a bunch of keys with a police lanyard attached to it at the Nanyang Hotel on Dec. 18 last. She could not give any satisfactory explanation for being
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    Mobile library for Malacca
    60 7 MALACCA. Mon. Malacca's Chief Minister. Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba. said today that a mobile library will tour rural areas In the state In March. The travelling library a specially ordered van costing $22,000 will be run by the Malacca Library. The costs were mat by
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    OBSCENE PHOTOS: MAN FINED $200
    73 7 OBSCENE PHOTOS: MAN FINED $200 SINGAPORE. Mon. F. W. Bismeyer, described as a ship's master, was today fined $200, or two months' jail, for sending a letter with nine obscene photos, on Sept. 18, 1958. Bismeyer, who was charged under the Post Office Ordinance, pleaded guilty. The fine was paid.
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    Orchid thieves strike again
    43 7 PENANG, Mon. Orchid thieves are again active Mr. C. M. Hashim. president of the Penang division of UMNO, lost several sprigs from his Ayer Itam Road home during the weekend. Another family In Hargreaves Circus also lost some plants.
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    CON MAN SWINDLES 100 JOB SEEKERS
    161 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. jtf ORE than 100 Job seekers have been duped by a confidence trickster who offered them work at a new Petallng Jaya factory due to be officially open- Ed on Saturday. Many paid money to tha man. A report has been
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    30 school awards by Jaycees
    77 7 30 school awards by Jaycees SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce is offering 30 one-year scholarships to Chinese middle senior school students. Each Is worth $180 a year. The president of the chamber. Mr. Tan Hlan TSin, announcing this today, said that applicants could, however, apply for more
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    Woman loses jewellery
    44 7 IPOH. Mon. A housewife. Madam Chin Chuan Yin. 33. surprised two men In her house In Kampong Slmee new village here today when she returned from the market. The Intruders fled. She later missed $250 worth of Jewellery from her room.
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    Trade pact talks with Japan next month
    267 7 l/UALA LUMPUR, Mon v —Malaya and Japan will hold formal talks here next month which may lead to a trade agreement. The acting Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Raja Mohar bin Badiozaman, confirmed today that the talks would start on
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    TINY TERRIER BATTLES 22ft. PYTHON IN SWAMP
    328 7 TINY TERRIER BATTLES 22ft. PYTHON IN SWAMP BATU GAJAH, Monday. AN estate tindal, K. Kelloo. had the fright of his 35 years' lite today w'len he suddenly found himself in the cold, clanmy clutches of a 22ft. python. Kelloo, who escaped with a bite wound on his ankle, said from
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    News editor divorced
    70 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. Eva Urn. wife of Lim 800 Chong, news editor of Radio Singapore, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Chua In the High Court today dissolving her marriage with him on the grounds of desertion. The decree Is to be made absolute in three
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    'This is the open sesame to trouble' warning
    163 7 'This is the open sesame to trouble' warning JJUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Associated Malay Chambers ol Commerce today warned Malay businessmen against creating "All Baba' industries la the Federation. "All Baba Industries," th« AMCC explains in a circular, is the practice of Malays selling licences to non -Malays. The Secretary
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    These hats are an insult to women
    236 8 These hats are an insult to women NOW don't get me wrong, I'm all for hats. In fact I would love to be able to wear some of the very delightful ones you see in Singapore shops these days. I suppose we women are very gullible, and do swallow a
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    FOR ME? NOT ON YOUR LIFE!
    11 8  - FOR ME? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! LUCY HUANG FEMININE FORUM By
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    Talking to 'teens about boys and beauty...
