The Straits Times, 9 March 1961

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    20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 Hot*" 1 He**** The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon MALAYANS ALERTED
    575 1 Guns at readybut no trouble Sent to Leopoldville airport in case of row LEOPOLDVILLE, Wednesday MALAYAN troops were alerted against possible incidents at the airport here today before the arrival of the first group of Tunisian reinforcements for the United Nations Force. Hiil there were lew Congolese soldiers
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    8 fishermen flee Hainan, seek refuge in Malaya
    381 1 8 fishermen flee Hainan, seek refuge in Malaya WE'D RATHER DIE HERE THAN LIVE IN CHINA AGAIN By ZAKARIAH HASHIM KOTA BHARU, Wed. FIGHT fishermen, who lied from the Coquniunist island of Hainan 11 days ago, today sought refuge in Malaya. A customs party found them in a junk at
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    Lock icon Crash kills 11
    34 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. Eleven jeople died and 37 were in,ured when a passenger and a ;oods train collided near {atihar. on the border of Vest Bengal and Bihar early oday. Reuter.
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    Storms lash Kuala Lumpur
    103 1 1^ I' A LA* LI'IWH'k, Wffl Violent thunderstorms hit the entire West Coast and Kuala Lumpur this afternoon. The capital had 1.8 inches of rain in half- an-huur. This was described as "pretty heavy." The rain also upset airline schedules. A Malayan Airways. Dakota due here
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    Lock icon Lloyd denies devaluation rumours
    93 1 Lloyd denies devaluation rumours LONDON, Wednesday. MR. SELWYN LLOYD, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the House of Commons today that rumours that the British Government intended to devalue the 'pound were "completely without foundation." Mr. Lloyd said that since revaluation of the German mark and Dutch guilder, there had been
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    A FILM ON KENNEDY EXPLOIT PLANNED
    210 1 HOLLYWOOD. Wad WARNER BROTHERS plan to make a film about President Kennedy's exploits as commander of a naval torpedo boat in Wond War 11, it was announced today. The film. "P-T Boat 109." will be the first based on the life of an American
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    Lock icon Jobless figures rise in US
    53 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. -The number of jobless in the United States In February was at a 20-year high of 5.705.000, the Secretary of Labour. Mr. Arthur Goldberg, announced. Unemployment in February rose by 320.000. about three times the normal increase for that month, he told a
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    Lock icon i Beecham
    116 1 LONDON. Wed. Sir Thomas Beecham, the conductor and composer, died today following a cerebral thrombosis. He was 82. Sir Thomas, the son of a well-known pill manufacturer, delighted several generations of concertgoers all over the world both by his personality and his interpretations of Mozart and Tehaikowsky. 'Pack
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    Leaders meet
    32 1 LONDON, Wed. Field Marshal Mohammed Ayub Khan. Pakistan's President, had dinner talks here last night with the Malayan and Nigerian Prime Ministers, Tengku Abdul Rahman and Sir Abubakar Tawafa Balewa.
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    MAD DOGS AND...
    66 1 OSLO. Wed. A British officer who went out training In only a pair of running shorts with snow still on the ground was promptly locked In a Norwegian mental hospital as an escaped patient, the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet reported. The officer's protests went unheeded. It was not
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    Lock icon PREMIERS MEET AS PICKETS COME OUT
    485 1 PREMIERS MEET AS PICKETS COME OUT LONDON, Wednesday. READERS of 12 Commonwealth nations here today began their 10th postwar conference, expected to be the most momentous held by this family of nations. Mr. Macmillan, British Prime Minister, welcomed the overseas statesmen at Lancaster House, while nearby silent black-sashed campaigners stood
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    Stability in S'pore: Tan
    48 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. Singapore's Minister of National Development, Mr. Tan Kia Gan, said here today that his country now enjoyed greater political and economic stability than during the past 15 years. He was addressing the plenary session of the Ecafe, which opened here today.
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    LATEST
    24 1 LONDON. Mrd of Kent l,< i< mi Uuttn i> t" nutr^ M K.itharim W*r»k I'M >ljndinu i > Buckirulum Palai i nountrd. Krut« i
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    Lock icon MEN WHO 'LIVED IT UP' WITH WOMEN ADMIT KIDNAPPING MOTOR HEIR: POLICE
    482 2 PARIS, Wedn.sday r jnVO young Frenchmen who had been "living it up" with beautiful women have confessed they staged the kidnapping of a four-year-old motor-car heir, Eric Peugeot, last year, the Interior Ministry announced yesterday. With the two
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    U.S. mayors back 'adopt a city in Africa'
    150 2 U.S. mayors back 'adopt a city in Africa' ¥EW YORK, Wed. Many American cities including several in the Deep South have reacted warmly to the proposal that they "adopt" city in Africa to better U.S relations there. The suggestion came from Mr. G. Mermen Williams. Assistant Secretary of State for
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    U.S. pledge to Pakistan
    131 2 WASHINGTON, Wed PRESIDENT Kennedy yesterday pledged the United States friendship and alliance with Pakistan and announced agreement to negotiate a U*****.--000.000 four-year "Food j for Peace" programme with Pakistan. The Presidents statements were made In a White House communique after Mr. Kennedy met the Pakistan Finance
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    It's sixth time lucky for Pat
    102 2 GIRL FLOWN FROM SINGAPORE WEDS AFTER 5 FALSE HOPES JT was sixth time lucky for 23-year-old WRAC Patricia Worsley on Saturday. Patricia, whose wedding was postponed five times because she couldn't get leave from the army In Singapore, was married to Cpl. Francis Bonnlcl.
