The Straits Times, 15 March 1961

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    19 1 SINGAPORE,*. AVERAGE DAILY lEIITItlEI) SALE EXCEEDS fMKOOO The Straits Times Ik**** Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1961. 15 CENTS.
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    South Africa: In or out?
    713 1  - South Africa: In or out? DOUG. LACKERSTEEN THE BIG FIGHT ROUND BY ROUND— See Page 15 Verwoerd's last chance to change ground DAY OF RECKONING I From —1 LONDON. Tues. THK Commonwealth Prime Ministers, meeting yesterday in what proved to be the longest session of their conference, agreed before adjourning
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    BELINDA LEE IS KILLED IN 100 m.p.h. CRASH
    88 1 BELINDA LEE IS KILLED IN 100 m.p.h. CRASH LOS ANGELES, Tues. British actress Belinda Lee was killed yesterday when the car in which she was riding went out of control at more than 100 m.p.h. The California highway patrol said Miss Lee. :>6. was thrown 63 feet from the car
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    Big jump in tin price
    62 1 LONDON. Tues. The spot price of tin rose by C 7 10s. today from a middle price Of i:Bi:i 10s to £821. It was the biggest rise London metal brokers could recall in years. The forward price rose by £5 10s from £816 to £821*.
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    Lock icon M.I. 5 girl tells of 'spy' watch
    289 1 M.I. 5 girl tells of 'spy' watch JUST 'MISS X' TO COURT I ONDON, Tues. A woman agent of M.I 5, Britain's coun-ter-espionage service, told the naval secrets trial today that she had been shadowing defendants in the case since last August. The woman dark, attractive Miss K said she
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    Lock icon MAKARIOS LEAVES FOR PREMIERS' TALKS
    92 1 MAKARIOS LEAVES FOR PREMIERS' TALKS NICOSIA. Tues. Archbishop Makarios. President of Cyprus, left here by air today to attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference In London. A message trom Mr. Harold Macmillan telling the Archbishop that the conference had unanimously approved the admission ot Cyprus wa.s delivered to the Archbishop
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    Lock icon $2.5m. from smugglers
    73 1 JAKARTA, Tues.—lndonesia has recovered $2,500,000 from Singapore-based smugglers. Attorney-General Mr. R. Gunawan, announced today. Mr. Gunawan said five large scale smuggling operations had been smashed and another 30 minor economic offences uncovered by a special team of the Attorneyj General's Office, which had I been sent to
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    Lock icon 'Bestial' terror in Congo
    187 1 LEOPOLDVILLE. Tues AN American girl mis- sionary was repeatedly raped while nuns were stripped naked and priests forced to confess to the martyrdom of the "Christ of the Congo." Patrice Lumumba, reports to the United Nations said last night. Refugees from Klvu Rrovince told the U.N.
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    Lock icon Patterson retains title in six rounds after two knock-downs
    311 1 Patterson retains title in six rounds after two knock-downs MIAMI BEACH. Tuesday FLOYD Patterson last night retained his world heavyweight boxing title here when be Knocked out Sweden's In gemar .Johansson in tile sixth round. Patterson. 26. was knoqKed down twice and Johansson. 28. once in the first round of
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    Lock icon Armed Red China soldier held by India
    126 1 Armed Red China soldier held by India NEW DELHI, Tues Indian troops captured an armed Chinese soldier four miles inside Indian protected territory near the Tibet border last Friday, Parliament was told today. The Defence Minister. Mr. Krishna Menon. said the man was overpowered and held after attempting to shoot
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    Tengku gets insignia
    49 1 LONDON. Tues. Tengku Abdul Rahman received the gold insignia of the Companion of Honour when he was received in audience by the Queen at Buckingham Palace this morning. Membership of the CH. is limited to 65. The award was announced in the New Year honours list.
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    SILENT THUGS IN PARANG ATTACK
    86 1 SILENT THUGS IN PARANG ATTACK SINGAPORE, Tues. Ten masked men armed with parangs walked into a coffeeshop in Kranji tonight and attacked a young factory worker who was playing cards. The victim. Tan Keng Huat. 25. employed at the Lam Huat pineapple factory, la now In hospital with many wounds
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    SOPIEE: U.N. MUST PLAY A DIRECT ROLE
    436 2  -  DOUG LACKERSTEEN From London, Tucs. He has high praise for our men in the Congo: 'I am proud of them' INCHK Mohamed Sopiee, special representative of the Malayan Prime Minister, Ten£ku Abdul Rahman, in the Congo said here today that the Tinted Nations
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    Nixon back to law
    56 2 LOS ANGELES. Tues. 1 Former Vice-Pre.sident Richard Nixun is to ta,ke up the law again, it was announced today. The law firm ot Adams. Diuiue and Hazeltine said inn a statement: "The firm lull nlea.sed to announce that Richard M. Nixon, former i Vlce-Pre.sident. has thLs
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    'Don't bar UN men' appeal
    51 2 NEW YORK. Tues. Religioiu leaders and hotel association officials here are call- 1 lim for an end to discrimination over housing and accom- modation against coloured U.S. diplomats from Africa and Asia. Complaints about racial dix-rimlnation against U.N. delegates have been made here in recent
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    Killer epidemic
    33 2 MANILA. Tues. Fifty people, mostly children, arei reported tv have died and I 500 others to be suffering In a dysentery epidemic which ha> struck Inabangan town In the Southern Philippine.-.
