The Straits Times, 30 January 1960

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  • 20 1 iIVEHACi; DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times tlati°' tut I Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, JANUARI SO. 1960 15 CENTS.
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  • 733 1 "^^F""^u B^^^b*. I sLsv A— *> I I I I —^k I 111 LJi I I I I I I I K JJCvJ Ldod IVdLrCIJ Llik^ClClll llldll lLrC/1 Id fJCLLY\LsD€X *FOR THOSE NOT YET FAMILIAR WITH MALAY, IT MEANS: HISTORIC WEEK TODAY, the start of "Minggu Bahasa 4
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  • 984 1 Tengku is back with million gift NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT TO FINANCE PART OF TWO NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. JHE PRIME MINISTER, Tengku Abdul Rahman, returned home today from his goodwill mission to New Zealand with a milliondollar smile and a jr't for the same amount from the New
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  • 83 1 730 entries for essay contest KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Judges have already begun sorting entries in the Straits Times Berita Harian Malay essaj competition, which closed at noon today. They have a big job ahead of them entries in the $500 contest reached 730 from all over Malaya, Singapore and Sarawak.
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  • 213 1 Tengku LEA MERBY MAORY MOOD rubs noses with Razak I I^UALA LUMPUR, Fri. IV The Federation's Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, broke the ice at the airport today by greeting his deputy, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, Maori fashion. This is what happened. As the door of the "Lang Rajawali"
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  • 177 1 SINGAPORE, Fri. Thirteen people were spilled from a sampan today 40 yards away from the Ponggol Jetty here, and two of them both children are missing. A Singapore hawker's seven-year-old son, Koh Boon Leng, and eight-year-old daughter. Boon Lee. are missing after the accident, which occurred
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  • 457 1 OIL DUTY TO BE SLASHED ON FEB. 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fritfcry. T HK GOVERNMENT today announced drastic cuts in the controversial new duties on gas and diesel oil. In addition six bodies will pay substantially less duty on liquid fuel (fuel oil). The reduced rates will come into operation from
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  • 286 2 But ground forces press on with the search in Mt. Ophir-Gemas area KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE air search for the Army Auster, missing with two men since Jan. 20, has been abandoned. But ground forces of the Ist Bn.. the Cheshire Regt.. and the aborigines
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  • 28 2 MELBOURNE, Frl. The Minister for Trade. Mr. I John McEwen. is tipped as successor to Lord Casey as Minister for External Affairs, it was reported today
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  • 129 2 $22m. worth of building this year KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— The Federal capital will experience a building boom this year. The Municipal Architect. Mr. E. Taylor, told the Straits Times today that $22 million worth of building would go up during the next 11 months. This is $4 million more than
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  • 63 2 LONDON. Fri— Fewer new divorce petitions were filed In England and Wales in 1958 than in any year since 1945. the registrar-general reported today in his annual statistical review. Petitions filed totalled 26.-->39 compared with 25.711 in 1945. The number has declined steadily since 1951 when
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  • 254 2 HEIRESS WEEPS AND AGREES TO GIVE UP BOY FRIEND YEW YORK, Frl. Weeping runaway Gamble Benedict agreed yesterday to stay with her grandmother and give up seeing boy-friend Andre Porumbeanu "as long as he is married." Supreme Court Judge Samuel M. Gold announced this settlement after a noisy court hearing
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  • 162 2 CHESSMAN IN NEW BID FOR REPRIEVE SAN FRANCISCO. Fri. Convict Caryl Chessman taken to court in chains, yesterday dismissed his three lawyers and loosed a barrage of legal motions in efforts to escape death in the gas chamber on Feb. 19 It was the 11th and possibly the last court