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    Lock icon TWENTY MILLION AMERICANS WHO COULD NOT VOTE IN 1960
    204 2 TWENTY MILLION AMERICANS WHO COULD NOT VOTE IN 1960 WASHINGTON, Wed I 20 million potential voters— including: I a1 at least 1,700.000 southern Negroes— were uni able to vote in the 1960 elections, according to j the American Heritage Foundation. The foundations figures were included in a pamph- let put
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    Lock icon Envoys meet in Warsaw
    40 2 WAKS.AW, Wed. -The first meeting of tat Chinese and United States a»iifc?^sadors since President Kennedy as..iimrci office was held in fie Myslewicki Palace in Warsaw today. The next meeting has been set for April 18.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Tito in Ghana
    22 2 ACCRA, Wed. President Tito of Yugoslavia arrived here by air from Togo yesterday for a visit until Saturday. Reuter.
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      41 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby |/Yd Llki TO WITVIORAWj I fdEOBSS. I'M NOT) (»UT JUST ONCE 1*0 k, ALL TUE MONEY ON/^ I SOINO TO W^tßP o Jl I V. OUR ACCOUNT j I SPEND IT/ \^^^^%As* \J N ICkAL MOtJgY^
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    Lock icon How to end Congo crisis —Nkrumah
    695 3 How to end Congo crisis Nkrumah HE CALLS FOR SETTING UP A NEW, STRONGER AFRICAN U.N. COMMAND NEW YORK, Wed. PRESIDENT Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana yesterday proposed the immediate establishment of a new and strengthened, and primarily African, United Nations Command in the Congo. He told the first plenary meeting
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    21 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. A "fair-sized" earthquake was reported yesterday* in the South Pacific, probably near the Solomon Islands or Formosa.—Reuter.
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    America offers to drop all cold war items from UN meeting agenda
    464 3 America offers to drop all cold war items from UN meeting agenda NEW YORK, Wed T«HE United States K yesterday urged deferment of all cold war items from the agenda of the reconvened 15th General Assembly of the United Nations. The U.S. delegate, Mr. Adlai Stevenson, in a statement shortly
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    Lock icon ACT NOW TO PREVENT LAOS DIVISION PLEA
    163 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. Aflß. M. C. CHAOLA, the Indian Ambassador has lf called for urgent action to prevent any military division of Laos into a Communist-dominated northern camp and a Western-supported area in the South. He said that Communist China had not so far
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    Support for rebels
    51 3 SAIGON. Wed.—Communist North Vietnam today openly supported the Vietcong rebels in their struggle to overthrow President Ngo Dinh Diem's government The Red Government also said the International Control Commission in Vietnam had no power to investigate charges that Worth Vietnam has engaged in subversive activities in South
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    Aid for Reds?
    23 3 WASHINGTON. Wed.—President Kennedy has asked Congress for authority to give economic aid to the Communist nations of Eastern Europe.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon U.S. rocket plane hits 2,650mph in 'fringe of space' test
    192 3 U.S. rocket plane hits 2,650mph in 'fringe of space' test SAN DIEGO (California), Wed.— An X-15 rocket plane dropped from its "mother" plane yesterday and streaked through the skies at 2,650 miles an hour— at half throttle The U.S. Air Force said that after the B-52 "mother" plane had freed
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    Lock icon 500,000 AFRICANS LEFT OUT OF POLL
    107 3 500,000 AFRICANS LEFT OUT OF POLL WINDHOEK, Wed. Nearly 40.000 whites are eligible to vote today for a new 18-member Legislative Assembly to help govern South-West Africa for the next five years. Non-whites\ who form about 90 per cent of the population of about 500.000. will not take part in
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    Lock icon War hero dies
    30 3 PARIS. Wed. Mr. Max Hymans. 61, wartime resistance leader and until last January president of Air France, died at his home yesterday after a long illness.— Reuter.
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    27 3 BONN. Wed,— The British and West German Defence Ministers. Mr. Harold Watkinson and Mr. Franz-Josel Strauss, reached agreement yesterday on' Nato strategy and inter-dependence.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Algerians seek open talks
    342 3 PARIS, Wednesday MR. MOHAMED MASMOUDI. Tunisian Information Minister, who arranged last week's meeting between General de Gaulle and President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia, said yesterday it was time for public negotiatons between France and the Algerian insurgents to end the Algerian war. H*» was speaking to
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    PRINCIPAL'S CIVIC-SPIRIT PRAISED IN COURT
    195 4 PRINCIPAL'S CIVIC-SPIRIT PRAISED IN COURT SINGAPORE, Wed.— A district court today was told how a quick-thinking school principal brought about the pre-dawn arrest of two youths who broke into a Government cooperative store. Chong Ah Kow and Quek Pee Lai, both 21. pleaded guilty to committing house-breaking by entering the
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    New donations to Algeria Fund
    49 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Algerian Aid Fund Committee today announced the following new donations to the Fund: Thuckalay Mackai Muslim Society, $40: Mr. Tahir Muhamad. Bombay Medical Hall, $101; South Union Co., Ltd., $100; Mr. Wong Doon Hon. $2; Guild of Nanyang University Graduates. $100.
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    $100 m. industrial body: Israeli expert's rwork plan
    290 4 TECHNICIANS MAY BE SENT SINGAPORE. Wednesday PROFESSOR JULIUS CAHEN, directordesignate of the proposed $100 million economic development board, left for Israel last night after drawing up a programme of work for local officers to set up the board. The 62-year-old head of
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    VARSITY WAGE ROW: WORKER TESTIFIES
    314 4 SINGAPORE. Wed A LABOURER em- ployed at the University of Malaya in Singapore said in the Industrial Arbitration Court today that he was told that the University Council had decided to reduce his pay and 16 others from $6.30 to $4.20 a day in 1959.
