The Straits Times, 4 May 1961

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    25 1 NATIONAL UUVSf, SINCAPOU,*. \vin\(,r: daily <i him ni» saif i\< i ids 510.000 The Straits Times fie**** Estd. 1845 THURSDAY. MAY 4, 1961 15 CENTS.
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    LAOS CEASE-FIRE
    281 1 CALL FOR JOINT STORE-U.S. TRADE VENTURE— See page 14 Pathet Lao radio: Keep to your positions —except for one town in South VIENTIANE, Wednesday PATHET LAO rebels broadcast a national cease-fire call this morning but right-wing Government sources claimed a small town in the south was being attacked
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    Letters of despair-then death provided release
    414 1 'LIFE UNBEARABLE, WROTE SERGEANT'S WIFE: 7 FEEL I'M LIVING IN HELL' SINGAPORE, Wednesday. A SINGAPORE woman found' dead in #isfilled room al her homo in Swtndon, England, yesterday had written ".pathetic" letters home, relatives said today. The woman. Mrs. Emma Cooke. 35 < iormerly
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    Lock icon Cyprus swears in own army
    61 1 NICOSIA. Wed— Tlie Cyp- i rus R< public Army today swore in iis first batch of re- emits 51 Greek Cypriots and 33 Turkisn Cypriots. Agreement under which the Cyprus Republic was established provide for a Cypriot army of 2.000 men in the ratio of
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    Lock icon Back to work
    39 1 LONDON". Wed. A mass I meeting of 8.000 London dock 1 workers, voted today to re- turn to work tomorrow morning thus ending a 10-day-old I strike that has crippled I operations in the port. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Bodies of 24 Ghana soldiers found
    146 1 Bodies of 24 Ghana soldiers found LEOPOLDVILI.E. Wed. A high U.N. source said today that the bodies of 24 Ghanaian soldiers have been found in the river at Port Francgui. 1 'her i- were indications they were shot after being taken prisoner. Some had been beheaded. rhc new bodies were
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    Lock icon Police jeeps stoned
    56 1 TEHERAN. Wed. University students attacked police jeeps with stones today in a second day of demonstrations in Mipport of then striking teachers J Several arrests were re-, ported alter about 2.000 tic monstrator.s smashed |c -|H windows and surged agai/.-t policemen using batons an I 1 rifle
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    Jordan's Queen-to-be went to school in Kuala Lumpur
    181 1 Jordan's Queen -to-be went to school in Kuala Lumpur From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Wed 4 FORMER Malayan J\ schoolgirl will become Cviieen oi Jordan when 20--year-old Toni Gardiner, daughter of Col. W.P. Oardiner, marries King Huseein within the next two months. Tonis father rejoined the British Army in 1952 and
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    42 years
    675 1 Ex-Korea war prisoner receives longest sentence in memory LONDON. Wednesday. FORMER British Vice-Consul in Seoul who became a Communist while a prisoner of Hie North Koreans during the Korean war. was sentenced to a total of 42 years' jail today, after admitting spying lor Russia lor nine years.
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    Lock icon Invasion chief captured
    64 1 Invasion chief captured KEY WEST i Florida i. Wed. —Captain Manuel Artimr. leader of the abortive invasion of Cuba two weeks ag<>. was captured today. Radio Havana announced. Artimi- had been hiding in the swamps of the Bay of Cochinos waiting for a chance tv f!*e to the U.S.. the
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    Towkay's murder: 7 held in raids
    158 1 Towkay's murder: 7 held in raids SINGAPORE, Wed. Seven men ha v c been held for questioning by police in connection with the killing yesterday of a rubber merchant. Mr. Tan Tien Cheng, at Braddcll Hoisrhts. Mr. Tan. manager ol Khoo-i Ouan Company, a rubber import and expurt linn in
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    LATEST LAOS TRUCE TEAM
    22 1 LATEST LAOS TRUCE TEAM or i u\.v WcC t udiiii External Iffairs Unisl [|<i\«.iril < aid todaj riu < iimiiii-Mnn i in Laos.— Beafe
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    Musical repeat
    28 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— A repeat music performance by Miss T.K.B. Komathy Jeyam and her party will be held on Saturday at the Kampong Pandan Tamil School.
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    SULTAN TO CALL AT KUALA KUBU
    73 2 SULTAN TO CALL AT KUALA KUBU KUALA KUBU. Wed. The Sultan of Selangor will visit this district next Friday (May 12) on his way to Fraser's Hill for a holiday. At noon he will pray at the district mosque. After lunch he will visit the District Office. In the evening
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    Royal birthday holidays
    44 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The state government announced today that June 28 and 29 will be public holidays to mark the installation and birthday of the Sultan of Selangor. An earlier notification of a public holiday on May 13 has been cancelled
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    Agreement to smelt Indonesian ore in Malaya to continue: Sir Ewen
    541 2 Agreement to smelt Indonesian ore in Malaya to continue: Sir Ewen SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THE agreement between the Straits Trading Co. Ltd. and the Indonesian Government for the smelting of Indonesian ore in Malaya is to continue. The chairman of the Straits Trading Co.. Sir Ewen Fergusson, told the annual meeting
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    $800,000 ROW: CALVERT REPLIES
    237 2 $800,000 ROW: CALVERT REPLIES SINGAPORE. Wed. American actor manager John Calvert when told today of a warrant issued in Sydney for his arrest for the alleged theft of a film valued at A£loo,ooo. said here: "They shall not have It (the film) until I am paid for nine months of
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    Fair planned
    17 2 KAJANG. Wed.-A two-day fun fair is being planned by the Kajang High School for July.
