The Straits Times, 3 September 1960

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    18 1 AVIRAI.I DAILY IEBTIFIEII SALg^gJCtEEDS 90,000 The Straits Times fie*** 1 Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    NATION'S HOMAGE
    1649 1 THOUSANDS PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS Queen in touching scene before the catafalque Tributes from all over world KUALA LUMPUR, Friday HUGE CROWDS are expected to throng the streets of Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to say farewell to the late Yang di-Pertuan Agong. His coffin, placed on a gun carriage,
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    NEW KING TO BE ELECTED IN FORTNIGHT
    64 1 NEW KING TO BE ELECTED IN FORTNIGHT KLALA LUMPUR. Fri. —A new Yang dlPertuan Agong will be elected from among the Rulers in a fortnight. The Rulers will meet at the Istana Negara to elect him. The first three in the order of seniority as Rulers are: The Timbalan Yang
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    King will be buried beside father
    460 1 KLANG, Friday T<HE Yang di-Pertuan 1 Agong, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Alhaj, will be buried beside the grave of his father. Sultan Sulaiman Alaiddin Shah, in the marbled royal mausoleum here tomorrow. This town which had been closest to his heart is now making
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    Messages pour in from all over
    1313 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday QUEEN ELIZABETH SENDS CONDOLENCES: CANBERRA MPs HEAR NEWS DURING BIG DEBATE rPHE WORLD today sent more messages of sympathy to Malaya on the occasion of the death of the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Among the early messages received this morning were
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    SELANGOR CINEMAS CLOSED TODAY
    248 2 SELANGOR CINEMAS CLOSED TODAY If UALA LUMPUR. Frl All cinemas, amusement parks and places of entertainment in Selangor will be closed tomorrow for the funeral of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Today more public organisations announced the cancellation of functions The Pan-Malayan Hont Kong University Association has cancelled its annual dinner.
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    Bus station
    16 2 KAJANG. Frl. A new bu* station is to be built near the Kajang Bazaar
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    916 3 Mr. K and top Reds for UN WILL COMMUNISTS USE ASSEMBLY FOR MORE PROPAGANDA? MOSCOW. Friday r EADERS of all Communist nations, ex -L* cept China, will join the Soviet Premier, Mr. Khrushchev, in New York at the United Nations general assembly meeting on Sept So far, apart from Mr.
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    BERLIN FREE AIRLIFT TO BEAT BLOCKADE
    231 3 BERLIN, Friday THE West Berlin Gov- ernment announced last night that it would fly free into the isolated city all West Germans prevented from crossing Communist East Germany. The Government said that all West German travellers turned back by Communist police at the authorised
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    Lock icon FRENCH QUIT DATE IS MARCH 2
    103 3 PARIS, Friday. FRANCE will evacuate her bases in Morocco by March 2, 1961, under an agreement announced last night in a joint communique here and in Rabat The agreement also provides for French Air Force schools. In Morocco to be handed over to the
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    $90m. GRAB OF U.S. RUBBER FIRMS
    79 3 $90m. GRAB OF U.S. RUBBER FIRMS HAVANA, Fri. Premier Fidel Castro's government seised the Goodyear, Firestone Rubber and United States Rubber Companies' Cuban properties yesterday. They had a total value of about USS3O million ($9O million). The Goodrich Rubber Co was not immediately seized, apparently because it is a subsidiary
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    Lock icon Fires advance
    27 3 ST JOHNS (Newfoundland) Frl.— More than 1.000 residents of Southern Newfoundland fled from their homes last night In the face of advancing forest fires. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Bets shops from May
    48 3 LONDON. Frl.— Betting shops may open anjrwhere in Britain from May 1. 1961. under the new Betting and Gaming Act. the Home Office announced yesterday. The act is designed to sweep away a confusion of existing laws, some of them 400 years old.— Renter.
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    Lock icon JORDAN PREMIER'S MURDER: A MAN IS HELD
    244 3 JORDAN PREMIER'S MURDER: A MAN IS HELD AMMAN, Fri. Jordan authorities have arrested Salah Safadi, a book- shop owner and newspaper distributor, in connection with Monday's bomb explosion that killed the Prime Minister, Mr. Hazza Ma j all, it was disclosed last night. Described as being about 40. he was
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    Lock icon Keita flies to see de Gaulle
    48 3 PARIS. Fri. Mr. Modibo Keita, Prime Minister of the Sudanese Republic, flew here this morning from Bamako for talks with Gen. de Gaulle on the crisis caused by the break-up of the Mall Federation of Sudan and Senegal two weeks ago. Reuter.