    531 8 REING IN THE TEENS is a very important time in everyone's life. That is the time when everything is either as bright and exciting as pink cotton candy- gardenia corsages and coloured tinsel streamers, or as gray and gloomy as homework, brown laced
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    Cecilia Windsor to leave SATA
    236 8 MISS CECELIA Windsor, Matron of the Singapore Anti -Tuberculosis Association Is leaving on January 31. to be married to Mr. Walter Watts of London. Her resignation terminates eleven and a half years' service as Radiographer and Matron In the SATA CUnlc. Miss Windsor received her
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      345 8 CHERRY HEERING CHEERS! The Thirteen Wonders of cherry brandies is Cherry Heering. A remarkable drink that has many friends, try Cherry Heering on the Rocks and you'll soon find out why! Just pour a glassful over ice cubes and the result is long and stimulating. It's refreshing too! Most men
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      248 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS power (6). 1. Physic* training: vocation Is IJjF' JLS^SS^i L& t. therefore the Indian Civil <*«? o1 H JSJLS. Service il3) f 1 tTUit and flow r (•.?>• 9 Island may be a gaunt one 10 America 1 a record 10. Come out, a» one coming
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      1049 9 1m»- McAUSTER CO., LTD. >-*■, WQQ. IEL Nt. MMI 7*^ I**** Sf.l.S*f AM UMB BXLA VEMES9 UMB MO lot CMtOe U.^A .^NorWAtlMtit ports Atccptiat etrtJjtr^CMtrtl A Sntk ri»r« P Sham Penang MONXVIILE tM.Ti'a jm n/a jm m/mlm i-potc p. sm™ Pe»r-i tin OF COLOMBO 17 IM/1 Frt 2/1 rat 4
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    CONTRACT AWARD SENDS GAMMON UP BY 21 CENTS
    524 10 CONTRACT AWARD SENDS GAMMON UP BY 21 CENTS By Our Market Correspondent 'fHE feature of the Malayan Share Market yesterday was a 21 cents rise in the share of Gammon (Malaya) Ltd. This followed the announcement that the company, in conjunction with a well-known Danish engineering concern, has been awarded
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    106 10 MELBOURNE, Mon. INVESTMENT shares continued to hold a firm tone here today. Moves were In balance with no large movements Base metals and the oils remained firm, while Commonwealth bonds traded on a steady trend. Con. Zinc 96/Mount Lyell (5/-) 8/8* North Broken Hill 149/Peko 13/1 Oil Search
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    267 10 CHIPS lying alongside the Sin- gapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Alclnous 1/2, Marian Buczek 4/5, Mlkasa Maru 6 A, City ol Ripon 6/7. Ollnda 8/9, Corfu 10/11, TJlkampek 13/14, Wonoglrl 15/16, Troutpool 18, Dlnklage 19. Tong Hln N.Wall 2. Sirusa N.Wall 3. East Sea N.Wall
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    107 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce O Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra- quiet; UK Continent January' February shipments $42 buyers. $43 seller*. Coconut oil: ouiet bulk $63 sellers, drum $65 S Seller's. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $431 Sarawak $430, special Sarawak black $290.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    144 10 ALL Malayan Cxehance Banks' Association rates remained unchanged yesterday as follows tall rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T 32 7/8, O.D. 33, 90 d/st 33 7/16 credit bills, 33 1/2 trade bWa. Canada: buying airmail T.T 31 3/8 OD. 31 1/2 80 d/st 31 15/16 credit
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    38 10 SINGAPORE, JAN. 18. RUBBER: $1,131 per lb. (down one-eighth of a cent). Unofficial 5 p.m. close $1.13 ii (very quiet). TIN: $388.50 pet picul (up 12 J cents). Estimated unofficial offering 210 tons (down 20 tons).
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    RUBBER PRICES
    145 10 T7EBRLARY first grade rubber r buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 113H cent* per b., down one-eighth of a cent on Friday's close. The closing tone was dull. Closing prices In cent* per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 ItS.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 113>4. sellers 113%; Int.
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    Lock icon Rubber crop
    16 10 Plantation Agencies Ltd. announce that Amalgamated Robber Estate* Ltd's December crop was 1.192.728 lb.