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    Trengganu praise for Minister
    204 2 KUALA TRENGGANU. Wednesday. T»HE Sultan of Trengganu today paid tribute to the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. for his contribution to improving the living standards of fishermen in the State. leaklng at the opening of heries school at Seberang r. he
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  • World news in brief...
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      SHIP SA YES 42 FROM BLAZING TANKER
      60 2 RECIFE, (Brazil). Wednesday. T<HE Brazilian tanker President Wenceslau x rescued 42 of the crew from the Frenc-h tanker Novice le Maou. which was in flames off the Brazilian coast. The Brazilian ship reported it was circling the French tanker, which was expected to
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      19 2 TOKYO: A Japanese freighter exploded at sea and sank off Nagasaki. Two crew were killed. Three others were missing.
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      16 2 CAIRO: President Nasser has accepted an invitation to visit Venezuela in the autumn. STOCKHOLM: A Com-
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      20 2 munLst Chinese troupe of dancers and musicians will tour Sweden later this month on the invitation of Swedish dance officials.
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      36 2 WASHINGTON: Representative Adam Clayton Powell. (Democrat New York) Introduced a Bill to provide 1.000 scholarships for African. Asian and Latin American youths to study in thp United States. The plan will cast $300 million a year.
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      27 2 LONDON: The Prime Minister. Mr. Macmlllan. said he did not think an amalgamation between the Ei ropean Free Trad* Association and the Commonwealth trading >ystems was practicable.
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      25 2 CAIRO: The Casablanca Conference of African nations tackled the 19--ltem protocol of their proposed charter and went Into private *es.sions to discuss "important political affairs.'
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      24 2 NEW YORK: Dr. LouU Leakey. the British anthropologist, told a cunference it was "100 per cent certain" that the human race originated in Africa.
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      22 2 WASHINGTON: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination of Mr. John S. Eveton of New York to be Ambassador to Burma.
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    3 die in tugboat tragedy
    137 2 HAMILTON: A tugboat carrying a crew of three capsized in the harbour while pulling a scrap-laden barge, drowning the three men. KARACHI: A young Pakistani geologist. Akhtar Imam, and four of his colleagues feh to their deaths in a deep ravine when a rope bridge
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    viear-long Tagore festival
    35 2 vi ear-long Tagore festival \E\\ DELHI: Mr. Nehru, the Premier, lnaugurated year-long celebrations throughout the country to mark the centenary of the birth of Dr. Rabindranath Tagore. the Nobel prizewinning poet who died in 1941.
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      185 2 m IP' I'*-/^v^1 /^v^ I Mkk Bfei i On safari with Butch Big-game hunter Derek goes on tafan in the garden whenever h* can, and Batch, the bull terrier is always alongside. His rol* varies. He may be the faithful hound or a very taire lion, but always be hero-worships
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    Lock icon The Free Angola troops liberate big land mass
    606 3 The Free Angola troops liberate big land mass TUNIS, Wednesday. FREE ANGOLA troops have liberated 6,060 square miles of the Portuguese West African colony from the dictatorship of Salazar, a leader of the Free Angola Movement, Mr. Jose Gilmore, said here last night. Mr. Gilmore, president of the Union of
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    105 hear of Red threat to Asia
    242 3 MANILA, Wed. The iT1 33 -nation conference of the Asian Peoples' A n t i Communist League began here today to draft measures to counter Communist advances in Asia, the Middle East. Africa and Europe. US. Senator Thomas Dodd told the 105 delegates
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    Lock icon SENATE GROUP GRILLS DULLES FOR FOUR HOURS ON CUBA INVASION FLOP
    116 3 SENATE GROUP GRILLS DULLES FOR FOUR HOURS ON CUBA INVASION FLOP WASHINGTON, Wed.— Mr. Allen Dulles. Director of the Central Intelligency Agency, was questioned by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesI terday about the unsuccessful landings of anti-Castro forces in Cuba. Alter the four-hour session. Senator William Fulbright. the committee
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    Lock icon LABOUR HITS AT GET OUT' DECISION
    119 3 LABOUR HITS AT GET OUT' DECISION pERTII. Wed.— Mr. F.E. Chamberlain, secretary of the Australian Labour Party, yesterday protested against a Government decision to deport Mr. Thomas Palmer, a 25-year-old British subject, because he "didn't look European." lie sent a telegram to the Immigration Minister. Mr. Alexander Bowner. declaring that
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    A $6,000 m. pledge
    324 3 A $6, 000 m. pledge WASHINGTON, Wednesday T*HE United States has conditionally promised U.S. $1,000 million in additional aid to India over the first two years for its new five-year plan, it was lesmed today. Other members of the aid-to-india consortium—Britain. West Germany. Japan —which met here last week, tentatively
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    Lock icon TSHOMBE: TORIES PLEAD
    64 3 LONDON. Wed.— More than 80 Conservative Members of Parliament have signed a motion urging the Government to press Mr. Dag Hammarsk.joeld. the I.N. Secretary-Gen-eral, to intervene to secure the release of President Tshombe of Katanga held by the Congolese authorities in Coquilhatville. I'he Katanga Government has already
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    A BID TO RESTRICT DEATH PENALTY FAILS
    265 3 A BID TO RESTRICT DEATH PENALTY FAILS LONDON. Wed. An attempt by Labour M.P.s to exclude the death penalty from the Army and Air Force Acts which cover military law for crimes other than treason tailed in the Commons last night. An amendment to the Army and Air Force Bill
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    Lock icon TEXTILE THREAT: KENNEDY TO CALL TALKS
    110 3 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The chief textile Importing and exporting nations are to be called to an Internationa] conference to seek an understanding on trade, President Kennedy said here last night. He said it was hoped the understanding would provide a basis for trade which would
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    NO CHANGE IN TIMES OF RELIGIOUS BROADCASTS
    107 4 NO CHANGE IN TIMES OF RELIGIOUS BROADCASTS SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore >lini>tcr for Culture. Mr. S. Kajaratnam, has rejected regut-Nts from Tarail-speakinu Muslim* in the State and in Ipoh to give more broadcasting time to Islamic religious programmes on the Indian Section of Radio Singapore. An official statement stressed that
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    Escape through rooftop
    403 4 COURT IS TOLD HOW YOUTHS TOOK $70 FROM TRUCK OWNER, THEN DEMANDED $500 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. A LORRY owner, Teng Kay Kuay, told a preliminary inquiry here today how he escaped from five young robbers who had taken $70 from him and demanded another $500. Teng, who was
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    New magistrate
    17 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The SingaiK>re Government has appointed Mr. Edward Pin Foo Lam as a magistrate.
