The Straits Times, 7 January 1961

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    18 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 The Straits Times lieu Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1961. 15 CENTS.
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    First act: Aid for Congo men
    419 1 First act: Aid for Congo men U.N. ASSOCIATION SENDS DONATION KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. One of the first things the newlyformed Selangor branch of the United Nations Association has done is to express support for the Straits Times and Ber i t a Harian Cheer Fund for Malayan soldiers in the
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    TENGKU PUTS OFF HIS CONGO VISIT
    376 1 Trip 'may be twisted' against the U.N. KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has decided to postpone his proposed visit to Malayan troops in the Congo "until a more suitable time." Earlier this week he had expressed his desire to visit
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    Lock icon Laos: An air key falls to rebels
    412 1 VIENTIANE, Friday. pRO-COMMUNIST forces in Central Laos yesterday captured the town of Banban after 24 hours of fighting in the jungle around it. News of the fall of the town, after three assaults, was brought back late yesterday by pilots who flew over
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    Lock icon S'pore Bishop
    31 1 CANTERBURY, England, Fri. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, today consecrated Canon Cyril K. Sansbury, warden of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, as Bishop of Singapore and Malaya.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 14 DIE, 30 HURT IN HOTEL BLAZE
    111 1 14 DIE, 30 HURT IN HOTEL BLAZE SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. A mattress fire exploded into a general alarm blaze in a Mission district hotel early today, and Fire Chief William Murray said 14 and possibly more persons were killed. An estimated 30 persons were Injured In the blaze that swept
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    Lock icon Paintings damaged
    53 1 MELBOURNE, Fri.— A vandal has damaged two Constable landscapes, "Keswick Lake," and "West End Fields, Hampstead, at noon," each worth between £AB,OOO and A 10,000, in the Melbourne National Gallery. The gallery director, Mr. Eric Westbrook, said the vandal scrawled with a ballpoint pen across the skylines of
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    NEGRI RULER TO LEAVE FOR. MEDICAL TREATMENT IN U.S.
    94 1 NEGRI RULER TO LEAVE FOR. MEDICAL TREATMENT IN U.S. SEREUBAN, Fri. The Negri Sembilan Government has announced that the Yang di-Pertuan Besar will leave by air for America on Monday for medical attention. The Yang di-Pertuan Besar will be accompanied by the State Physician. Dr. Francis Wong Limiting, and the
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    Lock icon Dr. S: The struggle is to continue
    150 1 Dr. S: The struggle is to continue JAKARTA, Fri. Dr. Soekarno today said that his country was determined to carry on its struggle for the recovery of West Irian from Dutch control. Speaking at celebrations of the first anniversary of the Indonesian Navy's fleet at Soerabaya, East Java, the President
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    Missing plane
    23 1 SAIGON, Fri. A DC-3 Dakota plane of the Vietnamese Air Force with a fiveman crew has been reported nssing since yesterday.
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    160 ft. gash in $1 mil, bridge
    58 1 YESTERDAY'S PICTURE of the 160 ft. gap torn in the new $1,150,000 submersible bridge ot Temerloh by giont tree trunks carried downriver at the week-end. A mobile crane is clearing away the logs jammed against the bridge. Cost of repairing the damage has
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    Planter and 3 labourers lost in jungle -are saved
    184 1  - Planter and 3 labourers lost in jungle -are saved- HOW POW PECK By I IPOH, Friday A 30-YEAR-OLD rubber planter, Mr. A. N. Rasmussen, and three labourers of Ulu Bernam Estate were found today after being lost in the jungle since Wednesday. They were spotted this i morning by a
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    LATEST
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    Lock icon Havana gets ready for war
    351 2 HAVANA, Friday MOVE FOLLOWS SCARE THAT U.S. TO INVADE, BUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ABOUT SUCH 'THREATS' BEFORE O A VAN A was yesterday ostentatiously pre- paring for war following the severance oi diplomatic relations by the United States and Cuban allegations of the country
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    A home at last for Sam and Joe
    210 2 LONDON, Fri. CAM and Joe, the Indian stowaways who have been sailing round and round the world because no country would take them in, have found a home at last in Britain. They were told last week, when the 22,000-ton P. and
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    Lock icon ALGERIANS VOTE ON THEIR FUTURE
    262 2 ALGERIANS VOTE ON THEIR FUTURE PARIS, Friday. ALGERIA started voting in the crucial referendum about its future today. The French Army was on the -lert from last night. The referendum Is to be I held in metropolitan Prance and the overseas territories! on Sunday. In Algeria, voting In the country
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    Lock icon Cha-cha-cha? It's sinful
    56 2 ROME. Fri. It is a sin to dance the cha-cha-cha or the rumba, but rock 'n' roil may be less lustful, according to Father Reglnaldo Francisco, a Dominican Friar who has made a study of modern dancing. The waltz, polka and mazurka passed his scrutiny with a
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    New cabinet
    26 2 ANKARA, Fri. President Qen. Cemal Oursel formed a new 18-man cabinet yesterday with himself at the head after the resignation of the old government.