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  • 40 2 HONG KONG. Fri. The Burmese Prime Minister, Gen. Ne Win, today flew into Hong Kong from Pekine after signIng a treaty of friendship and non -aggression and a border agreement with the Chinese Premier. Mr. Chou En-lal Reuter
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  • 147 2 LONDON. Friday. IjiIGHT more Britons have qualified for the "MilJ lionaires' Club" by getting an annual income of more than £100.000. This is revealed in the report of the Inland revenue for the financial year 1958 59 The eight newcomers bring the latest official total
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  • 95 2 LONDON. Frl— The 19.000- i ton British troopship Empire Fowey Is to be "pensioned of!" next month, it was announced here today. The troopship, one of a I fleet of six. will make her last trip on Feb. 9 to Cyprus. I She will
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  • 126 2 Designer of war time 'Pluto' dies LONDON. Frl— Mr A. C. Hartley, who thought up "Pluto," the second world war petrol pipeline under the English Channel, died In hospital here today aged 71 He had been asso-. elated with the Invention of the "Constantlnesco" synchronising gear, which enable machine guns
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  • 246 2 LOAN NOT REPAID: RIDA TO SUE 40 JPOH, Fri. About 45 persons and firms who have taken loans from the Rural and Industrial Development Authority I in Perak, and defaulted on repayments, are now facing legal action The State Development Officer, Tengku Syed Abdullah bin Tengku Syed Omar, told the
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  • 134 2 Two engines rush out but no fire pENANO. Frl Two enginesfrom the city flre brigade rushed to Logan Road early this morning in answer to i call. But It was a false alarm. The call, it Is believed, came from an alarm box in the area Two engines, one from
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  • 163 3 PHOTO IS SENT VIA THE MOON WASHINGTON. Fri. The U.S. Navy yesterday sent messages and a photograph from here to Hawaii by way of the moon a journey of nearly 5004/00 miles in three seconds. It demonstrated this process, using the moon as a relay station and bouncing radio signals
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  • 34 3 SYDNEY, Frl— The death toll In the heat wave gripping New South Wales rose to 22 yesterday as temperatures stayed over the 100-degree fahrenheit mark for the fourth day.— UPl.
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  • 351 3 'GOLDEN CITY' CHEERS MAC'S TALK ON THE 'FAMILY' S. AFRICA TOLD OF DUTY TO COMMONWEALTH JOHANNESBURG, Friday. TJRITAIN'S Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, was honoured by the city of Johannesburg at a reception today. The mayoral, reception given to mark his visit to the "golden city" was attended by a
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  • 125 3 LONDON, Friday. HPHE 10-DAY talks between Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the British Foreign Secretary, Archbishop Makanos and Dr. Fadil Kutchuk, Cypriot President and vice-president elect, ended here last night without agreement on the size of the bases Britain is to retain in an independent
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  • 40 3 Galilee area tension grows JERUSALEM, Frl.— Tension mounted In the Sea of Galilee area yesterday as Syrian Army reinforcements were observed approaching the Israeli border. There was only one shooting incident during the day. however, and that without casualties— U.P.l.
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  • 151 3 LONDON, Friday. TVHE Home Secretary, Mr. R.A. Butler, said today there was "not a unanimity of view", among Commonwealth and colonial governments on British proposals to deport their immigrants convicted of certain offences. He said that as the matter j involved a considerable departure
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  • 78 3 'STOP THEFT' DISPLAY IS BURGLED GOTHENBURG, Frl. An exhibition here on ways and means of preventing Thief, has been visited by thieves who stole about six "thief-proof locks. Burglars, however, were expected to visit the exhibition to study the latest safety devices. Meanwhile in LONDON, the Chief of London s
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  • 24 3 Church is -anti LONDON, Frl— The Church of England ha.-- opposed the Government's plan for setting up licensed betting shops for off-the-course betting.— Reuter.
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  • 27 3 OTTAWA. Fri— Three students were killed last night when a train crashed into their school bus at a level crossing near Hlllsburgh. Ontario.—UPl.