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    Hurt charge
    37 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. See Kirn Llan today claimed trial to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Yeo Chin Choo with a knife at Singapore Hotel on the night of Mar. 21. He was allowed bail.
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    FIRST ASIAN NAMED FILM CENSOR CHIEF
    152 4 FIRST ASIAN NAMED FILM CENSOR CHIEF SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore's newlyappointed chairman of the Board of Film Censors, Mr. Raymon Huang Thi c n Hui (above), is the first Asian and the youngest to be appointed to this post. Indonesian born Mr. Huang, 33, was a school teacher. A former student
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    Symposium on Tagore at centenary celebration
    224 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Lshak, will inaugurate the Tagore Centenary celebrations at the National Library Theatrette, Stamford Road, at 8.30 p.m. on Sunday. Immediately following the inauguration a symposium on Tagore will be held. The highlights The speakers are
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    Free film show
    22 4 BINGAPORE, Wed. A free film show will be held at India House, 31 Orange Road, tomorrow at 5.30 p.m.
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    PRIMARY ONE REGISTRATION
    250 4 SINGAPORE. Wed pEGISTRATION for adm\ mission to Primary 1 '1962) of the four language streams will begin on May 8 and end on June 10. Registration will be carried out at 432 Government and Government-aided primary and full schools from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 2.30
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    PUAN AISHAH ON VISIT TO SATA
    183 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. Puan Noor Aishah, wife of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, today spent about one hour visiting the various departments of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association clinic atShenton Way. This was her first visit to the clinic since she became the First Lady of Singapore
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    Taxi licensing is suspended
    290 4 T SINGAPORE, Wednesday. HE licensing of new taxis in Singapore has been temporarily suspended. This was officially announced today in a statement from the Deputy Prime Minister's Office. The statement said that the suspension was the result of representations made by the Singapore Taxi Drivers' Union
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    Park opening on Saturday
    55 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will declare open the new Duxton Plain Park off Neil Road, on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. After the opening ceremony. Mr. Lee will visit Van Kit community centre, where he will give away prizes for the community
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    Fined $2,000
    33 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The fifth magistrate, Mr. N. A. D'Rozario, today fined Lim Chuan Leng. an odd-job labourer. $2,000 or four months' Jail, for assisting In carrying on a four-digit character lottery.
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      364 4 fll Bk. THE following is today's schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS BO AC: From Sydney. Darwin, Jakarta iBA 711) 1 25 a.m. from Lonaon. Rome, leneran. Delhi, Rangoon iBA 794) 1.35 p.m.; from Hongkong iBA 991) 2 p.m. QanUs: From Sydney, Darwin (.QF 777)
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    ILO plans to raise production
    213 5 ILO plans to raise production EXPERT THINKS THIS WILL BENEFIT WHOLE COUNTRY KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TNTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation experts now in Malaya are to discuss with local managements ways of increasing productivity. Speaking at a Rotary lunch here today, the chief of the ILO productivity mission, Mr. H. Whittaker. said
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    Railway delegation off to Geneva
    219 5 Railway delegation off to Geneva KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A six-man delegation led by Inche Waad bin Jamaluddin today left for Geneva to find ways and means of modernising the Malayan Railway. They will also study the possibility of making a complete change-over from steam to dlesel -powered locomotives at the
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    Specialist for pineapple research
    98 5 Specialist for pineapple research Xl ALA LIMPUB. Wed. —Dr. S.K. Dutta. 33, has joined the pineapple research station at Alor Bukit in Johore. He was recruited from the I'nited States and has done considerable work on micro-organism and genetics of plant diseases at Chicago, Colombia and New New York Universities.
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    A professor arrives
    72 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A Canadian professor of accountancy has arrived to take part in a programme to develop the teaching of accountancy and administration at the University of Malaya here. He Is Prof. Arthur Beedle, from the University of British Columbia In Vancouver. This course, which will
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    Official opening
    27 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dato Ong Yoke Lin. will officially open the Assunta Foundation Hospital In Petaling Jaya tomorrow.