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    CLERK IS GRANTED DECREE NISI
    166 4 CLERK IS GRANTED DECREE NISI SINGAPORE, Fri. A decree nisi was granted by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tan in the High Court today to Amy Quah, a clerk, dissolving her marriage with her husband, Farley Quah, also a clerk, on the ground of adultery. The decree is to be made
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    COMBINED CHORAL CONCERT AT CULTURAL FESTIVAL
    136 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The seven-day cultural festival, to be Inaugurated by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara. Inche Yusof bin Ishak. will begin with a combined cnoral concert in four languages on Sept. 12 at the Victoria Theatre. This Is the first time in Singapore that a
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    Prize-winners
    41 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The following have won prizes in the civic knowledge competition organised by the Chinese V.M.C.A.: Senior Section, Ho Nal Yin. Chen Hal Siang and C. Mukundan; Junior Section, Lim Ming Kong, Chew Mcl Kwang and Lee Yong Mowe.
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    Penicillin illegal sale: $250 fines
    119 4 Penicillin illegal sale: $250 fines SINGAPORE, Fri. Wong Kwun Chuah, 47, a drug-shop owner, was today fined $250 for selling unlawfully two tubes of penicillin ointment to a detective in his shop at Paya Lebar Road on July 5. He was fined another $250 for possessing for sale some penicillin
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    Theatre Fund is now $538,129
    34 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Ministry of Culture has received three more donations, bringing the National Theatre Fund to $538,129.31. One of the donations, $2,843. was from the Ping Sheh, Singapore.
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    2 years for $10,000 extort bid
    420 4 DEATH THREAT BY PHONE TO TOWKAY, AFTER LIVE BULLET WAS SENT WITH DEMAND NOTE SINGAPORE. Fri. A CHINESE MERCHANT, whose name was withheld for security reasons, told a District Judge here today that he received a live bullet in an anonymous letter demanding $10,000.
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    Singapore man wins top award in photo contest
    149 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The 1960 President's Gold Medal of the Photographic Society of Singapore has been won by a Singaporean. Mr. Lee Lim. Mr. Lee carried away the coveted prize with a print entitled "Old Age" against keen competition from more than 100
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    Bride for a top unionist
    147 4 ATOP Singapore trade unionist, Mr. Fong Swee Suan, 28, political secretary to the Ministry of Labour &ad Law, was yesterday married to fellow trade unionist. Mis* Chen Fob Cheng, 25, at a quiet and simple ceremony at the Registry of Marriages in Fort Canning. Only
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    LEADER QUITS, UNION SPLIT
    205 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. HAJI MUFRADI BIN HAJI NOOR, leader of the General Hospital branch of the Singapore Medical Workers' Union, has decided to quit his union and Join forces with the new Amalgamated Union of Public Employees. His decision to leave the SMWU from next month has
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      314 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES The following is today's schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS BOAC: Prom London, Zurich, Cairo. Bahrein. Bombay, Colombo (BA 788) 4.56 a.m.; from London. Dusseldorf. Beirut, Bahrein. Calcutta (BA 760) 5.10 a.m.; from London. Zurich, Belrut. Karachi. Calcutta (BA 704) 7.40
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      140 4 Kuala Lumpur (ML 101) 12.30 pjn.; from Hong Kong (ML 611) 3 pjn.; from Sandakan. Jesselton, Brunei, Slbu. Kuchtng (ML 409) 5.16 pjn.; from Penang, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur, Malacca (ML 149) 7.3S p.m.; from Kuala Lumpur (ML 173) 8 p.m.: from Penan?. (ML 151) 925 pjn. DEPARTURES BOAC: To Hong
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      50 4 Cathay Pacific: To Bangkok. Hong Kong (CX 730) 12.30 pjn. Malayan Airways: To Kuchlng, Slbu, Brunei, Jesselton, Sandakan (ML 410) 6.30 ajn.; to Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh. Penang. Medan (ML 102) 7 a.m to Kuala Lumpur (ML 170) 7.30 ajn.; to Malacca. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang (ML 152) 2.45 pm.
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    Lock icon STORM GROWS IN JAPAN OVER THE DUTCH CARRIER'S TRIP
    373 5 TOKYO, Fri. THE Society of Indonesian Students in Japan yesterday said it would demonstrate on Monday against the expected visit of the Dutch aircraft carrier Karel Doorman. The carrier was due to visit Yokohama and other Japanese ports from Sept. 8.
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    153 5 PRETORIA, Friday. r PHE court at the South African treason trial here x today rejected an urgent application by the Crown for the arrest of all 29 accused. The accused— all that remain of more than 150 people arrested in 1956 on high treason charges
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    Lock icon BOARD SELLS 2,400 TONS OF RUBBER
    103 5 T ONDON, Fri.— The Board of Trade announced' today that it had sold 2.400 tons of its stock of natural rubber in August. This comprised 95 tons for delivery in September 1.290 tons for October and 1,015 tons for November. Remaining rubber available for
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    Lock icon Balloon message
    27 5 NEW YORK. Frl Radio Free Europe last night bounced broadcasts to Communist East European countries off the circling American Echo One communications balloon satellite.— Reuter.
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    16 5 MOSCOW. Fri— Mr. Nlkita Khrushchev left Moscow for Helsinki on a two-day visit. Reuter.
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    Royal couple on Portugal visit
    30 5 THE KING of Thailand and his beautiful Queen Sirikit leave their plane at Lisbon airport at the start of an official visit to Portugal.— L.P.l.
