The Straits Times, 10 May 1960

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    19 1 AVEBACB DAILY CERTll^l) SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times fie** I**1 Estd. 1845. TUESDAY, MAY 10. 1960 15 CENTS
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    Plan to attract more capital
    368 1 Plan to attract more capital SINGAPORE, Mon. The Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said tonight the Government was planning an industrial estate on which businessmen would be given inducement to set up factories. This estate, in its first stage, would cover four square miles. It would have access to
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    LIGHTNING—A MOTOR CYCLIST DIES
    129 1 LIGHTNING— A MOTOR CYCLIST DIES SINGAPORE. Monday. A BRITISH soldier was killed by lightning today while riding a motor-cycle during a storm. He was Corporal C. Cotton, of 6 Company, RASC, Nee Soon. He was struck at the V 2 mile. Upper Thomson Road. He was on his way back
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    Lock icon Nasser's visit
    23 1 BELGRADE, Mon.—President Nasser of the United Arab Republic will visit Yugoslavia next month at the invitation of President Tito. Re uter
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    ALL OVER—AND A FOND GLANCE FOR TONY
    67 1 ALL OVER— AND A FOND GLANCE FOR TONY AFTER the heavy strain of the morning's ceremony Princess Margaret, clasping her bouquet of white orchids, turns with a fond look to her husband Mr. Antony Armstrong-Jones, as wedding photographs are taken at Buckingham Palace. The Princess's wedding dress, by Nornum Hartnell,
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    Brokers spend 40 mins. on first 'call'
    365 1 Brokers spend 40 mins. on first 'call' STOCK EXCHANGE TO COME IN GRADUAL STEPS -BROOKE KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The first "call" of shares ever to take place in the Federation was made today when representatives of four sharebrokers' firms met in the clearing house of the Bank Negara here. The
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    Rhee says: Ike likes me
    35 1 SEOUL, Mon. Former President Syngman Rhee today disclosed that President Eisenhower had sent him a cable-letter praising his "wisdom as well as selfless service" in withdrawing from political life. U.P.L
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    The boom
    136 1 (CONTINUED) TRADE FOR FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR TOTALS $1,251 MIL. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation's total trade for the first quarter of this year, amounting to $1,250.9 million, exceeds that for the same period last year by $347.3 million. Direct foreign trade totalled $832.4 million $257.6
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    PMIP: WE'LL TAKE THOSE LOAN GRANTS
    479 1 PMIP: WE'LL TAKE THOSE LOAN GRANTS Party was only against methods of borrowing KUALA LUMPUR, Monday JHK Pan-Malayan Islamic Party will accept grants from foreign loans raised by the Federal Government, the Senate was told today. Two PMIP Senators, who stated their party's policy on foreign loans, made these points:
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    Lock icon Leaves hospital
    24 1 LONDON. Mon. Mr. Terence Rattigan. the 48--year-old British playwright, left the London Clinic today after two weeks' treatment for virus pneumonia.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon York House lunch
    41 1 LONDON. Mon. Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Malayan Prime Minister, lunched today with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at York House. The Duke represented Queen Elizabeth at the indeI pendence ceremonies of Malaya In August, 1957. 1 Reuter.
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    30 MEN WITH A SECRET FEAR...
    194 2 DENANG, Mon The, 30 Indonesian rebels who have been refused political asylum in this I country are keeping their movements secret for fear of falling intoj the hands of agents of, the Jakarta Govern-, ment. One source close to the re- j bels hinted
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    A test for farmers...
    68 2 ALOR STAR. Mon.— Only I genuine farmers with families will be granted land in Kedah under the Governments rural development plan. "To satisfy ourselves that they are really farmers, we will even examine the hands of applicants." Inche SJhamsuddln bin Ntohamed Sldln. secretary of the State
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    Textile deal
    20 2 SINGAPORE! Mon Siamese merchants have ordered 200.000 yards of textiles from Singapore dealers, to be delivered this month.
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    Tengku's 'welcome candour'
    492 2 APARTHEID CENSURE MOVE HAS ALREADY DONE MUCH GOOD, SAYS LONDON PAPER OBSERVER: HE'S SAVED COMMONWEALTH FROM DECLINING INTO MEANINGLESS CLUB By DOUGLAS LACKERSTEEN London, Monday TENGKU Abdul Rahman's bold stand on South Africa's apartheid policy was praised yesterday by the influential Sunday paper, The Observer. The paper
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    Lorry smoke: New idea for S'pore?
