The Straits Times, 23 December 1960

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  • 517 1 Premier was told transition within UN framework acceptable Nasution 'I did brief the Tengku' JAKARTA, Thursday j THE Indonesian Defence Minister, Gen. Har i s Nasution, admitted today that Tengku Abdul Rahman had set out on his West Irian mediation mission after briefing from him. He
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  • 55 1 THE HAGUE. Thurs. Six Papuans five men and a woman were hacked to pieces with spears and knives when tribal warfare flared in Netherlands New Guinea on Dec. 9, say reports from Hollandla. The clash started when a group of warriors made raids into a valley
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  • 30 1 BONN. Thurs— About 41.000 recruits will join the West German armed forces next month, bringing their total strength to about 291.000, the Defense Ministry announced here today.— Reuter.
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  • 44 1 PALM BEACH. (Florida), Thurs. No golfing photograph of Senator John Kennedy will be allowed until he is inaugurated as President next month. Mr. Kennedy played a round on the Palm Beach course yesterday for the fifth day running. Reuter.
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  • 27 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Federation Government today declared Jan. 4 a public holiday because of the installation of the Yang dlPertuan Agong on that day.
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  • 784 1 Ong must cite law to back his motion r p I K Legislative Assemblyman for Hong Lim, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, will, when the Assembly sits tomorrow, be required to cite laws and precedents to show that the legislature does not possess the inherent right to proceed against any member
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  • 382 1 COUNCILLOR FACES BRIBE CHARGES Accused of agreeing to accept $15,000 from a bus company director, he pleads 'not guilty 9 BUTTERWORTH, Thursday. J^ PENANG State Assemblyman and Butterworth Town Councillor, Phee Joo Teik, 36, (Ind.), was accused in the Sessions Court here today of "agreeing to accept" a $15,000 bribe.
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  • 56 1 Minister: A 'fair night' LONDON, Thurs. A spokesman of the St. James Hospital here said today that Singapore's Minister of Health, Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim, "had a fairly comfortable night, and there is a slight improvement this morning." His condition, the spokes- man added, is "generally satisfactory." The Minister entered
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  • 32 1 OTTAWA. Thurs. Prime Minister John Diefenbaker has announced that a Royal Commission will be set up early in the new year to study the question of medical care insurance.— U.P.l.
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  • 59 1 BANGKOK. Thurs.— Four policemen have been arrested when they were caught in the act of stealing arms and ammunition from the Crime Suppression Squad here, according to police sources today. The group, which included a lieutenant, corporal and two privates, had stolen 26 pistols, 1,489 rounds of
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  • 30 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Wee Kear Kwang. 34. a cyclist was killed tonight near the Junction of Buklt Timah and Dunearn Roads when he was knocked down by a car.
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  • 500 1 LONDON, Thursday. MORE than 80 people are known to have been killed in air and sea disasters all over the world. i 1 The figure is expected to rise, although ships are standing by to pick up any survivors. A total of 28 people
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  • 45 1 IS THE coming year going to be a topsy-turvy one? 1961. even if read upside down, still reads 1961. Try it for yourself. It will be the first year since 1881 that this has happened and it won't happen again until AD. 6009.
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  • 143 1 WORRY AT SPYING AGENTS OF RUSSIA WASHINGTON, Thurs. Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, reported that F. 8.1, investigations in 1960 showed that an "alarming number of Soviet and satellite diplomats in the U.S. had intelligence assignments." Mr. Hoover reported to the Attorney General important
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  • 16 1 PEKING. Thurs.—Communist China today lifted it* ban on food parcels from abroad— U.P.l.
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  • 237 1 Red aid dropped to Laos rebels WASHINGTON. Thurs. The State Department said today there was evidence that Russian aircraft were dropping ammunition and other supplies to the retreating Pathet Lao forces in Laos. Asked what the U.S. proposed to do about this, a State Department spokesman said that in the
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  • 289 2 AGREEMENT AMONG 65 FIRMS IS DECLARED VOID— 'IT IS CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST' LONDON, Thursday. BRITAIN'S Restrictive Practices Court ruled! yesterday that a scheme under which 65 car firms fixed the wholesale and retail prices 1 of their products was "contrary to public interest." Mr. Justice
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  • 100 2 Castro out within a year, says ex-envoy NEW YORK, Thurs.— Dr. Teresa Casuso, who resigned as one of Cuba's ambassadors to the United Nations last October, said last night that Premier Fidel Castro's government would fall within a year. She said Dr. Castro would either kill himself or someone else
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  • 133 2 Anti-Reds in Tibet ask for Chiang aid T<AIPEH. Thurs. ■■■Ant i-Communist revolutionary forces in Tibet had formally asked the Taipeh Government for assistance, Dr. Tien Chung Chin, chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, said today. Speaking in the Legislative Yuan. Dr. Tien said that the Nationalist Government was
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  • 26 2 MIAMI. Thurs. William Philip George Valentine Gaboriau de la Palme. 40, has named his two-week-old son Leonardo Allessandro Verclngetorige Gaboriau de la Palme— U.P.l.
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  • 510 2 WASHINGTON, Thursday AN unidentified object flashing across the radar screen gave watching air control officers at La Guardia airport their first inkling of the disastrous mid air collision which took 134 lives in New York last week. The Federal Aviation Administration yesterday
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  • 193 2 'GANG' WITH A DIFFERENCE MAKES ITS FAREWELL APPEARANCE LONDON, Thurs. London last night gave a vociferous welcome to Its beloved "Crazy Gang of six veteran comedians, on the first night of their "farewell show" at the Victoria Palace theatre. Typically, the gang, whose combined ages total nearly 400 years, chose
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  • 28 2 PARIS. Thurs— France will send a white rat to an altitude of 125 miles in a rocket In February in her first anl-mal-lnto-space experiment.^ Reuter.
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  • 212 2 Shooting again in Addis Ababa ADDIS ABABA. Thurs. Heavy machinegun and rifle fire soundJ ed in the town last night as army forces tried to rout some rei bels who staged last week's abortive revolt against Emperor Haile Selassie. The gunfire was the heavU est i:i the capital since the
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  • 26 2 LONDON. Thurs.— A true* loaded with $8,400 worth of liquor and wine was stolen while the driver stopped for 'a cup of tea.— U.P.l.