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    TOP TRADE CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIA
    129 4 TOP TRADE CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE. Wed. Visiting Australian Parliament Secretary for Trade. Mr. R. W. Swartz. today described Singapore as the biggest trading centre for his country's products. Mr. Swartz. who ha* ju.st surveyed the Singapore distribution market, said that a quarter of Australia's total I trade with the
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    NEW $400 MIL. LOAN BILL
    232 4 SINGAPORE. Wednesday. T»HE Government today published a new Deve- lopment Loan Bill, which when passed, will enable the Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Kene: Swee, to raise up to $400 million here and in the United Kingdom for development purposes. An explanatory state- I ment to
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    AN ARMED HOLD-UP IN A FLAT
    92 4 AN ARMED HOLD-UP IN A FLAT SINGAPORE, Wed. Five men got away with $1,500 in cash and jewellery in a predawn armed hold-up in a flat in Circular Road today. Mr. Eio Eng Hua, 20. a sales assistant, was awakened at 4.30 am. by a man, who thrust a dagger
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    One-man art show
    73 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam will declare open a one-man art show by Tuan Syed Ahmad bin Jamil, brilliant Malayan artist, at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday. The show is being sponsored by the Singapore Art Society. Tuan
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    Imaginative dances by German duo
    185 4 A GERMAN dance duoLisa Czobel and Alexander von S wain c— gave a recital before a sparse but responsive audience In the Victoria Theatre tonight. The programme consisted of a series of dances, most free and Imaginative in movement and mime, arranged by the duo
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    The Hong Lim poll: Rally rules by Police Commissioner
    243 4 The Hong Lim poll: Rally rules by Police Commissioner SINGAPORE, Wednesday. T»HE Commissioner of Police, with the approval of 1 the Minister for Home Affairs, today published rules regulating the holding of political rallies for the Hong Lim by-election. Rallies may be held In Hong Lim ward from nomination day
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    TV will aid culture, says lue
    86 4 TV will aid culture, says lue SINGAPORE, Wed. The president of the Sanyo fclectric Co.. Ltd., Mr. T. In I- (above) who is now in Singapore after his American and European busines.s tour. Mr. lue said that the introduction of television in Singapore next year would contribute towards the educational
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    Millionaire's death sets problem:
    356 5 SON: DOMICILE WAS HONG KONG— DUTY MAN: IT WAS SINGAPORE Where was he living'? SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore High Court was asked today to decide whether Mr. En Keng Chee, a millionaire who died in Hong Kong in April 1957, was a domicile of Hong Kong
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    Colombo Plan trainees arrive in N.Z. for three-year course
    100 5 REPRESENTING four Asian countries, these five Colombo Plan trainees have arrived in Wellington, on their way to Dunedin, where they will enrol at the New Zealand School of Physiotherapy for a three-year course. Left to right: Miss Th'ng from the General
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    Rural council
    19 5 PENANG. Wed. The Penang island rural district council will meet on March 30 at the Land Office.
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    BRITISH ENGINEERS FOR SINGAPORE?
    117 5 SINGAPORE, Wednesday pROFESSOR O. A. Saunders, representing three A British engineering institutions, today held talks with Singapore's Minister for Finance, Dr Goh Keng Swee. •There is a good demand for the type of engineers Britain can supply Singapore." Prof. Saunders told the Straits Times after his
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    Transferred to East Coast
    48 5 KANGAR. Wed.— The State Deputy Information Officer, Inche Ohazali bin Haji Ismail, will leave for the East Coast next month to serve as supervisor of the Information Department, Kelantan and Trengganu. Inche Ismail Sham from Perak will take over as De•uty Information Officer. Perak.
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    Chopsticks lessons for troops a 'gimmick*
    87 5 Chopsticks lessons for troops a 'gimmick* KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The chopsticks lessons to be given by a beautiful Chinese girl to men of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in England was described today here as a "recruitment gimmick." A spokesman of the British Information Services gave this description of
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    Police seek the wire thieves
    76 5 Police seek the wire thieves JOHORE BAHRTJ, Wed Uc L are 100W n« for a gang ?i thieves folloSrtng three thefts in the past seven days. Last night two spans of telephone wire valued at $60 were cut near Tampoi. five miles from here. On two earlier occasions two other
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    26 years—a gold watch
    53 5 26 years— a gold watch IPOH, Wed. Mr. A. A. Dhurai. a confidential steno-grapher-secretary in William Jacks (Malaya) Ltd., here, was presented with a gold watch by Mr. A J M. Ramsay, general manager of the company, as a memento of his long service. Mr. Dhurai joined the firm in
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    Sacks missing from store
    55 5 BUTTER WORTH, Wed. Beven hundred and fifty gunny sacks valued at $1,200. have been reported missing from a godown in Permatang Panh road here. The loss was discovered by the storekeeper. Mr. Teoh Eng Khay. He reported they were last seen on Nov. 24 last year,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    53 6 20 Hortft $11 (Minimum) MR AND MRf. JOSEPH ARULANANOAN thank (rlrndt and relative! for their prrMnc* and valuable sift» oa tfca occasion of Ihrlr marrlaf* oo MRS. KUMARASAMV and Thanapal r Koad Blnicapora thank ataft* Path-Lab., SB H.K.U.. friend* and relative for iiieir dteprit aympathy on Mi occaaioD or
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT
    30 6 2* Horrfi $2.iU I Win.. VOUTN FOR CHRIST Rally. Satuidnv 1 1th March 7.30 p.m. Victoria Memorial Hall "Around the Wurld la *'i Minute*." Everybody cordially well. corned.