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    Man's 38 years of crime
    56 5 PENANG. Wed. One more entry was made today In the record of Hashim bin Mat, 70. It was his 14th conviction in 38 years of crime. Hashim was found guilty of retaining a stolen bicycle and jailed for 12 months. The sentence Is to be
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    $25 passenger
    30 5 PONTIAN, Wed. L i m Chong Leng, 23, of Jalan Bakek, Pontian. was fined $25. or 10 days' jail, here for carrying an extra passenger in his van.
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    Welfare meeting
    27 5 PENANG. Wed.— The Ponang State Welfare Committee wih hold its monthly meeting at the Penang Youth Centre. Acheen Street, at 5.15 p.m. on May 18.
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    $100,000 scheme for Klang
    36 5 KLANG. Wed The Indian community in Klang and Port Swettenham have launched a $100,000 programme for an association building. It will Include a hostel. A total of $1,000 has already been collected.
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    Malays first for college course
    95 5 Malays first for college course KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malays will be given preference in the oi e-year preliminary course offered by the Technical College this year. Applicants, who must be Federal citizens or eligible for citizenship at the age of 18. have been Invited to fill the 25 vacancies available.
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    A HOSTESS WHO WANTED TUN'
    236 5 Took inspector's car: $25 MALACCA, Wednesday. A DANCE hostess, Tan Kirn Eng, alias Wong Kirn Eng, 19, was today fined $25 or five days' jail for taking a. police inspector's car without his consent. I said she took the car to some fun." who pleaded
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    PLEA TO FIRMS: GIVE JOBS TO EX-SERVICEMEN
    74 5 IPOH. Wed. A circular has gone out to employers and firms from the Perak Commissioner for Labour, Mr. Tan Teik Peng, asking them to "help the out-of-work ex-servicemen who once so bravely defended your life and your property during the 12-year-old Emergency." The
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    Marathon date
    20 5 TANJONG MALTA!, Wed.— Indian cyclist M. Valampuri will begin a three-day, nonstop cycling marathon on the padang tomorrow.
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    Annual meeting
    25 5 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. Wed.— The annual meeting of the MAPTB (Ulu Selangor branch) will be held at the Belfleld Club here on Friday.
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    DEATH
    26 6 in HorWi Jiff i tfißimuiH, VINCENT P. SOYZA. M, driver. Rathvgqr, paorii asuj «i inof buneral Tuesday May 2nd rum 13 I.oronu Hicks. Kuala Lumpur.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    63 6 70 *nri, Sl* (Mimmum) GOH KONG BENG. Goh Kong Chan. Bg Hong thank all fn.-nd« and for their kind expressions ri ■ynpatky and for their help rendered in their recent bereavement. MR. AND MRS. ALFRED NITTO ths nk f nrnd* end rf Ist lorn for thf if pr*?*to's od
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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  • The Straits Times
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      The Fishing Industry
      669 6 Seven million dollars for the development of the fishing industry is not all that generous, and there need be no surprise if Inche Abdul Aziz asks for more money before the second five year plan runs its term. There is considerable scope for development. Changes in the
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      Province Plans
      452 6 Many people tend to think I of Penang in terms of George- j town, the hurDour, and the I sights and beaches that are among Malaya's chief tourist attractions. All too often Province Wellesley is vaguely comprehended only as an area i through which the trunk road I
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      At Paya Lebar
      204 6 Singapore's airport development to keep up with the jet iage proceeds apace. Next week, j barely a month after the opening of the new $2 million operations block at Paya Lebar, work is to begin on extension of the runway. A thousand extra feet are to be
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    TIN: THE CHALLEN6E MALAYA FACES
    1692 6 200.000 TONS A YEAR: CAN WE MEET THAT? On the efforts of the Federation of Malaya largest of the world's tin producing countries will largely depend the successful supply cf 200,000 tons of tin, or more, a year which world consumers may be demanding within
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      EQUAL RIGHTS? WHERE ARE THE WOMEN LEADERS IN NUPW?
      120 6 THE Malayan Trades Union Congress rally on May Day unanimously approved five resolutions, a mixed bag including the condemnation of Patrice Lumumba's murderers and a demand for equal pay for women and the immediate elimination of all forms of discrimination based
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      THE SILENT UNIVERSITY
      82 6 T HEN is the registrar of trie university going to inform freshmen when to turn up for their first-year course? I have sent in the results of my medical examination and have been waiting for Information from the university since. I have been working for the past
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      A QUESTION OF EFFICIENCY
      98 6 I )N March 6 I submitted to w the office of the Registrar of Births and Deaths in Seremban an application for a duplicate of my daughter's birth certincate. I enclosed $2 as a search fee and the original certificate which was mutilated but readable. I
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      HARD-HIT BY RENT RISE
      108 6 THE proposed increases of rents of flats in Kallang airport estate are not "a little more" as the Minister for National Development implies. The increases from 525 a month to $40 for a one-room flat is a rise of 60 per cent. Is this "a little
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      TALENT WASTED