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  • 137 2 LONDON, Thum. A MAN who gave a woman cleaning fluid to inhale "to heighten sexual love play." was Jailed for 15 months at Lewes. Sussex, yesterday for her manslaughter. The judge, sentencine Leonard Pike. 47-year-old gas meter collector, told him: "Yon know from your
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 371 3 Israel A-weapons report has Britain worried 'N-RESEARCH IS FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES' STATEMENT— BUT... LONDON, Thursday. THE British Government is concerned about the possible spread of nuclear weapons to Israel, official sources said here last night. The United States Government has communicated to Britain its own concern over the matter, the
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  • 136 3 STAND FIRM AGAINST AGGRESSIVE LEADERS, SAYS IKE WASHINGTON, Thurs. President Eisenhower said in bis Christmas message to the armed forces that peace on earth should be the highest goal of mankind. "We are living in an age of cruel and aggressive leadors." he said. "To preserve our homes and liberties
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  • 83 3 Police open fire in Ceylon COLOMBO, Thurs. One person was killed and two injured when police opened fire yesterday on a defiant crowd at a Roman Catholic meeting organised to protest against the stat? take over of assisted schools at Paiyaglala, about 10 miles from here. Police asked the crowd
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  • 21 3 JAKARTA. Thurs. Radio Jakarta reported that President Nasser of the United Arab Republic would visit Indonesia in February. Reuter.
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  • 135 3 KATMANDU. Thursday. fTHE deposed Prime Minister, Mr. B. P. Koirala, and his colleagues would be put on public trial, the Nepalese newspaper, Motherland, reported today. f The newspaper, which is believed to be close to palace sources, added that the trlai was unlikely to
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  • 21 3 MOSCOW, Thurs.— A Soviet astronomer. Miss Margarita Savelyeva, has discovered a new star in the southern hemisphere.— Reuter.
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  • 48 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ha* awarded a US$l5 million contract for the delivery of three new spacecraft within three years. It was announced here last night. Each satellite will be about 6ft. long and weigh about 1 1.0001b.— Reuter.
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  • 70 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.— Amy. one of three black mice who made a 600-mile journey Into space last October, gave birth to five mice at the School or Aviation Medicine In Texas last night. Sally, the other remale mouse who made the trfp.
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  • 64 3 BRUSSELS. Thurs.— More than 100 ships were marooned -in Antwerp port, railway services were sharply cut and clashes broke out between police and strikers In Belgium yesterday as the nation faced prospects of a Christmas In chaos. Strikes have been called for an indefinite period against the
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  • 262 3 NASUTION TALKS OF IRIAN STRENGTH BAND JARMASIN, (South Borneo), Thurs. The Indonesian Defence Minister and Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Nasution. told government officials here that Indonesia would confront the Dutch in West Irian with double their strength. He repeated an earlier statement that the republic was "no longer pursuing
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  • 31 3 ASUNCION, Thurs. The Government of Paraguay announced yesterday it had smashed a new Invasion attempt by armed forces which landed from Argentina about two miles south of here— U.P.l.
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  • 45 3 Dysentery outbreak JAKARTA. Thurs. An epidemic of dysentery has followed disastrous floods In Central Java. Thirty-one people have died, eight villages are infected, and the disease appears to be spreading west from the provincial capital of Semarang. Twenty eight people died In the floods.— Reuter.
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  • 137 3 T ONDON, Thurs The 9.000-ton Greek-owned ship Tropaioforos was scuttled in the Bay of Bengal three years ago in an attempt to obtain 160.000 (S1.S50.000) in insurance money, a British High Court judge ruled yesterday. "The owner must have connived at and procured
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  • 257 3 SAW IS NOW PREMIER: BROTHER'S GOVT. OUT LONDON, Thursday. IZ"ING SAUD has taken over the Government of Saudi Arabia after the resignation of the Prime Minister, Emir Faisal, and his Cabinet. Mecca Radio said last night. The radio broadcast a royal decree announcing that the King, the elder brother of
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  • 77 3 NOVELIST IS SANE, SAYS DOCTOR NEW YORK. Thurs. Novelist Norman Mailer, charged with stabbing his 35-year-old wife. Adele. after a party last month, was "not psychotic." a psychiatrist told the court here yesterday. The author of "The Naked and The Dead" was committed to hospital on Nov. 22 after a
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  • 21 3 CHICAGO. Thurs. Sixteen people have died in midwestern states of America in the snowstorm sweeping the country.— Reuter.
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    • 386 3 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metre* (41.7 melm) fit..w n ,trM AJ 60 nmt Slgnai NegaraShort Wave: 82 metre* Ru Newg Headllnef 605 Mornfrom 8.00—9.00 p.m. ing Melodies: 6.50 Keep Fit With A.M. 6.30 Good Morning 6.3* gjf jgj Morning Prelude; 7.00 The New*: Time: 7.4s 'Speak Malay
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  • 315 4 THIEF HID SIX HOURS IN ROOM BEFORE DISCOVERY BY THE VICTIM'S DAUGHTER SINGAPORE, Thursday. A MAN, after stealing $565 from a woman's bedroom, hid under her bed for six hours, the Third Criminal District Court was told today. The man, S. Sinnachamy, a 22-year-old dockyard labourer,
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  • 380 4 10,000 FOR PAP CELEBRATION SINGAPORE, Thurs.— A mass rally of 10,000 members at the Badminton Hall on New Year's day will be the highlight of a week-long programme of competitions, concerts and an exhibition to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the People's Action Party. This was announced today by the
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  • 221 4 No fowls in court, so no case SINGAPORE, Thursday. A MAGISTRATE'S court today accepted a A lawyer's submission about a "highly improper and irregular" act In police Investigations of a case concerning 34 fowls. Mr. R. Ramason was defending Madam Neo Seok, 42, on a charge of "dishonestly retaining 34
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  • 106 4 Iron bars needed in hospital SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Ninth Magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates, today drew the attention of th£ authorities to the need for iron bars In lavatories at the General Hospital to prevent prisoners brought there for treatment from escaping. Mr. Pates made this observation when he
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  • 176 4 HOLIDAY MAIL DELIVERY SINGAPORE. Wed.— There will be one delivery of correspondence only on Christmas Day. the Director of Posts here announced today. No delivery of mail will take place on Monday public holiday in substitution for Christmas Day. Public business wil be transacted on Monday at the 0.P.0. from
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    • 112 4 The alary] GEYLANG STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH: Sunday school Christmas party 4 pm. SINGAPORE BALLET: 6th season at Victoria Theatre 9 p.m. YMCA (Stamford Road): Billiards room open 9 ajn.; Junior dept. open 2 pjn-: table iei:nis practice 2 pm.; body building and weight lifting 4.30 pm.. lawn tennis 4.30
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    • 229 4 rpHE following is today's X schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar airport, Singapore: ARRIVALS BO AC: Prom London, Dusseldorf. Beirut. Bahrein. Bombay, Colombo. Kuala Lumpur (BA 712) 5.15 p.m from Loncion, Zurich. Istanbul. Teheran. Delhi. Rangoon (BA 752) 6.45 p.m., from Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, Jakarta (BA 709) 10.50
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    • 69 4 Qantas: To Darwin. Brisbane. Sydney (EM 674) 10.30 pjn. Air India: To Madras, Bombay (AI 403) 12.45 p.m. Malayan Airways: To Malacca, Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh, Penang, Kota Bharu (ML 132) 7 ajn.; to Kuala Lumpur (ML 170) 7.31 ajn.; to Kuching. Brunei. Jesselton (ML 476) 8 a.m.; to Jakarta (ML
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  • 247 5 NOTICE ON TICKETS GIVES IMPRESSION THAT TRAVEL BY TRAIN IS DANGEROUS, SAYS M.P. KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A PLEA that railway passengers should not be reminded about death or injury before they travel was made in the House of Representatives today by a back-bencher. Mr. Lim Joo Kong
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  • 76 5 A LOR STAR. Thurs. A Malayan intelligence spokesman today confirmed a Reuter report from Bang kok that the Thai police had arrested two terrorist suspects believed to have been operating along the MalayanThai border. He said the ruspects were arrested in Bangkok. They were identified as
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  • 52 5 RAUB. Thurs. Five teachers from two Government schools in west Pahang have been selected for a one year language course at Klrkby. They are Mr. Kabal Singh, Mr. and Mrs. Santa Singh Clifford School, Kuala Lipis), Mr. Gurmukh Singh Dhillon and Mr. Gurmukh Singh Jassal (Mahmud
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  • 50 5 IPOH, Thurs.— An Indian artist, Mr. A. A. Almelkar, an artist on his way to Indonesia at the invitation of President Soekarno, today gave a private exhibition of his paintings to members of the Ipoh Rotary Club at thrfr weekly luncheon meeting In the Station Hotel here.