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    STOCK INDICES
    18 10 Malayan Share Market: Industrials: 124.12 rina: 151.91 (Rubbers: 222.90 ten. 1 1958— 100. 123.0? 15C88 223.24
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    456 10 T«HE Malayan Share Brokers' x Association reported yesterday: "There was selective Improvement in Industrials and tins. Rubbers were quiet. The turnover wai> fairSingapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 pjn.: Industrials: Fraser and Neava ords $173 to $1.75; Gammon $2 61 to $2.40 to
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    Rahman Hydraulic
    20 10 Rahman Hydraulic Tin Ltd. produced 1.106 plculs last quarter, of which only 1,090 plculs were exportable as quota
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      825 10 Express U.S.A. Pacific Atlantic Coast Service E.T.A. E.TA |X& Spore P. STtam Pen»ng H'kong I. Angeles New Yofti "Kmkant Man" il/Zi JM 2*72? in I Fat 27 Ftk 14 Mn Kiaiktwa Maru Ist call j; 21 Fit 21 Fit 1 Mm Ulcill 2/4 Mjr 1 Mir n Mar IS Apr
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      80 10 TtCK HWA SHIPPING CO., LTD. 46, Circular Rood, Singapore. Telephone No*. *****, *****, ***** ***** m.v. "ANCON" for Bangkok Jm. 20 mm, "BRAVO tor Phnom-Penh Jan. 22 w KIE HOCK SHIPPING CO., LTD. l^^^^t*. 41. CECIL STREET SPORf. TtlltfMM Nn IMM 2MM. K^P^l TOM HOW DiaktrU Im H I *J
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      124 10 SHIPPING NOTICES LLOYD TRIESTINO M.V. "ASIA" This vessel Is expected to arrive from Europe tomorrow 20th January at 3 pm. In Quarantine and will sail (or Hongkong at 5 p.m. on Thursday 21st January. Passengers should embark between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on the 21st January. HARPER. GILFILLAN CO.
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      813 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Applications are Invited for the appointment of Stall Nurses In the Municipal Heaith Deot. Applicants should be Federal Citizens not over 35 yean of age and must be Registered Trained Nurses and bold a Midwifery Certificate. The possession of a Health Visitors Certificate will
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      745 10 NOTICES RAFFLES HOTEL LIMITED Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE U hereby given that Mr. MARIO MARCHESI has been appointed MANAGER of RAFFLES HOTEL In succession to Mr. FRANS SCHUTZMAN EVATT A CO. Secretaries THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 11) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STATE OF SINGAPORE ISLAM) OF SINGAPORE In
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      676 10 NOTICES NOTICE APPLICATION TO APPROVE COMPOSITION. Debtor's Name: Anthony Ng Address: No. 10. PUlal Road. Singapore. 19. Description: Revenue Officer. Court: High Court. Singapore. Numb»r: Bankruptcy No. 438 of 1955. Date of hearing of Application to Court 13th Feb. to approve Composition. i960. Place: High Court, Singapore. Hour: 10.30 a.m.
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      796 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT STATE LAND DEVELOPMENT, BOARD JOHORE APPLICATIONS are Invited rom Federal Citizens for the post if Manager, Kulal Oil Palm N smallholders Scheme In the Kulal Vrea, Johore Bahru. This Scheme is Intended to over an area of approximately i.OOO acres and Is provided with i central village. The
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      850 11 NOTICES SUNGEI DARONG MINE LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malays) BPBCIAL RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at the Registered Office of the Company, Robinson's Building. Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday, the thirty-first day of December. 1959 at 1100 a.m.