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    Lock icon West Irian trusteeship? That's news, says Luns
    386 2 West Irian trusteeship? That's news, says Luns LONDON. Tues rpHE NETHERLANDS Foreign Minister, Dr. Joseph Luns. said here last night he "could not say" whether his Government would reject or accept any ideas for putting Dutch New Guinea (West Irian) under United Nations trusteeship in an effort to solve the
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    Lock icon $2,250m. suit against U.S.'s G.E. dismissed
    95 2 YEW YORK. Tues.— A U. 5.5750 million suit against General Electric Co. of America arising from recent price-rigginjj verdicts, was dismissed by a court in Peoria. Illinois yesterday. The suit via brought by a housewife and buslnessnvin on behalf of themselves and 50 million
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    83,000m. fleet
    41 2 WASHINGTON. Tues— The I White House yesterday an- nounced plans for a US$l billion ($3,000 million) fleet of 100 high speed jet cargo and troop-carrying aircraft to Increase the nations ability to rush forces to world trouble spots —U.P.l.
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    Lock icon SAHARA KIDNAP OF 12 OILMEN
    145 2 SAHARA KIDNAP OF 12 OILMEN VI A D R I D. Tues.— ITI Twelve oil prospectors have been kidnapped by an unknown group in the Spanish Sahara. the Foreign Ministry announced horo last nkht. The spokesman -aid the tors, who wore ol \irtous iiattonalltles, v r oil about mx miles
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      5 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby
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      374 2 10.00 Beware The Hunter: 1030 RADIO SINGAPORE The Cllthcroe Kid: 1100Clo.se down. Mrdium Wave 47b metres Short Wave: 62 metre* RADIO MALAYA from 8.00 9.00 p.m. A.M: 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 ll n tri< >' Morning Prelude; 7.00 The Newi, A.M.: 000 I line BfcnaJ 7.05 Melodies At Suuiise; 8.00
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    BOLD KENNEDY PLAN FOR SOUTH AMERICA
    494 3 BOLD KENNEDY PLAN FOR SOUTH AMERICA Ten-point proposal for a 'historic decade of progress 9 WASHINGTON, Tu«S PRESIDENT Kennedy yesterday proposed that the South American republics should begin "a vast new 10-year plan to transform the 1968s into a historic decade of democratic progress." The President unfolded his plan, containing
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    Lock icon Behind the lunatic at the wheel —his wife
    93 3 Behind the lunatic at the wheel his wife T ONDON. Tues. Wife troubles turn some Englishmen into raging lunatics at the wheel of their cars. Mr. Ernest Marples. Britain's Transport Minister. suggested yesterday. Addressing traffic experts from 15 countries, he said some "motivation psychology" ought to be Introduced to study
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    Lock icon Vintage planes off again on a new rocket sortie
    326 3 Vintage planes off again on a new rocket sortie VIENTIANE. Tuesday. A RMED T-6 trainers of the Laotian ai- force took off today for the seventh successive day for rocket attacks against rebel Pathet Lao positions in north and central Laos in spite of the loss of three of these
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    Lock icon Pirate raid in Santiago: US accused
    86 3 Pirate raid in Santiago: US accused HAVANA. Tues. A high speed pirate boat streaked into Santiago B»y yesterday, shelled an oil refinery and then escaped from pursuing patrol craft and escaped to the nearby U.S. naval base, the Cuban Navy announced. A U. S. spokesman at Guantanamo denied that the
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    Lock icon Vietnam visit for Nasution
    40 3 Vietnam visit for Nasution SAIGON, Tues. Gen. Abdul Haris Nasutlon. Indonesia's National Defence Minister has accepted an invitation to visit South Vietnam and confer with President Ngo Dinh-dlem. it was reported. Gen. Nasution will also visit Communist North Vietnam. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Charges dropped
    33 3 LONDON rues. Charges against six men who demonstrated against the arrival of the United States Polaris submarine depot ship Proteus In Holy Loch. Scotland, on March 3 have been dropped. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Jordanian law
    38 3 AMMAN. Tues. A new Saudi Arabian law Imposes the death penalty or 25 years' jail on any person found guilty of committing any "aggressive act" against the Royal Family or the State. Mecca Radio announced. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Harriman to see Asian leaders at Delhi conference
    296 3 Harriman to see Asian leaders at Delhi conference WASHINGTON. Tues. Mr. Averell Harriman, President Kennedy's roving ambassador, will extend his overseas trip to meet economic .'eaders of Asia. Australia and New Zealand attending a United Nations conference in New Delhi, the State '"Apartment announced today. The department said Mr. Dean
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    Lock icon THE LORDS SEEK TO PROTECT PRIVACY
    174 3 LONDON. Tuesday. 4 GAINST Government advice, the House of Lords last night voted in favour of the private Bill which, it it became" law, would protect the individual from any unjustified publication about his private affairs. Lord Mancroft. the Bill's sponsor, said the sort
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    Lock icon Picasso marries
    32 3 CANNES. Tues. Pabio Picasso. 79-y«ir-old painter, secretly married his model and companion Jacqueline Rogue, $5. at the picturesque Riviera village of Vallauris 11 days ago. It was revealed today. Reuter.