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  • The Straits Times Thursday. March 9. 1961.
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      Ecafe's New Target
      639 6 Regional economic co-oper-ation is having another airing at the Delhi conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, but witnout much evidence that the initial enthusiasm for cooperation shown at Bangkok last year has led to results. The Mekong river project, a superb example
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      Algerian Truce In Sight
      359 6 While the French Government, choosing its words with care, has denied that "an armistice had been concluded" with the FLN, there are in fact the strongest reasons for belie vine there is now an understanding about the cessation of fighting in Algeria and that the world
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      New Course
      224 6 The Federation and Singapore Governments have not yet followed the announcement from Ottawa that six Canadian professors are coming to teach subjects connected with business administration in the two divisions of the University of Malaya with any further information about how many of 'hem are going to each
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      REAL MADRID—THIS IS EXHIBITIONISM AT ITS BEST
      199 6 REAL MADRID—THIS IS EXHIBITIONISM AT ITS BEST YOUR correspondent L. S. tS.T. March 7) hits the nail on the head accurately and forcefully when he writes that "only through genuine and regular competition will Malayan football flourish and grow." I cannot agree with him, however, when he says that the
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      The wrong arm of the law
      189 6 I HAPPENED to be In Buklt Panjang village and saw a police officer with two helpful minions spend quite some time taking down the numbers of a number of cars parked diagonally, but facing in the right direction. I asked him what was wrong
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      Chivalry: Is it dying?
      150 6 r E women are being assured that society In this country Is modernised and our rights safeguarded. But I would like to point to some respects in which women are not treated properly. In some countries women travelling on the buses can usually find a seat.
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      Ask srmple questions...
      77 6 Ask srmple questions T LISTENED to the programme "Double Your Money" on Radio Singapore last Tuesday and I must say lfs time the programme was scrapped. Most of the participants appeared to have a very poor general knowledge for example. a participant didn't know where the Badminton Hall was; another
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      Rail tickets
      65 6 SO now we know. In reply to "Signalman" of some weeks back, it isn't a seat on the train that we buy it is only the conveyance. It should not be a hard matter for the ticket seller to keep an account of the number of tickets sold,
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    WHITE AUSTRALIA
    1323 6 IN 12 YEARS MUCH HAS OCCURRED TO CHANGE OLD ATTITUDES TO ASIANS A POLICY UNDER PRESSURE 'We don't want another Notting Hill' say some but the advocates of reform get a hearing... BY A CORRESPONDENT OF THE LONDON TIMES THEIR skin is the wrong colour, said the Dean
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    A 'turn on the tap' protest
    329 7 NO CONNECTIONS FOR NEW HOUSES-SO MR. LIEW RESIGNS FROM KINTA WATER BOARD IPOH, Wednesday. ]t|R. LIEW WHY HONE, an Alliance member -L" x of the Perak State Legislative Assembly and the State Executive Council, has resigned from the Kinta Water Supply Committee. His reason:
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    Perak has land only for 10,000 families
    132 7 Perak has land only for 10,000 families IPOH. Wed.— Only 100.- 000 acres of state land are available for cultivation in Perak under the rural development programme A Government statement says this is just sufficient to settle 10.000 families. A further 300.000 acres of swampland may be suitable for cultivation
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    Two-day fair
    34 7 TAIPING. Wed. A food and fun fair will be held at the Treacher Methodist Girls' School here on April 28 and Aprli 29 In aid of the Methodist Boys' School building fund
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    'Shark' talk at the Y.W.C.A.
    89 7 MRS. LU TELLS MEMBERS HOW TO FRY FINS |7H)RTY Kuala Lumpur v.oF men took an hour off this m or n i n g and talked shark. The main speaker was Mrs. Lv Loke Saik and the theme of her talk was: "How to make
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    Store burgled
    28 7 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Thieves yesterday broke into a music store in the Happy World amusement park and stole a record-player and 200 longplaying records, altogether worth $2,000.
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    Stole bicycle
    32 7 SINGAPORE, Wed. A 13-year-old boy was today given a conditional discharge for a year when he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a bicycle worth $40 on Feb. 26.
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    Ships involved in collision
    47 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Master Attendant's office today began an inquiry Into a collision Involving two ships In the harbour here yesterday. The two snips involved are the 7.216-ton Russian freighter, Stalingrad, and the 8.510--ton British cargo Mner M^nestheus. There were no casualties.
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    Mrs. Amstutz tells how to grow old gracefully
    122 7 Mrs. Amstutz tells how to grow old gracefully SINGAPORE, Wed. Mrs. Celeste Amstutz, wife of the Methodist Bishop for South-East Asia, today recommended points to bear In mind If ont wanted to grow old gracefully. Speaking to guests at the weekly Rotary Club luncheon, she listed them as: KEEP onself
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    Lorry man dies
    43 7 TANJONG MALIM. Wed. Yong Kit Llm, 24. lorry cleaner, was fatally Injured when the lorry In which he was travelling overturned about three miles south of Slim River last night Yong, of Malacca, died before he reached Tanjong Mallm Hospital.
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    Trader accused of rubber theft
    57 7 PENANG. Wed.— A trader Tan Joo Kean. 38. today pleaded not guilty to breakIng Into the store of Re.'lty Ltd. at Tanjong Bungah and stealing $2,000 worth of r\bber at 2 a.m. on Feb. 24. Alternatively, Tan was charged with dishonestly re talnlng 633 lb.