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  • 142 3 LONDON, Fri— The Beaufort Hunt was after a fox in Gloucestershire county but instead they killed a little girl's pet cat. Newspapers today described how the hounds came bounding over the garden wall of the Fletcher family's house in the small town of
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  • 164 3 Inquiry into that mine disaster fAPETOWN, Fri.— The South African Government is to appoint a judicial commission of inquiry into the Coalbrook disaster in which 435 miners have been entombed, the Assembly was told today. It will investigate whether existing safety regulations are effective. Senator Jan de Kelerk, Minister of
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  • 22 3 GEORGETOWN, Frl. The Princess Royal was given the freedom of the city when she visited the city council yesterday— Reuter.
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    • 325 3 Your radio today RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 47C metre* NATIONAL SHORTWAVE 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 Th« MEDIUM WAVE SERVICES News; 8.05 A Date With Music; KuaU Lumpur 341 metrea 8.30 Calling AU Hospitals; 9.00 Close Down. P.M. 1.00 Programm. P*n*n« 366 metre. Summary; 1.03 Saturday Show-
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  • 59 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. Exploding crackers drove Sabri bin Sukor, a varrant, from his usual haunt into the compound of a house In Penang Lane on Chinese New Year's eve. So claimed Sabri today when he pleaded guilty in a Singapore court to a vagrancy charge. He was
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  • 530 4 SIR ROLAND ENVISAGES A PARTNERSHIP OF SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND BORNEO TERRITORIES CIR Roland Turnbull, retiring Governor of British North Borneo, today spoke of a "great Commonwealth member" emerging from the association of Singapore, the Federation of Malaya and the three Borneo territories. Sir Roland, who earlier arrived
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  • 443 4 MALAY music had a "beautiful rhythm" which was very similar to modern South American music, said leading American TV dancer and choreographer, Rod Alexander, today. Rod, who heads a lively troupe of 11. all of whom arc professional dancers, commented on the "Joyful
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  • 255 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Australian test cricketers to tour England next year will make a longer stop in Singapore if the Australian Cricket Board of Control agrees to another visit, said Mr. Sam Loxton. manager of the Australian team, here tonight. Mr. Loxton
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  • 65 4 SINGAPORE. Frl. Adventurer Carl E. Powell, 42. ex-American airman, expects to leave Singapore In two weeks' time to resume his darling yacht trip round the world. The former Warrant Officer of the U.S. Air Force, with his pretty Japanese wife, Sumi. 27. and a Japanese
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    • 189 4 Singapore diary... RAMAKKISHNA MISSION Boy Scouts annual Chine* New fNonii Road)- ClaM on "Bhaga- Tear dance. vad Oturtt 630 pm. by SwaSTl KATONO ROTS' CLUB (ChilUeSlddhatmananda mard Road): Badminton 3 p.m., VM #>. ■Oi^At- mm twxtog. Indoor games, sepak ra««, YMCA 2^ h */L, R o <l 2 m to
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  • 1698 5 ...and merchant Mr. Go An walked right into it— in the end 20 traders were left with invoices made out to a sultan without an address— SO far as Mr. Go An was concerned, his business trip was turning out very badly indeed. After a most
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    • 335 5 The Saint By Lestie Charteris THAWS, COLONEL' IIL 1 HAVE THE HOKCR TO INFORM yOU,S£NHOR, j HOW FORTUNA TE FOR A// C/AOEWHO ■^*BjTW TRY ID CATCH A PLANE THAT MR. SIMON ZSMPLAX HAS MADE A EMPLOYEE THAT SO MAW PEOPLE F^*^^A^7a>BßT SEFQgE THAT. AND PCX RESERVATION OV A/£ EUfiOPE FLIGHT
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  • 202 6 ;<; W,,rit $10 (Minimum) THt COCKPIT'S Java RlJMtatel i» ervvd •■v.tj Saturday and Sunday VANITY'S HALF PRICI sale beins tod iy Open to 5 p.m. 33. affles Place. 8 pore. ROBINSON'S, SINOAPORt— for the onvenlence of our customers, store ten until 1 p.m. today. THE OTHER SIOI of toe
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  • 47 6 I 29 tlM(Mln.) HLsuntHiAN CHURCH in Blnga orchard Road, Sunday Service* j and o p.m. All welcome. HRISTIAN fCIINCf SOCIETY, anore. 8. Orange Drove Road. Slo-n.-io i off Orchard Road) Sunday MM and sundry Ueaool 10.30 a.ro imony aleetlnca lat and Krd Wedlays, 7 p.m.
