The Straits Times, 16 March 1961

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    18 1 \VIH\(,I lIAILY (UMIUKII SALE EXfEEPS ?MKIMMI The Straits Times tie**** Estd. 1845. THURSDAY. MARCH 16, 1961. 15 CENTS.
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    Dramatic end to 15-hour debate
    689 1 REPORTS CaN LjA&I -LNUjrill MUINIj IjIItI AtixljljiriO" rdgc Commonwealth membership will end in May SOUTH AFRICA OUT LONDON, Wednesday THE South African Prime Minister Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, has withdrawn his application for South Africa's continued membership of the Commonwealth as a Republic, it was announced
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    Ingo plunges head first to defeat
    93 1 I ngo plunges head first to defeat INGEMAR (**lngo**) Johansson, of Sweden, pitches head forward to the canvas during the sixth round of his world heavyweight title light against champion Floyd Patterson at Miami Beach <>n Monday night. Johansson was counted put, though a section of the crowd protested loudly
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    Corruption is alleged in awarding of contracts
    360 1 Corruption is alleged in awarding of contracts KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. ALLEGATIONS of bribery and corruption in awarding Government contracts were made before a commission of inquiry here today. The charges were made by the president of the Selangor Malay Chamber of Commerce, Raja Khalid bin Raja Harun. "It is common
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    Lock icon India's own jet plane
    77 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. Th« I prototype first wholly-Indian supersonic jet fighter will make it* te.^t flight soon, a Government report disclosed today. Tlu- aircraft is the first Indian-made combat plane and baa been built by the (State-run Hindustan Aircraft i Limited, a Defence Ministry I undertaking
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    LATEST CALL FOR TALKS
    18 1 LATEST CALL FOR TALKS ami ut tooighi Id' 'I It- <h -IM I<>T Of f i.i M ili>lir:.r|||y
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    Indonesia takes over Belgian estates
    105 1 JAKARTA. Wed— The Indonesian Defence Minister and Army Chief of Staff. Gen. Abdul Harh Nasutlon. has ordered vie military authorities 61 North Sumatra to take over Belgian estates temporarily "pending fuitlur decisions by the central Government." The Army communique said that the killing of former
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    Free-for-all fight at Panmunjom between Reds and American
    135 2 A NORTH Korean Communist major, left, and American Military Policeman, (apt William C. Lyons, exchange punches during a dispute outside the .Military Armistice Commission conference room in Pammin.ioni on March 8. The first fist fight occurred in the Panmunjom demilitarised zone when
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    Lock icon TAX MEN STRIKE NEW BLOW AT INGE
    216 2 TAX MEN STRIKE NEW BLOW AT INGE YIIAMI (Florida), Wed. Airlines operating out of Idlewild (New York) have been asked to inform *he U.S. Immigration authorities if Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson, :ries to book a passage. An Immigration spokesman said today that he presumed the move Is linked with tax
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    Lock icon Red threat on agenda
    62 2 CANBERRA. Wed. The Communist threat would be a major topic at this month's Seato council of ministers" conference in Bangkok, the acting Minister for External Affairs. Sir Garfleld Barwick. said today. The conference would also review the progress of Seato military and civil organisations over the
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    Marriage bar
    30 2 KARACHI. Wed— The Pakistan Government announced yesterday that civil servants married or engaged to non -Pakistanis may. at the Government's discretion, lose their eligibility for government service— U.P.l
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    'PRIORITY' VOTE FOR ASIAN HIGHWAY
    83 2 'PRIORITY' VOTE FOR ASIAN HIGHWAY NEW DELHI, Wed.— The 24 nation IN Econumic Commission for Asia and the Far East voted unanimously yesterday in favour of "high priority" for building roads linked into an international Asian highway from Turkey to Singapore. The annual session of Ecafe. meeting here, approved a
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    Far East expert
    24 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. President Kennedy has selected Mr. Walter P. McConaughey to be Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Gas explosion
    24 2 TOKYO. Wed— Police said i today 53 persons were Injured, four seriously, when a gas main exploded tills morn- Ing here. Reuter
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    Lock icon BIG SUIT AGAINST FIRMS
    78 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. The Justice Department and the Tennessee Valley Authority yesterday filed a joint suit for nearly PWjjU million against five electrical equipment nianufacturers involved in a big: anti-trust case in Philadelphia last month. The announcement of the suit was made here by Mr. Robert Kennedy,
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    Lock icon Japanese urged: Back business ventures in South-East Asia
    265 2 Japanese urged: Back business ventures in South-East Asia Tokyo, Wednesday T»HE leader of a Japanese economic study group, which returned this month from a tour of Malaya and Singapore and other South-East Asian countries urged private Japanese investors to enter into joint business ventures in South-East Asia and to adopt
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    Lock icon Welensky puts up new plan
    97 2 Welensky puts up new plan LONDON. Wed. A New formula, drafted by Sir Roy Welensky. Prime Minister "i the Rhodesian Federation, to break the deadlock over the constitutional luture of cop-per-rich Northern Rhodesia, was presented to the British Government yesterday, informed sources said. Sir Roy has already rejected the British
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    180 million and 20 million
    54 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. -Two Harvard graduates met at the White House today. One was President Kennedy, the leader of 180 million Americans. The other was the Aga Khan, leader of the 20 million members of the Ismaili Muslim sect scattered throughout the world The tw<> men
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    Lock icon Lightning strike
    28 2 MELBOURNE. Sat. Melbourne's wateriront was idle loday when the ports 4.500 dock workers staged a 24--hour strike over a dispute concerning an American cargo ship. Reuter.