      70 6 'INHERE are Senior Cambridge and accountancy certificate holders amonit estate staff but it appears that their qualifications put them at a disadvantage for the planters and the agency houses treat them tn a step-motherly fashion. If those already in the industry with the qualifications and the experience are
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      275 6 j&fc_ so convenient! i jl. .Itl 1 Real cream billows from the |M^jf/wl can, already whipped, at the x7 ci touch of your finger. Super-delicious on J^^^^ desserts, puddings, «k JI^A cakes and pastries. flPRlU jaijj/gj tne real «h'PP ed cream that [Mifl/*wf st> y s s e n0 matter
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    Vacant— $1,000 I a month job
    203 7 Vacant $1,000 I a month job KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. 1V The Federation Government is looking for a $1000 a month man to run its newlyestablished special section in the Information Services. Originally this job was earmarked for a top Umno official but it is understood the Public Services Commission .stepped
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    'Satisfactory'
    42 7 SINGAPORE. Wed— Private Kenneth Hart. 29. who was j found unconscious under a tree at the 18th milestone Jobore Bahru-Pontian road yes- 1 terday. was reported to be In a satisfactory condition !n i the British Military Hospital here this evening
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    THOUSANDS OF COPIES OF 'LADY C SOLD IN KL
    135 7 THOUSANDS OF COPIES OF 'LADY C SOLD IN KL L'UALA LUMPUR. Wed. 1 Between 5,000 and 10.--000 copies of Penguin's unexpurgated version of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" have been sold here. A leading bookseller here, who told this to the Straits Times today, added that the books had been obtained not
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    Check on kampong incident
    383 7 TWO AIRMEN HURT —THEN 60 WENT TO 'FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED' KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. r fHE ROYAL Malayan Air Force has ordered an inquiry into an incident involving 60 of its men who went to the Malay settlement of Kampong Bahru here last night, resulting
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    4 streets to be closed
    69 7 P E N A N G. Wed.— Four streets in George Town will be closed next week until August for sewerage work, the City Council announced today Work win start In Kins? Street (between Light Street and Bishop Street) from Monday Other affected areas are
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    Hitch-hiker in search of childhood friend
    136 7 Hitch-hiker in search of childhood friend ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mohamed Farok bin Shahajan. 24, has left on a trip to try to find thr only friend he has in the world. Mohamed Farok. who has no parents or relatives, intends to hitrh-hikr and work his way to Rome or wherever
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    Fair postponed
    26 7 IPOH. Wed. The Methodist English School's food and fun fair, which was to have been held on Saturc.ay. has been postponed to May 27.
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    Special stamps to mark S'pore National Day
    121 7 CINGAPORE. Wed.— First- 1 day covers commemorat- Ing Singapore National Day. 1961 will be on sait at all post offices from May 11 to June 3.: Special four-cent and li-; cent stamps will be also on I sale Those wishing to acquire large
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    Sa'adiah (in Scotland) seeks foster daughter Zainon
    197 7 CA'ADIAH binte Deraman. wife of a British serviceman now living In Scotland, is searching for her foster daughter Zainon. 22, of Singapore with whom she has lost touch since 1956. Sa'adiah. who in 1955 married Leslie Weddell (Abu Bakar bin Abdullah) of thi-
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    Tengku will use a golden trowel at foundation day
    243 7 Tengku will use a golden trowel at foundation day $lmil. LANGUAGE BUILDING KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. r piE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will use a golden trowel to lay the foundation stone of the $1 million Language and Literature Agency building here tomorrow. Beneath the foundation stone will be placed
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    ACID CASE MAN LOSES HIS APPEAL
    133 7 ACID CASE MAN LOSES HIS APPEAL SINGAPORE. Wed. Rahmad bin Warjo, alias Kaka, 18. today failed in his appeal against an Assize Court sentence of six years' jail for being found In the company of three peoDle who threw sulphuric acid on three men in Thomson Road on Oct. 28.
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    $16,300 FOR TUN TAN STUDY FUND
    45 7 $16,300 FOR TUN TAN STUDY FUND MALACCA. Wed—Donations totalling 516.300 have been received by the Tun Tan Cheng Lock Scholarship Fund. The fund alms at a target of SIOO.OCO. The money will be used to provide scholarships for Federation students at the University of Malaya.
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    Pensioners' petition
    57 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Pan-Malayan Pensioners' Association ha-s sent a petition to the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, urging the removal of "abnormalities, inequalities and injustices" in pension schemes. The petition states: "It is clear that pensioners are suffering and that the pensions they are receiving are inadequate
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    US fleet band to give concert
    55 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The 18-piece band of the United States Seventh Fleet will give a public concert at the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens at 7 p.m. on May 9. The band will arrive aboard the USS Saint Paul at Port Swettenham on May 8
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    Dr. Franks retires
    40 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Dr. P. I Franks, senior ophthalmologist at the General Hospital here for six years, retires tomorrow. He and his wife will spend a month-long holiday with their daughter In Borneo before flying to Britain.