    215 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday FED. SCHEME IS STUDIED SINGAPORE may follow the Federation's example in making diesel lorries have their exhaust pipes pointing skywards. The idei of reposition- Ing the pipe— introduced by the Federation Road Transport Department earlier this year— is aimed at lessening
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    'Small fry' Reds now top priority target
    149 2 ITI ALA LI.MPIR. Mon. Four "small fry" Communist terrorists in West I'ahang have become the top priority target of Special Branch operation* The head of the Special Branch. Inche Hussein bin Haji Mohamed Sidrk, said today he was confident that the terrorists the
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    Sarawak to expand primary education
    254 2 KUCHING. Monday. \IORE children in Sarawak (population: 739,000) should have a primary education but less than one-third of those completing the primary education would fined places in secondary classes This Is the opinion of an advisory committee set up to study a report on secondary
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    MALAYANS SEEK IMR RADIO ISOTOPES JOB
    160 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. CEVERAL Malayan doctors want to continue the research work on radio isotopes started by a scientist who died in March. The scientist was Dr. Peter W. O. Tasker, of the Institute of Medical Research here, whose wife said at an Inquest
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    Deep-freeze blood may yield clue to age-old riddle
    141 2 From KEITH HOOPER pERTH, Mon.— A West Australian scientist is working on a project which he hopes may find the answer to the question: Did the Australian aborigines originally come from Asia? Dr Robert Kirk, lecturer in zoology at the University of
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    Russian woman saw US plane downed: Son tells how 'I apprehended' spy
    308 3 MOSCOW, Mon. DADIO Moscow last night reported an eyewitness account of how the American "spy" plane was shot down over Soviet territory. It gave an account from "our correspondent in the Sverdlovsk region." He said: "Yesterday I was
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    Lock icon Violent reaction to spy admission r is expected
    319 3 Violent reaction to spy admission r is expected MOSCOW, Monday OBSERVERS predict violent reaction when the Soviet people are told the US State Department admitted an American airman "probably" was gathering information when shot down over Russia. The State Department's announcement has not yet been published here. Its publication will
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    Lock icon JAILED S. AFRICAN WHITES PLAN A HUNGER STRIKE
    117 3 JAILED S. AFRICAN WHITES PLAN A HUNGER STRIKE JOHANNESBURG, Mon.— 0 White detainees in three South African provinces plan a hunger strike if not released or charged this week. White women formerly in Johannesburg Fo't Jail now held in Pretoria Central Jail— have asked the Minister of Justice, Mr. Francois
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    Lock icon U.S. MAKES NEW CONTACT WITH SATELLITE
    232 3 U.S. MAKES NEW CONTACT WITH SATELLITE WASHINGTON, Monday. IN A spectacular achievement, scientists beamed a radio signal 8,001,000 miles into space yesterday and turned on the powerful 150- watt transmitter in the U.S. Pioneer V sun satellite. The transmitter Is believed to be the largest ever operated In space. The
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    Lock icon Lady Hillary to climb Himalayas
    91 3 Lady Hillary to climb Himalayas A UCKLAND. Mon. Lady Hillary, wife of the conqueror of Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary, Is planning a Himalayan expedition with three other women. She plans to go next year while Sir Edmund and Sub Lieutenant Peter Mulgrew— whose wife June is In the women's partyare
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    Lock icon NASSER PRAISE FOR AID BY RUSSIA
    221 3 CAIRO, Monday. PRESIDENT Nasser followed up a bitter attack last night on the United States with a tribute today to the Soviet Union for its "wise and noble policy towards us." 1 At a rally In El Mansura last night, he condemned the U.S.
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    Lock icon SUPPORT A-BAN OR GO, WARNING
    274 3 SUPPORT A-BAN OR GO, WARNING f ONDON, Mon. A group of British Socialists yesterday gave Mr. Hugh Gaitskell and the other Labour Party chiefs notice that they should either assert their leadership by supporting total nuclear disarmament or make room for those who would. The group. Victory for Socialism, which
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    Lock icon Jet crashes, kills 11
    54 3 TAIPEH. Mon.— A Chinese Nationalist jet fighter set fire to 41 houses, killing 11 people and injuring 45 others, when it crashed on to a village in southern Formosa yesterday. The pilot died Inside his F-86 Sabre-jet when it burst Into flames on crashing and skidded
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    Lock icon Model plane's record flight
    38 3 LONDON, Mon.— A radiocontrolled model aircraft set a world distance record near Lympne. Kent, yesterday with a flight of 45.75 miles. The previous record of 37.2 miles was set In the United States. Reuter.
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    PAWNSHOP INTEREST RATE: NEW ONG PLAN
    468 4 PA WNSHOP INTEREST RATE: NEW ONG PLAN r SINGAPORE, Mon. j its report published In March rpilE Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang 1 Boon, will ask that the Pawnbrokers (Amendment) Bill be recommitted to committee for further consideration when the Legislative Assembly meets on Wednesday. In committee, Mr.
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    Sued by wife: Man weeps in court
    206 4 OIINGAPORE, Mon— A man wept in court today when his wife pressed him to pay up maintenance arrears of $120. The man. Teo Stale Hwee, was summoned to show cause I why he should not be jailed for failing to comply with the
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    ROBIN WOODS MAY BE BACK AS BISHOP
    197 4 ROBIN WOODS MAY BE BACK AS BISHOP SINGAPORE, Mon. Anglican Church circles here believe that there is a likelihood that the former Archdeacon of Singapore, the Yen. Robin Woods, has been named the new Bishop of Singapore. He will succeed the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines. who left Singapore last
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    'Off with kid gloves'
    465 4 'Of f with kid gloves' SINGAPORE, Mon THE FINANCE MINISTER SAYS- WERE GOING AHEAD WITH WAR ON SPORE TAX EVADERS "JHE Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, tonight declared that he intended to proceed with the Income Tax (Amendment) BUI when the Assembly meets on Wednesday. He said that the
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    Mr. ANTHONY NEO'S DISMISSAL
    93 4 Mr. ANTHONY NEO'S DISMISSAL SINGAPORE. Mon. The Police Secretary. Mr. William Cheng, said today that Mr. Anthony Neo Koon Hln. former Assistant Commandant of the Special Constabulary, was dismissed under the Police Force Ordinance. 1958 (No. 32 of 1958). A notice In the gazette last Friday said Mr. Neo was
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    WHY
    71 4 ...MARGARET CHOSE A CARIBBEAN HONEYMOON WHAT was the mysterious reason behind Princess Margaret's .choice of the Caribbean for her honeymoon with Mr. Antony Armstrong-Jones? A special report from Jamaica will tell you. And will the stay at the hotel which U a "second home to Joan Crawford* Or the
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    CAFE DEATH: BAR GIRL TESTIFIES
    334 4 SINGAPORE, Monday WAITRESS at the Singapore Bar, Lily Chan, told the Assize Court today that she saw Trinidad Felipe Pimentel, 19, a former seaman on the American freighter, John B. Kulukundis, in a group of five or six seamen fighting at the bar on the
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    Che Yusof sees bright future for Scouting
    192 4 Che Yusof sees bright future for Scouting SINGAPORE, Mon. The Yang di-Per-tuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, in a message to the Boy Scouts Association at their Golden Jubilee dinner tonight, said that the movement in Singapore was one of few which had successfully resisted the taint of opportunist interference.
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    BIG VESAK PROCESSION THROUGH THE CITY
    119 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Hithlight of the Buddhist Vesak Day celebrations tomorrow will a colourful procession of decorated floats, depicting the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, through the main streets of Singapore. It will start at the Victoria Theatre and finish at the Maha Bodhi School in
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    Raids on hotels
    19 4 SINGAPORE, Mon The Social Welfare Department carried out 96 raids on brothels and hotels last month.