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  • 525 6 The Straits Times Saturday, Januai-y 30, 1960. Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa Minggu Bahasa Kebangsaan di-mulakan dengan rasmi hari mi dan tidak-lah berlebehan rasa-nya kalau sa-kira-nya sa-tiap orang dari kita sekarang membanggakan sambutan yang di-berikan kapada Minggu itu oleh masharakat. Minggu Bahasa Kebangsaan di-lancharkan dengan maksud "memberikan dorongan kapada sakalian ra'ayat negeri
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  • 288 6 The substantial modification of the duties on fuel oil and diesel oil announced this morning ought to satisfy the major users whose protests clearly took the Government by surprise. In a somewhat unhappily worded statement the Government speaks of having had an opportunity to examine the effects
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  • 230 6 The communique published by the Prime Ministers of Nepal and India after five days of talks, couched as it is in general terms, throws no light on the two countries' approach to the problem of Chinese encroachment For all that, and notwithstanding the fact that they had
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  • 904 6 It is a bit of a bore but all India is preoccupied with this question FRANK EDMEAD INDIAN journalists get a little bored when foreigners ask, "After Nehru, who?" or even, "After Nehru, what?" They seem nevertheless perfectly sensible questions. When Mr. Nehru was celebrating his seventieth
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    5 6 Kemamam River Scene
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  • 392 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO From the Straits Tim«» of Jan. 30. 1910 Pthe Federal Le*Watire Council everyone from the High Commissioner downwards expressed agreement the other day that for all sorts of reasons the sprrdy introduction of suitable industries would be of treat advantage to the FMS in the event of
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  • 385 7 ONLY WAY TO HELP OUR PARTY TO WIN POLITICAL CONTROL, SAYS PMIP LEADER SINGAPORE, Friday TWIE vice-chairman of the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party here, Inche H. M. Yahya, today urged the party's women members "to throw birth control to the winds", and help to strengthen the
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  • 234 7 Women told: Cease to be slaves of men SINGAPORE, Fri.— The chairman of the PAP women's section, Madam Oh Su Chen, today said that women were "no longer slaves and play-things of men" and urged them to unite together and fight for equal freedom and treatment She made the appeal
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  • 53 7 SINGAPORE. Fri— Ho Bul Ful today pleaded not guilty to a charge of armed robbery on Chinese New Year Eve. He was alleged to have robbed Ong Slew Hin of a watch valued at $20 and $21 in cash at a cinema at 9.40 p.m He was
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  • 64 7 SINGAPORE, Fri.— A man and a woman were today charged in an emergency court with the murder of hawker. Tan Meng Chi alias Lai Mun, 43, in his house in Banda Street at about 4 p.m. on Chinese New Year's Eve. The man. Wong Chlh,
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  • 29 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Prl. A nlm designed to drive home to smallholders the benefits of re-plantlng has recently been completed at the Malayan Film Unit studios <n Kuala Lumpur
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  • 110 7 Plan for another 24 L-testers KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Ministry of Transport is considering a plan to more than double the number of driving licence testers. The waiting list throughout the country is so long 21.550 that most L-drlvers have to wait two and a half months. The Road Transport
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  • 26 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Women's Institute will hold a tea and cake making competition at ito headquarters in Petallng Jaya at 4.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 24 7 KUALA LUMPUI, Fri— Th» total number of reports of Influenza In the Federation during the week ending Jan 2 was 104.