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    31 2 AJACCIO i Corsica'. Wed A violent bomb explosion shook Ajaccio early today. There were no casualties and the only damage seemed to be a number of broken windows. Renter
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    PRIESTS AND NUNS FLOWN TO SAFETY FROM 'BESTIAL CONGOLESE'
    535 3 PRIESTS AND NUNS FLOWN TO SAFETY FROM 'BESTIAL CONGOLESE' I O POLDVILLE. Wed. Six priests and three Belgian nuns were flown in here by ihe United Nations today from western Kivu Province, where Congolese troops have beaten ;«nd raped Europeans in the past two days in what have been described
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    Lock icon ALGERIA: THE REBEL GOVT. MEETS ON PEACE MOVES
    121 3 ALGERIA: THE REBEL GOVT. MEETS ON PEACE MOVES "TUNIS. Wed.— The Algerian provisional government met here yesterday to decide if recent secret contacts with France justify the opening of full-scale peace talks At the same time its spokesman Issued a catalogue of recent French military losses in Algeria "as a
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    Lock icon Navy allowance
    30 3 LONDON. Wed— The House of Commons last night approved an estimate for an Increase ot overseas allowfor Navy men serving in Singapore. Aden. Malta and other stations. Reuter.
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    Lock icon West Irian tension: New Tengku bid
    322 3 INDONESIANS THROW COLD WATER ON COMMISSION IDEA LONDON, Wednesday T^ENGKU Abdul Rahman yesterday told Dr. Joseph Luns of the Netherlands' that he would consider if it would be possible to do anything about lessening the tension between Holland and Indonesia over West Irian, a
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    Lock icon NEW BID AGAINST A S. AFRICAN POLICY APPROVED
    308 3 NEW YORK. Wednesday. npHE U. N. General Assembly's trusteeship committee last night approved an appeal lor Commonwealth influence to change South Africa's policy on South- West Africa the former German colony which the Union refuses to place under U.N. trusteeship. The committee
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    Lock icon Disarm talks —K seeks early date
    123 3 Disarm talks K seeks early date YEW YORK. Wed. The New York Times reported today that President Kennedy had suggested to the Soviet Premier. Mr. Khrushchev, that formal negotiations on general disarmament 'be resumed on Sept. IL" The newspaper added in a Washington dispatch: "The Soviet, leader, it is understood
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    Lock icon 'NO TAX RELIEF ON GROUNDS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF' RULING
    114 3 'NO TAX RELIEF ON GROUNDS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF' RULING WASHINGTON. Wed. A pacifist who stopped payAng income tax in lvix. the year the United States began producing hydrogen bombs, has lost his plea in court here ilni forcing him to pay tax would violate hi? constitutional right to the free
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    Defence corps
    27 3 THE HAGUE. Wed. A royal decree published in the State Gazette yesterday confirmed the establishment of a Papuan defence corps for Dutch New Guinea— UPl.
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    Lock icon Out-of-date Navy rule
    58 3 1 ONDON. Wed -The practice of British Navy men and the women of the WRNS (Women's Royal Naval Service) eating In separate messes may be abolished. Mr. Cnarles Orr-Ewlng, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, promised to look into a 'suggestion In the House of Commons yesterday that
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    Lock icon Love and death of farmer Wu
    53 3 TAIPEH. Wed. Farmer Wu Chin -an, 46. beheaded hLs 17-year-old adopted daughter yesterday and thei< took his won life with the same knife, police said. Official.-, said Wu was living with the girl in the same room and wanted to prevent her from marrying
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    Lock icon More new Bibles
    34 3 LONDON. Wed The Oxford and Cambridge University presses are printlrtK nearly 500.000 extra copies of the new translation of the New Testament. One million 1 copies are already in print Reuter.