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    Maternity and nursing homes to be controlled
    249 7 K. LUMPUR, Wednesday JHE FEDERATION Government is drawing up legislation to control the running of maternity and nursing homes and setting minimum requirements. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Dato Ong Yoke Lin, who told the Straits Times this today, said there
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      294 7 B /YORK RSl^y ROOM AIR CONDITIONER ■rj^-^r ims you more value or your d 0" af Lois of Air Conditioners make exagV*^rJ^^T (crated claims about quietness. We mor Km make no claims, we ask >ou to lest, n yur own home, York's real m whisper-quiet operation. W Power is a
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      The pathway to beauty begins at an early stage
      576 8  -  CATHERINA NG by iiiiiin what i«ge should a girl begin to take care of her skin? When she is 12 years old, is the emphatic answer of a visiting beauty expert who is in Singa pore. Miss Dorothy Kilduif, one of
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      NEW HAIR-DO STILL SPORTS A FRINGE
      154 8 HAIRSTYLES have never been shorter or more daring. The latest line from Paris. "Audace," has the hair on the sides and the back of the head cut as short as one inch. "Audace" modelled by Gillian (right) features a high crown and a light
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      Phew! What a relief from the noisy patter of tiny feet
      256 8 Phew! What a relief from the noisy patter of tiny feet rpHE children have gone back to school. In Singapore, the familiar routine for mothers to get their little ones ready and in time is something they have got used to by now. It is my belief that the end
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      HOW TO CARE FOR THOSE KNIFE HANDLES
      170 8 "I AM afraid I have ruined 1 a set of fairly new pearl-handed dinner knives through washing up with the rest of the cutlery and dishes in the sink." writes Mrs. Julie Wong from Penang. 'The handles which were shiny and smooth "have
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      They are out to compete for gain
      122 8 They are out to compete for gain rERE is kern competition among women helpers who arr organising the various stalls at the International Bazaar in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday. lecording to Mrs. Christina Loke. one of the helpers of the Singapore Stall, each stall is trying to beat
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      310 8 STRAIGHT FROM THE FORMFIT DESIGNERS COLLECTION TO GIVE YOU 7%^Mx?rmfit d&$M/ f y /ji INCANTO M.isttr Designer Emilio Pucci has (.rafted a superb new- bra, the Incanto airy light for comfort, backless for your latest fashtons, strong for the firm control a perfect silhouette requires. Comfort, fashion and control add
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      316 8 f MvtrttmmiiU) POST BAG anxurriitfz gome of your beauty prnblema Not Oily Only suffer from spots and blackheads and yet mv skin is ,/rr. Mvjnend says that only oily skins have spots. What's J our opinion Some skins arc both dry and oily. Blemishes usually occur on the oily patches
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      299 8 Straits Times Crossword ACBOSS ing astray (8). 1. The pedlar who translated 8. Soaring two points, so bluster Homer <7). results (8). 6. A receiver of stolen goods in- 13. History teacher? (4. 6). eluding first -class glazed 15. Washes a lot in bus perhaps earthenware (T). (9). 9. A
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    Tin exports rise by 22 per cent
    201 10 Tin exports rise by 22 per cent rpiN exports from Ma- laya during the first four months of this year rose 22 per cent to 25.673 tons as the result of the lifting of production restrictions. Straits Trading Co. figures show that shipments of tin from Malaya In April totalled
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    100 10 ■THE Malayan E>ch>n K > Banks* AtioItalian made thr.«p changes In its to $100): Niw Yark: buying airmail T.T. 321, on. ttt 90 d/st 33 credit bills, 33 J trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 5/16, O D. 32 7/16. 90 d st 32' credit bills, 32
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    82 10 •yHE Krdrration Minister of 1 Finance has flxrd these prices for calculating customs duties for the week beginning on May 4. Rubber 91 s cents a Jb. < opra 5444 a ton. Coconut oil $713 a ton. Palm oil $663.35 a ton. Palm kernels $361.50 a ton. The
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    SELECTIVE BUYING IN TINS: INDUSTRIALS SHADE EASIER
    423 10 From Our Market Correspondent rpHERE was selective I buying in tins again yesterday on the Malayan Stock Exchange, the section being erratic. Main feature was Tronoh which advanced locally yesterday by 4s. after a London overnight rise of 3s. 3d. Business was done
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 10 Malayan Stock Indices: May 3 May I Industrials: 175.13 172.31 Tins: 295.89 294.19 S Rubber: 247.11 247.11 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    890 10 BUSINESS on the Malayan Stock. Exchange, Kuala I.umpur yesterday with the number of deals in brackets was: induitrlals: Fed. Dlsp. (3.000) $2.13: F. and N. onls (4.000) $2.35. $257: Gammon (1.000) $2.27: M. Cement (1 000) $2.35 xcl: S. Tlmi-s (1,000) $3.15; S. Traders (2.000) $3.«5: V.E.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    120 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. INVESTMENT shares maintained x a steady trend. Amal. Wireless gained Is. 3d. to 235. 6ci. and AusL Chemical Is. to 39s 3d Base metals and oils were steaciy. New Broken Hill gained 2s. 6d. to 625. and Santos eased Is. 3d to 10s. 9d. Commonwealth bonds
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    CLOSING PRICES!
    29 10 SINGAPORE, May 3. RUBBER: 91 cents per lb. (down 1% cents). TIN; 5426.37' 2 per picul (up 37 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 235 tons (down 5 tons;.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    13 10 Rubber outputs in April includeo Riverview 170.000 lb Nyalas 33.000 lb.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    213 10 %jt AY lirst grade rubber buyrra i.o.b. cloned In Singapore yesterday at t»1 centa per lb. down U i-ents on Turaday'a closing price. The ton^ wan quiet. I.C.C.R.A. closing prices in cent* prr lb. yesterday wert: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 90t. sellers 91 (N)Int. 1 R.S.S.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    199 10 THE Chlntti Prsduct Cicharmt, Bin--1 capan. noon prim p <r p.cul y«tttrdiy mm: C«p»«: qul«t KtMdy UK/Continent April shipment $27| buyer*, $2S iwllam C»c«mrt til: quiet: bulk 141 Mil■a, dram |44a wllrm: •>•»•»: quiet: no buslDrss wa» reported done. Muntok whltr $I«7|. Sarawak white Jits. Barmwak special black
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      274 10 BARBER-FERN VILLE LINES ANNOUNCE THE DIRECT SAILING TO U.S. GULF PORTS (via SUEZ) m.s. MANDEVILLE" LOADING AT SINGAPORE Bth.— l2th. May FOR MOBILE NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON CHARLESTON SAVANNAH TRANSIT TIME 36 DAYS HARRISONS CROSFIELO (S) LTD. TEL: ***** WESTBOUND t'.'nPE SERVICE S'pirr r. Dim cmi--SABRINJk ..11/11 May 1] Mi- 11
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      164 10 NOTICE NOTICE The public Is hereby Informed that Mr. Ng Teck Poh ls no longer employed by Chin Ho and Co. (Malaya i Ltd. and has no authority to transact business or to collect monies on behalf of the company He left the company on 30.4.61. SHIPPING NOTICES SWEDISH EAST
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      1862 10 THE STRAITS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED Chairman Reports Best Year in the Company's History At the Annual General Meeting do not see other than reduced emOt' the Straits Trading Company ployment of labour in Penang and Limited in Singapore on May 3, Province Wellesley il. as a result, 1961. the Chairman.