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    US Protestants back birth control
    169 3 YEW YORK. Tues. The 1 General Boards of the National Council of Churches. America's largest Protestant church group, has overwhelmingly approved the use of artificial birth control for planned parenthood. The interdenominational statement of a Protestant theolcgiclal position puts the council squarely opposed to the
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    JOHORE CAMBRIDGE LIST
    4947 4 THE following Johore candidates were successful in the 1960 Senior Cambridge (School Certificate) and Federation of Malaya Certificate examinations. KEY: Bracketed figure after name signifies grade in Senior Cambridge examination; unbracketed figure Federation of Malaya Certificate examination. English College (Johore Bahru) Abdul Hamld o. Hassan 3. Abdul
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    Chinese traders confer with U.S. mission
    515 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. A MEMBER of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce I<><l a v pleaded for easier immigration rules for entry into the United States, and the abolition of the I.S. fingerprint system, during tnlks held with a visiting American trade mission ;il the
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    CAMBRIDGE PASSES
    133 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. The following names of successful candidates in the 1960 Senior Cambridge (School Certificate) examination were inadvertently omitted in the list of passes published in the Straits Times today. The bracketed figure next to a name indicates the grade pass in the examination. RAFFLES GIRLS' SCHOOL Mah
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    BOGUS POLICE OFFICER GOT 'SQUEEZE'
    256 6 BOGUS POLICE OFFICER GOT 'SQUEEZE' SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A YOUTH from respectable family," posing as a policy officer, agreed to overlook some opium smoking utensils found in a house for $1,000, a Singapore court was told today. I The youth. Wee Alk Lock. 21. who admitted Impersonating a police officer and
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    There is no bar to bar competition, he says
    79 6 There is no bar to bar competition, he says CIMGAPORE, Tues Thr Liquors Licensing Board does not discourage com petition among bar operators. Mr. Choor Singh, the chairman said today. He was making public for the first time the board's policy towards new appli cants for beer and public house
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    $190 is stolen
    28 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Burglars broke Into the house of a vegetable seller, Kal Lam, at Kampong Attap here last night and stole $190 in cash.
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    ACID ATTACKER GETS FIVE YEARS I
    389 6 Man's age stops judge from ordering estate owner to be whipped KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A HIGH Court judge said today that he would order whipping as well as jail for young men who attacked people with acid. Mr. Justice Hashim, sentencing an estate owner,
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    DR. LIM: NO FURTHER ACTION ON RESIGNATION
    123 6 DR. LIM: NO FURTHER ACTION ON RESIGNATION DENANG, Tues. The Penang MCA. will not take any decision on a reply received from Dr. Llm Chong Eu. the association's former president, stating he would not withdraw his decision to resign from the M.C.A. At a three- hour meeting last night, the
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    Searcher is slashed
    49 6 KANGAR, Tues. A padl planter. Daud bin Salleh. 35. of Kampong Telok Kachang, was attacked with a parang 'while searching for a straying buffalo in a padl liield last night Daud vaa rushed unconscious to Kangar hospital with a chest wound. Police have detained a man.
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    Scalded child: Misadventure
    52 6 Scalded child: Misadventure SINGAPORE. Tues. A girl. Ho Soo Liang, aged three, was scalded In her house at Bukit Fanjang on Jan. 16, the State Coroner, Mr. Sathi V Kandlah, was told today A verdict of death by iiusadventure was recorded on Ho, who died In the General Hospital a
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    Last meeting
    30 6 KUANTAN. Tues. The Kuantan town council will hold its last meeting on March 29 before It Is dissolved Nomination day for the town council elections Is April 2&
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    UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG HONOUR FOR ENGINEER
    80 6 UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG HONOUR FOR ENGINEER CINGAPOKE, lues A Singapore consultant engineer. Mr Tay Gan Tin (above) and Dr. Mustapha bin Osman. of IVnanu. have been awarded the honorary degrees of doctor of laws, by Hone Kong Universltv, which is now holding its Golden Jubilee celebrations. Mr Tay. who
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    Parliament
    21 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The next meeting of the House of Representatives will be held from April 19 to April 29.