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    Lock icon NEW POLL AFTER SHAH'S REQUEST
    174 5 TEHERAN, Friday. MEW elections are likely in Persia following an appeal by the Shah to all newly-elected deputies to resign. Both the Mallyoun Party of Dr. Manushar Eghbal. former Prime Minister, and the opposition Mardom Party have acceded to the Shahs request. The appeal to
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    Lock icon Robeson visit
    19 5 JAKARTA. Fri. American Negro singer Paul Robeson will visit Indonesia towards the end of this year. Reuter.
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    Lock icon A flying wing plan
    58 5 LONDON, Fri. A leading British aircraft firm has a project for an all-wing airliner which could transport 1 300 passengers across the Atlantic for only £11 <about $85. each. The aircraft -r- the Handley Page 117 would cruise at high speed but not as fast as
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    Lock icon Beverly's mum is jailed
    42 5 LOS ANGELES. Frl.— Mrs. Florence Aadland. whose 17--year-old daughter Beverly, was the companion of the late Enrol Flynn in the last years of his life, was Jailed for 90 days yesterday for contributing to her daughters delinquency— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Police dash to tribe fight
    44 5 NAIROBI. Frl. Police reinforcements were rusher) to Sultan Hamud. 70 miles from here, today to «top a major tribal battle between Masais and Wakambas. Two Wekambas were killed this morning, bringing the total deaths since yesterday to seven. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Plane theft
    30 5 SAN FRANCISCO. Frl. A man yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to steal (US) $120,000 from a trans-Pacific airplane from Hong Kong to San Francisco. U.P.I.
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    20 5 PARIS. Fri. France .will explode its third atomic bomb underground In the Sahara on Oct. 15.— U.P.1, j
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    Lock icon Nehru on riot that shook all India
    213 5 Nehru on riot that shook all India MEW DELHI. Fri. 1 Mr. Nehru, the Prime Minister, said today that the communal riots in Assam, northEast India, in July had "shaken the very foundations of India's unity." i Opening a three-day Par- liamentary debate on the riots. Mr. Nehru said there
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    Lock icon Probe promise
    35 5 CANBERRA. Fri. The Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzles. promised yesterday to investigate allegation? that th». Russian Embassy In Canberra was keeping a record of the movements of former Russian citizens In > Australia.— Reuter.
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    JABS: CRASH PROJECT IS NEARLY COMPLETE
    483 6 The Congo force men ready KUALA LUMPUR, Friday VTEARLY all the 450 officers and men of Malaya's Congo-bound Special Force have now been inoculated against cholera and yellow fever under a "crash" programme in preparation for their departure in about three weeks' time. The
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    2 ENVOYS IN TEAM OF SIX FOR U.N.
    142 6 2 ENVOYS IN TEAM OF SIX FOR U.N. IfUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Two Ambassadors will be among a sixmember delegation which will represent Malaya at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on Sept. 20. They are the Malayan Ambassador In Washington, Dato Nik Ahmad Kamll. who will lead
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    Schoolboy prince takes over title
    80 6 Schoolboy prince takes over title OEREMBAN, Fri. A 12-year-old schoolboy prince has been appointed Tengku Laxamana of Negri Sembilan. He Is Tengku Mukhriz, tht only son of the Yang dlPertuan Besar of Negri Sembllan, Tuanku Munawlr. His appointment. with effect from April 5 last year, was gazetted today. The title
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    The new offices set more posers —expert
    530 7 TALLER BUILDINGS IS A DEBATABLE TREND, HE SAYS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE CURRENT fashion for tall buildings in the town centre has been termed "a debatable feature" of post-war Kuala Lumpur by the Commissioner of Federal Town and Country Planning, Mr. T.A.L. Concannon.
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    CO-OP MAN GOING TO LAUSANNE FOR TALKS
    71 7 CO-OP MAN GOING TO LAUSANNE FOR TALKS INCHE YAHYA bin Mohamed Sajii, rice-president of the Co-operative Uaion of Malaya, who will attend a congress of the International Co-operative Alliance at Lausanne (Switzerland) beginning on Oct. 10 with two other Malayans M-. Lee Ah Leng of Johore and Mr. M. I.
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    A limited common mart most practical -Dr. Foo
    217 7 A limited common mart most practical -Dr. Foo CINGAPORE, Fri.— Dr. Foo Woon Kai, Dean of Commerce at Nanyang University, last night said that he thought a limited comN mon market between Singapore and the Federation would be "most practical and realistic." He was speaking to members of the Commerce
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    Two for Indian vets' school
    48 7 KUCHING. Fri. Two Sarawak Government nominees, Mr. James Singham Rapah and Mr. Lan Suan Liak, have been selected by the Government of India for training in veterinary science. They will leave for the School of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry at Hyderabad tomorrow.
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    Liner is sold
    35 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The 4.272-ton Royal Inter-Ocean Uner Maetsuycker, which has carried thousands of Malayans to Australia and back, has been sold to buyers in Hong Kong for trading under the Panamanian flag.