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      789 11 (Continued from Page f) SITUATIONS VACANT tt Wordt U (Mim.)— Bom St ett. txtro VOUNO FULLY QUALIFIED Asian Enxineer required for estate posting in executive capacity Apply Box A 9710 B.T. K.L. WANTED IFFICIINT RADIO Mechanic for Singapore, Apply statlas full particular! and salary to Boa A5D44 S.T. Spore EXCELLENT
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      1080 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT it Wordt U (Mim.)— »tx St eta. axtre •ENNBTT ESTATB Bear bus stop. unfurnished room with fan to Ist. Chinese Racbelor«/Bplnsters or working couples. Rent »65/-. Apply PO. Box 943, B'pore. FURNISHED PLATS 2 Bedroom. dlnlßg/sittlng room longbatb. celling tens, heater, cooker, all modem eonvealeaoes. Servant's room. Details
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      872 11 TUITION M Word, U (Him.}— Bum St eta. ejrfra VACANCIES: Form I/V (Morning, Night). French A Malay (Beginners. Advanced) Shorthand: Bpeed, Theory (Morning. Evening). Typing throughout day. 3 places, New Machines. Singapore Institute of Commerce SlB4B. ABOUT YOUR FUTURE Britain s foremost Postal Training School can guide sod help ambitious
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      1008 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE M Wordt U (Min.)— Box tt ett. txtrm ItSS FORD ZEPHYR excellent condition $3,300. Owner lea vim elate. Apply MacLeod. Leonle Houae, 23 Grange Road, Spore. Trl: *****. LATI 1»51 FIAT 500, SO plua m.p.g. Winding Window, Fan, Etc. 51, 360/-. 19M Wyvern, Radio. $1,890/-. HP Arrangeabla
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      677 11 MISCELLANEOUS If Word* tS (Min.)— Box St et,. txtro SALES A SERVICE Outboard Motors. Lawn Mowers sod Weighing Machines Chop Kirn Seas Cheonc. 103 Havelock Road. Singapore. Phone T9221/7tMOB. AT YOUR SERVICE (Sport) It Wordt tit (Minimum) Dmtlu l month. It Wordt UM (Mm.) WEDDING, BTC. RENT a Chauffeur Driven
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      302 11 1 Be Our Guest a FREE Demonstration Meeting.. EBB DALE CARNEGIE Aotkor of I "low to win r'nttita one ifiSaton P«opl»" I ■J -Vow Is Slop Wotrytae v* SUrt Ll'ins DALE CAENE6II COURSE BJ BJ YOU'RE INVITED to come end see the technicolour film "The fj Dole Carnegie Story" and
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      ANOTHER FAST SHIPPING SERVICE
      202 12 ANOTHER FAST SHIPPING SERVICE A FAST shipping service Is being introduced in March between Japanese and African ports via Singapore. The new service is being Inaugurated by the Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis, a French shipping company, which at present operates frequent freighter services from European ports to Saigon via
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      German rubber
      30 12 The West German rubber manufacturing Industry increased its production in 1959 by about ten to 12 per cent on an average compared with 1958. according to industry sources.
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      India seeks markets I for her goods
      313 12 |NDIA'S fast developing engineering industry is seeking more and more export markets in the Federation of Malaya, Singapore and other South-East Asian countries. Mr. Bhaskar J. Khira, a member of the three-man strong market survey team sponsored by the Indian Engineering Export Promotion
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      SALES CHIEF PAYS VISIT TO SINGAPORE
      56 12 SALES CHIEF PAYS VISIT TO SINGAPORE MR. D. Victor Bryant, export sales controMer of William Holiins and Co. Ltd., Nottingham, Britain, producers of Viyclla and Clydella fabrics, visited Singapore last week in tbe course of a world business tour. Mr. Bryant is also visiting Australia, New Zealand. Fiji. Hawaii, the
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      New Singapore branch office is opened
      151 12 DORG-WARNER InterD national Corpn. of Chicago, have opened a branch office in Singapore to provide wider facilities for their customers. Tbe Singapore branch is primarily responsible for the distribution and selling of Norge refrigerators, deep freezers and domestic appliances as well as York window
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      GOOD OUTLOOK FOR INSURANCE
      164 12 BRIGHTER prospects for insurance business in 13 the Far East are seen by Mr. R.P.F. Smallwood, deputy general manager of the Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd. London, who is now on a visit to Singapore. Mr. Smallwood based his forecast on the fact that the Far
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      SAS revenue increase
      54 12 Scandinavian Airlines System has announced that its revenue for the year ended Sept. 30 totalled $326.4 million, an increase of $3.6 million over the previous nscal year. This includes $308.9 million traffic revenue. The airline carried 1,590,000 passengers 31.8 million lb. of cargo and 13.5 million lb.