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    Apartheid protest rally
    90 6 SINGAPORE. Tues. The University of Malaya Socialist Club and the Singapore Polytechnic Political Society will jointly sponsor an "anti-apar-theid" convention next Tuesday, to mark the first anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre. Mr. Tan Jing Quee. chair- man of the organising committee, said today that the convention was
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    S'pore man jailed and fined for cheating
    158 6 S'pore man jailed and fined for cheating DENANG. Tues. A 1 Singapore businessman. Tay Kok Poon. 29, was today jailed for 32 days and fined $500 when he pleaded guilty to two counts of cheating Dr. and Mrs. J. Dabrowski between September and October last year. Tay. the prosecution stated.
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    On the road
    32 6 KUANTAN. Tues. Th« Minister of Wnrkv Po U and Telecommunications. Dato V. T. SaTibamhan. will open a mobile post office at Gambang. 18 miles irom here oa March 30.
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Irish army breached border of Canada
    1702 7 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Irish army breached border of Canada Cheering crowd on American side of the Niagara River watched battle in village LATE in th c afternoon of June 2, 1860, a large crowd stood cheering and gesticulating wildly on the American side of the Niagara River opposite the
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    128 8 in Horrft till (Mimmum) A BREAKFAST OF Wrlcar Shredded t mormnc. Try n and EASTER BRIDES are Invited to »< urcintlte, 3J4, Orchanl IF YOU ARE entertaining friends M Tea Room. I p.m. iT. PATRICK! NlSht I'mre hHotel on Friday 17tn M r tickeu. Telephone ROSEE DOR LUNCH II
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    The Straits Times Wednesday, March 15, 1961. Breach Of Trust
    676 8 The Straits Times Wednesday, March 15, 1961. Breach Of Trust Tiir United Nations Trusteeship Committee has paid a pretty tribute to the Common.- Itli in asking the Prime Ministers to bring their influence to bear upon the South 1 African Government in the i matter of South-West Africa." But what
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    The Lost Army
    358 8 Now that the State Dcparti ment has at last decided to use its influence on the Formosan Government to disarm and evacuate the remnants of the Nationalist Chinese 93rd Division which crossed into northern Burma when the Communists took over in China, this notorious lost army should
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    Safety at Work
    165 8 The observation of the ;etiring Chief Inspector of Machinery that workers are apathetic about safety measures should be taken seriously. Whatever the admitted shortcomings of an understaffed department. Mr Pollard is the one person in the country whose opinion on the subject is completely authoritative. The executive
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    THE NEW FORCE THAT'S BEING FELT IN AMERICA
    1318 8 KENNEDY A CORRESPONDENT OF THE LONDON TIMES TRACES THE SWIFT METAMORPHOSIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE THE alchemy of the greatest elective office on earth has worked very quickly in transforming tha junior senator from Massachusetts into the president of the United States
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      RUBBER: OMINOUS NEW PICTURE EMERGES
      661 8 (COMPARED with the first hall of the year the consumption of new rubber in the U.S. in the second half of i960 fell by loe.uuo tons— natural by 51.000 tons and synthetic by 55.000 tons The tall in the price of natural during the second
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      Dato hamid replies
      132 8 CAN well understand the Prime Ministers anxiety to win the Hong Lim by-election, but to infer that I had won the elections although I was an unworthy product of Tun Urn Yew Hocks Government Is nothing but a red herring to lure the innocent voters of Hong
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      Why police acted
      114 8 r ITH reference to the letter by "Puzzled" <B.T. March 9i I Jiould like to confirm that diagonal parking or vertical parking at Buklt Panjang village is not. and never has been, permitted by law. The particulars of the cars which were diagonally parked were taken by
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    Cabaret boss is robbed of $350
    190 9 Cabaret boss is robbed of $350 SINGAPORE. Tues. In a pre-dawn raid on a flat in Sukit Pasoh today, five 'hugs one armed with a dagger and the others with screwdrivers held upj the managing director of the Air View Cabaret Mr. Toh Tai Poh. and I his family and
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    Three men released
    50 9 ALOR STAR, Tues. Police today leleased three men vho had been detained for questioning about the murder of a housewife. Kg Slew Llan. 43. last Saturday. The body of Ng, who nad recently arrived from China. wfc :ound In her Gunong Keriang home with 11 ->tab wounds.