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      414 3 RADIO sllMGAr*Unt close Down. Medium Wave 476 mrtr« RADIO MALAYA Short Wave 62 mctrrs from 8 p.m.— 9 p.m. (M.7 metresi A.M. 6.30 Good Morning: 6.32 A.M. 6.00 Time Signal: NemiraMorning Prelude 7.00 The News:! leu News Headlines; 6.05 Morning 705 Melodies At Sunrise; 8.00 Mcocii'.-. 6.50 Keep Fil With
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    Lee's dare to Ong: Accuse me of graft publicly
    1077 4 HONG LIM: THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES SINGAPORE. Wed THE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, tonight challenged the former Minister for National Development, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, to accuse him of corruption at a public rally. Mr. Lee was one of the
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    Mr. Ong speaks of the hardships of the poor
    697 4 i SINGAPORE. Wed. "jl/IR. Ong Eng Guan. former Minister lor National Development, and his colleagues tonight spoke of the hardships of the poor when he attacked the Government at street rallies in Carpenter and Upper Hokkien Streets. The street rallies were
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    Malayanise skyline call by Dr. Toh
    222 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Toh Chin Chye. today urged architects and build- ers to Malayanlse their ideas and concepts and create a Malay anlsed Singapore skyline. Builders should also Malayanise the utilisation of building materials, he said. Dr. Toh was speaking
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    U.S. EAGER TO HELP
    297 5 Americans wish to know more about Singapore's problems SINGAPORE. Wednesday vih. DONALD W. ALEXANDER, a member k of the U.S. trade mission now visiting Singapore, s;iid today that Americans were anxious to know more about the Stales problems and Id assist in finding a solution to
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    HE WROTE BETS ON HIS PALM
    156 5 SINGAPORE. Wed.— A •3 district court today was told how two detectives arrested a man who was making entries of bets on the palm of his left hand at the Singapore Turf Club. Tan Thian Choy, unemployed, and Tan Hock Choon, a clerk, were
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    Full house for Polish pianist at the Vic
    127 5 Full house for Polish pianist at the Vic SINGAPORE, Wed. Witold Malcuzynski, the internationallyfamous Polish pianist who flew in here today from Hong Kong, will play to a packed house when he gives his first concert at Victoria Theatre on liar. 18. Mr. Goh Soon Tioe. leadIng Singapore impresario who
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    2 freed on appeal
    103 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Two men, Ong Wee Chong and Teo Kirn Scan under a Lower Court conviction and fine of $2,000 each on a charge of bookmaktng at the Bukit Timah Turf Club grounds, were freed on appeal in the High Court here today. The Chief Justice.
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    CROC SKINS CASE: 6 MEN FOR TRIAL
    499 5 SINGAPORE, Wed— Chia Ah Lek, 32. a fitter, told a court here today that he got three sums totallinu $1,050 as his share for work dene in a "job"' concerning crocodile skins. He was testifying as a prosecution witness at a continued preliminary
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    An invitation to Singapore
    173 5 ATTEND PARLEY' SINGAPORE. Wednesday. MR. Mohd. Aly Rangoonwala. visiting chairman of the Commission on Asian and Far Eastern Affairs of the International Chamber of Commer.ce, today observed: "Asian businessmen do not give enough attention, or serious consideration, to chambers of commerce in their countries." Mr. Rangoonwala.
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    EXTENSION TO COST ONE MILLION
    121 5 EXTENSION TO COST ONE MILLION SINGAPORE. Wed. A new block, estimated to cost $1,000,000 is to be added to < the engineering and architec- i tural workshops at the Sin- i gapore Polytechnic. The extension will cover an approximate area of 40.000 sq. ft parallel with the old block. Work
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    GCE success
    37 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The name of Hor Hee Wee of the Beatty Secondary Afternoon School was inadvertently omitted in. the list of passes of the General certificate of Education examination published in the Straits Times today^
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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    The Straits Times Thursday. March 16, 1961. Passing The Cambridge
    582 6 The Straits Times Thursday. March 16, 1961. Passing The Cambridge Two-thirds of the school certificate examination candidates in Singapore passed this year, an immense improvement on the results of the year before, when no more than forty per cent of the entrants for the "Cambridge" made the grade. It will
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    Angola Prelude
    396 6 Portugal reacted in the worst possible way to the resolution tabled by Liberia, Ceylon and the United Arab Republic, that the Security Council should appoint a sublommittee to inquire into charges that have been made 1 following riots in Angola. Mind your own business" I does not sound
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    Stable Service
    246 6 Mr. Quinlivan. who is responsible under the Colombo Plan for training Asian civil servants who go to Australia to learn public administration, pins down a vital problem when he speaks of the desirability of stabilising government service. The volatility of the service, with its scope for moving personnel
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      CASE FOR KEEPING CHINA OUT OF THE U.N.