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      Singapore concern increases China cement imports
      198 12 Singapore concern increases China cement imports A SINGAPORE trading concern, Sim Lim Co. Ltd., is increasing imports of cement from China this year, the manager, Mr. Sim Lai Hee. announ- ced yesterday. Mr. Sim said that about 36.000 tons would be purchased from the China National Minerals Corporation for whom
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      Bank profit
      35 12 The Bank of India Ltd. made a profit of $6,120,341 for the year ended Dec. 31, after making the usual provisions for contingencies and subject to audit. This amount includes $820,177 brought forward.
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      349 12 Here.... MANILA There.... T BANGKOK \kUAIA LLMPV.R j^^*^ SINGAPORE 'y ..it s faster by air "The Early Bird Catches the Worm" Send your freight by INDONESIAN AIRWAYS Booking Office: lit Floor, Bank of China Bldf., Singapore. Tel: 37*69 A *****/8 Or Any Trovel Aocnt in Singapore and the Federation of
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      219 12 HARPER, GILFILLAN CO. LTD., have pleasure in announcing their appointment as sole agents throughout MALAYA. SINGAPORE. N HARPERS V OIGIIIEERINC 1 SARAWAK. BRUNEI AND lf *S^| NORTH BORNEO FOR Sfc»& I*2 In quality for ov«r "too y.«r» J. I. CASE CO., RACINE, U.S.A. manufactures of crawler and wheeled tractors for
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    Japan, Thailand first to enter
    302 13 BUT HOLDERS SOUTH KOREA DOUBTFUL FOR YOUTH SOCCER By VIC NAYAGAM Kuala Lumpur, Monday JAPAN and Thailand are the first countries to enter for the Junior Asian Cup soccer competition starting here on March 29. Japan replied to the F.A. of Malaya's invitation sent a
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    Umpires confab
    39 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Sinpore hockey umpires conference to discuss the new short corner rule on Jan. 20 at 5.45 p.m. will now take place at 6.30 p.m. on the same day because of the 1-cai hockey quadrangular.
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    SASA TO QUERY FINA ACTION
    199 13 SASA TO QUERY FINA ACTION CINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association tonight decided to ask the International Swimming Federation <FINA) why Singapore was not among the 16 countries named by FINA for the Home Olympics. Singapore were champions in the 1954 Asian Games and runnersup at the 1058 Tokyo
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    Rangers champs
    41 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. Rangers became the Bukit Panjang district league soccer champions when they beat Kampong Birch 1-0 In the final at the B P. English School ground yesterday. Said A.i scored the winning goal three minutes from the end.