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    Death leap: Suicide
    59 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Th*j State Coroner. Mr. Sathi V. Kandiah. today recorded a verdict of suicide on Boey Kum Har. 29. of Macpherson I Road, who leapt to her death from the 13th storey of Forfar House. Queenstown. on Jan 20. The coroner was told that Boey was
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    Red Cross appeal
    52 9 IPOH. Tues. The Perak branch of the Federation or Malaya Red Cross Society, which Is facing a financial "predicament." Is appealing to the public for funds so that It can continue Its work. More than 1.000 appeal letters for donation! will be sent to firms, estates, mines
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    PO man admits trust charge
    39 9 PENANO. Tues. A postal clerk. Tan Cheng Lock. 20 today pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal breach or trust of $189 at the Bunlt Mertajam post office on Feb. 4. Sentence was postponed
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    Puri in Borneo
    28 9 JESSELTON. Tues. The Indian High Commissioner in Malaya. Mr Y.K Purl, arrived here yesterday to begin a eight -day tour of North Borneo and Brunei.
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    $107,000 croc skin robbery
    567 9 SINGAPORE. Tuts, LORRY MAN TELLS COURT OF DETECTIVE RUSE BY THREE PEOPLE TO GRAB HIS VEHICLE pOSING as detectives, three men waylaid a 1 lorry loaded with $107,671 worth of crocodile skins, took over the wheel and disappeared with the cargo, Tan Yin Chuan, driver of
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    46 9 MOTHER AND TRIO DOING WELL Leong Seek Chin. 21, a $3-a-day rubber tapper and her triplets all girls whom she gave birth to last Saturday at the Tanjong Malim hospital. The mother and trio are doing well. She has five other children.
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    Executive hurt as club water heater blows up
    157 9 Executive hurt as club water heater blows up BATU GAJAH, Tuesday. A MINE executive was injured when a water heater in the bathroom of the Kinta club here exploded last night. Mr. H. Elston, manager of the Klnta Kellas Tin Dredging Co., who was playing billiards at the time of
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    Man accused of murder
    59 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Chen Fan Chalng. 42. an estate owner, was today charged with the murder of Moo Kirn Seng. 53. an estate kepala. at 5 10 a.m. on Feb. 2 at a bus stop at Jalan Kelan. Kulai No plea was recorded and the magistrate.
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    Indonesian Chief Justice leaves
    42 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Indonesian Chief Justice, Dr Wlrjono Prod joklkoro. re turned home by Oaruda Airway.-; today after a fourday visit here. He paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K.M. Byrne, yesterday.
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    Acquittal for fruit-seller
    33 9 IPOH. rues. A fruitseller. Khor Seng Yew. 58. was acquitted of a charge of giving a tribe of $50 to police Inspector Boon Choong Sen. His defence was not called.
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    Council meeting
    26 9 SEGAMAT. Tues. The monthly meeting of the Begamat Town Council will be held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall at 10 a.m. on March 20.
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    Radio Malaya tour
    33 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Fifty young people were today conducted on a civics tour of Radio Malaya. They are from 13 new villages around Kuala Lumpur, Ulu Selangor and Ulu Langat.
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    Umno meeting
    20 9 TELUK ANSON. Tues.— The Telnk Anson branch of the UMNO will hold its annual meeting on April 9
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    MALAYAN CIVIL SERVICE REGAINING STRENGTH
    195 9 I'UALA LUMPUR. Tues. 1Y The Federations Civil Service, which lost Its top men because of Malayanisatlon. is "regaining Its trenßth." Thlh is the opinion of Mr. M. J. Quinilvan. a senior officer of the Australian Public Services Board, who Is In charge of training Malayan
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    BACK FROM FAREWELL VISIT
    48 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. General Sir Richard Hull. Commander in-(hicf Far East Land Forces, arriwri thii nveninc from an 18-day farewell visit to New Zealand and Australia. (irn. Hull return* to Britain in June, where he will assume duties as Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
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    285 9 66.6% in Singapore pass the exams A.C.S. TOPS THE LIST ONCE MORE SINGAPORE, Tues. Of 4,059 students who sat for the Joint Cambridge School Certificate, General Certificate of Education and the Federation of Malaya Certificate of Education Examinations in Singapore, 2.703 or 66.6 per cent passed. Official statistics show that
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    STORE POLY PRAISED
    81 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. After vistlng the Polyetchnic today, the director of the Commonwealth Educational Liaison Unit. Dr V. Jha. said "Singapore Is very lucky to j have such a marvellous institution." Dr. Jha. who is on a tour of Commonwealth territories, was taken round the polytechnic by the
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    STOCK INDICES
    24 12 Maljun Stork Kxchange: March 14 Maicu 13 Iniuslnals: 150.41 149.48 Tins. 939.73 236.44 N Kubbers: 246.96 245.83 Jaa. I 1958 as 100.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    124 12 .MELBOURNE Tues. INVESTMENT Miares opened x me week along a steady tone neie toaay Colonial Sugar eased 7s. 6d to £79 10s.. bu: ON. Raymond Bblbeu 9d. to 12s. 9a. Base metals and the oiis iraded along steaay luie.s Cummonwealih Bonds heid a firm tone. Con. /m. 65
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    PRODUCE PRICES !