      479 6 REGARDING your leader 1X on China and the U.N. ont cheer is all you are likely to get. I do not concur with your observation that the exclusion of Red China from the world organisation makes no sense. Neither will the majority
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      75 6 0 HK did not Minest that President Kennedy should try a policy of appeasement, which we arree would be diamxtrous. But he should withdraw American opposition to the •eating of Communist China in the United Nations. This would not commit America, or anyone else, to a surrender to Peking's claims
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    GHANA 1961: Is it going Communist? Fascist? Then in what direction?
    1234 6 GHANA 1961: Is it going Communist? Fascist? Then in what direction? WEST AFRICA re- visited A London Times correspondent finds a striking contrast to Nigeria ACCRA. Wednesday. IS GHANA going Communist? I must confess that, in spite of much evidence reaching London which seemed to point that way, I have
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    NEW AIR SERVICE TO KOTA BHARU
    130 7 NEW AIR SERVICE TO KOTA BHARU KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. j Malayan Airways are to introduce direct air services between here and Kcta Bharu on March 26. The new flight will cost $33 (single) and take 90 minutes. The present flight, via Penang, costs $88 and takes 2\ hours The service
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    Poly students robbed
    49 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Two Singapore Polytechnic :,tudents. living at the Asian Seamen's Club in South Quay had their watches, a fountain per. and $100 in cash stolen yesterday. Chung Chow Yee and roommate. Soh Cheng Poh. wokei up to find that their bedside locker had been stolen.
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    New post
    39 7 MUAR. Wed Mr. Hoo Ah Kow. registrar of the Sessions Court here. wiU go on transfer to Johore Bahru in the same capacity on April 1. Inche Hussein bin Taib from Kuala i Trengganu will succeed him.
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    TOP STATE HONOUR FOR PENANG BOY
    141 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. COLOMBO Plan student. Khoo 300 Keat. of Burmah Road. Penang. has gained the highest pass in Queensland. Australia, for first-year medicine. His classmate. Ong Eng San. of Hargreaves Road. Penang. also did particularly well In the same examination. A statement from
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    Crack down on noisy scooters
    76 7 IPOH. Wed. Police last night cracked down on youths who prowled the streets riding noisy motor scooters. Five riders were rounded up by the crew of radio patrol c.irs for makinu excessive noise with their machines. A sixth was picked up by the traffic police.
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    'Very favourable for trade5
    495 7 'Very favourable for trade 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday 1960 CONDITIONS LOOK LIKE CONTINUING, BARRING A MAJOR U.S. RECESSION: ALLEN HTHE very favourable trading conditions which prevailed in the Federation throughout 1960 looked like continuing right through this year, barring a major recession in the United States, Mr. F. G. H.
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    Replanting scheme: What's its future?
    209 7 Replanting scheme: What's its future? KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Government today appointed a Joint working party of Government officials and representatives of the rubber industry to consider the future of the rubber replanting scheme, which ends next year. The review committe& will work under the chairmanship of the Controller of
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    JOHORE TO OPEN 19,000 ACRES FOR RUBBER
    202 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday. THE Johore Land Development Board is to open L up 19,000 acres of Jungle land for 1,700 families this year under the second five-year plan. f Announcing this today, the executive secretary of the board, Inche Rahman bin Ahmad, said
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    Traderrouts hold-up gang
    83 7 Trader routs hold-up gang A LOR STAR, Wed.— A trader. Oulam Yassln, last night routed three armed and masked men who tried to rob him at the li mile. Aver Merah Road, in Kullm district. Oulam was walking home alone when a stranger stopped him. The man demand* ed money
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    Nanyang calls big meeting
    60 7 BINOAPORE. Wed. The Nanyang University Council is calling a pan-Malayan uelegates' conference on March 29, to discuss "the formation of a new university council and the future development of the university." The council chairman, Mr. Tan Lark Bye. In a letter today, asked the regional committees
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    Scout chairman
    30 7 KUANTAN. Wed. Capt. Bernard Preedy, a teacher of the Sultan Abu Bakar School here, has been elected chairman of the Kuantan District Boy Scouts Association for this year.