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    Incentive for police
    65 7 JESSELTON. Fri. The North Borneo Police Force is now pavinjr increased "educational allowances" to all police officers below the rank of Inspector. A Government statement said that these "generous allowances" would offer a great incentive to the bettereducated local boys to join the the police. "It is
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    AGRICULTURE ALUMNI OFFER TO AID GOVT.
    140 7 AGRICULTURE ALUMNI OFFER TO AID GOVT. SINGAPORE, Fri. The Alumni Association of the College of Agriculture, South Malaya branch. Is to offer its services to the Federation Government through the Government Development Board. This was disclosed by the newly-elected secretary, Mr. Lav Theng Slak. after the association's annui 1 meeting
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    Malay studies at Nanyang
    55 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. Nanyang University students are planning to form a Malay language and cultural society to promote Malay studies. The committee has applied to the Registrar for Societies for registration. It is understood that the society will open its membership to the public and plans to
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    Maiden voyage
    41 7 SINGAPORE, Fri.-A new 10.950-ton cargo liner, the Mandalay— the Swedish East Asiatic Line's latest addition to its Far East fleet will arrive here on Sept. 6 on its maiden voyage She is under the command of Captain L.A.J. Bjureus.
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    POLICE PROBE WAS POOR: CORONER
    241 7 PENANG. Friday THE PENANG Coroner, Mr. Ng Mann Sau. today criticised the Traffic Police for not carrying out thorough Investigations into a fatal accident in Chulia Street on June 2. "Their investigations leave much to be desired." Mr. Ng commented when he returned an open
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    COURT TOLD OF 'CONTEMPTUOUS' LETTER FROM ACCUSED MAN
    374 7 COURT TOLD OF 'CONTEMPTUOUS' LETTER FROM ACCUSED MAN IPOH, Friday. AN interpreter accused of criminal breach of trust wrote to the court "putting things in a contemptuous way" it was said when his trial resumed today. The president of the Sessions Court. Syed Hassan bin Syed Jan Aljaffree, took "strong
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    First men for talks due today
    179 7 First men for talks due today CINGAPORE. Fri.—Delrgates and observers from Tl countries and representatives of five international organisations will becin arriving here soon for two international conferences on rubber to' be held here and in Kuala Lumpur. The meetings are the international packing and quality conference, to be held
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    New wing at hospital now ready
    84 7 New wing at hospital now ready SINGAPORE. Fri. Part of a new 130-bed wing at the Kandang Kerbau maternity hospital is now ready and the first patients will move In tomorrow. Today workmen were busy putting the finishing touches to the rooms and furniture In the new wing. The move
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    Industry: Govt. v. Govt. on who has last say
    328 7 IPOH, Friday fFHE Perak and Fed- eration Governments are now trying to sort who. should have the final say in the types of industries that can be put up on the state's Federalfinanced industrial sites. The Perak Government has been authorised
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    25 8 It »W. tit (Mlmimam) MM. AMD MRS. RATNASINOAM hrrtby thank frirnds and relatives for '■trndanr* at »«ldini: and for flits >r.« mtsaairs of Matty.
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    IN MEMORIAM
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      Allocating The Seats
      580 8 i Given the task of reducing the number of Parliamentary constituencies from the present 1 104 to a round hundred, the Federal Elections Commission has made recc~T»endations that involve changto in seven States. Penang and Malacca j [come off best in the reshuffle, i gaining a seat
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      A Happier Era
      372 8 Final settlement of the canal waters dispute is an auspicious event for the governments of Pakistan and India and for several million people who do now or will in future have the benefit of the waters that run through the mighty Indus basin. Several times since 1948.
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      The Pioneers
      261 8 Two years ago when the Pioneer Industries (Relief from Income Tax) Bill first came before the Singapore Assembly there was a deal of prevarication and downright misgiving. Coupled with it was the Control of Manufactures Bill which introduced the concept of protection, and there were voices in plenty
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    The age of the Ism'
    933 8 DIKEHSiSD examines the Communist vocabulary In the present dispute between Moscow and Peking it is important to be able to distinguish running dogs from jackals, lackeys, revisionists and Fascist beasts SINGAPOR^FRIDAY^ ONE can get a lot of quiet fun out of the Communist vocabu- lary.
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      Architecture: The long search...
      464 8 KVERY article In y6ur impre^slve annual publication Progress Is signed except one: "Still no sure sign of a national architecture." When an article Is. more or less, a progress report on a certain industry or putollc service, it need not. necessarily. be signed when, on the
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      ARE MOTORISTS MARKED MEN?