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  • 79 5 SIR EWEN IS SAFE IN ADDIS ABABA SINGAPORE, Thurs.— News has been received in Singapore that Sir Ewen Fergusson. chairman of Straits Trading Co Ltd., who w£L> In Addis Ababa during the abortive Ethiopian coup. Is safe. Casualties in the coup against the Emperor wert estimated at 2,000 dead and
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  • 19 5 TAIPING. Thursdays-Mr. Wong Keng Ko was re-elect-ed president of the Kwangtung Association at the annual meeting yesterday.
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  • 151 5 SHE WAS MARRIED 90 MINUTES AFTER HER PLANE LANDED IT WOULD have been an ALL-white wedding bad the bride worn white. But she didn't have time to arrange a wedding dress for she was married only 90 minutes after her plane from London touched down
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  • 268 5 $240,000 PRIVY PURSE FOR SULTAN JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. fPHE Johore State Legislative Assembly has passed a Bill which provides a total of $1,025,200 next year for Sultan Ismail's privy purse and civil list and the payment of allowances to relatives and certain persons. The privy purse, made I personal to
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  • 58 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. Henry Charles Geach, a Sarawak wireless operator who was reported missing in Singapore last week, is anxious t<> let his employers and friends know that he Is safe. Mr. Geach went to Johore "for a couple of days to *eb old friends" when
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  • 132 5 To strike or not...1,300 will vote KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A strike ballot will be taken In the second week of January among the 1,300 telephone operators employed at government exchanges. They will walk out in February If the majority vote for a strike. Last weekend, telephone operators and supervisors from
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 293 5 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS yield" (Paradise Lost) (7). 1. Holds toilet gear for patient 0. Empe. -ir's lady often In a who wants bandaging (8. 4). mix (7). 8. Transport in which a catch T. Tired judge will welcome a has to mature (7). current fault (5. 7). 9 Bob.
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  • 292 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TTOE Selangor Government has started a psychological campaign to win the confidence of the public against the state's estimated 5,000 secret society thugs. The campaign is based on much the same principles as that ol the former anti-terrorist psychological warfare
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  • 62 6 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A writ has been filed in the High Court registry here on behalf of O. H. Cafe Ltd.. against Chua Hock Seng, c/o O. H. Cafe Ltd., claiming $63,154.41 from him. The plaintiffs alleged that Chua had received the money from them, and that the
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  • 114 6 Job permits given to 361 from overseas pKNANG. Thurs. About 361 non-Federal citizens were granted passes during the first li months of this year to work in the Federation. The passes were Issued to non -Malayans coming to Malaya to work with wellestablished firms, a spokesman of the Immigration headquarters
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  • 47 6 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Two suspect secret society gangsters, one from Group 36 and the other from Group 08, were arrested by CID detectives In a raid on Chinatown on Tuesday r'ght. They are being detained under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions Ordinance).
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  • 48 6 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Twelve people were killed on the roads in Singapore last month five less than in October according to the latest traffic police report. The number of accident* increased from 2.241 to 2.260 V "Serious" accidents also Increased from 65 to 76.
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    • 228 6 TTB almost 250 years i.jw since Jonathan Swift first took a pot shot at our manners and morals. And here to remind us of it all this week is Hollywood's Interpretation of Gulliver's travels. Columbia's "The 3 Worlds of Oulllver," confines Itself to only the
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  • 2068 7 House approves 1 96 m. for develoDment GOVT. FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO GET PRIMARY SCHOOL SITES HEALTH: CASH WILL HELP THE CONTINUATION PROJECTS KUALA LUMPUR,' Thursday S.F. MAN ATTACKS 'BUILDINGS TO DAZZLE VISITORS' T* H E Federation Government was today given the "green light" by the House of Representatives to
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  • 218 8 Mother will now look after mental home girl IPOH, Thurs. Madam Khoo Swee Swat, 61, of Kuala Lumpur, was today granted an order for the discharge of her daughter from the Central Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan, by the Ipoh Magistrate, Mr. Chew Kok Chooi. Madam Khoo, represented by Mr. Chool
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  • 214 8 JESSELTON, Thurs. r A GIGANTIC cave, which had remained completely enclosed for thousands of years, has been found by lumbermen three miles from the Madai Limestone caves here. Dr. H.J.K. Kirk, of the Geological Survey Department here, believes that the cave was formed by volcanic
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  • 56 8 $245,000 in tax dues claim SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Comptroller of Income Tax has filed a writ in the High Court registry here against a merchant. Fan TJok Bin, of Goodman Road. claiming from him $245,000 as being balance of Income tax payable by him for the two years ending Dec.