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    ARMY GET FIRST WIN IN SHAQUAD
    250 13 ARMY GET FIRST WIN IN SHAQUAD SINGAPORE, Mon.— Army had to fight hard to register their first victory in the Singapore Hockey Association quadrangular when they beat Royal Navy 2-1 on the padang tooday. It wa s a strong second-half rally by Army which helped them to win after being
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    Lock icon Joe Hock may miss All-England
    154 13 rRONTO, Sun. Tan Joe Hock; of Indonesia, the unofficial world badminton champion, said yesterday he doubted If he would defend his All-England title this k year. W Joe Hock, who Is studying at the Baydor University in Waco. Texas, said: "Studies come first. "I cannot
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    KL races
    464 13 Ist. DAY WEIGHTS for the first day (Sanday) of the Selangor Gold Cap Meeting Cl. 1. Dlv. I— 6F HENGGELER Mr.MORIAI. TROPHY Tudor Wonder 9.07 Kogerthorp* 8.08 Monitor 8.07 Lurky Lucky 8.07 Dinkum 8.04 Beatcrete MS Marigold 8.0? Kwan Kong MS Aberdeen 7.1S Tourong 7.1t Good Wind 7.M
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    PI TROUNCE MALAYAN CAGERS 126-58
    188 13 PI TROUNCE MALA YAN CAGERS 126-58 MANILA, Monday. TtoE Philippines National Quintets rolled to their third straight victory in the first Asian Basketball Conference tournament here today, beating Malaya by 126 points to 58 before 10,000 cheering fans. It was Malaya's second defeat. On Saturday the Malayan cagers were beaten
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    Pan-Malayan XI vs Koreans
    89 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Four Singapore players have been included in the Pan-Malayan South team to meet the South Koreans at Malacca on Monday. The team is: Anwarhal Hag (Sporei; chal Hon Yoon (Spore rapt). O. Rengaaamy <Mal); Ourbachan Singh (N.S. >, Klrpal Singh IS'pore), M. F.
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    31 teams for KO hockey
    142 13 QINQAPORX. Mon. ThlrtyO one teams will take part In ..is year's Singapore Hockey Association senior knockout competition Defending champions, Singapore Recreation Club have entered three teams for this year's tournament, while University, the league champions, have entered only one team. The draw for the first
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    Cup final
    67 13 PINANO. Mon. The Penang team to meet Johore In the AllBlues Cup rugger final at Singapore on Saturday will be selected from the following: 8. Peethampanun. Raoul Huet. Hilary Joseph. Bonnie Quah, Llm Seng Tuan. Abdul Hamld, Brian Pestana. Maurice Pestana (capo, Urn Stew Weng. Jackie Toolseram, Tan
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    Lock icon May says it: MCC bowling is not good enough
    247 13 |>ORT OF SPAIN, Mon. Peter May and Walter RoMna. captain and manager respectively of the MOC tourists, virtually admitted at a press conference here today that thel>- side's bowling was not good enough. Robins said that It needed a great bowling
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    MHFpicks 21 to train for 'tests'
    464 13 MHFpicks 21 to train for 'tests' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Malayan Hockey Federation has named 21 players from which the teams for the two test matches against the South Korean national team will be selected. They are N. Bivanadlan (Pk), Hoo Koe Chye (N. 8.). Thambyrajah (Pah); K. Anandarajah iPk>.
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      56 13 SINOAPORF Sorcer iMTA league* Stable 80 s 'A' v Maxwell, Bnlestier Road. Table tennis iSTTA rlKimpioiiihlps) SYSC (7.30 p.m.). i Rugger: Police v SRC. padang. Boxing: Army team championships i semi-finals i, 443 BAC 221 BVD Combined v RASC. BOD gymnasium <8.30 p.m.). Hockey: i PAR ELF Spore rone semi-final)
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    'Prepare to integrate'—Yong
    618 14 'Prepare to integrate'— Yong THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA CANNOT AFFORD TO REMAIN IN SPLENDID ISOLATION 9 VARSITY TOLD TO TREAT COURSE FOR THE NON-ENGLISH STREAMS AS A CRASH PROJECT THE MINISTER for Education. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, today urged University of Malaya authorities to prepare more talented products from the
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    JAIL OFFICER GETS A YEAR ON BRIBE CHARGE
    321 14 JAIL OFFICER GETS A YEAR ON BRIBE CHARGE SINGAPORE, Monday. a PRISONER told a Pioirict Co art today that he A offered money to the Chief Officer of Outram Remand Prison for fear that he might be exposed to other prisoners as a police informer. Goh Ah Seng. 24, who
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    DEATHS
    82 14 MR. TAN HIE CNIR pa^t-d kway iM-.nriuUy— ls-l-M<i Leaving t, nmd b« lovrd wife. 3 sons. 5 dauKhtrr*. 1 ranii.'l.tu. 2 Kranrt-om to mourn his lo*« Corttgr win leavi' MM J.ilan Hock Chyc off 1 .miM't.ia Road at 11. 00 a.m. on Wtdnrnduy 20-I-BU. PHRAKRU VIt.HARNK.OSOL (KIT TIYANANOA) Kuddhiiit
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    Tengku in Auckland meets Ipoh girls
    40 14 THE PRIME MINISTER, Tengku Abdul Rahman, cho.s with rwo Malayan students, Miss Kok Kee Yin (left) and Miss Shirley Yeoh (centre) during a reception in Auckland. Both students came from Ipoh to study physiotherapy.