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      517 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT j TOTALISATOR BOARD TRAINrr: "TUT *PPLJCATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens under 30 j years of age for appointment v trainee ennineers. Two vacancies exist and successful applicants will be expected to serve a probation- ary period of 3 months during which an all-in salary of $350 per
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      242 11 NOTICES DISTRICT COLRT SALE Will of Seizuie-& Saie Nus. 192/194 Of 1!-61. IN THE CAUSE OF Phua Ting How St 9 Oih«ri> Labourers. Versus I Jong Joo Hong Bakery Employer. AUCTION SALE OF One "Morris" Commercial Van 5G.1054. electric flour mixer. bread moulds, freezer, iron safe, i writing iable. showcase,
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      518 11 NOTICES NOTICE This is to inform the public thai our Sales Promoter. Mr. Robert Y. K. Moe nas left oui j employment on lus own accord at from Ist May, 1961, and he is hereafter not auinoilsea to make any transaction or io act on behalf of our company. FEDERAL
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      957 11 I Continued from Page 6 1 SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Word* Si (Min.)— Box it ctt. extra "SOX AS«S3 S.T. Position filled. Applicant* thanked POST AOVERTIStO undrr Box AOTi'l ST. Blled. All applicants thankrd. WANTED: Cook Boy Amah. Able to ftpcak tDKli.ih Telephone 6702S or call at IT, Kenrcva Road. Spore.
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      1114 11 SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Wordt Si (Mm.) Box it ctt. extra I ENGINEER REQUIRED ny large Commercial Company operating In Singapore and Malaya. RecoKnised engineering qualification essential. An important progressive post for tne right man. Box ABOll S.T. Spore. REQUIRED by progressive Company (1) Secretarial assistant must have experience in handling
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      922 11 HOUSES I LAND FOR SALE 2t Wordt SS (Min.)— Box tt ctt. extra ROBIN ROAD, off Stevens Road. I M.S. available large road front, 37.400 sq.ft. Apply P.O. Box 546. Spore. ULTRA-MODERN Flat "Bel-Air" 1-C Hollywood apartment. Oxley Rise i —Price reasonable. Apply P.O. Box 2909. Singapore. MUST BE SOLD!!
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      1109 11 EDUCATION 21 Word, Si »fin.)— Box it ct: extra MORNINC EVENING SESSIONS. Mornings:— Prr-Semor Knglish Language, mathematics. Beginners Bookkeeping. Accountancy: ASA Btage One. Kvenings: Beginners Economics, LCC Book-keeping, Accounting: ABA Stage One /CCS 'CIS/ At A Courses; English Languages for OT/O8C: mathematics. Private Secretary's Course Academy of Accountancy A Secretaryship.
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      943 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE 10 Wordt Si (Min.)-Bax it ctt. exlrm LATE IS6O M MINOR 1000, 195t Flat 1100, Hlllman, 1»58 Volkswagen. ORekord. Flat 1100. M.0.A., I<>i7 Klat 1100. 1956 O Kapltan. IBM Pontlac. Chop Kar Lee. 106 Bcncooleß Street. Spore Tel. *****. IMS RILBV 1.5 Litre. Engine recently reconditioned. Reupholstered
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    125 12 Spinks loses title to Welshman f ONDON, Wed. Howard Winstone of Wales won the British featherweight boxing title at Wembley last night when he beat the holder, Terry Spinks, who retired at the end of the tenth round of a 15-round contest. Winstone, 22. a former British Empire Games champion,
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    Grass track motor meet
    51 12 IPOH, Wed. The RoyaJ Perak Motor Club is organising an invitation grass track meeting for motor-cycles and cars at Kuala Kangsar on Tuesday, May 16. Entries close on Sunday. Proceeds from the sale of programmes will go to the Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society. Perak
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    GAUNT BOWLS AUST INTO WINNING POSITION BUT...
    754 12  -  JACK FINGLETON From I, London, Wednesday HEA VY RAIN CAUSES MATCH v WORCS TO BE ABANDONED AS A DRAW stewing uncomfortably overnight on the strong possibility of defeat in their first game of the tour here and the first time ever against Worcestershire,
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    188 12 FINE START BY CHAMPS LONDON, Wednesday. T<HE opening of the first class cricket programme A provided its usual winners the rain and Yorkshire. The county champions made a fine start by beating M.C.C. at Lord's here by 120 runs, but minutes after achieving victory a heavy
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      30 12 SOCCER ENGLISH LEAGUE: Dlv. 2 Brentford 2 Reading 1. FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP: Semi-final Replay (at Manchester) Aston Villa 2 Burnley 1 RUGBY LEAGUE UK MATCH: Keighley 13 Hull 2.
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      13 12 TOUR MATCH (HK): University of East tPI) bt Chinese YMCA (HK) 66-59.