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    Lock icon Bishops: No foundation for schools take-over
    144 2 COLOMBO, Fri. The six Roman Catholic bishops in Ceylon said yesterday there was "no foundation in fact" for the reasons given by the government for taking over without compensation all Ceylon's Roman Catholic schools. The statement issued in reply to a government statement last
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    Lock icon Black magic bid 'to kill Jakarta government officials'
    166 2 Black magic bid 'to kill Jakarta government officials' JAKARTA, Fri. Certain people have been trying to destroy Indonesian government officials by black magic, the AttorneyGeneral, Mr. Gunawan, announced in a new year's message. He said some of them had been arrested. Mr. Gunawan said: "It Is a matter of regret
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      36 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Applet <WILL YOU SIGN THESE I /iVE MADE TUEMMirSUT WHO ARE y* v GeOK&e?J I OUT POP YOU VALLTMBSE J I f V SO JUST SIGN J V. PEOPLE ?J I ME
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    Lock icon Mik: Strengthen our ties
    444 3 INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION PRAISES THE SOVIET UNION NASUTION EXPRESSES HOPE THAT AID AGAINST COLONIALISM WILL CONTINUE MOSCOW, Friday. "lyfK. Anastas Mikoyan, Russian Deputy Pre--ITA mier, said yesterday that the arrival in Russia of the Indonesian Government delegation, headed by the Defence Minister, Gen. Nasution, "will undoubtedly
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    Lock icon 'Play down' royal visit, asks Queen Mother
    114 3 'Play down' royal visit, asks Queen Mother DUBLIN, Fri. The Queen Mother, in an unprecedented appeal, yesterday asked newspaper editors to play down publicity of Princess Margaret's current visit to Ireland. The Queen Mother made the appeal In a letter from her private secretary to the Dublin Newspaper Managers' committee.
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    Lock icon Nigerians break ties with France
    249 3 Nigerians break ties with France LAGOS, Fri. Nigeria has broken off diplomatic relations with France and has banned her ships and planes from using Nigerian ports and airfields. The French Ambassador has been given 48 hours to leave the country. The moves were to express Nigerian resentment and indignation at
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    Lock icon Charge rejected
    34 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. The State Department today rejected a Soviet charge that a United States destroyer carried out "provocative" manoeuvres near the Soviet cargo ship Faleshy in the Mediterranean last Nov. 4. Reuter.
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    Deadlier jet
    29 3 WASHINGTON. Frl. The air force yesterday unveiled a new, deadlier version of the B-o2 bomber a giant jet craft designed to carry four '.nclear-tipped "Skybolt" ballistic mbsiles
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    Lock icon India must be ready over border row, he says
    175 3 India must be ready over border row, he says YEW DELHI, Fri.— The 11 President of the Indian Congress Party said today that India would have to remain prepared for all contingencies in her border dispute with China. Mr. Sanjiva Reddy, president of the ruling party, said India's basic approach
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    Lock icon Output drop
    32 3 LONDON. Frl. Vauxhall Motors said today their total car output dropped 7.4 per cent last year because of lower American sales. Home sales were up by 8.2 per cent. Reuter.
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    Lock icon BELGIAN GOVT. WINS CONFIDENCE VOTE
    250 3 BRUSSELS, Friday THE Belgian Government won a new vote of confidence on its austerity plans today in the Chamber of Deputies* against a background of new demonstrations, street violence and arrests. Outside the chamber, the police used truncheons on strikers who tried to break a
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    Lock icon Cyprus trip
    43 3 LONDON. Fri. Queen Elizabeth and the Dune of Edinburgh are expected to meet Archbishop Makarios. the Cyprus President, and Dr. Fadll Kutchuk. the Vicepresident, when In Cyprus on their way to India on Jan. 20, it was announced here yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon TUGS ROCK ARCADIA OFF REEF
    171 3 TUGS ROCK ARCADIA OFF REEF HONOLULU. Fri The 29.644-ton P and O liner Arcadia stuck on a coral reef outside Honolulu harbour for two hours yesterday. But at no time was there any danger to the liner's 1.200 passengers and crew of 700, bound from Los Angeles to England via
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    Lock icon Lumumba men in control in Kivu
    367 3 ELISABETHVILLE. Friday KIVU Province, on the eastern border of the Congo, was reported yesterday to be under the control of proLumumba men from the breakaway government in Stanleyville, capital of the neighbouring Eastern province. The reports said that Mr. Anicet Kashamura, former Minister of
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    Lock icon U.S. CIVILIAN FAMILIES ARE ORDERED BACK
    110 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The Inited States Army yesterday ordered its major overseas military commands to send home about half of the dependents of their civilian employees in the next 18 months. The order was part of a drive, ordered by President Eisenhower, to reduce the
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      517 3 WASH IT, SQUASH IT, DRY IT, FRY ITBUT DOEyr FIT? Everybody hos something new in summer clothes. Fabrics are lighter, fibers HI more mysterious. But cool clothes os such arc no Iff great achievement the ■al feat is to give you iW tiopicweights that bring your appearance to it* peak.
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      436 3 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Median) Wave 476 Metres (41.7 Metres) am 6 1 AM. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 *v. N e ws Headlines; 6.05 Morning Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; Melodies; 7.00 Newport Jazz Fes--7.05 Melodies At Sunrise 8.00 The tlval: 7.30 Time Signal. News; 7.39 News; 8.05 More Melodies
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    FREE PRESS PAYS $55 FOR YOUR LETTERS!