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      132 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES rpHF following Is today's X schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore: ARRIVALS BO AC: Prom London, Rome, Bombay, Colombo (BA 790) 8 40 a.m.; from London. Frankfurt, Karachi. Calcutta, Rangoon (BA 70S) 9 OS p.m. Qantaa: From Sydney, Darwin (KM 571) S.30
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      388 4 YMCA: 8cen««hliters' "Ruddl- L*ague. 3 p.m. gore 1 principal! rehearsal 7.30 PAYA LEBAK METHODIST pm. CHl'BCH: Evening choir practice. TOC H: Talk on "Some of the e pm problem* confronting youth of phivfhf wr-mn t/vlav" hv \Ar 1* Bamaann lilt BTVA1T9 I HIMESt METHUUatay by Mr. R. Ramaaon. 8.S0 DlgT
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    A FATHER DENIES VICE CHARGES
    168 5 A FATHER DENIES VICE CHARGES SINGAPORE, Mon. A father of four today denied a charge ot assisting in the management of a brothel at Lorong 27, Geylang, on Saturday night. Ong Hock Keng, 53, of East Coast Road, also faced five other charges four being related to prostitution offences. In
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    Another $25 for hitch-hiker
    55 5 SINGAPORE, Mon. Another $25 was received today for stranded German hitchhiker Gunter R. H. Helmhotz, who had $1,000 stolen from him last month. This donation from the proprietor of Andrew's Food Supplies. Eden Park, brings the amount Gunter has received from kind-hearted Malayans with fond memories
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    Talk by postal official
    46 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Mr. Normar Boswell. Assistant Controller of Posts, Johore. will be guest speaker at the Apex Club meeting to be held in the Rest House here tomorrow. He will speak about "Sport in Malaya as compared with that in Britain."
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    Thieves get $1,808 in raids on 2 cinemas
    86 5 Thieves get $1 ,808 in raids on 2 cinemas FAIPING. Mon. Burglars broke into two cinemas here early this morning and stole a total of SI. 808. U the CARLTON. the thieves forced open a steel safe and grabbed the weekend takings of $1,720. U the MAJESTIC, the main office
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    A double graduation
    63 5 A double graduation SUNGEI PATANI. Mon.— A nephew and niece of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, have both graduated from Dublin University. Syed Nahar. only son of Syed Sheh Shahabudln. Malayan ambassador to Thailand, has taken an economics degree, while his wife. Che Sharlffah Azallah. daughter of the Kedah
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    Wife refused to go home after visiting parents
    210 5 Wife refused to go home after visiting parents KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A wife who had a "very happy marriage" refused to return to her husband after a visit to her parents on the second anniversary of their wedding. This was stated In the High Court here today when the husband.
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    RAPE: WRESTLER CHARGED
    76 5 SINGAPORE, Mon.— NlranJan Singh was charged in a magistrate's court today with abduction and rape No plea was recorded. He was alleged, with another man. to have abducted Su"aram Kaur at Alkaff .Venue, off Mac- Pherson Road, on May 4. A second charge alleged that, between May
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    ALLIANCE SENATORS URGE: PUT AN END TO THESE 'DESPICABLE METHODS' USED IN ELECTIONS
    510 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday TWO Alliance senators today called on the Elections Commission to end "despicable methods" used by some parties in elections Senator T. H. Tan ana Senator S. O. K. Ubaidullah referred to sucn irregularities as
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    Kidnap victim is murdered
    348 5 POLICE THINK THE '08' •GANG KILLED CARETAKER-GARDENER; TWO YOUTHS DETAINED IPOH, Monday. A KIDNAP victim, Wong Keng Fatt, 35, whose body was found near a cemetery early this morning, is believed to have been murdered by a secret society gang. The body, with a stab wound
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    Big day for 130 leaders of the work brigade
    186 5 SINGAPORE, Mon The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. will address the first 130 leaders of the Singapore Work Brigade at a passing oat paradr at Pasir Ris at 11 a.m. on Sunday A large number of guests, including parents, have
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    RURAL PLAN—NOT A LUXURY SCHEME
    251 5 RURAL PLAN— NOT A LUXURY SCHEME IPOH, Mon. The rural development plan does not aim at providing luxuries of any sort, the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak, said here today. "I want to make this very clear, he told the straits Times 'The rural development plan is national, both
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    Inspector to have new lawyer
    129 5 Inspector to have new lawyer IJUALA LUMPUR. Mon— Mr. 1V Kam Woon Wah. tht* lawyer who had acid thrown In his face by a teenage thug last Tuesday, will not be able to appear for a police officer charged with assault when the trial Is resumed tomorrow. Mr. Kam. whose
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    Ex-secretary must pay trophies bill
    165 5 IPOH, Monday T*HE former honorary secretary of the Perak 1 Amateur Athletic Association, Balwant Singh, was today ordered to pay $1,169.65 to Messrs S.P.H. de Silva Ltd., a firm of Jewellers here, for trophies which he had bought from the firm. The order was made
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    MORRIS TO VISIT SARAWAK
    65 5 MORRIS TO VISIT SARAWAK KUCHING. Mon— The Deputy Inspector-General of Colonial Police. Mr. Nigel Morris, formerly Commissioner of Police in Singapore, will arrive here on Thursday from Hong Kong for a fortnight's visit. He will inspect units of the Sarawak Constabulary, discuss police problems and advise on the improvement of
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    MOSQUE FUND: MALACCA APPEAL
    89 5 MOSQUE FUND: MALACCA APPEAL IHf ALACCA, Mon. The i ifl Chief Minister. Inche 1 Abdul Ghafar bin Baba. today appealed to the people of th« state to help the national mosque building fund. Malacca has to raise $138,000 of which $46,900 will be donated by the State Government. The balance
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    Rotary plan
    26 5 KUANTAN. Mon.—A Rotary Club is to be formed here at a meeting In the home of the Mentrl Besar on Saturday at 3 p.m.
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    Get rid of those BLACKHEADS!