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  • 124 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Work on the $545,000 Kukub water extension scheme, which commenced last year, is expected to be completed some time thl* year. The first phase of the scheme aims to provide water to Kukub and Ayer Manls in limited quantities. The remaining
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  • 45 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri A special committee has been set up by the Selangor Adult Education Association to sponsor programmes In support of National Language Week in the eight districts In the state. The executive committee will run 10 classes from Tuesday.
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  • 101 7 Only one hurt in this triple crash SINGAPORE. Fri.— A six-month-old baby was killed in an accident in Braddell Road early this morning. The child was being carried along the road by his mother, when they were knocked down by a car. The child died on arrival at the General
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  • 146 7 NEW YEAR A TIME TO PLANPETIR SINGAPORE. Fri.— The Chi-nese-language issue of Petir, official publication of the Peoples Action Party, today described Singapore's first Chinese New Tear under selfgovernment as "the most significant and the most worthy of celebration, because the people are celebrating It no longer as aliens, but
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  • 59 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. There were 37 cases of pneumonia in Perak. 13 in SelanRor. nine In Kedah. five each in Pahang and Johore, and two each In Negrt Sembllan and Penang, during the week ending Jan. 2. Nine people five In Perak, two in Johore and
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  • 234 7 SINGAPORE, Friday. A CLOSE friend of Dr. U. Amarasinghe, a University of Malaya lecturer, who died In Britain on Monday, said today: He had been ill for the past six years. "Nobody, not even Dr Amarasinghe himself, knew this terrible truth." His condition
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  • 141 7 $250,000 NEW BRIDGE TO BE BUILT SOON KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Municipal Council here will soon build a $250,000 bridge along Circular Road to replace the one built more than 50 years ago. The Government has approved the project, an official of the council told the Straits Times today. Too
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  • 170 7 THE LAST SHIFT FOR MALAYA'S COLLIERY KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Tomorrow morning will be the last time miners will go down Malaya's only coal mine at Batu Arang to extract coal. When the 200 men finish work a chapter in the history of coal mining In Malaya will be closed. Though
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  • 58 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— Pro cedures are being simplified at the Johore State Trea. sury to enable faster prepa> ration of accounts. Additions, staff has also been provided La.st year the Auditor-G^ neral reported that the ac counts for 1958 had not beer received by him up to
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  • 41 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. Chli Kok Lan today pleaded no guilty to a charge of robbin Lim Chap Huay of $107 in bus in Jalen Besar at 8.3 p.m. on Chinese .New Yea eve. He was remanded till Fel 5.
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  • 24 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. J A Selangor UMNO youi delegates' conference will J held next month at tn headquarters in Batu RoJ here.
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  • 287 8 The cracker menace I FULLY agree with the views on the careless firing of crackers. The point is that not only children but grown-ups too indulge In this noisy, nervewrecking activity. The worst part is that it is done at all hours of the day and night without any regard
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  • 239 8 IT is all very weH for the Minister for Education to say that the University of Malaya should allow students from the Chinese schools to enter the university after a one year's pre-universlty preparatory course. Can the Minister explain why these students should be
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  • 556 8 Traffic problems in the capital WHO are the bright gentlemen who originally sited all the bus-stops in town? The two bus-stops opposite each other at the Sungei Besi-Cheras Road junction on two of the busiest roads in Kuala Lumpur cause traffic Jams every time the railway gate is closed for
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    • 254 8 Straits Times Crossword F^ Jaaaal Hi Wm\ ACBOSB a. Pluto Uke§ a nower ealun1. View of Arcadian divinity or lty! (8). a gownsman (8). 13. It's possibly nastier not belS. Dull Edward may get entaagl- lowing (10). Ed 15. The face of Cockney London t. Financial transaction which (4, 4).