    150 4 FREE PRESS PAYS $55 FOR YOUR LETTERS! mHE FREE PRESS Is 1 paying $55 each week for readers' letters. You will find full details in the FREE PRESS today. Make sure of your copy. YOGA IS YOUR WAY TO HEALTH, BEAUTY HEALTH, beauty, peace of mind. These are qualities every
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    VIRUS CARRIER TRACKED
    409 4 U.S. expert's finding: Common mosquito may be cause of new haemorrhagic fever SINGAPORE, Friday. AN AMERICAN scientist, working with top men of the University of Malaya, has tentatively identified the aedes aegypti (common household mosquito) as the carrier of a virus which caused an epidemic of mild
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    KOREANS TO STAGE ART SHOW HERE
    130 4 SINGAPORE, Fri.— A group of live Korean artists arrived here this afternoon to hold an exhibition of Korean art in the State and also to meet local artists and exchange views and ideas. Leader of the group is Mr. Kirn Choung Kang. president of
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    3 youths freed
    83 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Three youths were acquitted of an attempted extortion charge in a magistrate's court here today on grounds of mistaken identity. They were Teng Nang Long Llm Eng Jee and Goh Scow Kai. Teng was defended by Mr. P.T. Wong, Urn by Mr. S. K. Lee
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    'WELCOME TO SINGAPORE' MONTHLY GUIDE FOR TOURISTS
    70 4 'WELCOME TO SINGAPORE' MONTHLY GUIDE FOR TOURISTS SINGAPORE, Thurs. Copies of "Welcome to Singapore", a new monthly tourist booklet prepared by the Singapore Tourist Association, will be distribute ed to all tourists visit inr Singapore. The booklet contains information about hotels, eating places, shopping areas and other places of interest
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    'Loyalty to Malaya' festival
    116 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. A five-day Tamil festival sponsored by the Tamils Representative Council here will begin tomorrow with a "Baby Show" at the Tamils Reform Association in Serangoon Road at 2.30 p.m. Other items in the programme include a sporU meeting at Jalan Besar Stadium at 2.30
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    QUEEN'S COLOUR CEREMONY
    256 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. A BRILLIANT spectacle will be witnessed at RAF Changi here on Jan. 13, when Lord Selkirk, United Kingdom Commissioner in Singapore and Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, presents the Queen's Colour to the Far East Air Force. 1 The entire ceremony, which begins at 7 p.m.,
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    Three years in 'Home'
    108 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. An 11-year-old boy who stole while his uncle was praying nearby was today ordered to a Boys' Home for three years by Miss Jenny Lav, the Juvenile Court Magistrate. The boy had last week pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing $71.61 from his
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    Appointments
    30 4 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Mr. Ong Pang Boon, the Minister for Home Affairs, has appointed Mr Michael Chong and Mr. Teo Cheng Yam to be Assistant Registrars of Citizens in Singapore.
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    18 months more
    89 4 18 months more SINGAPORE, Fri. A prisoner serving a sentence of 18 months imposed on him on Dec. 6 last year was once again sentenced to another 18 months in the First Criminal District Court here today. The prisoner, Ong Kee Keok, who had been convicted and sentenced last month
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    Ran a 'bookie syndicate'— two fined $3,000
    236 4 Ran a 'bookie syndicate' two fined $3,000 SINGAPORE, Friday. TWO men, described as a "bookmaking syndicate" operating at the Singapore Turf Club, Bukit Timah, on Aug. 27, were fined a total of $3,000 by the Seventh Magistrate, Mr. James Loh, here today. The two men. Lim King Soon. 39, and
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    CHURCH WORKER'S FUNERAL
    132 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Hundreds of people attended the funeral of popular church worker, Mrs. R Ablsheganaden, who died suddenly at her Adis Road residence here yesterday evening. Before the ceremony at Bldadari. a service was conducted at the Revival Centre, Mandalay Road, where special songs chosen by the
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      223 4 BHASKAR'S ACADEMY OF Oarden Club. 1-16 p-m. DANCE: The Bharaia Natyam BANK OPENING: New Danoe. Victoria Tfceatr.. 8 Mb of Bar^ of^Tokyo j*£?^*!T%~?£ *?APAN m INDrSTItY FJJATj ■What Is Buddhism." Jalan ING FAIB: Open to public. 2 8e 8 n YN I G^? I oVE Pm iUNIOIt P^C 6 Af>tnun
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    Two overcome by gas pulled from manhole
    128 5 S.T.B. MEN RESCUE COLLEAGUES SINGAPORE, Fri TWO workers from the Singapore Telephone Board were pulled out from a manhole in Aljunied Road after they were overcome by gas here today. The two men, Supramaniam, 37, and Thangarajoo, 22, both of Owen Road, are
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    Transferred
    38 5 SEGAMAT, Frl.— Mr. Ooi Thean Kok. assistant Organi- ser of Chinese Schools, Sega- mat, has gone on transfer to j the Education Office In Johore Bahru. He Is succeeded by Mr. Tan Moh Kin, of Johore Bahru.
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    KIRKBY MAN IS BACK FOR GOOD
    64 5 SINGAPOBE. Fri After spending five years in Britain as a lecturer in Malay at Kirkby College. Inche Raharuddin bin Marji. accompanied by his charming wife, returned to Malaya "for good" in the Chusan today. While in Britain, Mrs. Baharuddin did part-time teaching I and
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    DON'T REPORT THE LOSS OF I-CARDS TO POLICE
    168 5 DON'T REPORT THE LOSS OF I-CARDS TO POLICE KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The public are asked not to report to the police but to the registration office when their identity cards are either lost, destroyed or defaced. This advice was given today In a statement by the Commissioner of National Registration,
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    2 a.m. grab thief gets gold chain
    52 5 BUTTERWORTH. Fri. A woman, V. Mariamuthu, 63, lost her $90 gold chain when a thief snatched it from her neck outside her house in Mengkuang Road here at 2 a.m. today. Mariamuthu said the man escaped into the darkness and she could not
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    She's home for a nine-month; vacation
    83 5 She's home for a nine-month vacation A 22-YEAR-OLD interior decoration student. Miss Doris Tay, returned to Singapore in the Chusan for a nine-month vacation with her family. Miss Tay, who hopes to obtain a diploma from the Regent Street Polytechnic in London, has about a year to go before finishing
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    Special stamps
    32 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Comptroller of Posts, Mr. L. Robless said today that more than 120.000 special 10-cent stamps commemorating the Installation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong have been sold.