    823 6 Get rid of those BLACKHEADS! FEMININE FORUM fHERE is help at last for all us women here who have been plagued for years with blackheads. Louise Klerk, medically trained beautician, has just returned to Singapore after one year's refresher course in Paris /with severat new facial preparations. One lotion is
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    Skirt AND trousers
    147 6 LOOK what they are doing now! Trousers under a dress! These two gowns are by one of Britain's "Top Twelve" designers. Left. Ann Goodwin displays a blue cotton-chiffon dress with pencil-slim breeches in pure silk that reach just below the Knee. The fully gathered skirt over the
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      290 6 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6. Modern competition for a 1. Down train arrives at the its- carter (3-4). tion shortly on tne proper 7. Minor charges of court (S, 2, line (6. 3. 6). 8). Rodent from the river 9 Pungency pure and simple In Thames (6). the aerodrome (8).
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    A frontier 'doctor' became first cattle baron STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    1410 7 A frontier 'doctor' became first cattle baron STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE BITTER AND VIOLENT AFTER WIFE'S DEATH, JOHN MARSH WAS KILLED BY HIS OWN RANCH HANDS The millionaire who wanted to rule old California LATE ONE NIGHT in 1834, John Marsh, Harvard graduate, frontiersman, and amateur physician of Prairie dv
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    59 8 It Wtrit Sit (Minimum > CEORQt LOW ol blngapor* Motor* 7-5-60 cortata Mavln* Lorong M No. 11 10-5-60 at p.m. for saertl Heart ChMnn thane* to Bldadarl laarlas daughter* DUTHIC: As a rttvA of an accident on »th April. IP6O at Dumfrle* Infirmary. John Duthle M.8.X.. Major X.0.8.8 beloved
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    97 8 Wormt lit (Minimum, MR A MRS. C. A. MARSHALL thank friend* and relatives for their valuable gift* on their wedding on Saturday th.- T-S-1960 MR. AND MRS. N. RAMACHANDRAN 'hank all relatives and friends for their kind attendance assistance valuable gifts on the occasion of their marrlace on 6-4-60
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      Review Of Education
      693 8 The review of the Federation's education policy, now in its second month, was overdue in more than the technical sense of the word. Which is not to say that the Razak policy is not good. Indeed the nine-man committee now examining its implementation and its future Is
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      Korean Interim
      392 8 Not the least significant factor in the revolution that has flushed through South Korea is the way it was brought about Students and school children were the activists. They had right on their side, they suffered 160 deaths and more than 1,000 wounded and they swept away Dr.
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      The Thugs
      162 8 On the occasions when police do manage to get on the scene during gang clashes, they have a fearsome task in trying to apprehend any of the thugs, as Sergeant Jan Singh discovered in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday evening. The fact that he got one of his men
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    What Louw so desperately wants to win in London...
    1381 8 What Louw so desperately wants to win in London... RENE MacCOLL reporting from South Africar- THERE is a most strange air of unreality about South Africa on this 41st day of the state of emergency, sparked off by the police killing of 83 persons at Sharpeville. One seems to live
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      150 8 WITH reference to the >v report headed "Indian traders to Join the big boycott move." it would, I think, be of Interest to many people to know why Senator Übaldulla and his business associates are allegedly enthusiastic regardIng a boyoott of South African goods but apparently are perfectly happy
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      Could THIS be the reason for all those exam failures?
      300 8 Could THIS be the reason for all those exam failures? r|R. TOH CHIN CHYES \3 reasons for the poor 1950 Senior Cambridge results tell only a small part of trie story. He blames the system of automatic promotion alone for the bad results. If this is so how does he
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      89 8 AS Mr. Byrne hawks his Idea of a solution to the unemployment problem the unemployment benefit scheme—l see further cuts In the offing to the already reduced and meagre pay packets of the average worker In Singapore. This will not contribute to the security of tenure and the
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      THE SOLUTION
      71 8 AUSTRALIA should drop her much abused "White Australia" policy and permit Immigration Irrespective of colour —on the same basis as Australians are allowed to come to work In Singapore. That Is. an* employment contract on a salary of £170 per month In Australian currency, which Is the equivalent
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      90 8 I EXPECT millions of people all over the world will be discussing the Chessman case for years to come, just as the Dreyfus case Is still remembered. Chessman fought a good fight to the very last hour, and. like the tragic Raskolnlkov In "Crlm* and Punishment" long before justice
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    I FORGOT ABOUT EARLIER WEDDING
    257 9 I FORGOT ABOUT EARLIER WEDDING —court told CINGAPORE, Mon. A 37-year-old merchant, pleading guilty to a bigamy charge, was said to have completely forgotten that his first marriage was by civil law. Mr. R. E. Redrup said this in mitigation when defending Ng Eng Choon in the district court today.
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    Dud $50 note turns up
    45 9 PENANG, Mon.—A counterfeit $50 note was among three forgeries discovered in Penang this weekend. The $50 note—the first of its kind to be detected here— bore the serial number A/4 *****9. The other two forged notes were of $1 denomination.
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    Riot charge: A man remanded
    45 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. —Ng Poh Soon, facing tentative charges of rioting and wounding Tan Eng Cheong with a corrosive substance, was today remanded till May 16The offences, it was alleged, arose from a rioting Incident at Lorong 27, Geylang. last Thursday.
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    Umno branch in PMIP stronghold
    46 9 KOTA BHARU, Mon.— Umno has opened a new branch In* Kok Lanas, a stronghold of the PMIP. 14 miles west of here. Kok Lanas is In the constituency (Kota Bharu Selatan) of the Kelantan Mentri Besar. Hajl Ishak Lotfl bin Omar.