      222 8 ARE MOTORISTS MARKED MEN? TRAFFIC laws, like other laws, should be enforced without fear or favour to all sections of the public, otherwise both the law and its guardians are brought Into contempt. As one of the motoring public, contempt Is what I feel for the traffic authorities who focus
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      COMPLICATED
      120 8 I UNDERSTAND the withdrawal of E.P.F. contributions by next of kin of a deceased contributor Is excessively complicated. The applicant has to produce documentary evidence to prove his relationship to the deceased. He Is put to unnecessary Inconvenience and expenditure. This can be avoided by registering a nominee at
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      LONG WAIT
      72 8 IT is difficult to understand the Government's apparent delay In granting bursaries to deserving students In the medical, science and art streams of the University of Malaya. Interviews were made months ago, and so far no news of the successful candidates Is available. Would it be too much
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      RIGHT WAY
      58 8 I WAS astonished by the politeness shown by the crew of a Radio car that stopped me along. Tampines Road this week. At a time like this when the police are endeavouring to promote a better relationship with the public, I consider the courtesy displayed an example to
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      ONG'S BOX
      55 8 MOW that Mr. Ong En t Ouan has been excommunicated with full ceremony, could somebody do our city's architecture a good turn and remove the hideous little brick box which he erected on top of City Hall, and which completely ruins the classical lines of the finest facade
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      114 8 DEFECTIVE SIGHT __jn_CHILDREN. A chit from school informino thot o child's eyesight kj below normal or o child complaining of inability to see clearly at far foes not mean that just I fo purchase a poir of spectoclet from anywrwre it sufficient. During the growing perior children's eves are still
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      122 8 f CHAPPIE is as I good as the food J K. Aamsßsss.ammZami It's real, fresh-cooked, lean red meat PLUS liver -»od there's no cooking with Chippie. Scakd-in freshness and flaPLUS fiSh your mike Q^ppie perfectly rea< j y PLUS Cereals to serve whenever you open the tin. PLUS health-giving vitamins
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    S'pore firm to pay $3.6m. to Indonesian corporation
    456 9 S'pore firm to pay $3.6m. to Indonesian corporation SINGAPORE, Friday JUDGMENT by default for $3,639,210 with costs against a Singapore shipping company was entered by Mr. Justice Chua in the High Court here today. The company. Tan Yew Yoo, trading as the Eastern Shipping Company, was involved in an action
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    Hong Kong book ban
    62 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Government has bai.ned a book "How to Know Oneself and the Society" by Huang E-Cheng. published by the Chiu Shin Publishing Society In Hong Kong. The order banning the importation of the book was made by the Minister of Interior. Dato Suleiman
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    A SAD QUEEN ESCORTED FROM ISTANA HALL WHERE KING LIES IN STATE
    49 9 HER FACE saddened by the loss of her beloved husband, the Raja Permaisuri Agong is escorted out of the Istana Negara j main hall where the late Paramount Ruler's body is lying in state. Straits Times picture.
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    Dud notes man jailed for three years
    240 9 PRESIDENT: FORGING IS 'WAR AGAINST STATE' KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A 65- YEAR-OLD man who was said to have made dud currency notes of a face totalling between $1 million and $2 million hung down his head as he heard the Sessions Court sentence
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    Lottery: Two women fined
    94 9 Lottery: Two women fined PENANO. Fri. A woman, Khoo Ouat Kirn, was today fined $25 for placing a bet on a 1,000-character lottery. Khoo was arrested with another woman Chan Nin Heng. during a police raid on a house in Loroiic, Saratus Tahun on Aug. 14. Chan was fined $135
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    Girl drowned in canal
    39 9 ALOR STAR. Fri— A six-year-old girl was drowned in an Irrigation canal yesterday evening at Sanglang, about 20 miles north of Alor Star. She has been Identified as Tan Chew Yen. daughter of a farmer.
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    Bombs warning to ships
    65 9 SINGAPORE, Fri— Capt. R. L. Bird. Singapore's acting Master Attendant, has warned mariners that bombing and firing practices will take place In the China Sea north range on Sept. 5, 6, and 7 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. In the China Sea south range they
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    Open for an hour
    42 9 BINGAPORE. Fri.— The Master Attendant's office, the Shipping and Port Clearance office and the Imports and Exports office will be open from 10 am. to 11 a.m. tomorrow, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed, which is a public holiday.
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    BURSARY WILL NOW CARRY A BOND OBLIGATION
    109 9 BURSARY WILL NOW CARRY A BOND OBLIGATION SINGAPORE, Fri.—Nanyanc University students awarded Government bursaries will now have to enter into a bond to serve the Government for live years if called upon to do so within six months of the completion of their course. This is one of the new
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    Tourist Board officials
    80 9 PENANO. Fri.— Mr. Cheah Sen* Khlm, chairman of the Penang Tourist Association, has been re-elected to the 18--man board of the association. Other members are: Haji K. Mushlr Arlff, Inche Aziz Ibrahim. Inche Arshad bin Ayub. Messrs. Ng Bhoon Khai. A. Raja Gopal. N. Patkunam. W. A.
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    Guides jubilee
    31 9 SINGAPORE, Frl. Che Norisha, wife of the Yang dlPertuan Negara, will be guest of honour at the Girl Guides golden Jubilee dinner tomorrow night at Sands House, Clemenceau Avenue.
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    Youth festival
    20 9 SINGAPORE, Frl. The Singapore Teachers Union's youth cultural festival of music, aance and drama opens here on Monday.