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    Thieves get $10,000
    31 7 SINGAPORE, Wed.—Thieves broke into an outboard motor firm, Yong Lee Trading Co., in Jalan Sultan here this morning and got away with about $10,000 In cash and property.
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    38 7 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister Jor Education. Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, will address the 12th annual meeting of the Family Planning Association, to be held on March 27 at 5.15 p.m. at the YWCA hall. Collyer Quay.
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    One chamber of commerce study
    150 7 IPOH, Wednesday fHE Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce today appointed a sub-committee to study the possibilities of forming a unified chamber of commerce, representing all communities in th« State. This followed a letter from the Federation Chinese Chamber of Commerce urging the P.C.C.C. to consider
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    187 7 SINGAPORE, Wed— ln sackcloth, a black-garbed Mrs. Felice Leon-Boh, president of the Singapore Congress, today mourned the "death of democracy in the state of Singapore." For her, democracy "died" on Saturday when the elections returning officer disqualified her nomination because her name was not- on the
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    'GO-SLOW ENDS: TALKS TO OPEN
    206 7 'GO-SLOW ENDS: TALKS TO OPEN SINGAPORE. Wed. The work-to-rule campaign started by employees of the Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corporation here yesterday in connection with their -age claims was called off today. The bank, In a sian»m*»nt today denying It had relUM*i to negotiate with the vmiro on the wage claims, said:
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    Murder at SHB alleged
    56 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Hussaln bin Jabbar. 19. wa* charged In the Ninth Mapi. trate's Court today with tht murder of a labourer, Samsudln bin Jamala, 34, at th» Singapore Harbour Board quarters. Blair Plain, yesterday. No plea was recorded. Hussain was remanded In custody until March 22
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      619 8 Planning depends on mother FESTIVAL comes and it is a time of rejoicing for both young and old. It is no different for Hari Rays Puasa which falls this week. The key person or the woman behind-the-scene is the mother or housewife who is mainly responsible for
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      394 8 AN important day for the Irish community is St. Patrick's Day which is celebrated tomorrow. It is accepted as their national festival. About 200 members of St. Patrick's Society In Singapore will honour the day with a get-together night at the Sea
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      228 8  - Success story of three blonde girls CATHERINA NG by JUST what makes three tall, blonde triplets who look perfectly alike, tick? Back came the answer from spokesman Eadie, "Because we are different!' The answer flabbergasted me. because the Del Rubio triplets. Milly. Elena and Eadie. who will make their first
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    METAL PRICE SURPRISE: RISE SMALLER THAN EXPECTEE
    858 10 By Our Market Correspondent 'J'HE tin price in Singapore yesterday came as something of a surprise, a rise of only $1.37]- to $408.67! per picul being registered. The local rise did not follow anything like to the same extent the London' overnight rise
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    RUBBER PRICES
    223 10 A PRIL first grade rubber buy- ers f.o-b. closed in Singapore yesteraay at 87* cents pei ib up a quarter of a cent on Tuesday's dosing price. Tne lone was quiet. S.C.CJt.A. CLOSING PRICES in cents per Ib.. yesterday were: La 1 R.S.S Spot l o.b- buyers Bti
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    153 10 fHE Chinese Produce Exchange, x Slnjtapor«. noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: Quiet: UK/Coniinent March/April shipment* $27., buyers, $27 sellers. Coconut oil: Quiet: bulk Hl'i sellers, drum $45 sellers. Pepper: Quiet; no business was reported done. Mun:ok white $192 4. Sarawak $187'». special Sarawak black $147',, garbled
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    CLOSING PRICES
    36 10 SINGAPORE Mar. 15. RI'BBER: 87! cenUi per Ib. (up a quarter of a cent). 5 p.m. close: X7, cents (steady). TIN: $408,621 per picul (up $1,371). Estimated unofficial offering 260 tons (up 20 tons).