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  • 833 10 By Our Market Correspondent pHK considerably increased prosperity in the rubber industry in the past year is strikingly revealed in two balance sheets published yesterday. The reports were representative of both the dollar and sterling rubber companies The Benta Rubber Estates Ltd., and
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  • 141 10 MELBOURNE, PH. TNVESTMXNT shares on the Stock Exchange here today closed the week on a firm tone. British Tobacco gamed Is. to 48s. Base metals were active with North Broken Hill gaining 9s. to 161s. Broken Hill Sooth was up is. 2d. to 17s. 2d. ConaMßwealth Bonds held
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  • 84 10 DRITAIN is to remove from control dollar imports of tobacco and tobacco manufacturers other than cigars fresh chilled and frosei. fish, synthetic rubber and transistors, the House of Commons was told today. Mr Reginald Mauldlng. President of the Board of Trade, said the removal of the control
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  • 98 10 CHIPS lying alongside the mm»- pore Harbour Board wharves this morning are: Tegelberg 1/2. Pres. .'ackaon 4/5, Bradeverett 6A, Oleneam 6/7, Straat Van Diemen 8/9, Singapore 10/11. Azumasan Maru 13/14, Benreoch 15/16. Somali 18. Stavropol 19. Qlang Ann 21/22. Kirn an is 23. Bronxvllle 24/25. Benveg 26. Kyushu
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  • 288 10 DLACK pepper imports Into Singapore In 1958 reached an all-time record of 27.274 tona valued at $31.1 million. Over 21.000 tons of the pepper were supplied from Sumatra, while imports from Sarawak amounted to only 1.591 tons, worth $2.4 million. White pepper imports into
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  • 188 10 T-IE Investors Chronicle current market newsletter states the reaction In London gilts to the lowest since July 1958 was hastened by the bank rate, but a technical rally is probable. With Industrials no longer vulnerable after their two-week decline the setback on the Bank Rate rlw
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    • 279 10 SHIPPING NOTICES S.S. "STEEL TRAVELER" FROM I.S.V The above vessel Is scheduled to arrive In Singapore on Ist February i960 and will discharge cargo alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves. The Oeneral Survey will be held on 9th February 1960. No other survey will be held, Mr MISTER CO.. LTD..
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  • 269 12 SAME VENUE FOR ALL TIES PROPOSED Asian Zone Thomas Cup suggestion KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. T\HE six countries who are competing in the Asian zone of Hie Thomas Cup badminton competition will be asked to choose a venue tor the zone championships. The Asian Badminton Confederation secretary Teh Gin Sooi said
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  • 47 12 IN the best continental style. Manchester United goalkeeper Gregg leaps gracefully to punch clear from Tottenham Hotspur's inside-left Allen (left) and right winger White in the First Division match at White Hart Lane ground. North London, last Saturday. The "Babes" were beaten 2-1. Reuter Dhoto.
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  • 114 12 IPOH, Fri.— Kinta Indian Association, Ipoh league champions, drew 2-2 with Darul Afiah Club of Singapore, league and cup champions, in a soccer friendly on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground here today. Indians opened accounts in the tenth minute when In-side-right Retnam slammed in a beautiful pass
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  • 24 12 BERLIN, Fri. Former world professional wrestling champion Hans Schwarz died here yesterday of a heart attack at the age of 77.— U.P.1.
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  • 246 12 Daud goes down to Rahman for second time |£UALA LUMPUR, Fri. Eighteen yearold Abdul Rahman Bakar of Negri Sembilan created the first upset in the All Malayan Malays tennis championships here today when he beat secondseeded Daud Amin of Johore 6-4, 6-3 to enter the quarter-flnajs. Raham Bakar, who was
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  • 413 12 MALAYS BADMINTON Shaari wins tense match MALACCA. Frl. The cla«h in the third round of the men's singles between Shaarl Abdullah and Omar Yahya highlighted) today's play in the Malayan Malays badminton championships at the Malacca Badminton Association nail. Shaari, who la Selangor's Foong Seong Cup player, won a tense,
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  • 50 12 RAUB, Fri.— Raub Government Club beat Day Training Centre Teachers 4-1 In a Raub district hockey league match on the padang here yesterday. Inside-left A. Anandan (2), centre-forward Lee Choo and fullback Ourbachan Singh scored for the Government Club. Centre-forward All got the only goal for the teachers.