    150 12 PRODUCE PRICES 'THE Chinese Produce Exchange. Singapore, noon prxes per picul yesieroay were: Copra,: Quiet: UK/Continent Mai en/ April shipments $27 t buyers, $27 'i selleis. Coconut oil: Quiet; bulk $42 sellers, drum $45'j sellers. Pepper: Quiet: no business was reported dove Mumok wmte $195 and Sarawak SI 9O (both
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    151 12 CHIPS lying alongside the Sin-l-J gapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are; Straat Mageihaen 1. 2. Maori 4 ft. Imerina 6A, Cannanore 6, 1, Menelaus 89, Benrinnes 10 11, Pres. Coolidge 13 14, Plorian Ceynowa 15, 16, Seiko Maru 18. Shigeshima Maxu 19. Pulau Kidjang N. Wall
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    CLOSING PRICES
    32 12 SINGAPORE. Mar. 14. RIBBER: 8? cents per lb. (up 1] cents). 5 p.m. close: 86} cents (slightly easier). TIN: 5407.23 per picul (up 52.25). Estimated unofficial offering 240 tons (unchanged).
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    SHARE MART TRADING BRISK: SHARP ADVANCE IN TIN
    1060 12 By Our Market Correspondent 'pHERE was every indication yesterday that Malayan Share Markets will enjoy another burst of activity before the Hari Raya Puasa holidays in Singapore and the Federation. The market will close in Singapore on Satur-' day for the holiday
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    RUBBER PRICES
    217 12 APRIL first grade rubber buycis f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 87 ceius per lb-. up IV cents on Monday's closing price. The lone was quiet. S.C.C.R-A. CLOSING PRICES In cents per lb., yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spoi f.ob. buyers 86V selleis 86 7 liv. 1 R.SS.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    129 12 HPHE Malayan Exchanre Banks" x Association maue these manges in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail! T.T. 32 "i, OD 33. 90 d/s. 33* creoit bilis. 33% trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 7/16. OD. 32 9/16 90 d/st 33
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    Guthrie results
    55 12 Oiupir from estates and mines: In the Guthrie Arency (Malaya I Ltd. croup for February and for 1961 to date in brackets are: rubber 6.822.000 lb (15.967 000 lb.': tea (black) 121,000 lb (282-02°.«-Ib- >: P* l 17n ton* <3.498 tons): palm kernels 467 tons (964 tons.; and
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    771 12 DUSINESS in the trading room on the Singapore section of me Malayan Slock Exchange yeverdav waslndu.tr lali: C.T 8 orda 49s «d OL. S1». 6d AIS: F. and N. ord« $2 28 <:'.">. *2 24 OP. $2.30 and M.SI Di Gammon $2.l<S and $2.19: Hume pref. A
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      921 12 NOTICES THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT HARI RAVA PI'ASA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai no tugs or mooring boats will be available for me berUimg and uiibrumng of vessels ai Ihe Singapore Harbour BoaiJ wnnrv«< afier vie 1700 hour movtmenis have been completed on Friaay. 17th March 1961. unai
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      239 12 NOTICE NOTICE CALTEX OIL (MALAYA) LIMITED (Incorporated In The Bahama Islands). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FATIMA ENTERPRISES LIMITED are no longer distributors or dealers for this Company having ceased to act as sucn nlti) effect from 31st January 1961. CALTEX OIL (Malays) LIMITED. PENANG PORT COMMISSION TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT HARI
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      1848 13 METAL POLLING BOOTHS I Tenuers are'invited for me con- and supply of 200 metal! polling bootus. A specimen polling booth may be seen and specification and all other particulars obtained at the office of the Election Comm.ssiun, No 1 Clarke Street, on any work- I Ing day during office hours
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      109 13 TENDERS METAL BALLOT BOXES Tenders are invited lor the making and supplying of 200 Metal Ballot Boxe.s A specimen ot the Ballot Box may be seen und specification and all other particulars obtained ik tne office of the Election Ccm- mission. No. 1 Claike Sireei. on any working day auru.g
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      1183 13 TENDERS 1 UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN KUALA LUMPUR STUDENTS' LNION BUILDING Tenders are Invited from approved contractors for the Erection and Completion of tne Proposed Students' Union Building in j the University Campus at Panui, 1 Kuula Lumpur. 1 Tender documents may be examined In tne Administration Office, Facuity of
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      255 13 TENDERS I Tenders are invited trom con- 1 1 tractors registered Class A. B or < C with the architect tor the erec- tion of: A. Roof of switch gallery it U Bungsar Power Station. B switch tower operators quarters at Tet Lee Mines. Kuala Lumpur. A deposit ot $60-