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  • 41 8 MR. JOHN OSBORNE an engineer with C.E.C. Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, and his bride, the former Miss Philomena Frances Fernandas, cutting the cake at the reception at the Selangor Club after their wedding at the Kuala Lumpur Registry.
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  • 78 8 'SHOPPING BY AIR' SPREE FOR TRAVEL AGENTS SINGAPORE, Thurs. A party of 10 Singapore travel agents returned here yesterday after a five-day "Christmas shopping by air" trip organised by Thai International Airways. The agents, who included four women, were guests or the airline. They spent three days in Hong Kong
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  • 95 8 3 AIRLINES BROUGHT BACK 1,100 STUDENTS FOR XMAS OINGAPORE, Thurs O —Qantas, BOAC and Air India together brought back more than 1,100 students from Britain and Australia for their Christmas holidays in the Federation and Singapore. The students include a few foreigners whose parents are stationed here. 5,500 fares They
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  • 153 8 GRIK, Thurs. This remote town of 3,400 people in the Upper Perak district, which has only one primary English school, wants a secondary school for the 18 boys and girls who passed the Standard VI examination this year. A four-member delegation from the town,
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  • 208 8 Installation stamp on sale on January 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The special 10-cent postage stamp commemorating the installation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong will be on sale at all post offices and postal agencies in the Federation on installation day Jan. 4. This was announced her* today by the Minister
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  • 33 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Eighty crippled and underprivileged children from th« Diamond Jubilee Children's Home were treated to a picnic at Lido beach yesterday by Johore Bahru Apex Club.
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  • 427 9 NEW PACT WILL FOSTER GROWTH OF TRADE! KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday WEST GERMAN investors will now be able to set up industries and commercial firms in Malaya with an assurance that their investments .will be protected by the Federation Government. This is the result of
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  • 274 9 TOHOREBAHRU, Thurs. Government efforts to provide low cost housing throughout the state were outlined today by Inche Sulaiman bin Ninam Shah (All-Parit Jawa) in the Johore Legislative Assembly. Inche Sulaiman is chairman of the local government committee. He was replying to Inche Kosai bin
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  • 17 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Twenty-five nurses have passed their final Malayan nurses' examination this year.
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  • 139 9 ANTHEM: CALL SOON TO CINEMAS KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. Cinemas here are to be asked to tell audiences to stand still when the National Anthem is played. They will soon receive this request from the Municipal Council. The monthly meeting of the council, the last for the year, approved a resolution
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  • 38 9 PENANG. Thurs. Penang will spend $14,320,682 on State development projects next year The Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee, will ask the State Assembly, at the Budget meeting next Wednesday, to approve this sum.
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  • 56 10 29 Wwrit Sit (Minimum) MRS. CHCONQ LIAN HONQ me* Llm Gnat Neo) aged ST. passed av>ay peacefully oa 22-11-40 at 42-A, Urn Liak Street. Spore leaving behind her husband, 2 aon* (Boon Tuan and Eng Km), 7 daughter*, 2 daughtera-ln-law, 4 sons-ln-law.' 31 grandchildren and 33 great-grand-childrea. Funeral oa
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  • 100 10 1* H era 1 tit (Minimum) IN BVERLOVINO MEMORY ot .Nancy Mary Cbla Tew Neo (Mr*. Cban Kok Cbye) died 23.12.45. Goo* nut never never forgotten. IN LOVING MEMORY of T. N. Pevadason gone ahead on 23-11-57 rather la Thy Oraelou* keeping, leave wa now on* daar one
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  • 698 10 The Straits Times Friday, December 23, 1960. The Next Phase The estimated expenditure in 1961 of the Ministry of Rural Development is the surest guarantee that the ministry will confine itself so far as possible to liaison and coordination and not become an organisational monolith. For at $20.2 million it
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  • 399 10 From time to time the builder's pick uncovers buried history in Malacca, and the new find on St. Paul's Hill seems to be one of the most exciting of recent discoveries. The "corner of a considerable structure" has been exposed on the site of the new State Legislative
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  • 157 10 Students of law ni the University of Malaya who arm due to graduate now know that the Federation Government will recognise their degrees for admission to the Bar after a year's reading in chambers and a short postgraduate course. So far, so good. But a further period must
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  • 2086 10  - The weird Congo... PROFESSOR RITCHIE CALDER THE FIRST COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF THE CONGO DISASTER— AND THE BUND INTRANSIGENCE AND FOLLIES THAT CAUSED IT by By arrangement with the New Statesman: The first of 3 articles —WHERE ATOMIC-AGE MAN AND STONE-AGE MAN ARE CONTEMPORARIES IN the Congo, Atomicage Man and Stoneage
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    • 100 10 FIRE! A PUN TO SAVE YOUR FAMILY Fire, since the beginning of civilization the most feared destroyer of human life, kills an average of twelve people a week in Britain nearly all through suffocation, not burns. Children do learn fire drill, but only at school, where outbreaks of fire are
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    • 10 10 ON TUESDAY: Stopping the plague BOUSTEAD'S take.the.trotible out of u»v*i
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  • 318 11 P MALACCA. Thurs, WOMAN INFATUATED WITH A YOUTH GAVE HIM A KNIFE FOR ATTACK ON SLEEPING HUSBAND: COURT TOLD rpHE 36-year-old wife of a mutton seller was in love with a youth and abetted him in his attempt to kill her husband, a preliminary inquiry here
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  • 56 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Tan Hua Meng, 17. was jailed for three months by a magistrate here today for stealing a gold chain and a locket worth $50. He snatched the Jewellery from Lily Koh In Beach Road on the afternoon of Nov. 17 and was caught
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  • 31 11 KAJANG. Thurs— The Ulu Langat district welfare committee has adopted a new system to ensure that cash relief Is granted first to the most needy victims of disasters.
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  • 351 11 Nothing Malayan or exotic in S'pore, he moans Maugham's days gone, says director OINGAPORE. Thurs. A young Italian film director, Mr. Mario Russo. who came here to capture Somerset Maugham's exotic Singapore, is a very disappointed man. "There Is nothing typically Malayan or exotic in Singapore or the Federation to
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  • 37 11 12ft. tree, toys for orphans SINGAPORE. Thurs. A 12ft. high English Christmas tree, with Illuminations, decorations and toys, will be presented to nearly 100 orphans of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus here tomorrow by BOAC.