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  • 75 12 SCOREBOARD ENGLAND Ist. Inns. Pullar c Alexander b Watson 17 Cowdrey b Hall 18 Barrington not out IS May c Kanhal b Watson Dexter c and b Singh 77 Smith not out Extras t Total (for four) M 0 Wkta. feU at: 37. 42. 57. 199. Bowline: Hall 17-5-50-1.
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  • 78 12 I7UALA LUMPUR. Fri. IXI There are six changes in the North team which plays South in their annual rugger match on the Singapore padantf tomorrow. Four of these changes are In the back division in which Lee Kool Meng (fullback), Chamberlain (centre-three) Sullivan (Perak) and
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  • 402 12 'BUMPER' TEST AS ENGLAND FIGHT BACK TO 220-4 PORT OF SPAIN, (Trinidad), Friday. FNOLAND enter the second-day of the second Test against the West Indief here with the creditable score of 220 for four. Pace bowlers Wesley Hall and Chester Watson put on a rough spell of 1 blitz bowling
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  • 52 12 PENANG. Frl.-The Penang Hockey AssociaUon is inviting entries for two knock-out competitions— an inter-team and a seven-a-side contest They will be held immediately after the completion 01 the current league. Entries for both competitions should be sent to Mr. J D. Humphreys, c/o Penang Sports Club. Penang.
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  • 94 12 Vf ANILA. Frl. The second 11 Asian Basketball Conference championship will be held In Talpeh. Formosa, in 1963. it was officially announced here today. Delegates from seven-mem-ber countries of the A. B.C. met this morning to decide the time and place for th« tournament. The
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  • 281 12 TPOH. Fri.— Harry Knaggs. the 1967 Singapore champion, led the qualifiers on <the opening day of the three-day North Malayan golf championship on the Tiger Lane course here today. He returned a total score of 156 with P. Owen-Lloyd of Penang. who scored 167.
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  • 514 12  - Malayan XI must not under-rate the Koreans again NORMAN SIEBEL SPORTSFRONT By T«E SOUTH KOREAN hockey teams Asian ■L Games bronze medal standing has been rather badly battered In the four matches they have played so far on their Malayan tour. Last Sunday, a few hours after their arrival In
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  • 147 12 O|EVENTEEN YEAR OLD Choo Ker Yon*, a pupil of Raffles Institution, who claims to have done 22 miles of walking during a hike, has entered the Free Press BIG WALK on Sunday. F«b. 28, to prove hii worth. Choo said: "Any form of exercise
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  • 60 12 PERTH, Fri. The Empire Games organising council announced today that the dates of the 1962 Games to be held In Perth. Western Australia, have been amended. The Games will now start on Nov. 8 and end on Nov. It, allowing two week-ends to be Included in the
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  • 49 12 SINGAPORE. Frl— Ceylon Sports Club will meet Indian Association In the Dlv. one final of the Singapore Hockey Association league at Balestier Road on Sunday. The Ceylonese team will be selected from SooceleraJ, Fernandez. Joglnder. Murugesu, Salleh. Rajaretnam. Sundrallngam. Wicks, Manlam. LJngam, Anthony. Nagaiah and Slvapatham.