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      791 13 NOTICES 1 1 NOTICE FEDERATION Ot MALAYA V>I.NMH 4',r r RTGISTtKhD STOCK I HI ISM Notice u> nereoy given that the Transfer Register of the above- mentioned Loan will be closed trom 181.1 March. 1961 to Ist j April. 1961. ooth days inclusive, tor the preparation ol interest warrants Registrar
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      762 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS l KEDAH GOVERNMENT VACANCY ASSISTANT VETERINARY OFFICER The date tor sending in appllc- ktions to the Secretary. State Pub- 1 ie Sen-ice Commission. Kedah. Alor Star has been extended to U.3.1K61 FEDERAL LAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY APPLICATIONS are invited From Federal Citiaens and sen'ing Qovernment Officers for the post
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    BETTER YEAR, SAYS CHAIRMAN
    198 14 Perak T.C. makes $47,000 profit, gives Government $lmillion Reasons: Economic buoyancy, slight drop in bookmaking IPOH, Tuesday. fHK chairman .of the Pcrak Turf Club, Mr. Yeoh Cheang Lee. in his annual report for 1960, attributes the improvement in the club's financial position to two factors. They
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    Team for Cup final
    125 14 Team for Cup final CINGAPORE, Tues. Selangor Chinese will play two| matches at Jalan Besar stadium this weekend. They will play Singapore Chinese in the M.C.F.A. Cup final on Satur-i day t7 p.m.* and will meet| Singapore Selection, the pro- bable SARA, side for the F.A M. Cup competition, on
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    PLAYERS AGREE TO MAKE EASTER TOUR
    209 14 PLAYERS AGREE TO MAKE EASTER TOUR j SINGAPORE. Tues.-Singa- pores Malaya Cup soccer team will play two matches in the Federation one in t Ipoh and the bther at Penang during the Easter holidays. The decision to tour was left to the players, and after a talk with S.A.F.A. president
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    Smart gallop by Easy Winner
    278 14 *ON THE TRACK with epsom jeep PENANCf, Tuesday. tfASY WINNER galloped v/ith some of Ms old dash on a good track at Penang this morning in preparation for the meeting which starts on ■Sunday. Ridden ,by apprentice Chuah, this eight-year-old reeled off 3f i n
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    Ward goes on holiday
    76 14 JOCKEY Arthur Ward has left for Australia for a short vacation. He will return In time for the Singapore Derby meeting at Buklt Timah next month. Ward, who rides for E. Donnelly, has made a good start this season and is disputing the lead in the
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    Lock icon Odds shorten on Spurs
    67 14 LONDON. Tues. Bookmakers tonight shortened the odds against Tottenham Hotspur winning the English Football Association Cup from Mx to iour to 11 to ;ight At their Victoria Club callover. the betting went as follow.*: n to eight Tottenham; three to one Burnley and Leicester City: 11
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    SKIPS MCC GAME FOR GOODBYE MATCH
    246 14 SKIPS MCC GAME FOR GOODBYE MATCH SINGAPORE, Tues. \IIKE MORGAN. 28-year-old doctor-surgeon .attached to British Military Hospital I has, for personal reasons, decided not to accept the Malayan Cricket Association's invitation to play for All-Ma-laya against the M.C.C. tour- ing team at Kuala Lumpur this week-end. Instead Morgan, who has
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    200 14 Champions expected to retain titles in the All-England I O.NDON. Tues. Rcienins champions Erland Kops., of Denmark, and American .Mrs. Judy tlashman, form- crly Judy Devlin, are expt'ctcil to retain their singles titles in the All-Enz- land badminton championships which begin tomorrow at Wembley. Both are in brilliant form. Kops
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    MALAYAN SCHOOLBOY CHAMPION BEATEN
    160 14 PENANG. Tues.— Malayan schoolboy champion Tan Soon Hooi was beaten by an 'unknown' player, Khaw Cheng Chye, in the interschools badminton competition for the Yang dl-Pertuan Agong's Cup today. Cheng Chye outplayed Soon Hool after a gruelling threeset duel 15-8. 10-15. 15-7 to help the Free
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    New team to challenge Rangers
    525 14 uaacjUKS, tne Kingpins ot seiangor soccer lor nve years, will face new challengers this year. They are Camp Ministry of Defence the team which Malayan captain Edwin Dutton will play for in the F.A. of Seiangor league first division and the senior knock-out competition. Dutton
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    99 14 CINGAPORE. Tup.s. Singapore Amateur Swimming Association hopes to begin training of swimmers and water-polo players probably In May in preparation of the S.E.A.P. Games at Rangoon In December and the Asian and Commonwealth Games next year. S.A.S.A. will al.so stage sev ral competitions this year. Apart
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      325 14 Straits Times Crossword Hal all BLV 1H( "H'* ACROSS new club one prop (f, 4. Means of writing for the 5. Tacit agreement in United piano with backache? <S> Nations' writer 181. I. Don't go stralgnt on: veer 6. Very young student of maun? South-West 1 6). unknown languag«t tsi.