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  • 174 11 $INGAPORE, Thurs. The Indonesian community here today observed Mother's Day. which is celebrated In Indonesia to mark the progress of Indonesian women. Mrs. J Thajlb. chairman of the Blngapore Indonesian Women's Club, addressed a large gathering before the opening of a bring and buy bazaar
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  • 204 11 WOMAN, 68, SEES HER HUSBAND DEAD Big police probe of gang clash incident in lane SINGAPORE. Thurs. \iriTH a stunned look on her face, a 68-year-old woman is carried into her house a few minutes after seeing her husband shot dead on his own doorstep in Singapore last night. Today
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  • 317 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday HTHE House of Repre- sentatives today approved the proposals for higher export duties on rubber and tin announced by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, in his Budget speech three weeks ago. From Jan. 1 next year, duties will increase
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  • 209 11 New union to look after heads of schools KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. An organisation to look after the Interests of headmasters and headmistresses of Federation schools Is to be formed at a meeting at the Methodist Boys' School here on Tuesday. The meeting is being called by the principal of the
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  • 25 11 PENANG, Thurs.— The Australian Minister for Air, Mr. F. M. Osborne, now visiting Malaya, will broadcast over Radio RAAF Butterworth on Christmas Night.
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  • 214 11 A thriller for your holiday reading yOU'LL feel like a rest x on Boxing Day after the Christmas celebrations just the time to relax in a comfortable chair and reach for a murder mystery thriller by your favourite author. No need to reach far... on Boxing Day THE FREE PRESS
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  • 52 12 AMSTERDAM, Thurs. Nearly a quarter of th I 37.000 European troops captured by the Japanese in the former Dutch East Indies in World War II died in prison camps. This figure is given in a new book, "The Netherlands Indies under the Japanese Occupation," published here
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  • 544 12 The 'do-nothing' UN session has ended THE WEARY DELEGATES DISPERSE AFTER SEEING 'ASSEMBLY OF HUMANITY' ROCKED TO ITS VERY FOUNDATIONS NEW YORK, Thurs. WEARY United Nations delegates dispersed to their home countries yesterday for a long recess after a three months' General Assembly session which rocked the organisation to its
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  • 154 12 NEW DELHI. Thursday. INDIA'S last remaining slave-owners will b#> compensated if they agree to set their slavei lree, Mr. Nehru told Parliament yesterday. The slaves are owned by primitive tribal headmen living in the remote NorthEast Frontier Agency near the Tibetan border. Slavery has existed In the
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  • 152 12 Exhumed his mother then tried to bring her alive again T ONDON, Thurs.— After attending the funeral of his mother a van driver returned to the cemetery the same night In a hired car and dug her up, the Birkenhead coroner was told yesterday. He then took his mother to
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  • 37 12 TOKYO, Thurs— Fourteen people were burnt to death and several other dancers were seriously injured late last night when a fire broke out at a crowded three-storey cabaret In Kumamoto, southern Japan.— Reuter.
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  • 77 12 Red soldier among the escapees HONG KONG. Thurs.— A Communist Chinese soldier was among: a croup of .10 men, women and children who sailed to Hong Kong in a junk at the week-end, it was disclosed yesterday. The group told officials they fled China because of the "Communist tyranny" and
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  • 59 12 WASHINGTON. Thurs. President-elect John Kennedy yesterday named Mr. Roswell Gilpatrlc, 54, a New York lawyer, to be Under-Secret-ary of Defence. Mr. Gilpatrlc. Undersecretary of the Air Force In the Truman administration, will serve under Mr. Robert McNamara. now president of the Ford Motor Company, who was chosen by
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  • 258 12 LONDON. Thur«. j QUEEN ELIZABETH'S Christmas Day message will have a record television and radio coverage, it was disclosed today. Films or tele-recordings of her seven-minute message have been sent to television organisations In 30 countries In both the Western and Communist
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  • 75 12 LONDON, Thurs. Worldwide distribution of a colour film of Queen Elisabeth opening Parliament last month will begin early In the New Tear, it was announced today. It is the first official film in colour of the full cere- mony of the state opening of Parliament.
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    • 293 12 THE HOOVERMATIC solves all your washday (ifm^ j I problems Ju* ie« hew tht •xclusiv* Hoover pul- "boiliiif action" mm* oil Hie dirt out of your clothrs quickly and 9«ntly Saa riow the mor»e)lout twin tubs cut wathinf timo in half. Ona tub washo* while tho other automatically rinje« and
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  • 1169 13 The epic 'proving' flight of the 'Father of U.S. ballooning' E*iu i to setter dedicates his life to conquest of thy skies PENNSYLVANIA-BORN John Wise became interested in ballooning almost from the moment he could read. Every newspaper report on ballooning progress in Europe was carefully filed by young John.
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    • 194 13 /\N July 1, 1859 W 10,000 people pocking a public porfc of St. Louis, Missouri, gated in wonder at o huge balloon tethered to the ground by a series of straining ropes. Below the 60ft high envelope swayed j wicker basket which in turn supported the weight of a rowing
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    • 231 13 It LOHB4RB BANKING (I lIMSIT.Hiir.VR II NO CHANGE ■fl IN LONDON AND IN SINGAPORE Policy of Stability 1 1 Maximum II Security I Imttr—t paid withmtt Murfion of Iniltd Kimgdom Inrom, rtajL 1 1 GROUP ASSETS EXCEED 1 1 £100,000,000 I Write today to th» O«oenl Manager for your copy
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    • 177 13 Buys Bunny By Ralph Heimdahl k^rZth' 1 [I'M NOT KEEPIN' N I NOT AT ALL, SIRS i I f~ /aOfVVA^ Ji VlXif I*^1 l-j- VAFROMVERKCHX: I PICKEP UP EVERY \^W*-JJmM 9fcrTY~) ATWmm'' AM I SYLVESTER? SCRAP OF PAPER IM r/ jTV v^-m ftf^ LVI Ahner By Al Capp /SENATOR NATURALW.7
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  • COMMERCIAL news and views
    • 88 14 TO STUDY MORE ABOUT OPEL CARS MR. E. KNUDSEN, (above), general manager of Singapore Motors Ltd. left by air this week to visit the Opel factory in Russelsheim, West Germany to gain further knowledge of Opel Rekord and Opel Kapitan cars. He will also visit the McCormick International Harvester Co..
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    • 223 14 AUSTRIA TO BOOST SALES of RUBBER PRODUCTS AUSTRIAN exports to Malaya and Singapore are steadily expanding, according to Dr. Heinrich Hirnschrodt, the Austrian Trade Delegate in Singapore. This is borne out by official trade figures which show that Austrian exports to the local markets were valued at $5.3 million in
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    • 172 14 ANEW housing estate costing over $1 million is now being developed at the Junction of Chancery Lane and Thomson Road, Singapore, by Nan Yang Realty Co., a local building development I— 1 firm. The project consists of 35 freehold two-storey semidetached
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    • 47 14 Hong Kong has set up its first transistor radio company. The Astor Electronic Manufacturing Corporation is now producing 2,500 sixtransistor sets a month. The company is now making a bid to capture a share of the Hong Kong market at present dominated by Japan.