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    Japanese trade pact: Last act
    423 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday MALAYAN FILM UNIT TO RECORD SIGNING IN CAPITAL TODAY BY TOKYO ENVOY AND FEDERATION MINISTER Y/f ALAYA and Japan will sign a three-year trade agreement tomorrow to provide the "legal framework" for expansion of trade between the two countries. It will be
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    COMMITTEE TO WORK OUT DETAILS OF NEW VARSITY MOVE
    183 9 COMMITTEE TO WORK OUT DETAILS OF NEW VARSITY MOVE KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A SPECIAL committee will be set up soon to study details of the Federation Government's proposal to establish its own national university by 1962. This was announced today by the chairman of the national council of the University
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    $30 A MEETING FOR COUNCILLORS: IT'S BACK-DATED
    201 9 $30 A MEETING FOR COUNCILLORS: IT'S BACK-DATED MALACCA, Monday. TJHE State Government has decided to advise the A Malacca Municipal Council to pay its councillors $30 for each meeting they attend as "loss of earnings" to be back-dated from January 1958. Payment to each councillor should not exceed $200 monthly
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    $1000 fine for lottery operator
    151 9 $1000 fine for lottery operator SINGAPORE. Mou. Ong Ah Peh, 40. of Dawson Road, was today fined $1,000 or three months' Jail for assisting In operating "character" lottery at hi* home on Saturday. The fin* was paid. Also in court today were seven others, arrested In another police raid at
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    Teacher quits
    30 9 6UNGEI PATANI. Mon Mr. Goh Bean Sin, a teacher of the Sungel Patanl Ibrahim Primary School, has resigned to study law at th« University of Malaya in Singapore.
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    Malaya at UN-by Dato Ismail
    103 9 Malaya at UN-by Dato Ismail SINGAPORE. Mon. The Federation's Minister of External Affairs. Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, will address a lunch meetint here on May 19. His subject will be "Malaya at the United Nations." The lunch, at 1 p.m.. is Jointly sponsored by the Chinese Ladles'
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    Chief of ship firm fined
    51 9 PENANQ. Mon— A shipping company's managing director was today fined $85 for falling to call at the Penang Labour Department when he was ordered to do so on Jan. 8 this year. Loh Teng Kee. of the Federal Shipping Company, pleaded guilty to a summons
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    The solitary world of Simon Wong, aged eight...
    366 9  - The solitary world of Simon Wong, aged eight AI LIN KOH SINGAPORE'S BACK ROOM BOY WHO IS BEDRIDDEN AND CANT TALK By SINGAPORE, Mon. In a little back room of a house in Tank Road, a lonely little boy dreams of the day when he can walk and talk like
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    $12m. in fees
    29 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Primary schools In the Federation brought in $12,124,515 In school fees last year with Perak leading with $2,401,527. the Senate was told today.
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    Police funeral
    31 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The funeral took place here today of Senior Inspector Jaffar Maridan, who died In Kuala Lumpur yesterday. He was formerly with the C.LD In Johore Bahru.
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    Estates union chief says: There IS racial bias
    410 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday CERTAIN estate em1 c y e r s practised discrimination when replacing employees by contact labours, secre-tary-general of the National Union of Plantation Workers, Mr. P. P. Narayanan, alleged today. He was backl.ig the "don't discriminate" w a r
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    'Presumed dead' after 15 years
    153 9 'Presumed dead' after 15 years J(UALA LUMPUR. Mon.-A woman who disappeared a month before the Japanese surrendered in Malaya was today officially declared "presumed dead f Jambiah blnte Hail Omar vanished from her home at 8i mile, Sungel Manggis. Banting. Kuala Lan- the nlgnt ot Au 14 1945. She was
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    Registered
    18 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Tb» recently-formed Singapoi* Congress has been registered as a political association. It was announced today.
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      HENNESSY DIRECTOR HOPEFUL OF TRADE
      167 10 HENNESSY DIRECTOR HOPEFUL OF TRADE A DIRECTOR of Jas. A Hennessy and Co. of Cognac, France, visited Singapore recently to find out business conditions on the local market. The director, Mr. Gerald de Geoffre. who was returning from Australia after a similar fact-finding mission. 'said that Malayan people appreciated Quality
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      Sarawak's new handbook
      90 10 A new handbook entitled Information on Sarawak is in the course of preparation by the Government of Sarawak Information Service. This handbook will contain the following sections general, economy, notes for visitors, district gazetteer, customs and excise tariffs, Pioneer Industries Ordinance and several maps. A business and
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      Bank dividend
      41 10 The Nederlandsche Har.dplMaatschapplj. N.V. (Netherlands Trading Society) bankers will propose at the coming general meetIng of shareholders In Amsterdam a dividend of 124 per cent for 1059. compared with 10 per cent In 1958, It Is announced In Singapore.
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      Big merger between U.K. bicycle organisations
      109 10 Big merger between U.K. bicycle organisations A MERGER by two United Kingdom engineering groups which will produce the major part of Britain's bicycle output has been announced in London. The groups are Tube Investments and Raleigh Industries, the former taking over the Interest of Raleigh. Reports say that exports of
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      More cargo handled in Singapore
      171 10 More cargo handled in Singapore Yf ORE cargo is now beiT1 ing handled at the Singapore harbour, following the overall improvement in the Malayan economy. Official statistics show that during 1!S9, two million tons of general cargo were discharged and 1.9 million tons loaded at the Singapore Harbour Board wharves.