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    Trials, tribulations of having a million
    202 5 "TVER wondered what sort of a life a millionaire 4 or for that matter a millionairess, leads? Are they always happy, never troubled, or do they have problems just like the rest of us In spite of wealth? Well, 20th Century Fox's Cinemascope production
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    Fair at Kajang
    28 5 KUALA LUMPUR. PH.— The Mentri Besar of Selangor. Dato Abu Bakar bin Baginda. will open a weekly fair at Kajang on Sunday at 8.30 a.m.
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    Polytechnic diplomas: Recognition talks
    84 5 Polytechnic diplomas: Recognition talks SINGAPORE, Frl. The deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the Singapore Polytechnic, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, said negotiations were going on to have Polytechnic diplomas recognised in the Federation. He said this In an interview with "Polynews," the official magazine of the Polytechnic Students' Union published
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      New Style Elections
      641 6 The elections to the rural councils, town councils and municipalities to be held in April and June will reflect profound changes in the organisation of local government in the Federation. Since September 1959, when the first of two postponements was announced, the Constitution has been amended, empowering
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      Rallying Cries
      398 6 On top of India's massive and endemic problems the Congress Party presently meeting at Bhavnagar has to consider its own, raised by the prospect of elections in 1962. In its thirteen years of continuous power since independence the party has got out of condition; it has lost impetus
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      Dollar Too Much
      162 6 The one dollar fee on export documents now charged in Singapore is being applied at the airport in a manner not anticipated when this legislation was approved last month. The fee is applied as a double charge on air parcels and air consignments when transhipped from one
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    113 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO From the Straits Tima* of Jan. 5, 1911 PROVISION reUtlnf to Urn appointment of the ChUtf Secretary of tbe FederatiM Malay States will be taW«tf in tbe Federal Council on Jan. 19. This follows, states a notification, the July tw agreement between We British Government and the
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    Brasshats gather—yet why should a
    1031 6  -  Vernon Bartlett AS COMMUNIST INFLUENCE INCREASES IN THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT LANDS OF THE WORLD, THE SCANDAL OF WOOLLY MINDS IN WHITEHALL by man have to go all the way to Britain to collect his bowler hat? DURING this week the normal hazards of crossing a
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    SIR JOHN (A NEW DATO) ON VISIT
    70 7 SIR JOHN (A NEW DATO) ON VISIT SINGAPORE, Fri.— Dato Sir John Hay. chairman of Gnthrie and Co. Ltd., arrived in the Cbusan today on his annual visit to the company's estates in Malaya. Dato Sir John Is one of the 158 people who were awarded honours by the Yang
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    Ong case inquiry invites evidence
    152 7 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The commission appointed to inquire into allegations made by Mr. Ong Eng Guan, in the Legislative Assembly recently, will hold its Arst sitting at 10.30 a.m. on Jan. 17. The sitting will be held at Court No. 4 of the Supreme Court building.
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    Rural drive helps have-nots
    513 7  -  YAP CHIN KWEE TOP INDONESIAN GOVT. DELEGATION HERE TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS By Kajang. Friday Redistribution of the country's wealth has already begun, says Tun Razak THE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, said here today that the distribution of Malaya's riches among the
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    First this year
    25 7 SEGAMAT. Prt. The first meeting of the Town Council this year will be held on Jan. 15. at the Diamond Jubilee Hall.
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    Assembly chamber to be ready by Aug. 31
    323 7 IT WILL HAVE SCENIC VIEW ATOP WLL MALACCA, Friday l_ WHEN the new $350,--000 Malacca Legislative Assembly is completed on the top of St. Paul's Hill here, it will have a splendid view of the legendary Mount Ophir in the Malacca-Negri Sembi-lan-Johore
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    NEW FIRM GETS ITS FIRST VESSEL
    174 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A NEWLY-FORMED Malayan shipping enterprise, the $30 million Kris Shipping Company Limited, has obtained its first ship. The Minister of Transport. Inche Sardon bin Hajl Jublr. will hoist the Federation merchant ensign on the vessel, m.v. Petaling, a 1,350--ton coastal steamer,
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    He stole in hospital
    66 7 He stole in hospital IPOH, Frl— A tuberculosis patient In the Ipoh hospital Ooi Hock Joo, 31, told the magistrate's court here today that no one would give him a watch, so he stole on* from another patient. 001, who had one previous conviction, pleaded guilty to the theft of
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    Language Month contests
    46 7 PENANQ, Frl. Poster and essay competitions open to all schools in the State will be held during National Language Month, starting on Jan. 30. The contests will be divided Into four sections for lower and upper primary schools and lower and higher secondary.