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    Patterson, downed twice, wins by K.O.
    355 15 THRILLS FROM THE START IN RICHEST FIGHT IN HISTORY MIAMI BEACH. Tuesday lIKAVYWEIGHT champion Floyd Patterson climb- ed off the canvas twite last night and floored Ingemar Johansson twice for a knockout at 2:45 of (he sixth round in their third title fight before
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    'Good fighter': Tribute to Johansson
    245 15 again. Patterson promptly ans- 1 wered "yes". "I would love to fight him acain." lir said, "but I won't. Tiie reason I tvont is because other fighters deserve a chance." Unshaven and stiii perspiring from his ordeal in the ring Floyd repeatedly paid tribute to
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    435 15 LIAMBURG. Tues. A semi-flnal clash with Spanish champions Barcelona will probably be the pme for the winners of the European Cup quarter-final between Burnley, the English League champions, and Hamburg, West German champions, who play the second leg «>t their tie here tomorrow. (Kickoff 1530
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    30 15 AUCKLAND. Tues.— Murray Halberg. New Zealand's 5.000 metres Olympic champion, left here by air today to compete at indoor events in Tokyo on Saturday and Sunday night.
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    SHORT COUNT ROAR AS BATTLE ENDS
    1256 15 SHORT COUNT ROAR AS BATTLE ENDS Round 1 JOHANMON v..is out o! his corner iirst and flicked a light. I left to Paueison.s forehead. Johansson missed with a light m.n hlo>d weiu mio a clinch. Ingo was short with I left jab I us they wenl into anothOT clinch. Ingo
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    Lock icon Rain forces draw in 3rd 'Test'
    105 15 Rain forces draw in 3rd 'Test' rHRIBTCHURCH. New Zealand. Tues. There waf. no play on thefourth and final day of the third unofficial "Test' here today beno play on the fourth and MCC because of rain The match was abandoned as a draw leaving New Zealand, who won the second
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    52 15 BYDNEY. Tues. Tack Brabham. Australia's world motor-racing champion, yesterday won three of the four major races in a 2}lltre Cooper Climax at Albury. New South Wales. Brabham's team-mate Roy Salvador! (Britain), followed him home in second place in two events, but retired xlth gearbox trouble in the third
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    33 15 PENANG. Tues. Eight races, including a 5-f handicap for women riders, will be run at the Penang Turf Club's Amateur Meeting on April 15. Entries will close at noon on April 3.
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      44 15 ENGLISH LEAGUE I>l\ St Newport County 2 Barnsley 0. DIV. 4: Peterborough United Chester 0-. Stockport County a York City 0. SCOTTISH LEAGUE DIV. I: Dunfermllne Athletic 2 Particle Thistle 1 (postponed from March 11). REPRESENTATIVE MATCH <Liverpool) Army 1 Northern Ireland 0.
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      23 15 CI'RRIE (IP (Bloemfontcln): Orange Free State won by tnna and 4«. Orlqualand 161 and 84; Organge Free SUt« 293 (C. Richardson 113).
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      57 15 HJIUIII.UI BADMINTON KING'S Cl'P North zone final: Penang Free School v Anderson School. Ipoh i Han Chiang HS hall. i p.m.i SOCCER PENANG I^EAGIE DIV. 2: CRC iv B'worth Rangers; DIV. 3: Ramblers v Tamil Youth Bell Club (D Kramat). BASKETBALL GOH Cl'P: Spore Junior ko tourney (Kallang. 6.30 p.m.i
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    Lock icon CONGO LEADERS FLY HOME
    409 16 TANANARIVE. (Malagasy). Tuesday Gizenga to be urged to join Federation READERS of three anti-Lumumbist Congo Governments flew home yesterday determined to persuade Mr. Antoine Gizenga, political heir of Patrice Lumumba, to join in their proposed Congo Federation. Authoritative sources s;tid after the Congo conference ended lure
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    209 16 Don't overlook Malaya, U.S. exporters told WASHINGTON, Tues. The Commerce Department yesterday advised domestic manufacturers and exporters seeking new foreign markets not to overlook sales possibilities in Malaya. The departments advice was contained in a 57-page pamphlet prepared by the Bureau of Foreign Commerce for American businessmen. The pamphlet noted
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    Work-to-rule starts, but may end today
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    330 16 -I SINGAPORE. Tues. HTHE Singapore Textiles and General Merchants Employees' Union has protested against the alleged "insincerity" of the management of Robinson and Co. Ltd. in "dismissing and retrenching employees without reasonable ground" while negotiations on claims were in progress. A union statement today said the
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