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    154 10 SHIP* lying alongMcle the Sin- 1 t.ipori- Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Straat Magelhaen 1 '2. Monmouthshire 4 5. Imenna 6A. Cannanore 6/7. Menelaus B '9. Presideni 1 Coolidge 10/11. Eumaeus 13 14. Flonan Ceynowa 15/16. Seiko Maru 18. Shigeshima Maru 19. Pulau Kidiann N. Wall
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    769 10 DUSINESS In the trading room on me Singapore sec;;on of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday was: lnrtu»tfi«l»: Kit/patrick* II Tl unit H M (iimmon $2 ?O; Jxrknon i«i $1.07 and SI "<: M Omrai RJUt x<l ici: M Box OJB OL. $?3T: Stf»m*r» T» crntt: S Tradtri
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: March IS March 14 Industrials: 150.97 150.41 Tim: ML4J 23!>.73 S Rubber*: 248.52 246-96 Jan. 1 1958=100
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    78 10 THE Federation Minister of Finance has fixed these price* for calculating Costoms duties for the week beginning on March 16. Rubber 84-\ cents a IbCopra 5440 a tonCoconut oil $739 a ton. Pulrn oil $649.50 a ton. Palm kernels $366.25 a ton. The rates of duties payable are:
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    115 10 MELBOURNE, Wed. INVESTMENT shares maintain ed a steaay lone here toaai Colonial Sugar easeu 30s. i £78 and Counaulds dropped 9c to 11s. Base metals and lie oils re mained firm, wnlle Common wealth Bonds tradeo. along stead lines. Con Zinc 17 S M- M 59 9 N.B.H.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    121 10 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made these changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100 1: New York: buying airmail T.T 32 T i, O.D. 33. 90 d/St 33* credit bills. 33 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 1 O.D. 32",. 90 d st
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    9 10 Amal Ruhbrr produced 868.500 Ib. in .February.
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      766 11 NOTICES NEGKi SEMBILAN STATE SCHOLARSHIP FUND Applications for scholarship* me invued from Nepil Sembllan Malay and Non-Malay Nationals wno are holders of the Higher School Certificate or its equivalent for courses tenable at the University of Malaya. Forms of application and all particulars may be obtained fiom tne Secretary tv
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      913 11 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 4«~ c DEBENTIRE STOCK 1913/63 -B*. SINGAPORE Ml NKIPAL 3 ,'c DEBEXTI RE STOCK iiiji bi-;i. SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL f c DEBENTIRE STOCK 1964/65-77. NOTICE is hereby given that the Trailer Books of tiie above Stocks will be closed from 18J) to 31st Marcn. 1961, bom uays
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      664 11 NOTICES THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE Members are hereby advised, thai tne A.A.S. Radio Road Ser- vice will CLOSE DOWN liom 1130 p.m. Merch 17th to 7.30 a.m. March 19th for Hari Raya j Puasa. By Order of the Committee, j IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA
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      840 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND BOARD invites applications for the post of Malay Translator from male or female Federal Citizens. Applicants should nave passed Senior Cambridge with credit in English and have passed standard 4 in Malay. Salary will be in the scale $205 by annual increments of $15
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      844 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS I UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA SINGAPORE LIBRARY ASSISTANT/ ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN i Applications are invited from University graduates for appointBMBst as Library AsMstam/As- sis: am Librarian. A degree iv Cninese Language and Literature or in Science is prele.red and U is (lesnable. but not essential, to i have professional library
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      963 11 iContinurd from Page 6| SITUATIONS VACANT 2u Here's Si (Min.)—B»x it clt. extra BOX AIO4S S.T. K.L. Position filled. Applicants thanked. REQUIRED FEMALE Typist -Clerk European Firm, apply Box A 5411 S.T.. Spore. ALL APPLICANTS to Box A 5061 B.T. are thanked and are Informed that the posts of bookkeepers
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      701 11 EDUCATION 29 W»r4t Si (Hin.>— Box it turn, extrm MINERVA COLLEGE offers eacsslent poatal tuition for Senior. Federation Certificate. Qualifying Test. LkC.U. rxaminatlon etc Success guaranteed. 1960 results a record. Over 1500 successes) sines 195 A. Special courses lor Malay ny Jaffar All, English by Prof. Dsvles Vrtt prospectus P.O.