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    VISITOR IS CONFIDENT ON JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
    130 9 VISITOR IS CONFIDENT ON JUDICIAL SYSTEMS SINGAPORE, Fri. Before leaving Slnga--pore yesterday. Mr. Justice Vivian Bose, president of the International Commission of Jurists, said he was pleased that the Bar Council in the Federation and the Bar Committee In Singapore were "Independent and not cowed by their res. (>ectlve governments."
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    ASTON CLUB BANNED BY GOVERNMENT
    77 9 ASTON CLUB BANNED BY GOVERNMENT SINGAPORE. Frl. The Government has banned the Aston Athletic Club, a Gazette notification today said. Formed in 1921, the club was registered in 1923, and made a name for Itself as the home of billiard champions. The Gazette notification said that the Home Affairs Minister.
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    Union meeting
    30 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Malayan Railway Engineering and Health Department Workers* Union will hold a meeting at 9 a.m. on Sunday at the Railway Recreation Club, Bungsar Road.
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    Baby found dead on river bank
    39 9 ALOR STAR. Frl.— A new-ly-born baby girl was found dead yesterday evening on the bank of the Wan Mat Saman canal at Sungel Korok. The body was found by villagers. Police are investigating.
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    Oppenheim off on universities tour
    131 9 T7UALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The 1V Vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya. Professor A. Oppenheim, left for Bangkok today on a 10-week tour of universities in six countries to get help for the university here. He will spend several days at Chulalongkorn University In Bangkok before
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      204 9 SKIN TROUBLES! UJM says the family doctor fc. You can help prevent I pimples, rashes and prickly ifl heat, before they even begrin. il A^ 1 if you use Asepso Soap. This NbaNtJfl double-action soap cleanses I your skin thoroughly and its I powerful antiseptic— Binio- I Uk dide of
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      happy memory of Malaya to take back...
      237 10 AM anxious to put on record my appreciation of the help rendered to me and my family on the road in Selangor last Thursday when my car broke down just about half way between Kuala Lumpur and Seremban. Almost at once an Indian
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      IS THIS THE ANSWER TO THE COPRA SHORTAGE?
      265 10 QN August 26 you carried a report on the present dispute between Malayan copra producers and coconut oil millers over the amount of export duty that should be levied on copra exported from the Federation. A spokesman of the oilmillers was reported
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      SMALLHOLDERS' THREAT NOT TO REPLANT
      403 10 A NUMBER of smallhold- ers have stated that It is likely they will withdraw their applications to replant because of a misunderstanding over catchcropping in their replanted areas. Because of the importance of replanting to every .smallholder and to the State those concerned are, advised
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      It's wrong
      99 10 T DISAGREE with the remarks of the Minister of Agriculture and Co-opera-tives, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, on the visits of Indian cultural leaders to Malaya. It Is true they remind us of our ties with our motherland. But Is it a crime to take an Interest in
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      No effect
      50 10 TTIE recent licensing of petition writers In Perak does not seem to have had any effect In controlling them. They frequent government offices and vie with one another to fill up forms such as declarations and land transfers, thus making pests of themselves. K. P. W. Parit Buntar.
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      A disgrace
      46 10 I THINK it about time someone paid a visit to Sembawang Hills Drive and saw the filthy state the road* is in. The drain is a disgrace It is mil of filthy water and smells vile. It is a danger to health. Singapore. RESIDENT
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      School fees in advance: The reason why
      144 10 School fees in advance: The reason why 1 REFER to the point raised by "Another Parent' that teachers demand school fees unduly early that is fees for the month of August being demanded In the middle of July. In this particular case, it was with the intention of helping parents
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      Health
      158 10 AS a visitor to Singapore, critical of the health services, Mr. Whlttall should first of all have checked on his facts. Nowhere in Singapore does a "simple consultation" cost $14 or a bottle of pnysic, whatever that dated and meaningless term implies, $10. Has Mr. Whittall compared first class
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      The shift worker's lot is not a happy one
      162 10 The shift worker's lot is not a happy one JT is food news indeed that the new Labour Ordinance will cover all classes of workers, and I hope this also includes shift workers who are required not only to commence duty at awkward hours but to work long hours overtime
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      Tourists
      77 10 "THE tourists who com* to the East Coast In ever-increasing numbers during the turtle season are the despair of the lessees of the various stretches of beach where these creatures choose to lay their eggs. The unthinking and sometimes ignorant touriats scare away the turtles by flashing their torches
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      35 10 MY thanks to Tun Leonjf Yew Koh. the Minister of Justice, for his prompt apology in his reply to my letter which appeared in tht Straits Times of Aug. 30. J. MANECKSHA Taiping.
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      313 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS S He is In sect organised for 1 Jabber In a southern club (7). plunder (7). t Leader who makes an omU- 9 Spoke falsely of Ell being lnslon? (7). volved In a plot (6). 10 Really fat cat's-meat tor a 14 Formerly It's unusual to
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    CLOSING PRICES
    33 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2. RUBBER: 101 cents per Ib. (down half a cent). 5 p.m. close: 101; cents (steadier). TIN: $400.50 per picul (up 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 285 tons (unchanged).