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    Rural education to get boost
    217 14 MINISTER ON PRIORITY PLANS KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. PLANS to step up rural education for thousands of kampong children were referred to today by the new Minister of Education, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Talib. Education m the kampongs. he said, would be given the same priority
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    ONE KILLED TWO HURT IN MANTIN COLLISION
    77 14 ONE KILLED TWO HURT IN MANTIN COLLISION Si KKMIt »s Mon One person was killed and two others injured when a motorcycle was in collision with a pedestrian at Mantln, 10 miles from here. Nordin bin Talib. 28. a schoolteacher at I'lu Triann. Jelebu. died In the General Hospital here.
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    Tyre factory
    23 14 NEW DELHI, Mon. The Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, laid the foundation stone of the Premier Tyre Company's factory at Ernakulam today
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    Lock icon Brooke on world peace mission
    52 14 TOKYO. Mon Mr Anthony Brooke. deposed Rajah Muda of the former sta^e of Sarawak, left Japan by air tonight for Honolulu to continue his personal world peace mission. He nopes to encourage existing organisations to cooperate and help statesmen to work for peace and reduce
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    THEATRE FUND: $342,891
    716 14 OINGAPORE, Mon. Trade unionists and I artistes today were the main contributors to the National Theatre Fund. which now stands at $342,891.54. The Singapore Bus Workers' Union collected $800 from Its members and the Singapore Insurance Companies' Employees 1 Union $40. The New Life Revue of New
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    LONDON STOCKS
    289 14 LONDON, Mon.— Quiet and unsettled conditions were apparent in London stock markets today. prices fluctuated narrowly and tended to drift lower towards the close. Fears of a higher British bank rate were again a factor in the Oiltedged market Prices receded and the long and undated stocks were
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    RUBBER
    33 14 LONDON. Mon. Spot 35'-d nominal, Feto 34', d.. March 33 ".d. April/June 32 d., July/ Sept. 31* d., Oct.-Dec. 31d., Jan elf unquoted. Feb. elf. 33 Hd. March cl.f. 32?4d. Tone: Steady'
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    TIN
    20 14 LONDON. Mon. Buyers £793 sellers £7834; Forward buyers' 52XI*' 8 C7M B«t»«nent liny,. Turnover aJn. 70 ton*, pjn. 76.
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    Visiting professor is ill
    98 14 Visiting professor is ill KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A leading world authority on social geography, Prof. Dudley Stamp, 62, who Is visiting Malaya, is ill In Kjuala Lumpur. Prof. Stamp, who is an external examiner in Geography of the University of Malaya here. Is now under treatment and is resting at
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    COMING-THE STORY YOU HAVE WANTED TO READ...
    154 14 COMING-THE STORY YOU HAVE WANTED TO READ... MASTER OF MISCHIEF < BEGINNING in th# Singapore Free Press on Saturday is a new series telling the story of Senator Joe McCarthy, the most ogreish figure of his generation the man who created panic in a nation and sent shivers through the
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    Order nisi granted
    77 14 SINGAPORE. Mon. AM order nisi returnable on Jan. 27 was granted by the Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, today directing the Minister for Home Affairs to show causa why Choo Kah Loke, a busi- I nessman now under 6e-_A tention, should not be re-W leased. Choo is
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