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    Malaya's social problems 'not bad'
    204 12 Malaya's social problems 'not bad' KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —A United Nations social welfare expert said here today that the social problems in Malaya were not as bad as those in some other Asian count'. ies "Malaya Is a pleasant country a very fortunate and blessed country," Miss M.E. Moscrop told
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    $100 REWARD FOR BOY HERO WHO WAS INJURED
    106 12 $1 00 REWARD FOR BOY HERO WHO WAS INJURED ALOR STAR. \\><l. schoolboy. Zainal Abiclin bin Hashim, M, who was in.jurrd while helping to fijtht a lire at Simpang Ainpat. Pcrlis. ha* receivid a SlOO reward for his heroism. The reward was paid by Pcrlis State Assemblyman, Mr. Por Swec
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    Councils bill
    40 12 IPOH. Wed. A special bi seeking authority to exten the life of town councils tl the eve of the coming elec tions la expected to be intrc duced at the next meetln of the House of Represents tires
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    346 12 PENANG SISTERS GET SEVEN DISTINCTIONS (AND A CREDIT) IN THE SAME SUBJECTS PENANG, Wednesday HPWO pretty twin sisters who played and studied together throughout their school careers obtained seven- distinctions each all inthe same subjects in the Cambridge School Certificate examination last December. Born 18 years ago.
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    Scholarships expenditure
    59 12 PENANG. Wed.— The mayor, Mr. Ooi Thiam Slew, will ask the Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee, at the next State Assembly meeting on March 29. to clarify how much the State Government had spent on scholarships in 1959. Mr. 00l also wants to know the total budgeted
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    Now for 30 cents—a Q. and A. to functions of a court
    189 12 Now for 30 cents a Q. and A. to functions of a court SINGAPORE. Wed. A booklet which explains in simple terms how the Industrial Arbitration Court works is now on sale here! Published by the registry of the court, the booklet is called "The Industrial Arbitration Court, its Function
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    WOMAN FIGHTS OFF NIGHT INTRUDER
    123 12 ALOR STAR, Wednesday. A WOMAN fought off a midnight intruder who dragged her out of her house in Kampong Telok Durian in Baling last night. Sitl Mlnah. 22. reported to police that an unknown man entered her home and forced her out. While he was
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    5 accused of rioting
    60 12 BFNTONG. Wed- Five youths from Karak. near here, were allowed bail yesterday after they pleaded not guilty to a joint charge of rioting. A! Nam. 26. Ylm Chee Wah. 24. Auk Tens Hock. 18. Yong Ylan Slong 22. and Pon Tek Man. 22. of Karak, were
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    Alliance sweep
    41 12 MUAR. Wed. Three Alliance candidates, Mr. Yong Mud Chuan. Mr. Khaw Yong Piau, and Mr. Yap Chin Yien. were returned unopposed when nominations fcr the Gresik local council election closed at noon yesterday. They will each serve two years
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    Hanged himself
    32 12 SINGAPORE. Wed. The assistant coroner, Mr. Loke Slew Hoong, today recorded a suicide verdict on a seaman. Lang King Tee. 58, of Tras Street, who hanged himself on Jan. 4.
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    Shopper is attacked
    63 12 IPOH. Wed.— Loh Kow. 22. was assaulted by four youths In Anderson Road near the Capitol' Cinema today while on a shopping visit to luoh from his hometown. Tronoh. The youths first approached him and asked him to i which gang he belonged, i When Loh said
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    $1,000 jobs for right men
    159 12 I I i— KUALA LUMPUR, W«d. ]~1 THE Federal Land Development Authority has $1.000-a--month Jobs tor as many capable men as it can find. Applicants need not be college or university graduates, but they must have experience at least 10 years of it. Their appointment
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    Jobs: Dwindling demand for white-collar men
    301 12 Jobs: Dwindling demand for white-collar men KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. HHHE brightest prospects for work for the thousands of boys and girls in Malaya who have just passed the senior Cambridge examination are in education and "new fields" definitely not in the white-collar area. This Is the opinion prevailing in Kuala
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    Ignition keys: A warning
    30 12 BUTTERWORTH. Wed .4 police spokesman here today warned motorists not to leave Ignition keys in th3ir cars. "Four vehicles were reDorted lost last montli." he said.
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    ACCUSED MAN HITS USHER WITH PACKET OF DIRT
    127 12 SINGAPORE, Wed. Seah •3 Peng Soon, who threw a plastic packet containing dirt at the staff of the i ninth magistrate's court here this morning, was reI manded in the Woodbritige 1 Hospital for observation ■Seah, who appeared on a cheating charge,
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    20 'queens' to seek Miss Malaya title and trip to U.S.
    184 12 20 'queens' to seek Miss Malaya title and trip to U.S. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A Miss Malaya contest is to be held this year f he winner of which will go to the United States to compete for the Miss International Beauty title. Twenty towns will elect their own beauty
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    Misadventure
    52 12 SINGAPORE. Wed —A verdict of death by misadventure I was today recorded by the (State coroner. Mr. Sathi V. Kandlah. on a housewife. Ton Hay. 54 of Sembawang Road, who died shortly after .she wa.s knocked down by a car In Sembawang Road on th« night of Dec. 5
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    Why the secrecy, BAM?