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    • 198 14 Easing of Asian balance of payments sought yHE Commission on Asian and Far Eastern Affairs of the Inter-national Chamber of Commerce has ursred the chamber to work out a scheme for the Asian Bank for Trade and Industrial Development to help remove difficulties in the balances of payments of countries
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    • 22 14 France produced 813.010 vehicles in the first eight months of 1960. against 803.--899 In the corresponding period of last year.
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    • 292 14 A COMPLETE range of Minolta and Sankyo A photographic equipment will be within the reach of every photography enthusiasts in Singapore when S. Moutrie and Co. (M) Ltd., local agents for the manufacturers, introduce a hire purchase system early next year. Mr. Michael B.K. Tan.
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    • 209 14 Japan TV sets coming soon to Singapore HAGEMEYER Trading Co. (M) Ltd. wiU bring a' wide range of Japanese television receivers to Singapore soon. The sets are products of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. of Osaka, manufacturers of National transistor radios and household appliances for which Hagemeyer are local agents.
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    • 54 14 Japan's exports of motor vehicles In November, totalling 2.751 units, were a record, according to the Japan Motor Cars Manufacturers' Association. The November exports represented a rise of 811 units, over the previous month, due to increased shipments to South-East Asian and Cen- tral and South American
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    • 109 14 DROP IN SARAWAK RUBBER EXPORTS SARAWAK exported 2.574 tons of rubber in November, 113 tons less than in the previous month. But shipments for the first 11 months were higher than iln the corresponding period i last year, totalling 46.350 tons against 40.747 tons. White pepper exports In November also
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  • 122 16 MELBOURNE, Thurs. INVESTMENT shares held a steady trend here today. L. J. Hooker gained Is. to lls. 6d. and Myer Is. to 335. 6d. Base metals and the oils traded along (inn lines. Aost. Oil and Gas gained Is. to 9s. 9d.. but Interstate OU eased Is. 3d
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  • 215 16 JANUARY first grade rubber v buyers fo.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 86% cents per lb. down half a cent on Wednesday's close. The tone was quiet. 8C.C.8.A. CLOSING PRICES In cents per lb., yesterday were: Int. 1 RS.S. Spot rob. buyers 86*4. sellers 86 V Int. i
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  • 127 16 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: Quiet; TJK/Contlnent Dec. Jan. shipments 827 buyers. $27} sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 sellers, drum $43 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $237*. Sarawak $232}. special Sarawak black $150 and garbled Lampong
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  • 85 16 T'HF Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail TT. 324. O.D 32H. 90 d/St 33 1/16 credit bills. 33 >„ trade bills. Selling T.T- or O.D. ready: Canada 32 U; Belgian Francs 1620V4; Italian
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  • 23 16 Malayan Stork Exchange: Dec. 22 Dec. 21 Industrials: 129.47 128.93 Tins: 185.18 183.96 S Rubbers: 212.61 221.05 Jan. 1 1958 100.
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  • 663 16 SINGAPORE members of the Malayan Stock Exchange reported the following business at their 3JO p.m. call yesterday. (Bargains are given before prices unless only one was written). Industrials: Ccn. Tin Smelt ords 435. 6d.; Fed. Dlsp. $1.41; Praser and Neave ords $1.97 OL, $1.98; Gammon 82.06 and
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  • 1072 16 TIN EXPORTS ABOVE 1957 RATE— BUT OUTPUT LAGGING By Our Market Correspondent gECAISE of the influx of Indonesian ore for smelting in Malaya, tin exports for 1960 will handsomely exceed figures for the prerestriction year of 1957. Official figures show that exports in the first 11 months of this year
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  • 37 16 SINGAPORE. Dec. 22. RUBBER: 86 < 4 cents per lb. (down a half cent). 5 p.m unofficial close: 86 S 8 cents (quiet). TIN: $391.73 per picul (down 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 240 tons (unchanged).
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  • 69 16 CHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board whines or expected today are: Thalatta 4/5. Kapitan Koslco 6A. Robert Maersk 6/7. City of Wellington 8/9, Taiping 10/11, Atreus 13/14, Sarpedon 15/16. Nagoya Mara 18, Benveg 19, Olang Ann N. Wall 4, Emp Gannet 21/22, Livenza 23/24, Gorgon 25/26, Slblgo
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    • 218 16 -^£^\>W|jU ISRAEL NAVIGATION [25a COMPANY, LTD. fifii* EILAT FAR EAST SERVICE Cilat Vptre Bang** Sam Penang Raagtti EilM «M 0 SailM* Sailed 23 Btc 28/ M Dtc 1 Jm 5 Jan II Jm NIELSEN SJM 23 Jan 21 Jan 2 Fol 4 Ftt ftk 2B ft* BARRETTO SHIPPING TRADING CO.,
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    • 367 16 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF SINGAPORE AND CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE The public is hereby notified that the private streets (I) between the Supreme Court and the City Hail (off St. Andrew's Road), (II) at the rear of the Supreme Court and the City HaU (from High Street to
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    • 832 16 NOTICES THE STRAITS TIMES PRtaa (MALAYA) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malax a) NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that at the forthcoming annual general meeting of the company to be held at Robson House. 11l Pudu Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. 14th January 1961. the directors will recommend the payment
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    • 484 16 NOTICES an council of Singapore REFUND OF ASSESSMENT Claims for refund of assessment on houses reported vacant between Ist July, 1960. and 31st December. 1960. must be submitted by 31st January, 1961, on forms obtainable lrom i he City Assessors Office (Ground Floor). MAKE SURE that receipt of your claim
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    • 768 17 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE CITY WATEB DEPARTMENT: Required ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR (JOHORE) in salary scale *765xA30-915 mo allowance) plus Central Provident Fund benefits. Appointment will be on temporary basis In the first Instance with a view to future permanency. Qualifications: Certificate ol Competency as Ist Class Electrical
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    • 780 17 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS are Invited from suitably qualified persons for the following appointment to commence Immediately. INSTRUCTOR IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING to teach Engineering Drawing, Mechanical Engineering Science and Calculations. Applications must have a recognised qualification In Mechanical Engineering, preferably with some Industrial experience. Teaching experience