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    • 53 12 SINGAPORE: Ru«fr North v South, padang. (5.10) Singapore Combined SchooU v Johore Combined Schools, padang (4>: RAP Seletar B" v Naval Base. Seletar; RAF Changi v Cheshire Regiment, Changi. Soeeer: MFA league Permuda Bawean v Perhlmponan Setia, Balestter Road: Prlendlles IRC v RAPC. Faner Park; Blntang Bulan v R.B. 570
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  • 1660 13 RACING McGrowdie rides Technicolor II ■BHiBHRMHiWMHMMRHroBMRHMHMRHHMMHiMMMiMM KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. NOEL McGROWDIE, dubbed a Cup specialist in Australia, has been engaged to ride Shaw Stable's Technicolor II in the lj-m Selangor Gold Cup at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. This looks a formidable partnership. McGrowdie won many admirers on Thursday when he
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  • 58 13 NOEL McCROWDIE. who ii known in Australia at a "big race specialist, made an impressive debut in Malayan racing when he won the Cl. 1. Div. 1 sprint on Clee at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. A topflight iockey from Sydney, McCrowdie is under retainer to the Veni
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  • 475 13 ONEILL topped the batting averages for Australia in the five-match Test series with India that ended at Calcutta yesterday. O'Neill, who hit two centuries m the series, averaged 62.66 In six Innings. Alan Davldcon, the leftarm pace bowler, topped the Australian bowling list, taking
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  • 156 13 SHAW (90) LEADS VICTORIA TO 240-6 SYDNEY. Fri— John Shaw, the Victorian batsman who has been chosen for the Australian "B" team to tour New Zealand, took an Impressive 90 off the New South Wales' attack on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield match here today. Bhaw. who batted
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  • 31 13 CALCUTTA. Fri. Wilson Jones, holder of the world amateur billiards championship, won the Indian national title here yesterday, defeating 8. N Banerjee by 4,178 points to 2.B3l— Reuter.
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  • 112 13 Contractor and Borde in highest class Benaud CALCUTTA. Fri. Richie Benaud, captain of the Australian cricket team which yesterday clinched the fivematch Test series against Indie, told a Press conference tonight that he thought India's cricket future was brinht. He said India had the nucleus of a good team "«nd
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  • 245 13 Christine is beaten now in shock No. 2 BRISBANE. Fri.— Christine Truman was beaten in the women's singles semi-finals of the Australian lawn tennis championships here today. The 19-year-old British girl was defeated 7—6. 3 6. 7 5. by Jean Lehane of Australia. The defeat of Miss Truman, who was
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  • 319 13  - RUGGER COACHING FOR 10-12 GROUP PLANNED TEOH ENG TATT By SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore Rugby Union President. Mr. Ng Wood Kan, has a longterm plan to raise the standard of Asian Rugby In Singapore which he will bring into operation next season. But If Mr. Ng s plan is to succeed,
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  • 38 13 ROME. Fri.— Eighty-three nations have so far entered for the Olympic Games to be held here in August, the organising committee announced today. The latest entry came from Monaco, who will compete In yachting and shooting—Reuter.
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  • 125 14 The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, greets the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, at the Kuala Lumpur Airport yesterday. The New Zealand High Commissioner in Malaya. Lt.Col. C. M. Bennett, observes Maori tradition and rubs noses with Tun Abdul Razak at the
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  • 332 14 LONDON, Pri. London stock markets finished the week on a subdued note with persistent decline on Wall Btreet and weekend considerations restalnlng Influences. Nevertheless, a selective demand persisted for Industrials and there was Investment buying oi glltetlsed securities which left prices showing gains extending to about naif a
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  • 348 14 LIFE-DEATH CANAL TUG-OF-WAR TO SAVE 150 lb. MEN SINGAPGR2. Friday. A 120-lb. Singapore Customs officer and his 80-lb A student son last night rescued two burly 150 lb. men from a rain-swollen canal in Kampong Java Road after what they described as a iife-and-death tug-of-war." The Customs officer was Mr.
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  • 27 14 BRUSSELS, Fri. Strikers and police tangled during protest marches and meetings throughout Belgium today v socialist trade unionists struck for increased pay and benefits.— U.P.l.
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