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    Training centre
    24 7 TAIPING. Wed. About eight acres of land in thr old race course area here has been earmarked for a day training centra
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    THE VILLAGE TERROR—SO WILD DOGS
    94 7 THE VILLAGE TERROR— SO WILD DOGS ALOR STAR, Wednesday. BOUT 50 wild dogs, believed to have come from nearby jungle, have been terrorising villagers at Sungei Mati, six miles from here. Now villagers light lamps at night outside their homes. Inche Zain Osman, spokesman for the villagers, said the dogs
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    Four courts sit in place for two
    183 7 IPOH. Wednesday. EipUR instead of the normal two courts were in 1 session in the lower court building here today. The chambers of both the 1 Magistrate and the President of the Sessions Court were turned into courtrooms. More than 150 people crammed
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    3 projects finished
    63 7 KULIM. Wed— Three projects under the first phase of the Kulim district rural development programme, held up by heavy rain in the latter part of last year, have now been completed. The biggest project, a threemile long road at Labu Besar. was built at a cost of
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    Coroner blames motor-cyclist
    63 7 ALOR STAR, Wed.— The coroner. Nik Saghlr bin Mohamed Noor, today held that a motor-cyclist, killed in a collision last January, was himself to blame for the accident. Nik Saghlr recorded a misadventure verdict on a padl farmer. Haji Saad bin Haji Sam ad. 36. who died
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    An oil-lamp overturned...
    65 7 SINGAPORE. Wed— A partially paralysed woman, Yang binte Mat, 52, of Bukit Kasita Road, was fatally burnt when an oil-lamp in her house overturned In the early hours of Dec. 28 last year, the assistant coroner, Mr. Loke Siow Hoong, was told today. A verdict of death
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    Suicide verdict
    36 7 SINGAPORE. Wed.— A verdict of suicide was recorded today at the Inquest on a bum-boatman, Quek Chlng Thye, 39, of Cecil Btreet, who took caustic soda on Jan. 2 and died five days later.
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    President
    18 7 TELUK ANSON. Wed Mr. Patrick Weller has been elected president of the Lower Perak Youth Council here.
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    PENANG TRADE UP BY HALF
    141 7 PENANQ. Wed.— Penang s entrepot trade with Indonesia, Thailand and Burma showed a "significant Improvement" last year. Inche Arshad bin Ayub. the State Economic Officer, said today. Total value was $342.2 million, an Increase of $111.7 million over 1959, he told the Straits Times. Penang
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    IT WAS HARD WORK, SAYS RHODES SCHOLAR TAN
    114 7 IT WAS HARD WORK, SAYS RHODES SCHOLAR TAN ,VXGAPORE, Wed. Mala's first Rhodes Scholarwinner and Singapore Olympic water polo player, Mr. Tan Eng Liang who passed his B. Sc. examination with first-class honours in chemistry, today smiled modestly and said: "It was hard work. 'Luck too played a part. Anyway,
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    Woman killed by lightning
    38 7 Woman killed by lightning SINGAPORE. Wed. A farmer's wife, Neo Keng Wul, 29, of Jalan Kayu, Seletar. was killed by lightning on Jan 3. At the Inquest today, the coroner. Mr. S.V. Kandlah. recorded a misadventure verdict. J
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    Con men use Congo ruse to swindle public
    166 7 Con men use Congo ruse to swindle public ITVALA LJMPUR. 1V Wed. -Confidence tricksters posing as Radio Malaya official are collecting money from the public on th" pretext it is for Mai* yan troops in the Congo. The racket was uncovered In Ipoh where some people have been visiting firms
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    THREE CRASHES AND THREE ARE KILLED
    114 7 IPOH, Wednesday. T«HREE people were killed in road accidents in Perak last night Accident No 1: A Town Council labourer. P. Savarlmuthu. was fatally injured when his bicycle was involved In a collision with a car in Sungei Part Road here. Accident No. 2:
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    He's accused of wife murder
    46 7 SINGAPORE. Wed— Ramasamy Palaniappan was charged here today with the murder of his wife. Munyammar* Govindasamy, 27. at Rura: Board quarters, Simon Road, about 5 a.m. today No Dlea was recorded and he was remanded in the CID till March 15.
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    Stole purse
    36 7 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Swee Ang Moh, 37. in the Ninth Magistrate's Court today was Jailed for six months for stealing a purse containing $27.35 from Tan Beng Huay. In Kirn Seng Road on March 1
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    FLOODING: 'TAME the VILLAIN' CALL
    210 7 FLOODING: 'TAME the VILLAIN' CALL DENANG, Wed. The Deputy Mayor, Mr. N. Patkunam, said today that i he flooding: problem in the city could not be completely eradicated "until and unless the villain of the pie c c the Sungei Pinang— can be tamed." "At present all the City Council
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    Two schoolboys stole cycle
    47 7 SINGAPORE, Wed— Three schoolboys who pleaded guilty to steaiing a bicycle valued at $90 in October last yeai were given a conditional discharge by the Juvenile Court here today. Their parents were made to enter into a bond of $200 for a year.