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    • 1064 17 (Continued from Pag* 19) SITUATIONS VACANT 20 tTarets Si (Mim.)— Bom it ets. sxtr. WANTID experienced clerk/typist. Applicants requested to apply Post Office Box 2101, Spore. WANTID A MATHEMATICS and Science Teacher for Senior Middle Classes. Salary according to qualifications. Apply to Box A 9836 S.T. K.L. DREDGING FOREMAN required
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    • 3377 17 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 2* Worsts $S (Mim.)— Bsm ft els. extra TIRRACI HOUSE— 3 bedrooms, tiled bathroom, 2i miles from town. Freehold, vacant possession. $19,500 0.n.0. Principles only. Phone Spore *****. NEWLY COMPLETED and ready for Immediate occupation Double-storey Bungalow. Four rooms, moslae, parquet flooring with spactous garden. Modern
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    • 485 17 STEAMBATHS. MASSACi. ETC. tO Words U (Mim.)— Box M eU. sxtrm TIRIDT LIT LAURA Manage m.unbatii Refresh You. Expert Licensed kUssaur/lfasMUM. SIB-P Hirer Valley Road. 81ngapore-9. Telepboo* *****. TRY THE NEW Turklnb ateamroom at "Ricky's" Slamrse Massage by Ehperlencad MasMurMaiaeuae. 398 River Valley Road. Singapore. TclepboM 245T7. AT YOUR SERVICE
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  • 203 18 RESQUILLEUR& HULA HOOP IN SMART GALLOPS ON THE TRACK with Epsom Jeep PENANG, Thursday. OESQUILLEUR and Hula Hoop, two recent winners owned by the Veni Vici Stable, are keeping their form. They did smart workouts here this morning. There was a light shower lasf night and the track this morning
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  • 128 18 Dr. Edith loses another round LONDON, Thurs.— The House of Commons, by a vote of 120 to 17. yesterday turned down a proposal by Dr. Edith Summerskill to introduce a bill calling for a boxing ban in Britain. "Of all the major sports, boxing occupies a special position since the
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  • 130 18 McGROWDIE ONLY ONE LESS THAN JOHNSON pENAXG. Thurs. —For the first time four Jockeys have ridden 50 or more winners in one season in Malaya. Laurie Johnson is out in front with 56 winners. Noel McGrowdie is right back, in the race with a splendid double on St. Leger Day
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  • 111 18 I ONDON. Thurs.— Five Test cricketers, three from England, one from West Indies and one from India, are among, the 11 players who have accepted invitations to tour the West Indies with E. W. Swanton's team next March and April. The 11 are: Colin
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  • 83 18 CYDNEY, Thurs.— The West Indies cricket team hope to make a profit of M568..")00 from their tour of Australia. Mr. Max Marshall, assistant manager of the touring team, said yesterday that he based this estimate on the belief that attendances at the four remaining Test matches against
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  • 73 18 Return world title fight GOTHENBURG. Thurs. Floyd Patterson Is expected to defend his world heavyweight boxing title against former champion, Ingemar Johansson, between Mar. 14 and Apr. 3 next year. American promoter Bill Fugazy, who discussed plans with Johansson here yesterday, said they had agreed that a return title match
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  • 62 18 TOKYO, Thurs.— The Japanese Olympic Organising Committee today decided to decrease the number of events for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games to 18 from the originally planned 22 events. A spokesman said the decision had been based on a request from the International Olympic Committee.
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  • 81 18 THIS is an artist's impression of the F.A. of Malaya headquarters now under construction at Birch Road, Kuala Lumpur. The six-storey building, which will cost $317,000, is expected to be ready by August next year. The F.A.M. will occupy the ground
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  • CABLES IN BRIEF
    • 44 18 FOOTBALL LEAGUE CLP: 4th jd— Tranmere 0 Evert on 4. EUROPEAN CUP < Basle >: 2nrt rd playoff Rapid Vienna of Austria V Wismut of E. Germany 0. winners v Malmoe of Sweden In q-flnals. FRIENDLY I Madrid): IWi Madrid 4 Spanish representative XI 0.
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    • 19 18 TOUB MATCH (Cork): Munster 3 8. African tourists 9. UK COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (London): Hampshire 9 Kent 8.
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  • 368 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. "THAILAND will not be competing in the Malayan x Cyclists federation's marathon road cycling races which 'begin tomorrow with the Kuala Lum-pur-to-Ipoh event The other events are the 100-mile •lpoh-to-Bukit Tengah racevon* Saturday and the 50-milK, .Sround-Penang Island raceonOSunday. Thailand .have sent
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  • 88 18 New move to avert soccer strike LONDON. Thurs. New peace moves were made yesterday to prevent a strike by England's professional footballers on Jan. 21. Representatives of Football League club managers and of the Professional Footballers Association discussed new proposals in their dispute over wages and contracts at a threehour
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  • 17 18 LONDON, Thurs. The 1961 British golf programme will carry prize money totalling approximately £70.000 —Reuter.
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  • 450 18 ITALY GET DROBNY DRILL JACK FINGLETON REPORTING... /CANBERRA, Thurs. Former Davis Cup player Adrian Quist says that Jaroslav Drobny, a former Wimbledon champion and now coach of the Italian Davis Cup team, is giving Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola lefthanded service in practice that Is practically as good as Neale
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  • 386 19  -  NORMAN SIEBEL MALAYA SHOULD CLEAR THIS CUP HURDLE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY By A THAI commentator, taking great satisfaction from his country's 6-3 victory over India in the Asian Zone Thomas Cup badminton quarter-final at Bangkok on Monday and Tuesday, has suggested that Thailand will offer Malaya
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  • 382 19  - Federation challenge for S'pore Malays tennis meet MOK SIN PIN By SINGAPORE, Thurs. Federation players are making a strong bid for Singapore Malays open tennis championships at Telok Kurau this weekend. Leading the Federation challenge is 18-year-old Abdul Rahman Bakar of Negrl Sembllan, one of the most promising young Malayan
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  • 70 19 SYDNEY. Thurs. Eight members of the First Test team have been included in the West Indies XI fox the return match against New South Wales here tomorrow. The three Test players excluded are Garfleld Sobers, wicketkeeper Gerry Alexander and Peter Lashley, who has been made
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  • SPORTS SUMMARY
    • 64 19 SPORE LEAGUE 1)1 2: RAP Tengah 1 University 0. IPOH LEAGUE DIV. 2: KiUt Club 4 (Hock Seng 3. Shafle) HQ 2nd FIB 0; Perak Turf Club 8C w.o Police. PENANG LEAGUE DIV. 1: Indians 4 (Sucha 3. Selvaraja) JolUUtds 1 (P. Havelock). S'GOR l I AC. IE DIV.