    618 13  -  NORMAN SIEBEL PLAYERS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ANSWER CHARGES OF MISBEHAVIOUR SPORTSFRONT BY NEXT MEETING MAY BRING A CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP THE Badminton Association of Malaya standing committee cannot claim to have acted in the most upstanding manner over the alleged misbehaviour of the
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    Seven new clubs join SBA
    146 13 Seven new clubs join SBA I SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Badminton Association made a profit of $709.55 last year, .states treasurer Kiang Keng Boon in hl.s financial report to the annual meeting to be held at the Singapore Badminton I Stadium on Mar. 25. The annual report of the secretary.
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    PAFA to hold state trial
    77 13 i IPOH. Wed The Perak Amateur F.A. selectors will name "!3 players tomorrow lor a trial match to be played on the padang here on Monday. After the trial, a team will b» picked for Intensive training in preparation for the State's first FAM Cup
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    Lock icon Benaud: Greatest team...
    116 13 I AUNCESTON. Wed. Richie Benaud. Australia s Test caotain. hopes to weld the cricket side to tour England this year into "the greatest team ?ver to leave Australia Hp said this yesterday when he arrived here with the tour team. i They will play two matches in
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    Gold Dragon looks ready to run well at Penang meeting
    272 13 DANIELS IN LEAD PENANG. Wednesday. /^OLD DRAGON, a five-year-old by Honey way, 1 who has shown promise in his earlier races, looks ready to run well at the meeting starting here on Sunday. Gold Dragon showed vast improvement when he
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    TEN-TO-FOLLOW Free Mist ; best on : good track
    197 13 TEN-TO-FOLLOW Free Mist best on good track EPSOM Jeeps ten-to-foUow at Penang are: GOLD DRAGU.N Showed promising form when second to Exhibitor II over 7f at Ipoh; has Improved since. WEEBO: Made an impressive debut at Buklt Titnah; second to Ace Admiral over 6f, carrying top weight of 9.0. CHICKEN
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    1 Net practice
    34 13 I SINGAPORE. Wed. The Malayan Cricket Association President's XI to meet the visiting MCC team here on Friday will practise at the nets on the padang her* tomorrow at 4.32 p.m.
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    Referee picked
    30 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. John Ferguson, a FIFA-registered soccer referee, hns been selected to travel with the Singapore Youth team to Bangkok for the Junior Asian Cup tournament next month.
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    BAKAR TO TRY AGAIN
    177 13 BAKAR TO TRY AGAIN HE WILL TRAIN WITH CUP SQUAD j FROM MONDAY OINGAPORE. Wed. Awang Bakar, 26,; former Singapore star soccer centre-iorward.' is making another attempt at a 'comeback" this year. Bakar has been given permission to Join the Singapore team in training His name will not appear in
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    S'pore team to get 'pep talk' before Cup Final
    319 13  - S'pore team to get 'pep talk' before Cup Final TEOH ENG TATT 2L Sing?nore, Wei. SINGAPORE Chinese, the :»ICFA Cup holders, are all set for their clash with Selangor Chinese in this year's final at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday (kickoff 7 p.m.) Although Singapore are quietly confident of victory,
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    Lock icon Denmark sweep
    38 13 LONDON. Wod.— Denmark beat England 9-0 in the European zone final of the Thomas Cup badminton competition at Sotithend yesterday. Denmark will meet tha) United States in the lnter-zoi* matches in Jakarta in June. Reuter U.P.I.
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    Flag day
    24 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore AAA will hole: a flag day to raise funds for an athletic* meet In aid of under-prevtleged children.
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      32 13 bth ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL MANILA, MARCH 7-11, 1961 congratulations from Kodak (Malaya) Ltd. to SHAW CATHAY BROTHERS ORGANISATION MALAYAN FILM UNIT on winning awards ALL PRIZE-WINNING ENTRIES WERE TAKEN ON KODAK FILM
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      209 13 SOCCER MIN'IANDY Cl'P FINAL (Raub): Raub Indians (holders) 1 (M. K. Panyi Frasers Hill Indians l i Stephen). PENANG LEAQI'E: Div. 2 Chinese RC 1 ißeng Swee) Buttenvorth Rangers 1 (Paramasivami; DIV. S Tamil Youth Bell b (Chandra 2. Muruglah 2. Palani) Ramblers C 2 (Ah Soo. Moh Seng). FRIENDLY
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