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    TWO FINED $25 FOR SPEEDING
    89 7 TWO FINED $25 FOR SPEEDING SINGAPORE, Frl. Two motorists were ffned $25 each here today for speeding along Admiralty Road West. H.M. Naval Base 1 Singapore. One of them was J. C. Lafferty, of Johore Bahru. who pleaded guilty to driving his car along Admiralty Road at a speed of
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    PENANG ASSEMBLYMAN'S TRIAL DATE SET
    276 7 PENANG. Friday rREE days have been 'fixed for the trial of a Penang State Assemblyman and Butterworth Town Councillor, Phee Joo Teik, charged with "agreeing to accept" a $15,000 iribe. The Sessions Court Preldent, Mr. K. Somasundram. today extended Phees $5,000 ball, pending hearing on
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    Hawkers in silent protest
    181 7 PLACARDS AND PICKETS AGAINST POLICE ARRESTS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. About 200 hawkers, many carrying placards, picketed the Kuala Lumpur Municipal offices and the High Street police station this morning in protest against the recent arrests of hawkers. They were orderly and 12 policemen standing by did
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY FORUM
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      THIS MAY STOP THE RAILWAY MOANERS
      230 8 T HAVE Just read the complaint by one of your readers about the discomforts encountered on the railway in Malaya. This problem of seating capacity for passenger trains is nothing uncommon on any railroad. Most railroad companies overcome this problem by seat reservation facilities.
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      English as she is not spoken
      132 8 English as she is not spoken PLEA FOR CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OVER RADIO SINGAPORE.. ]t|AY- I suggest that officers of Radio Singapore ITI undergo a course in speech training before they are allowed to go on the air? There have been previous complaints about mispronunciation and the "Malayanising" of various words,
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      THE FIEND WHO WIRED THE LEGS OF A DOG TOGETHER...
      77 8 THE FIEND WHO WIRED THE LEGS OF A DOG TOGETHER... IHAVE witnessed the most stupid piece of cruelty I ever wish to see again. Some fiend (and fiend is the only word for such a person) had caught a poor defenceless dog and wired its legs together. The wires were
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      THE HAS-BEENS
      195 8 Those who were NOT invited to the royal garden party I AM one of the millions who rejoiced at the installation of the Yang diPertuan Agong and was quite happy to stand at the back of a crowd five deep to catch a glimpse of Their Majesties and
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      WHO WOULD BELIEVE IT!
      260 8 "rpHEY wouldn't believe X this at home," said David Jones to dive Graham, a racing correspondent of the London Daily Express, apropos of what the racegoer gets for his money in Malaya. Well, sir, it matters not to me what they will or won't believe at
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      BLOOMERS AND GOOD OLD DAYS
      141 8 BLOOMERS AND GOOD OLD DAYS T TOO like Mrs. Celeste B. Amstutz remember seeIng some 40 years ago girls from Methodist girls' schools appearing on the sports field dressed in bloomers. (S.T. Jan. 3). What is wrong about that? To me those were the good old days. For one thing,
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      POSTAL DELAYS
      77 8 MAY I bring to the notice of the postal authorities the delay experienced recently (not during the floods) in the delivery of mail in Kuan tan? An express letter datestamped in Singapore on Dec. 21 was delivered in Kuantan on Dec. 24 at 8 A letter posted in
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      DERELICT FOUNTAIN
      100 8 Who or what does it commemorate? Fthe corner of the padang in Kuala Lumpur stands a once glorious fountain. It is derelict, a dusty basin some ten or twelve feet across, the fountain in its middle, on a plinth decorated with griffons, some of them now without their
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      What I found on a jaga-kreta boy...
      285 8 "THE jaga kreta boys of Kuala Lumpur are an old problem, but are they as the police would seem to think—also an insolubl* problem? Surely the motorist, who pays a tax for his car as well as the rest of the taxation which
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      SCHOOL LACK
      89 8 T AM a student of a technical school and I regret very much to say thai though the school has been functioning for six years, it still does not conduct tht GCE "A" level examination. A student who passed his "O" level examination has, if he wishes to
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      232 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7. Trick of style peculiar to tit* j£l PI 7£ 1 bto fl t W Ten** to ch*r»ct«l«tfcs of 10. vtry'toe g^tla, to uch A Atwot NotWn n«r brfot* lunch? (>. 2, ujg a aMd proud roJoy in££t£% COaU m F*tty'W work Mm! (7). 13. Oauge
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    SHARE MARKET IS STEADY WITH SOME PROFIT-TAKING
    940 10 SHARE MARKET IS STEADY WITH SOME PROFIT-TAKING By Our Market Correspondent THE MALAYAN share market was generally steadier yesterday with a number of improved prices in all sections. The turnover was slightly reduced in Singapore and up a little in the Federation. Industrials were supported around quotations, but some tins
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    114 10 jtwfKLBOtTRNE, Prl. Investment i A shares on the Melbourne Stock Exchange closed the week along firm lines. CS.R. gained £5 to £75 and Rotfimans 3s. to 85s. Base metals ano oils remained steady Mt. Isa gained Is. 6a. to 58s. 6d. Commonwealth loans traded along steady lines. Ampol
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    138 10 CfNGAPORE Chinese Produce *3 ExehMfe noon prloes per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK /Continent .lan /Feb. shipments $27 buyers. »27'-i sellers- Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $4044 sellers, arum 1444 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done- Muntok white 1242 W and Sarawak $237 4 (both down
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    87 10 rPHE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made tile following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100). Canada: buying airmail T T 32 13/16. O-D. 32 15/16. 90 ci/st 33 3/8 credit bills. 33 7/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 32 7/16; Belgian
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    78 10 SHIPS lying alongside Urn Singapore Harboor Board wharves or expected today are: Chuaan 1/3, Bin tang 4/5, Roblna 6A. Marceli Nowotko 6/7, Madison Lloyd 8/9, Frankfurt 10/11, Pyrrhus 13/14. Mandama 15/16, Yamaharu Maru 18, Leneverett 19, Scudai N. Wall 1. Serampaag N. Wall 2. Segamat N. Wall 3.