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    East Europe rubber mystery
    299 12 East Europe rubber mystery THE behaviour of ihe rubber market this week has puzzled most dealers and has hinged almost entirely on speculation about East European purchasing for September shipment. Although there is no active buying for these countries at the moment, some quarters believe that considerably larger quantities have
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    RUBBER PRICES
    219 12 SEPTEMBER first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 101 cents per ib., down half a cent on Thursday's close. The tone was erratic. S.C.CJLA. closing price* in cents per Ib., yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers lOO 1 sellers 101* N; Int. 1R.S.S.
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    TIN EXPORTS 40 p.c. OVER FIRST 8 MONTHS OF 1959
    863 12 TIN EXPORTS 40 p.c. OVER FIRST 8 MONTHS OF 1959 By Our Market Correspondent MALAYAN tin exports in August totalled 8,269.25 tons, an increase of 1,082.50 tons or 15 per cent over July's 7,186.75 tons, according to figures issued by the Straits Trading Co. For the first eight months of
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 Malayan Stock Exchange: Sept. 2 Srpt I Inchistrials: 132.64 132.31 Tins: 203.93 204 29 Rubbers; 248.24 239.09 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    131 12 MELBOURNE, Fri. INVESTMENT shares were firm here ioaay. B.H.P. gained 4s. 6d. to 955. on the announcement of a new issue. Oiher large moves were healing up Is. Ba. to lift and Ampol up 9d. to 18s. 7d. Base metals and oils were steady. Interstate lost Is. 66.
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    125 12 CHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves this morning are: Schle Lloyd 1/2, Ayutha 4/5, TJitjalengka 6A, Sura: 6/7. Nedei Ebro 8/9. Glenfinlas 10/11. Hot Houw 13/14. Pyrrhus 15/16, Don Olesella 18. Thorsgaard 19. East Sea N. Wall 5. Bruas 21/22. Ikuxhlma Mam 23/24. Katong 25/26, Flying
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    149 12 SINGAPORE Chineae Produr. Exchange noon prices per pic ul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent Sepi /Oct. shipments $30 buyers $31 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet bulk $44 sellers, drum $47 sellers Pepper: quiel; no business was reported done. Muntok white $285 Sarawak $280. special Sarawak black $175 and garbled
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    903 12 SINGAPORE members of the 0 Malayan Stork Exchange reported the following business at their 3.30 p.m call yesterday. (Bargains are given before prices unless only one was written). Industrials: Fed. Dispensary isl 42; Fraser and Neave ords $2.04; Gammon $2.22; M. Cement $1.75 and $1.78; McAuster $1.40:
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    86 12 THE Malayan Jxchante Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to SlOOi: Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 1/8. O.D. 32 1/4. 90 d/St 32 11/16 credit bills. 32 3/4 > trade bills. Srllinf T.T. or O.D. rradv Canada 31 3/4; Deutsche
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      128 12 EVERETT ORIENT LINE 'NOREVCKTT" 25 Sipt Silt Bulk oii'Wex smci available. JOHNSON LINE fir HMtfsss, Msas:-- Spore P. S'hjm Ptnant '•ST«« MCTOtlrt" I(S«ft II tilt 14 Sift "STMMtUTOUr II St 17 «it IS Set r«r liaiiy, Hmm ssHi— ■■THAI" HSllt UStit 17Sl»f "JTM lITUSIUSI" II Silt ttSift HStit Limited Passenger
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      70 12 TENDER PAHANG P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from Class 'E' PWD registered Contractors will be received by the State Engineer, Pahang, Kuantan, up to 3.00 P.M. on 15th September. 1960, for the erection and completion of an office, workshop, 2 blocks (10 units in all. Labour Lines including 2 bathrooms and
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      503 12 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from Licensed Second- Hand Dealers will be received at the Office of the Mechanical Engineer, P.W.D. Selsngor, Swettenham Road, Kuala Lumpur up to 12.00 noon on 10th September, i960 for the Purchase of Unserviceable Stores etc. at P W.DState Workshops. Pull particulars sre obtainable during
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      432 12 NOTICES ROAD CLOSURE First Mile L'lu Gali Road, Raub. The timber bridge No. 2. 9 at the first mile Ulu Gali Road. Raub. will be closed for repairs from sth September to 12th September, i960 between the hours of 7.00 p.m. each night and 6.00 a.m. the following morning. State
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      1818 13 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that Mr. Goh Van Van Is no longer In our employment, and has no authority to transact any business or to collect any monies on our behalf. THE CHINA ENGINEERS, LTD., SINGAPORE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA IN THE HIGH