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      Good local prospects for onions
      183 10 A N Indian businessman, who wants to sell more Bombay onicns on the Malayan market, left Singapore on Saturday feeling confident of prospects. The businessman. Mr. M. A. Plllal. owns a trading firm in Bombay. Mr. Plllal said that he had been In the onion
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      An Indian economist has new plan
      370 10 ECONOMIC EASTERN COMMONWEALTH FORECAST LEADING Indian industrialist and economist, Mr. A. D. Shroff, while on a visit to Singapore said that the free and democratic countries of Asia should co-operate closely together in order to be economically less dependent on the United States and
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      Highest profit made by BOAC
      63 10 Provisional figures Indicate that 8.0.A.C. made the highest operating profit In its history at over $34 million in the year ended March 31. Sir Gerard d'Erlanger. chairman of the airline has announced After payment of Interest there was a surplus of about $850,000. Associated companies
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      NEW JAL CARGO SERVICE
      92 10 JAPAN Air Lines will begin an all-cargo service between Tokyo and San Francisco late this year, it is announced In Singapore JAL will use DC-7C aircraft which are at present flying on Trans-Paciflc routes These aircraft will be replaced by DC-8 jets In August and after
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      DETERGENT MARKET IN MALAYA EXPANDS
      179 10 DETERGENT MARKET IN MALAYA EXPANDS AN increasing number A of new brands of detergents are being imported into Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. One of the latest on the market is Dylon drip dry wash-creme, a concentrated detergent in cream form and packed in tubes for easy handling. It
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      France to expand her local markets
      279 10 FRANCE can succeed in expanding her Malayan export market, Mr. Andre Dubois, leader of a 14-member French trade mission, said before leaving Singapore on Saturday for Hong Kong. Dubois said that more ■Yench products would be introduced into the market. Among these be chemicals,
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      260 10 ft OUR MOVE IN MALAYA Matters (1959) Ltd— already Malaya's largest advertising agency is now providing comprehensive service from ita> Kuala Lumpur office. The office has been put under, the direction of a Federation Manager, Mr. Frank Andrews who is one of the most senior ana experienced executives in th«
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    131 12 MELBOURNE. Mon. INVESTMENT shares here today 1 opened the week on a firm tone. Myer eased Is. lid. to 365. B.C. Sleigh gained sd. to 17s. lid. and Henry Jones gained Is. 9d. to 765. 9d. Base metals and the oils traded along steady lines, while Commonwealth bonds
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    STORE SHIPPING
    173 12 SHIPS lying alongside the Sin- > gapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Laos 12. Havelsteln 4/5, Fernfield 6A. Langkoeas 6/7. Carthage 10/11, Tegelberg 13/14. Karlmata 15/16, Minlkol 18, Nlchlrei Mam 19, Seremban N.Wall 3, Mandowl 23 24, Keningatt 26, Thorsgaard 27,28. Anklng 29/30. Somali 31/32, Antenor
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    RUBBER CROPS
    26 12 April rubber crops included: Ayer Molek 32.8*0 lb. Bukit KaUl 31.5601 b. Kuala Reman 155.300 lb. Batu Lintang 77.700 lb. and Glenealy 106.000 lb.
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    CLOSING PRICES
    33 12 SINGAPORE, MAT 9. RUBBER: $IJ»' i per lb. (up two and seveneighths cents). 5 p.m. close: $1.29 (quiet). TIN: $386 per picul (down 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 225 tons (unchanged).
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    RUBBER PRICES
    215 12 MAY first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 129 1« cents per lb.. dp two and seven-eighths cents on Friday's close. The closing tone was quiet. S.C.C.R.A. CLOSING PRICES In cents per lb.. yesterday were: Int. 1 R.B.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 1294. sellers 129%; Int.
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    SQUEEZE ON MAY RUBBER CONTINUES: PREMIUM WIDER
    545 12 SQUEEZE ON MAY RUBBER CONTINUES: PREMIUM WIDER By Our Market Correspondent fHE squeeze on the May first grade continued on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday and the premium on the position widened to 4} cents over June. Better overseas advices, short-covering and reserve of sellers pushed May up to 129J
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    108 12 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were Copra: quiet; UK/Continent May/ June shipment* $35 buyers. 1354 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $S4 sellers, drum $56 sellers. Pepper, quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $280, Sarawak $375. special Sarawak black $195. garbled Lam pong
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    185 12 T»HK Malayan Exchanre Banks' AaMctation made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday: London: selling T.T. or O.D 2/4; buying airmail T.T. a/4 1/8 O.D. 2/4 5/32. 30 d/st 3/4 5/ie! 45 d/«t 3/4 3/8. 60 d/st 3/4 7/16. BO d/st 3/4 17/33, 130 d/st 3/4
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 12 Malayan Stock Exchange: May 9 May 7 Industrials: 143.13 141.91 Tins: 176.45 175.46 Rubbers: 293.45 291.28 Jan. 1. 1958=100.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    795 12 ON the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday, all sections were firm. Members of the Exchange reported the following business at the afternoon call. Individual share markings are given in brackets unless only one contract was written. Industrials: Fed. Disp. $1.38 (2). $1.37 cd ON; Fitzpairlcks $1.43; Praser and Neave
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      104 12 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are invited at the Office of the Executive Engineer, P.W.D. Dindings at Lumut up to 3.00 pjn. of the 17th May, 1960 for the "PURCHASE OF UNSERVICEABLE ARTICLES AT P.WX). YARD. LUMUT". 2. Full particulars may be obtained from the Office of the Executive Engineer.
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      541 12 NOTICES NOTICE ESTATE OF JOSEPH MICHAEL GREGORY ALIAS a. M. GREGORY ALIAS JOSEPH GREGORY Notice Is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims against the Estate of the above-named deceased, late of No. 8. Race Course Road. Talpiiig, State of Perak. who died on the 2nd
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      301 12 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL NOTICE ADVERTISING ON ELECTRICITY WATER BILLS TENDERS are Invited for advertising on the back of these bills for a period of 12 months. Further details can be obtained from the undersigned. The Council is not obliged to accept (he highest or any tender. Closing date 31st May.
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      793 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS BRUNEI GOVERNMENT SERVICE Applications are Invited for the post of Stenographer ln the Education Department, Brunei, on the following conditions: (a) Salary ln the scale $350--560; point of entry depending on qualifications and experience. (b) Applicant* must possess reasonable proficiency ln both Shorthand and typewriting. Reference will be
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      847 13 (Continued from Page 81 SITUATIONS VACANT tt Wtrtt SS (Min.)— Box St ett. sxtrm WANTBD PART-TIME Lecturers for Oeography, History and Local Customs reply P O Box 3431, Slngapor*. WANTBD rfflelent female Stenographer/Secretary by leading Travel Agency. Apply P.O. Box 1841 B'por*, SALESMAN WANTID experience In radio, tapc-r*con)*r and photography.