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      636 8 But she realises it's awfully easy to be alone in a crowd THERE comes a time in the life of a teenager when she feels that she simply must leave home. She sees visions of a glamorous life outside the barrier of her home,
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      162 8 FROM France comes the new craze for white eyelet cotton or broderie anglaise which is successor to the Bardotinspired gingham fad. It is most popular for evening dresses, ribbon threaded and essentially feminine. From Spain comes the Flamrnco Look taken from the ruffled costume of a Spanish
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      STUDENTS ARE KEEN ON BALLET
      333 8 STUDENTS ARE KEEN ON BALLET TO master the technique in ballet is Just not 1 enough, but Malayan girls should learn to be expressive in their dancing, said Miss Peggy van Praagh, one of the most distinguished dancers, teachers and administrators in the ballet world. She added: "The older icirls
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      178 8 Children's holiday camp WHEN school holidays come along— and the Easter vacation Is not far off— there will be many mothers who will keep wondering what to do with their children. They are at a loss to know how they should plan their children's holidays in order to give them
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      238 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 8 All change! 18). 1 The caricaturtet drops It— a 13 Young cont*mpor«ry of chanae (8> Thomas Cole (6. 4). 5 Command an assault <6>. 15. Suitable decoration for cups? 9 Wrecked car »411es recovers <3. 5). (g) 16. Leather is obtained from 10. There's nothing
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    82 10 •pHE Federation Minister oi 1 Finance has fixed thete prices for calculating Customs duties for the week be(inninK on March 9. Rubber 82»i cents a lb. 1 "I"-' M 6 a ton. Coconut oil $734 a ton. Palm oil $649-50 a ton. Palm kernels $366.25 a ton. The
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    102 10 MELBOURNE Wed. INVESTMENT shares held a steady tiend. Colonial Sugar eased 5s- to £79 10s. Base metaU and the oils maintained a steady tone Communwcal.n Bunds remained steady. Con. Zinc X/- S Mt. Isa 60 ;t j N.B.H. (10s.) 18 6 S Peko S 2>i Amrol Pet 14
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    RUBBER PRICES
    223 10 ■JLTARCH first grade rubber buyA ers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 84% cents per lb.. up half a cent on Tuesday's close. The tone was quiet. S.C.CR.A. CLOSING PRICES in cents per lb.. yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.ob- buyers 83 sellers 84 >« (N)- Int
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    127 10 Chinese Produce Exchanee, x Sintapore, noon prices per picul yesteruay were: Copra: Quiet; UK/Continent March/April shipments $27 >■ buyers, $28 sellers Coconut oil: Quiet; bult $42 sellers, drum $45 3 sellers. Pepper: Quiet: no business was reported done. Muntok whr.e $202 u, Sarawak $197 1 2 special Sarawak
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    100 10 T"HK Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made ihese cnanges in its raies to r.ierciiauts yesteruay (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T 32 5/16. OD. 32 7/16. 90 d/st 32 7/8 credit bills. 32 15/16 Uaue bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 15/16; Swiss Francs 140
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    IMPROVED RUBBER, TIN PRICES AID SHARE TRADING
    758 10 IMPROVED RUBBER, TIN PRICES AID SHARE TRADING By Our Market Correspondent conditions were described as more difficult on Malayan Share Markets yesterday, a reasonably good volume of business was written aided by improved tin and rubber prices. Tin was up by $1.25 per pioul to $402.75 following the overnight London
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    22 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: March 8 March 7 Industrials: 148.33 148.30 Tins: 235.59 232.70 S Rubbers: 245.26 245.17 Jan- 1 1958=100
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    CLOSING PRICES
    35 10 SINGAPORE. March 8. RUBBER: 841 cents per Ib. (up half a cent). 5 p.m. close: 84' j cents (steadier). TIN: $402.75 per picul (up $1.25). Estimated unofficial offering 240 tons tup 15 tons).
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    141 10 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Mai Bente 1/2. Karlniun 4/5. Snoyo Mam 6A, Bullion 6/7. Taboa 8/9, Somali 10/11, Patro:lus 13/14, Struat Johore 16/16. Tonoro 18. Adige 19. Senal N Wall 1, Serudom N. Wall 3, Glang Lee N. Wall 4.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    51 10 Tne following further February crops are notified: Amal Malay 84.000 lb.. Bassett 32.500 lb.. Borelli 95,500 ib Bukit Krponf 18.600 lb.. Connrmara 76.000 lb Kuala Sldlm 139.500 lb.. and New Srrrndah 65.000 lb. Indrarirt 91.666 lb. Batu 1.1 n tang 215.000 lb.. Glenealy 121.000 lb Sungei Tukang 51.280
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    TALAM MINES
    9 10 Talam Mine* produced 192 plculs in February.