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    THE MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    990 10 DUSINESB on the Singapore. A section of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday was: industrials: Boustcad (2) $1.20, $1.21. $1.19; CT.S. pref. 18s. 6d.; C-T.s ords 455. 6d.: F. Disp. $1-58; FlUpatrlcka $1.38; F. and N. ords $2.04; Gammon $2.25, (2) $2.26; Henry Waugh $1.46; Hongkong Bank
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    CLOSING PRICES
    39 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 6. RUBBER: 87 cents per lb. (down three-eighths of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 86 cents per lb. (quiet). TIN; $390,874 Per plcul (up 50 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 260 tons (down 10 tons).
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    Laos rally eases at middle of week
    336 10 Laos rally eases at middle of week PARLY trading dur- ing the period was steady with the Laos situation causing some anxiety, report H.C.B. and Co. Ltd. in their current Singapore rubber, review. This political uncertainty brought In shortcovering and sellers were reluctant to offer on the advance. The same
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      908 10 SHIPPING NOTICES ».r. "MADISON LLOYD" Arrivrd: 6.1 61. Consignees are hereby notified that the general surve>- of damaged packages ex the above vessel will be neld on 16.161. at godowns 8/9 as trom 8 30 a.m. No further surrey will be held. ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD. Sincaporr Oflßce, 2nd Floor, NTS.
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      442 11 FURTHER EDUCATION CLASSES 1961 SELANGOR Further Education Classes will re-open at the following centres •n 9th January, 1961. Pupils are requested to report to the Supervisor of the Centre they wish to join on 9th January between 5.30 and 8.00 p.m. Centre Level of Instruction. English Medium: Victoria Institution Secondary
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      1112 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN KUALA LUMPUR Applications are invited for th« post of Secretary to the Principal of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. Qualifications: At least a School Certificate with credit In English Language; must be proficient vi shorthand and typewriting; considerable experience of general office
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      790 11 R^^* a^*^^H^ B *>^^ (^L -*bi**«*s^BssssssbV^BsJ SITUATIONS VACANT M Word, U (Him,)— Box M ets. sacra BOX A 4152 S.T. Singapore position filled, applicants 'hanked. WANTED Male Female Advertising canvassers for wellknown publication. Highest commission. Box A447S B.T. B pore WANTED two female English speaking cashiers. Good salary. Age must
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      1154 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT M Wordt tS (Mitt.}— Box 30 eU. oxtrm TO LET furnished room*, private entrance, quiet locality, district 9. Phone Spore *****. After 9 a.m. AIRY ROOM with attached bathrooms, fan. suitable for bachelors or working girls, Katong area Tele.noD* *****, 111. Halg Road, S'por*. TWO AIRY ROOMS to
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      1025 11 EDUCATION 10 Torrfs tS (Min.)-Box SO eU. txlra MORNIMO CLAtSIS: H.S.C./O.C E (Cambridge Credit), Science, Art* and Commercial classes. Details from City School (formerly C.V.M.A. Schooll 21S Queen Street. S'por*. (TeL *****/ *****).. PILLOWS COLLEGE (LONDON) Offer* specialised Enicllsn Language oourses for Cambridge Certificate, Qualifying Teat and 0.C.8. 'Airmail tuition
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    Brunei Regt: Malaya to help
    187 12 Brunei Regt: Malaya to help KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation Government has undertaken to assist in raising and training a Brunei Malay Regiment, it was announced here today. This follows a request by the Government of Brunei with the agreement of the British Government. A Federation Army statement said that
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    Dr. Lim—final MCA break
    441 12  - Dr. Lim— final MCA break KHOR CHEANG KEE HE RESIGNS FROM THE ASSOCIATION BUT NO REASON IS GIVEN By Penang, Friday HP HE former preA sident of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dr. Lim (hong Eu, has resigned from the party. This was confirmed today by the secretary of the Penang
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    Baby left to die in a drain...
    75 12 Baby left to die in a drain SINGAPORE, Frl. A schoolboy found a baby in a drain last Aug. 17, a coroner, Mr. N. A. D. Rozario, was told today. Tan Lian Teck, 14, of Silat Lane, was playing near his house that morning when he found a baby in
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    S'pore man accused
    75 12 IPOH, Frl.— Llm Poh Kirn. 24, of Singapore, was ordered by the magistrate's court here today to be remanded In custody on an armed robbery charge. He Is alleged to have robbed a fishmonger, Tan Kun Guan. 41. of $760 and property worth $780 while armed with
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    Barbecue party
    41 12 IPOH, Fri. A barbecue party for government officials, organised by the Ipoh Customs Department, will be held at the Perak Turf Club Sports Club hers tomorrow night. A "treasure" hunt competition will also be held at the same time.
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    Reform training for youth who took part in pre-dawn raid on junk
    173 12 Reform training for youth who took part in pre-dawn raid on junk CINGAPORE. Fri. A boy of 16 was ordered today to undergo reformative training for taking part In a pre-dawn robbery aboard a junk. The first criminal district court was told that Johnny Teo Klat Seng, of River Valley
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    Judge is back from leave
    37 12 SINGAPORE, Frl. Mr. Justice Good, of the Federation Court of Appeal, and Mrs. Good returned by the Chusan yesterday after a five-month vacation In England. They will leave for Kuala [Lumpur tomorrow.
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    Extortion bid alleged
    43 12 IPOH. Fri. Leong Tuck Loon, 19, of Singapore, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a charge of attempting to extort $3,600 from Foong Kam. at Buntong new village. Ipoh. on July 30 last. Ball was allowed.