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      1017 13 (Continued from Pa«e S) SITUATIONS VACANT It Word, SS (Ml*.)— Box St ct: txtrm BOX Aisat S.T. K.L. Position filled. Applicants Uianked. POST OP laboratory Attendant to High Street Scbool Oiled. Applicants thanked. BAR GIRLS any nationality good Income. Apply personally. Rlti Bar IS. Bernam Street. "Off Anson Road." B'POre
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      981 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT It Word, 'Si (Mi*.)— Box St ct,. txtrm 16, LORONC SIGLAP off Slglap Road 2-storeyed semi-detached Mosaic flooring 3 bedrooms, dining, fitting, study rooms. rarnkched/Unfumlshed. Phone Spore *****. KATONG AREAS famished rooms, bathroom attached, balcony, facing sea, telephones, common sitting rooms, roof garden. Telephone *****, 42 Amber Road,
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      910 13 TUITION It Word* Si (Ml*.)— Box St ct: extra LAKBERTt DRIVING SCHOOL. Refresher Course (40. Beginner Courses from (80. New Dual-control Herald/ Morris ears. European /Asian Instructors. Telephone B'pore 247 M. SEPTEMBER BECIMHER*: BookKeeping. Shorthand, Typing. Malay. Std. 11. Vacancies: French. Book-keep-ing. Accounting; Theory, Speed (MornIng, Evening), Q.T., Secondary School
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      979 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE it Word* tS (Mi*.)— Box St cto. txtrm FIAT 1400 I*sl must, sell best offer accepted. Lavn 1 12 Bunslt Aye. Raffles Park. Spore- 4m 3. 1954 MORRIS MINOR Two door saloon reasonable condition (2.800 0.n.0. Tel: Spore 2415 Ext. 186 after office hours. MOA T9SS White
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      684 13 FOR SALE It Word* tt (Mi*.)— Box SI et*. txtrm DONALD MOOR! LIMITBO, MacDonald House. Blntaporc. and Orrat Eastern Uf» Puildins Koala Lumimt. Is disposing of a larse number of books at tremendously reduced prices. We are open until 3 p.m. So why not call today? Witt IHIMIM savr leastly
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    Brilliant trial by Kaboo over 3f
    350 14  - Brilliant trial by Kaboo over 3f Epsom Jeep RACING with SINGAPORE, Friday. 17 A 800 did a brilliant gallop with stable- mate Duke of Mantua on a fast track here this morning. Kaboo (Bob Franklin) finished a length in front to clock 36 3/ssec. for 3f. Duke of Mantua, a
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    88 14 mELUK ANSON, Fri. The disciplinary board of the Lower Perak District F.A. announced today that it has suspended three Telecoms players. Ramli bin Abdul Ghani and Zainal Abidin bin Mohamed have been suspended until Aug. 31. 1965 for as- saulting the referee during their league match against
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    BUKIT TIMAH RUNNERS TOMORROW
    1173 14 Race 1: 2.15 (Class 1, Div. 2) 6 furs 1 ***** Rodato (Newlands St.) Spencer. 4 9.0 (F) Maddock 2 ***** PutH (AS St.) Osman. 4 8.13 (F) Barratt S 3 ***** Lucky Lucky (Partman St.) R. Breuk.. 5 8.12 Hope 9 4 ***** Rubber Planter
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    MALAYA IN A GOOD POSITION
    743 14  - MALA YA IN A GOOD POSITION NORMAN SIEBEL Eaglets bundled out for 80 in first innings By Kuala Lumpur, Friday f ALAYA had played themselves into a favourable iTX position at the end of the first day's play today, in their three-day cricket match against the touring: Pakistan Eaglets on
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    SCOREBOARD
    215 14 MALAYA— IST. INNS. Jeffers c G. Butt b Mali-. 4 Woodhouse c Sbakoor b Quershi R. d» SIIt» b Malik 0 Bowies Ibw Malik Enf Chenf c Shakoor b Rchman 22 M. Shepherdson Ibw Shuia I din 16 Kirkham c I. Butt b Shuja Idin 32 Gurucharan run out
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    39 14 LONDON. Fri Eric Bryant, the 24-year-old Somerset left-arm slow bowler, who was no-balled for throwing five times in two overs in a match at Bath earlier this season, has not been re-engaged by Somerset lor next year. Reuter.
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    Lock icon World best
    32 14 HONG KONG, Pri. Chinese breaststroke swimmer Mo Kuo-Hslung. set a world best performance in the men's 100 metres by clocking lmin. llsec. in the national championships at Chengtu yesterday.— Reuter.
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    60 14 CRICKET TOL'R MATCH: (2nd day): Malaya v Pakistan Eaglets (XL padang 11 ami. BADMINTON FOONG CUP (Challenge Round): Penang v Perak (S'gor Badminton Hall. XL 7.30 p.m.). SOCCER TOt'R MATCH: Spore Selection v Persidja of Indonesia (Jn Besar Stadium 7.30 p.m.). GOLF SPORE Open championships (RIC 8 a.m.*.
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    134 14 PERSIDJA TO PLAY IN S'PORE FIRST SINGAPORE, Fri.— The Persidja soccer team of Jakarta, who were scheduled to tour Malaya from tomorrow, have changed their programme because of the death of the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong. The Indonesians will first play in Singapore before going to the Federation. Persidia will meet
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