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    668 10 BUSINESS vi the Federation was: Induitriilt: Hammer (6,000) 26 crntu ON, 26 cents: Metal Box (3,000) 12.35, $2 34: Steamers (5.000) 74 cents; 8 Tlmei (1,000) 52.55; 8. Traders 15.000) 13.20, 13.19: Weame (1,000) $2.40: Jacks (7.000) f 1.33; Boustead (3,000) $1.30 ON, $1.30. Mining!: A. Amal
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      805 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND BOARD The Central Provident Fund Board. Singapore, invites applications from persons between 25 and 35 years of age for a new permanent senior post in the Board's Office in Singapore. The person selected will be required to undertake general admmistrative duties under the Board's Oeneral
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      714 11 NOTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FEDERATION OF MALAYA Scholarships for Diploma in Education 1961-62 Session (.'Diversity of Malaya The Miinstiv of Educailon. Federation of Malaya. Invites applications from Malays for Scholarships tenable at the University of Malaya for the 1-year Couise leading to tne qualification of Diploma in Euucaiion. Tne Scholarship
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      792 11 (Continued from Page 6) SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Wort's $j (Mim.)— Box St cts. txtrm MALE COOK Wltn/witnout bouse/ wash amah. European and Malay food. 15th March. Box AIOS7 8.T.. K.L. WANTED Chinese waitresses 18—25 years, for Hal Suan Bar, 2 Joo Chtat Road, B'oore Interview between 3 5 p.m FIRSI
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      969 11 SITUATIONS VACANT 10 Word, Si (Mim.)— Box it cts. txlrm BOX A 9958 S.T. K.L. Vacancy filled. Applicants thanked. WANTED many student artists to do simple oil pain' lns*. Part /full time. Reasonable terms. Apply Box A 5307 S.T. Spore. FULLY QUALIFIED European or Asian ship* radio operator required late
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    SUBIAN GETS EARLY DOUBLE
    2050 12  -  SCRUTINEER: Well-backed horses win at second day's racing in Ipoh By Ipoh. Wed. Big Noise scores first time out and pays $40 the best dividend Spectacular run by Evening Sky THE SUBI AN -DANIELS combination was to the fore at the second day's racing in the
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    63 12 TOTAL POOL: $179,800. FIRST: No. *****5 $48,940 SECOND: No: *****9 $23,001 THIRD: No. *****4 $11,745 STARTERS ($2,039 each): Not. *****7, *****7. *****5. *****9. *****8. *****8. .CONSOLATION ($l,OOO each): *****6. *****9. *****5. *****9. *****8. *****1. *****8. *****3. *****4. *****5. Last four digits of th« first prize: No. 7765
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    156 12 T ONDON, Wed. Burnley. the English' Football, Leaeuc champions, became the second team to win through to the semi-finals of the I .A. Cup when they beat Sheffield Wednesday 2 —o in a Sixth Round replay at Burnley last night. The two teams drew o—o0
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    590 12 PNANO. Wed.— A total of 130 horses 58 from Class 3 and 72 from Class s—has5 has been entered for the Penang Turf Club's threeday Spring meeting to be held on March 19. 22 and 26. There will be eight races (startIng at 2.15 p.m.) on the
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    270 12 SOCCER A. CUP QUARTER-FINAL RKPLAY: Burnley 2 (J. Robson. Mcllroyi Sheffield Wednesday 0. ENGLISH LEAGUE DIV. 2: Sheffield Utd 1 Ipswich Town 3; (postponed from March 4); Ley ton Orient 1 Plymouth Argyle 1 Dtv. 3: Bradford City 0 Colchester Utd 1. SCOTTISH DIV. 1: MotherweU 4
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    ARMY WILL STICK TO plan that WORKED
    873 12  - ARMY WILL STICK TO plan that WORKED LIM KEE CHAN By fTREAT every cricket match like a military cam- paign and what do you get a pennant-win-ning Army combination in the Singapore Cricket Association's senior tournament. The plan worked very well for Army last year and they Intend to keep
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      68 12 SCHEDULE OF RACING FIRST IT\Y: Cl. 3 Divs. 1 and !—*>' f and 7f; Cl. 5 Divs. 1, 2 and 3— s>._.f and Dlt. I— 7f. SECOND DAY: Ct T Di> 1 ■1 and 4 6 f; CI. 3 Divs. 2, 3 and 4— 7 f. THIRD DAY: Cl. 3
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    461 13  -  OM KEE TIANG By P«nanj, Wad. TENGKU ASKS STATE F.A.s TO START THE BALL ROLLING FOR KICK-OFF IN JUNE r pHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, vim is also president of the Football Association of Malaya, has circularised all state football associations suggesting an inter-state women's
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    Economy run by Perak club
    99 13 f POH. Wed. The Royal Perak Motor Club will hold an economy run rally from Ipoh to Lumut on Sunday. The rout* starting from Brewster Road here will stretch via Kuala Kangsar, and Bruas to Lumut, a distance of about 90 miles. The results will
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    Lock icon Highest will be 7.8 says Brumel
    140 13 MOSCOW. Wed. Valeri Brumel. Russia's Olympic high-jump silver medallist, today predicted that a height of 7ft. 8.54 Ins would be achieved fn five or six years' time, according to the Soviet news agency Tass. Brumel was speaking here on his return from the U.S.A.
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    JBCA meeting
    28 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The annual meeting of the Johore Bahru Cricket Association •ill be held at the Civil Service Club on March 20 at 7 p.m.
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    Singapore plans for women's soccer too
    176 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore Government Services Football Association plans to start an inter-departmental soccer knockout tournament for women this season if there Is a good response from departments. Circulars have been sent to the government departments, asking for applications if they are interested m the
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    SOCCER TREAT FOR 14,000 STORE KIDS
    446 13 Singapore, Wednesday LMH'RTEEN thousand under-privileged children in Singapore 7,000 from the schools and the other 7.000 from the various Social Welfare homes will get the first look at the season's big soccer clashes when Singapore and Singapore Joint Services meet at Jalan Besar Stadium
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    SPORTS SUMMARY
    83 13 HOCKEY FKIENDUES At Penang: DTC Invitation XI 6 .Wong Tuck Cheong 4. Sivaramoorthy, Shaari Che TehO HM8 Hartland Point 2 i Robmson > At J. Bahru: Modern Secondary School Staff 4 (Woodhull 3. Morris Khoo> Johore English College Staff 0. WOMEN'S FRIENDLY (S'pore) GSC 1 SCC 0. SOCCER
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    Ceylonese call off S'pore visit
    156 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. Royal Ceylon Air Force cricket team, who were expected to play six matches in Singapore from Mar. 34 to April 10. have again called off their trip. Mr. Carl Schubert, secretary of the S.C.A. told the Straits Times today that he was informed
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    Lock icon RUSSIAN CHAMP SOARS TO CLEAR 7FT 31/2
    49 13 OVER he goes in a breathtaking leap and Russia's Valery Brumel sets a world indoor record of 7ft. .{'in. in New York's Madison Square Garden. Beaten for the third time by Brumel was American John Thomas who dropped oat at 7ft. 2in.