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    • 16 19 S (.OR MALAYS F.A. LGE 'A': Permuda Kg. Bharu 3 (Yusof, Yunos, Ailz; Mlndef 0.
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    • 18 19 FRIENDLIEB (PenangV Penan* Asians IS Technical College. XL 8; 11th Independent Field Reft. 9 Peiutng SC 6.
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  • 127 19 MELBOURNE. Thurs.— Aus- tralia does not favour banning Olympic winners from' later Games. Mr. Edgar Tanner, secretary of the Australian Olympic Federation, said yesterday. Commenting on the statement In Chicago by Mr. Avery Brundage. president of the International Olympic Committee, that this point was under consideration,
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  • 52 19 GREGG PUNCHES CLEAR TO FOIL FULHAM RAID ON THE UNITED MANCHESTER United goalkeeper Harry Gregg punches clear from his goalmouth daring the match against Fulham at Craven Cottage. Also In the picture are O'Connell (left), Fulham inside-right, and Manchester United left back Cantwell. This First Division match ended in a
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  • 286 19 SINGAPORE, Thursday. tvARUL Aflah, the Singapore soccer champions in *J 195fi and 1959, will have to play Div. 2 football next year. In their vital match with Marines today to decide who should lollow Sukaramal Into relegation, Darur Aflah were beaten 6-4. Darul Aflah
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  • 118 19 COURSE FOR COACHES IN TABLE TENNIS CINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Table Tennis Association will hold a two-month course for coaches, Mr. Tang Tuck Wah, the association's president, said today. "The S. T. T. A. aims to form a panel of qualified coaches which will help to raise the standard of
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  • 71 19 Sultans 9 Gold Cup team SINGAPORE, Thurs.— SlnKpore Malays team to meet rak Malays in the Sultans' Gold Cup soccer match at Jalan Besar on Saturday (kick off 6.15 p.m.) will be selected from: Idros Albar. Mokhtar Tabri. All Samijan, Matmoon Sudasee, Samad Abdullah, Yassin Mat, Umar Rahmat, Otman Johan,
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  • 283 19 THIS CUP-TIE WILL BE A TREAT JOHORE ASIANS FAVOURITES By TEOH ENG TATT Singapore. Thursday RUGBY fans can expect a thrilling tussle when Johore Asians visit Singapore tomorrow to decide the All-Blues Cup south zone finalists on the padang. i Said one Singapore official: "We think tomorrow's game i will
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  • 40 19 SEOAMAT. Thurs. The Johore Sikhs team for the Pan Malayan Sikhs hockey tournament, to be held at Penang from Dec. 24 —26 will be: Joglndar <capt). Mohlnder, Harbajan. Hardev. Jasbir. Mantok, Gurnam. Bohan, Barjlt. Kernall, Daljit. Harbajan G.
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  • 127 19 3 Russian challengers for Grand National LIVERPOOL. Thurs.— Three Russian horses hay* been entered for the Aintree Grand National. th« world's best-known sterplrchasr, to be run here oo March 25. .Mrs. Mirabel Tophani, managing -director of ih« Aintree racecourse, announced today that five Russian entries had beeo received for the
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  • 65 19 TELUK ANSON. Thurs. A South Perak Invitation XV will play three rugger matches in their North Malayan tour during the Chrlstma* holidays. They will meet Penang Garrison at Butterworth on Dec. 24. Penang Asians on Dec. 26 at Penang and the Kedah Asians on Dec.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 59 19 RUGGER ALL BLUES CUP: (Spore): Singapore v Johore Bahru c padang) Perak v Kedah (Kedah padang). BOCCER SPORE YOUTH TOURNEY (Replay >: Setla Jaya v Amicable* (Jalan Besar. 5.16 p.m.). CYCLING MALAYAN CSHIPS: Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh (Swettenham Road 6.30 a.m >. HOCKEY IPOH LEAGUE: Olv. 1 Indians v Andersonlans
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  • 485 20 PRIME MINISTER OF NIGERIA SAYS ONLY SOLUTION TO CONGO IS A NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ALL PARTIES LAGOS, Thursday. THE Nigerian Prime Minister, Sir Abu Bakar Balewa, said here yesterday that U.N. must use force if necessary to control Col. Joseph Mobutu's troops. Speaking at his monthly
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  • 52 20 CHICAGO, Thurs. Six people were wounded, one critically, when a gun battle broke out aboard a bus crowded with Christmas shoppers here test night. One man pulled out a pistol and began shooting at three men who. he said, jostled him. One of the men returned the
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  • 54 20 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Miss Mary Choo, of Cumberland Lane, was fined $100 by Mr. S.R. Chapkhana In the traffic court here today on charges of driving a motor car without a driving licence and third party Insurance on June 11. She was also disqualified from
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  • 18 20 CABLE RECEIVED From Karaloagar Ciylon drath of K. VatthillnKam father of V. Raslab Secretariat Jobore H.idru 22/12/60.
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  • 31 20 THE FAMILY OP The late Mr. f: H. P. Vatbrrc are gra<erul to Staff of G. H. for their help, relative* and frtcndi for thnr rxpremion* of tyropath) and condolence
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  • 23 20 IN LOVING MEMORY of Mr. T. If. Utvidinn departed on the 23.12.57 Oonr hut not forgotten. By hit loved eaee Malacca.
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  • 27 20 HEW DELHI. Thurs.— India today signed an agreement with Rumania over the supply of iron ore following the breakdown of similar negotiations with Japan— Reuter.
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  • 110 20 MALACCA. Thurs.— Members of the State Legislative Assembly today observed two minutes' silence before the start of the day's proceedings as a mark of respect to the late Tun Tan Cheng Lock. Later, the House passed this resolution moved by the Chief Minister. Inche
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  • 17 20 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Airport Sports Club held a dance tonight at Victoria Memorial Hall.
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  • 234 20 KUALA KUBU BAHKI Thurs. A bus driver was killed and nine passengers Injured seriously when two buses collided head-on while negotiating the winding Gap Road, 13} miles from here today. The 40 passengers aboard the two vehicles screamed as
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  • 315 20 LONDON, Thurs. Sentiment in London stock markets today was helped to some extent by the mild optimism expressed by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research on Britain's export outlook and. Industrials presented a firm appearance although business generally was far from active due
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  • 156 20 SINGAPORE, Thursday. AIRMEN at Changi were the first to cable a A Christmas greeting today to a dying girl in West Virginia, U.S.A. i The simple greeting was in Immediate response to a world-wide radio appeal which was received in Singapore. The first Singapore
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