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      1004 13 SITUATIONS VACANT 1* Word, SS (Mtn.)— Box tt eta. txtn WANTBO COMPSTBNT ladles nair dresser for Established Salon In Raffles Place. European clientele State experience and salary required to P.O. Boa 2478. Spore. QUALIFIED PAINT SALtSMAN— Wellknown European firm requires qualified salesman for their paint department. Please apply to BoxA
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      1960 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT BOOKS PUBLICATIONS it Worts ti (Mtn.)— Bom St ctt. txtrm tt Word, SS (Min.)— Box it ctt. txirm IST JULY two twdroom unfurnished PITMAN PUBLICATIONS arc availflat In quiet and picturesque surround- able at all Goo* 1 Bookshop*. If In Ins* rent $410. Present occupant wish- difficulty rail
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      761 13 DOGS AT STUD tt Worts SS (Min.)— Box St cts. txtrm VOLLEY OF SILVER LAN OS (Alsatian L'.K Imported) very highly commend. <l at Crufts 1960. Best of breed, open and championship shows winner. Ttl. S'por* ***** for appointment. TRAVEL ft TOURS tt Wort, SS (Mm.) Bex St cit. txlro
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    190 14 India keen to fix Cup dates Life-savers TODAY'S SPORT AMRIT8AR. Mon.— The two finalists In the Eastern zone of the Davis Cup tennis competition. India and the Philllplnes, may play their deciding match from May 28 to 30. Announcing an Indian proposal suggesting these date>. Mr. Shamser Singh, secretary of
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    333 14 SOUTH KOREAN COLLEGES ARE ALSO DOUBTFUL By VIC NAYAGAM Kuala Lumpur, Monday rptiE Young Boys, league football champions 1 of Switzerland, will not play here next month. They have postponed their tour of Asia and Australia till next year. Mr. L. G. Young, who has been
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    32 14 Quah Kirn Swee (Chinese) makes a spectacular leap to beat Army goalkeeper Razallie for the first goal in the Singapore Premier League match at jalan Besar on Sunday. Chinese won 9- 1
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    Classes for refs
    35 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Classes for football referees will be held at the F.A. of Selangor office at Ampang Road from Sunday to May 20. An examination will be held on May 23.
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    Opener Cottee shines in Hostel's victory
    169 14 pENANO. Mon.— All three Penang league cricket matches played yesterday were decided on first Innings. At Dato Kramat, Australian Hostel beat Police, thanks to a good performance by opening bat Cottee who scored 80, the highest score of the day. Cottee also took three
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    Kirkham named S'pore skipper
    54 14 SINGAPORE. Mon. John Kirkham will again captain Singapore against Johore In their Malayan Crirket Association league match here on Saturday and Sunday. The team: Kirkham (capt.) Y. Angullla. R. Bowles, C. Cooke. C Jeffers. B. Marks, H. Muirhead A. Mungrue, H. Sithawalla, S. Slvamayam, R. da
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    Bestcrete gets top weight in Spring Cup over a mile
    522 14 Bestcrete gets top weight in Spring Cup over a mile WEIGHTS for I Kola Bay 7.11 c 4 0)v 2 6F all eight Dr vJiinfUm 9.M races at Buklt Planter n 7iz Kanfßlß gJ I'imah on Satur- Cl. 1 Div. 3 6 F Wal*iunc day first day of Tak r
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    CHENG HOE HAS SPEED & POWER
    271 14 CHENG HOE HAS SPEED POWER SCHOOLBOY, 16, WINS TWO TITLES PENANG, Monday. YEW CHENG HOE, a 16-year-old St. Xavier'i A schoolboy, won the men's singles and the doubles with Khor Cheng Chye in the Penang Junior badminton championships which ended at the Han Chiang High School hall here last night
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    American coach shows how...
    138 14 American coach shows how... SINGAPORE. Mon.—American swimming coach Bill Campbell told about 100 Singapore teachers today: Teach your pupils sped, fled principles only.'' Campbell, who was conduct, ing at his first "clinic" for school teachers at Mt. Emily Pool tooay. added: •Don't teach your pupiLs what you think or from
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    Will consider invitation
    82 14 CINGAPORE. Mon. The Western Australia Cricket Association has told the Malayan Cricket Association that It will consider the Invitatlon to play In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur when It meets soon to discuss th« proposed tour of Ceylon next year. Mr. L. E. Trueman. the W^^uxy^. tetter man
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    Wilson is the winner
    74 14 piENANG, Mon. W. G. E. Ml Wilson won the Class A championship at the Malayan Go-Kart Racing Club's meet here yesterday. The Class B champion was again A. G. Craln who won four of the six events on th« programme. Fastest time was recorded by D.
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    'BANISHED' ENG CHENG RETURNS IN TRIUMPH
    662 15 BY NORMAN SIEBEL THOUGH, 39-year-old Chua Eng Cheng, one of Malaya's best all-round sportsmen, has made a successful comeback twice this season to scotch the widely-held notions that Malayan sportsmen begin a swift decline once they round their tropical thirties. Two months ago Enp;
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    RANGERS ON RAMPAGE
    174 15 GHANI LEADS 6-1 ROUT OF INDONESIA MUDA WITH FOUR GOALS I/XALA LUMPUR. Mon Rangers went on the rampage in the second half of their Div. 1 soccer match against Indonesia Muda today and won 6-1 at Princes Road. For 40 minutes Mat Zaln, the Indonesian goalkeeper, brilliantly
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    Perak Schools skipper receives the trophy
    49 15 WONG MING KHING. captain of Ptrak Combined Schools, receives the Rahman Trophy from the Minister of Education. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Talib. after his tram's 2— victory over Negri Sembilan Combined Schools in the soccer Anal at Penan*; on Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    Police enter 16 boxers
    104 15 SINGAPORE, Mon Mi^Sfin^h successes In the national Championships. Singapore Police have entered 16 boxers for the open rhamnir>n<shin<s cta-tioo cnampionsnips starting on Thursday. In the national championships, five Police boxers reached the finals and three won. With the exception of Krishnan Gopalan the curc'SSLSSSfSSSI Jld bln
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      99 15 -in.,,- B.iM- District Div. 1: GHy 2 (Barlow, Warelngi Headquarters 0 at T.tnglln. Sporp Div. 3C: Alagappa 9 (Irrulappa 4, Munianay 3. Bala 2; SHB Police 0. S'gor Div. Rangers I 6 (Abdul Ghi.ni 4. Gabrielle. Koh) Indonesia Muda 1 (MusUpha). Div. 2: Sunrise B 1 3 Permuda 0;
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      BADMINTON
      78 15 Penang Jnr championship finals: Men's singles Yew Cheng Hoe bt Tan Guan Lark 15-12. 15-1: Men's doubles Yew Cheng Hoe and Khor Cheng Chye bt Soo Hoo Loon and Khaw Peng Seng 10-7. 15-11; Women's singles Lee Moh Nee bt Bonnie Thomson 2--11. 11-5. 11-7: Women's doubles Lee Moh
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      CRICKET
      88 15 CRICKET Prnanf Lgt: Australian Hostel bt Police on Ist inns. Police 85 (Slvakuru 30, Cottee 3-5. Jackson U-17J Hostel 149-9 (Cottee SO). Chinese bt Free School on Ist Inns. Frees 118 (Soon Khean 55. Kew San 4-21) Chinese 124-3 (Weng Kee 33. Kean Tat 31). Indians bt MTC on
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      44 15 Army trials: Opeo team 1' 17th Gurkha Div. Signals Regt (Simpson. Chapman. Jones) 2 ti» between 30th Bn RAOC <Plck worth. Nicholson, Scott) and I/I East Anglian Regt 'A' (Templeman, Nevill, Tomklnson). Individual open 1 A. J. Simpson > firntt 3 Tomklnson, at Talplng.