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    KELANTAN WILL GET $150,000 STADIUM
    150 13 |(OTA BHARU. Wed. Kelantan will have a $150,000 stadium early next year The decision was taken at the Inaugural meeting of the Kelantan Stadium Council held here today. The meeting agreed to empower the Council to approach every charitable organisation in the country for funds.
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    INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM ASKS FOR GAMES IN MALAYA
    301 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. AN Indian hockey team with several Olympic players may be seen in action in Malaya in May this year. The team— the Punjab Farmers Sports Clvb are on their way to New Zealand. They have written to the Malayan
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    Singapore team for Peking
    146 13 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Singapore Table Tennis Association to...iM selected a team of five players and one official to represent Singapore at the 36th world table tennis championships to be held In Peking from April 6 to 14. The team, led by S.T.T.A. president Tang Tuck Wah as
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    RA boxing
    45 13 SEREMBAN. Wed— Two Royal Artillery boxing teams will meet here in the finals of the divisional Inter-unit championships on Friday night. The championship fight will be between the Second Field Regiment Royal Artillery. Tampln and the 28th. Field Regiment RA. Fort George. Malacca.
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    Dato Dobbie is president
    62 13 KUANTAN, Wed— Dato A. A. 8. Dobbie has been re-elected president of the Kuantan District Cricket Association for this year. Other office-bearers are: Vicepresident—Mr. S. Doraisamy; hon. secretary Mr. M. Emmanuel: Treasurer Mr. M. Ramiah and committee members Messrs. Bush, S. Vallipuram. Devindran and T. Supra
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    Lock icon Huks kill 1 hurt 9
    79 14 MANILA. Wed. A Com- 1 munist Huk "liquidation" unit fatally shot a man and wounded nine others today in a fresh outburst of violence in central Pampanga Province, the Philippine Con- i stabulary reported today. The Constabulary said three Huks, out to kill an anti-Communist
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    Big inter-school science quiz
    50 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. The St. Andrews School Science Society will hold an interschool science quiz on Friday at 2.30 p.m. in the school hall. Sixteen schools. 10 of them I girls' schools, have been invited to compete. The winning school will receive the Free Press Challenge Trophy.
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    DEATH
    37 14 OR. KANC LIP TEK family ol lite Madnm YonK Oh Cheng (passed ,i« iv .i:i.6l) of Singapore thank all NMHM md trend' for their mmipi of condolence. wreaths, scrolls, assistance and attendance at Ihe funeral 9.3.61.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    221 14 MR. AND MRS. D. GEOFFREY thank th<- Medical Officer and Staff of hrlping In the recovery of their son. j MRS. A. KANACASINCAM :ini children of 47 Murthy Road. Buklt i Mertajam thank all relative*, friend". I'en.-iny and Buklt MertaJ.im Hospital londolenrr and wreaths on their relent bcreavemem. OR.
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    Doctor fails in her appeal
    588 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday HIGH COURT ORDER IN DATO GUNN LAY TEDX DISPENSARY DISPUTE IS UPHELD AS BEING FAIR, REASONABLE 'pHK Federation Court of Civil Appeal today dismissed an appeal by Dr. (Mrs.) Irene Kajaratnam against a High Court decision ordering her to vacate the premises
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    POLICE SAY NO THIRD PARTY INVOLVED IN THE AFFAIR'
    13 14 MR. Y. H. TSAN
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    Workers Party denies Assembly statement
    200 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Workers' Party has issued a statement denying that the party's chairman. Mr. David Marshall, had been involved in a move to form a united anti-P.A.P. front. The Workers' Party statement says: •'The attention of the executive council of the Workers' Party has.
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    Teachers told: Stop this private tuition
    191 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THE Minister of Education, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Talib, warned today that teaching standards In Malayan schools would drop if teachers continued giving private tuition. The blame, he said, partly ■ested on parents who were mcouraglng private tuition. Inche Abdul Rahman
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    LIZ TAYLOR FIGHTING BACK TO RECOVERY
    68 14 LONDON. Wed. Elizabeth Taylors doctor said last night that if the 29-year-old actress "continues to progress at the present rate, she will be out of the woods by tomorrow." Dr Carl H. Goldman said tha.t Miss Taylor has "definitely made progress' in her fight
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    For trial on gun charge
    68 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. -Wong Aik Kuan. 25, was remanded for trial at the Assizes on charges of unlawful possession of a .38 revolver and six rounds of ammunition at Market Street on Feb. 13, at the end of a preliminary inquiry before the Ninth Magistrate. Mr.
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    375 14 LONDON. Wed. Tiiere was a furtner sligiu contraction In business on the Luuuou stock exchange toaay and unoer Increased profit taking, latees were ia°.hei- more numerous IB equuy sections. Neveruieless a good selective demand peisisied ana produced scattered gulii*. Qilt-ecgea securiUe.% encountered a small iiives'.meni
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    Miss C. Tsan talks of note by parents
    486 14 Miss C. Tsan talks of note by parents SINGAPORE, Wed. Miss Catherine Tsan. pretty daughter of the couple drowned in the sea off Changi yesterday, talked today about a note left to her by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Y. H. Tsan. She also talked about her frantic 4 a.m.
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    Hawker cleared of rob charge '
    85 14 Hawker cleared of rob charge SINGAPORE, Wed. The, trial of Lua Tiew Cheong, 23, 1 a hawker, on a charge of armed robbery came to an i abrupt end at the Assize Court here at the end of evidence given by the main prosecution witness. Lua. who was alleged to
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