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    Minister recuperating in Penang hospital
    134 12 PENANG. Frl.— The Minister of Interior, Dato Suleiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman, is recuperating in the General Hospital here after a heart attack last month. Dato Suleiman was warded on Dec. 2 following a medical check-up by Dr. H. A. Reid, a Penang Hospital special)
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    SENATE ADJOURNS: THUNDERING MESS, -SAYS MINISTER
    587 12 - TZUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Someone had blundered the Finance Minister called it a "thundering mess" and so the Senate was forced to adjourn after only 95 minutes today because of the absence of most Cabinet Ministers. Members were debating the Government^ Budget proposals. Only two
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    New rules streamline all council elections
    197 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rFHE NATIONAL council for local government has taken a number of decisions to streamline local council elections. From next year all these elections will be conducted by the Election Commission. The present system of annual retirement of councillors will be abolished
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    Pillion rider killed
    45 12 SINGAPORE. Fri. Pillion rider Wong Chin Kowe. 27, died after a motor cycle crash In front of the C.I.D. in Cecil Street here yesterday. Both Wong, a draftsman, and the rider were thrown off the machine. The rider is now in hospital.
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    SINGAPORE'S HEAD OF STATE IN PENANG
    81 12 SINGAPORE'S HEAD OF STATE IN PENANG PENANG. Fri. Singapore's Yan> di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, and his wife arrived in Penang last night on an unofficial visit. The Singapore Head of State and his wife, who attended the installation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday,
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    PENANG MUST STRIKE OUT ON BOLD PLAN for RACING
    658 13  -  EPSOM JEEP By rpPIE Penang Turf Club face a crucial year in the new season and if racing is to survive in Penang, the club must strike out on a bold and imaginative course of action to put the sport back
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    Selangor pack hold the key to success
    493 13  -  LARRY CARROLL, RUGBY FANS CAN EXPECT A 'FEAST' By Kuala Lumpur, Friday OELANGOR Rugby fans, fed on a ration of robust 1 tactics and starved of the thrills of open play for most of the season, look forward to a feast of good
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    Lock icon CRASH ENDS DOUG'S FOOTBALL CAREER
    69 13 CRASH ENDS DOUG'S FOOTBALL CAREER r PHE soccer career of Douglas McMillan, the 19-year-old Sheffield Wednesday player, ended in a road crash on Boxing Day, last year, when the team's coach went Into a ditch as they were returning from a First Division match with Arsenal in London. McMillan's right
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    SELANGOR TEAM TO TOUR NORTH MALAYA
    133 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl.— The Selangor soccer team will leave Kuala Lumpur next Friday for a three-day tour of north Malaya. Nineteen players have been selected to make the tour. They will meet Perak state at Ipoh on Saturday, Jan. 14, and Penang at the
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    30 teams in
    43 13 SINGAPORE, Frl.— Thirty teams have entered for the first inter-communlty table tennis championships which begin next Monday. The teams have been divided into five groups and the winners of each group will meet In the final round for the championship.
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    Lock icon Fourth clash
    26 13 NEW YORK. Frl. Sugar Ray Robinson and Gene Fullmer will meet for the fourth time on Feb. 25 for the world middleweight title.— Reuter
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    SAFA awaits Govt's OK on Spartak
    298 13 SINGAPORE, Friday. SINGAPORE, Amateur Football Association will *-> know within the next three days whether the world-famous Spartak Football Team, from Czechoslovakia will be able to play in Singapore on Jan. 21 and 22 Spartak, who are on a tour of South-East Asian countries,
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    Serangoon join the seniors
    102 13 CINGAPORE, Frl. Serangoon Gardens, last year's Singapore Hockey Association junior knockout champions, will compete In the senior tournament this season. Prisons, this season's league dlv. 2 runners-up, will aho play in the senior tournament in which 17 teams will compete. 1 earns are: Senior; 8.R.C., University,
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    SHA pick 34 for training
    119 13 SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapcre Hockey Association today named 34 players for training under national coach Major Gordon Bmith in preparation for the local quadrangular next Friday Training will start at the S.R.C. at 5.20 p.m. on Jan. 9, Players selected for training am: Anwarul Hag. A.
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      TABLE TENNIS
      42 13 i:\GLISH OPEN (London): Mm-w Mincles q-ftiab: H Alser (Swed) bt Z. Berotk (Hung) 21- 14. 11-21. 18-21. 31-15 21-19; Men's double* q -final* J. Ingber ;Br) and C. Heyerdahl (Bwed) bt Berczlk and F. Sldo (Hung) 21-16. 21-19. 20-22. 22-20.
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      BOXING
      14 13 ORIENT MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE (Tokyoi F. Kalro (Japan, holder) outptd Sordatng (Thai). 12 rds.
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      HOCKEY
      15 13 BTATE TRIAL (Penang»: Colours 2 (T. Havelock. Mohamed Rejab) Whli*s 2 (Wong Tuck Cheong).