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      27 15 TENNIS Italian championship*: Women's s-flnals A. Haydon (Br> bt S. Reynolds <8A) 8-2. 7-5; S Kormoczy i Hung) bt J. Lehane (Aust) fi-1. 6-0. at Rome.
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      SOCCER
      21 15 Tour match: Malmo. Sweden 1 Braril 7. at Malmo. Eurcpean Cup (Intrr nation) qflnai: Portugal 2 Yugoslavia 1, at Lisbon.
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      BOXING
      36 15 H'eltrnrt: E. fcqueda outpfd J. Padilla. 10 rds. at Mexico City. MOTOR-RACING Tarca Florio: l J Bonnier <Swed) and H Hermann <O«r). Porsche: 2 W. von Trip* (Ger) and P. Hill (US), Ferrari, at Palermo.
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      21 15 rourrumrnt of hamptons (72 holMi: l J. Barber (2M> 3 K Herbert '272) 3 J. Boroa (374), at La« Vegaa.
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    Demand for substitutes
    69 15 I ONDON. Mon. The de- mand for substitutes for lniured players in the English Football Association Cup final was renewed in the British Press yesterday as Blackburn Rovers left back. Dave Whelan. lay In hospital at Wembly with a broken leg. Whelan was carried off on a
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    23 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Only two states have so far entered for the Rulers' Shield cricket competition. Entries close on Saturday.
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    11 15 LONDON. Mon. Newbus was scratched from the Epsom Derby today.—Reuter.
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    158 16 pRINCESS MARGARET and Mr. Antony Armstrong- Jones wave to the cheering crowds as they appear with other members of the Royal family and the wedding party on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their marriage last Friday. FROM left: The Duchess of Kent, the
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    Caused hurt with knife
    70 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. A 15-year-old schoolboy was being "particularly malicious'" when he suddenly whipped out a pen-knife and struck a small-built younger boy. said Inspector G. Tolson, a prosecutor, today. He said this at the Juvenile Court following the conviction of the boy on a charge of
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    Youth's arm lopped off
    84 16 SINGAPORE, Mon A teen-aged Malay boy Mohammed Tahlr Yusoff, is now in hospital with his left arm lopped off— victim of a gang attack at the junction of Mackenzie Road and Selegie Road. The arm, picked up from the scene on Saturday night, is being kept
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    Service today at new temple
    44 16 SINGAPORE, Mon. Buddhists will hold religious services at tne new temple The Mangala Vlnara, No. 38 Jalan Eunos at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow. Sponsored by Madam Chew Quee Neo. the service will be conducted by Yen. M. M. Mahaweera Thero.
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    RAF planes also take part in the 'recce' flights over Russia
    288 16 RAF planes also take part in the 'recce' flights over Russia REDS MA V RELEASE SPY PILOT LONDON, Monday. OF RAF BOMBER COMMAND have also been taking part in reconnaissance missions over Russia and Communist countries of Eastern Europe, it was reported here today. Stories appearing in leading British newspapers
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    49 16 8 HURT IN 3-VEHICLES CRASH IN KELANTAN KOTA BilAßl. .Mon.— Eight people were injured four seriously —in an accident involving three vehicles at the sth milestone Kota Bharu Kuala Krai Road last night The seriously injured included Haji Ya'acob bin Abdullah, treasurer of the Kelantan branch of Party Nerara.
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    300 16 LONDON, Mon— Stock markets In London today were still overshadowed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's credit restriction measuies and very quiet conditions prevailed for tne start of a new account with the genera] course of prices to lower levels. The Soviet-American air incident was not considered a
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    29 16 LONDON. Man. Spot 39'4d., Jun« 39Hd., July-Sept. 36Vid., Oct./ Dec. 34Hd., Jan/March 83d.. April/ June 32 d.. May c.l.i. 38d., June c.l.f. 36>,d. Tone Finn for near positions.
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    20 16 LONDON. Mon. Buyers £784 sellers £786, Forward buyers £783',. sellers J7»4, Settlement £787. Turnover a.m. 115 ton*, pjn. 5.
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    INQUIRY INTO AFFAIRS OF THREE RUBBER COMPANIES
    83 16 INQUIRY INTO AFFAIRS OF THREE RUBBER COMPANIES I ONDON. Mon. Board of Trade inspectors are to inquire into the affairs of Val dOr Rubber Estates, Tvemelbye, Selangor Rubber and Anglo-Sumatra Rubber Company, it was announced today. Val dOr Is a Shell company which sold its Malayan estate ill 1958. Tremelbye
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    30 16 member LONDON, Mon—The Commonwealth Prime Minister* at their meeting here today agreed that Nigeria should become a member of the Commonwealth after It becomes independent on October 1. —Reuter.
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    176 16 CRICKET Glamorgan, Kent win LONDON. Mon.— Results In today's cricket matches were: At Swansea: Glamorgan bt Leicester by Inns and 144 run*. Leicester 88 and 132 (D. Sheph-rd 0-90). Glamorgan 384-7 dec. (A Watklns 107). Glamorgan 14 pts. At DarUord: Kent beat Lancashire by Inns and 30 runs. Kent 238.
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