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    Lock icon -SONGKEANOUT IN 2ND ROUND
    106 13 -SONGKEANOUT IN 2ND ROUND ADELAIDE, Fri. Tan Song Kean of Malaya was beaten in the second round of the men's singles when the South Australian State lawn tennis championships were continued here today. He was beaten 6-2, 6-3 by Wayne Reid of Victoria. In the first round yesterday. Song Kean
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    Penang Malays pick team
    66 13 PENANG, Fri.— Penang Malays have selected 14 players for the Sultans' Gold Cup final against Singapore Malays at the Merdeka Stadium tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. The Penang team will be selected from: Shaikh Omar, Omar Hitam. Aziz Ahmad, Hamid Shariff. Ishak Ahmad, YusofT Esa. Yusoff Kassim,
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    Lock icon 74 entries for Grand National
    118 13 74 entries for Grand National J ONDON, Fri.— Three former winners and the three much-publicised Russian horses were among the 74 entries announced yesterday for the Grand National, the world's toughest steeplechase, to be run at Alntree, Liverpool, on Mar. 25. But unless the Ministry of Agriculture lifts the ban
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      106 13 RUGGER MALAYA Cl'P REPLAY: Selwigor v Perak (XL padang, S p.m.) FriendUet: Boston XV v Royal Dragoons (Ipoh padang); SRC v Royal Engineers (Olllman. Spore); SCC trial (Spore padang). SOCCER SULTANS' GOLD CUP FINAL: Penang Malays v Spore Malays (Merdeka Btaciium, 7.30 pjn.). I.IM SENG FOOK CUP: Cheng Wah v
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    $250,000 to repair a bridge
    371 14  -  NELSON RUTHERFURD By TEMERLOH. Fri. BUILT AT COST OF $lm., IT COLLAPSES AFTER BEING POUNDED BY FLOATING LOGS fHE cost of repairing the $1,150,000 submersible bridge over the Pahang River here, 'A' section of which was demolished by giant logs borne on last weekend's freak
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    Student dinner
    31 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. Lecturers and students of the Law School at the University of Malaya in Singapore will hold their annual dinner and dance at the Capitol Restaurant tomorrow night.
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    KING BROADCASTS to CHILDREN
    122 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong in a broadcast tonight told the children of Malaya that with one language, one flag and one anthem they would show to the world that they were truly united. In the broadcast, specially directed to children, th«« King thanked
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    152,000 man-days lost in strikes
    141 14 152,000 man-days lost in strikes OINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore had 45 strikes last year involving a total of 5.939 workers with 152,000 man-days lost. But the year ended with only four unsettled strikes affecting 215 em ployees. The number of strikes in 1959 was 40 and the number of workmen involved
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    Religion talk
    26 14 SINGAPORE, Fri— Mr. Kishen Khemani will talk on "The Function of Religion" at the Banal Centre, 10 Amber Road, at 5 p.m. on Monday.
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    258 14 1 5-year marriage of everyone's 'girl next door' over JUNE ALLYSON AND DICK POWELL ARE TO PART I OS ANGELES, Fri. The 15-year marriage of actress June Allyson and Dick Powell was on the rocks today. A lawyer was busy all morning drawing up settlement papers. The lawyer, Mr. Jerry
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    Comet bursts six tyres
    46 14 DARWIN. Fri. A BOAC Comet with 47 passengers aboard burst six of Its eight tyres today as it was taking off for Singapore. None of the passengers was injured. The pilot applied the brakes as the jet airliner roared down the runway.
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    Daughter of Dato Kamil dies after stroke
    118 14 KOTA BHAKI, Fri. Nik Mariam, eldest daughter of the Malayan Ambassador in Washington, Dato Nik Ahmad Kamil. died in the General Hospital here today from a cerebral abscess. She was taken to hospital from her home at Jalan Mahmud yesterday afternoon after she
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    LONDON STOCKS
    322 14 LONDON. Fri. Stock markets ended a good week on a buoyant note although it was equities thai claimed most attention. Buying here was on an increased scale and was by no means confined to the leading stocks The advance was widespread and in some cases gains were substantial.
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    38 14 LONDON, Fri. Spot 3SSd., Feb. 25 7 d., Mar. 25% d., Apr./ June 25T*d.. July/Sept. 25% d., Oct. Dec. 25 %d-. Jan. March 25\d., nom. Jan. c.l.f. 255 d.. Peb. 25N,d., March 25« id. Tone: Slightly steadier.
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    25 14 LONDON. Fit Buyers £788, sellers £789, Forward buyers, £7894. sellers £790, Settlement £788^. Turnover a.m. 185 tons, p.m. 35 tons. Tone: Steady but quiet
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      A TRUTH SERUM SAVED HER LIFE
      83 14 A TRUTH SERUM SAVED HER LIFE COLUMBUS (Oh i o). Fri. Mrs. Edythe Klumpp, 42, who was due to die in the electric chair today for the murder of another woman in Cincinnati, was reprieved yesterday after the State Governor had interviewed her while she was under the influence of
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      27 14 LONDON: Eight hundred girls, aged between 15 and 20. enrolled at the Athletic Institute in Birmingham last term and 21 per cent chose judo as their subject.
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      23 14 NEW YORK: Anthony March. 26, son of Actor Fredrick March, was sentenced to 30 days' Jail after pleading guilty to stealing car parts.
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      21 14 JAKARTA: Textile shortages in the Lester Sundas group have forced the men of Alor Island to wear shorts made of bark.
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      16 14 ROME: The Italian Cabinet has decided to take strong action against open prostitution in Italian cities.
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      15 14 LONDON: An 80--minute storm swept England's West Country with winds reaching 80 m.p.h. at Plymouth.
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      11 14 LIMA: The Peruvian Senate has voted to outlaw th« Communist Party.
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      28 14 LONDON: A total of 48 of of the world's merchant ships, totalling 64.668 tons, were lost during the first quarter of 1960. Lloyds Register of Shipping reported here.
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      25 14 AMMAN: King Saud. who took over full powers in Saudi Arabia 15 days ago. named himself head of a new Supreme Planning Council of eight.
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