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    21 12 IPOH. Wed. About 1.000 boys and girls will take part In the Anglo-Chinese School's annual cross-coun-try race here on Friday.
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    Lock icon Victory brings backing
    115 12 (^HESTER. Wed. Sovrango, unquoted at Monday nights callover, was Hacked for the Epsom Derby at 100-6 and 100-7 on tne course here yesterday alter winning the Chester Vase over one mile, four furlongs. 53 yards Sovrango. owned by Mr. Gerry Oldtiam. scored effortlessly In a field which
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    121 12 GOLFERS TOLD: TRY U.S. BALL ST. ANDREWS. Wed. Goll clubs and amateur golfers in Britain have been asked by the rules committee of the Royal and Ancient, St. Andrews, to give the larger American ball a "serious trial" this year. Mr. Gerald Micklem, chairman of the rules committee, in a
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    186 12 Baker may also join Milan I FA CONFIRMS GREAVES BAN T ONDON, Wed. Th« English F.A. have upheld the 14-day suspension imposed byChelsea on internatiQnal star Jimmy Greaves. The association announced yesterday that Greaves would miss I England's match against Mexico at Wembley on May 10. Greave>. who .shortly to
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    25 12 IPOH. Wed. The Malayan volleyball championship organised by the perak Amateur Volleyball Association will be held here over a week starting from Aug. 12.
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      169 12 ARE jMNfe YOU ijg-^1 UNLY Wi i ,f LIVING I L j| HALF Hfe M I irr M Llrt A Wf So many people waste half their days. By the time work is over they have no strength to enjoy their hours together. They are only living half a life.
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      241 12 it's tost, it's accurate/ it's Burroughs! Speed, accuracy, ease of operation are yours with the Burroughs Ten Key Electric Adding-Subtracting Machine. Built by exporienced Burroughs craftsmen and backed by Burroughs guarantee, the compact, durable Ten Key is precision-engineered for yean of efficient, dependable service. Sec and try the smartly styled
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    Arina Gold in top form
    206 13 NAKORN NAI IS ALSO SHAPING UP FOR A WIN AT PENANG ON THE TRACK with Epsom Jeep PENANG, Wednesday. A KIN A GOLD did a winning gallop at Pen- > ang this morning when she went smartly over 3f in 38 2/5. Merv Posner had
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    Mellow Moon heads list
    294 13 rPSOM JEEPS ten horses to follow at the Penang Turf Club's summer meeting which begins on Sunday, are: Mellow Moon: Showed smart early pace In her first outing at Bukit Timah last month when she led up to the final furlong in a 6f race with
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    Perak offer higher stakes
    88 13 PENANG, Wed. With ofl-the-course betting fringing in more revenue, turf clubs in the Federation are likely to offer higher stakes. The Perak Turf Club has started the ball rolling by increasing stake money all round at the Derby Meeting next month. The value of each race
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    Rest for Benaud
    23 13 LONDON. Wed Richie Bennud. the Australian cricket captain, will miss the match against Yorkshire Bt Bradford. which •tarts on Saturday.
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    Trotters trounce Recs in rough game
    283 13 Trotters trounce Recs in rough game IPOH, Wed. Perak 1 Turf Club Trotters trounced Perak Chinese Recreation Club by five goals to nil in a league div. 1 tie played on the town padang here today. The Chinese suffered further when their inside left Ah Weng was sent oil by
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    HKFA's SILENCE WORRIES SAFA
    110 13 HKFA's SILENCE WORRIES SAFA SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Amateur F.A. are worried about the continued silence of the Hong Kone F.A. over arrangements for the annual in-ter-port match for the Aw Hoe Cup scheduled to be played this month. SAFA president Soh Ghee Soon said today: "Hong Kong asked Us
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    Perak trial teams
    102 13 IPOH. Wed. The Perak Cricket Association will hold a two-day state trial on the town padang here this weekend In preparation for the inter-state League match against Penang here on May 13 and 14. The teams for the trial. lIELLINGS XI: J. D. Hftllliigs. M. Appunl. M.
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      SOCCER
      156 13 SPORE BH LEAGI'E DIV. 1: Wenrnes 2 iSalleh. Sanh Spore Glass 0. HK Bank 2 (Karlm Mo|hame<l) Chartered Bank 1 rKim Beng i; Div. I: NTS 4 i Haroun 2. James. Miswarb Metal Box 2 I i Amir Tahlr. Yoke Sani; Eveready ■A' 3 (Charlie Tan. Kirn Choon. Jeyathural)
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      TABLE TENNIS
      18 13 PERAK INTER SCHOOL! TOIRNEY (Ipoh): Sam Tet 'A" bt Yuk Choy 3-0: S«m Tet 'B bt
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      St. Michael's Inst 3-0 CRICKET
      31 13 FRIENDLY (Klang): Port RC bt ACS by 54 run*. PRC 79-7 (Bakar Sham 28 n.0.. N. Theselra 18) ACS 25 (J. Wong 10, O. RamakrUhnan 6-7).
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    Amateur star Lewis in FA —tour XI
    246 13 Amateur star Lewis in FA —tour XI ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed— One of the most extensive tours ever arranged by the F.A. of England will begin on Saturday, May 13. when a team representative of the best in both professional and amateur soccer in Britain will meet the F.A. of Malaya
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    WARNING FOR TWO SOCCER CAPTAINS
    118 13 WARNING FOR TWO SOCCER CAPTAINS PENANG, Wed.— The FA ol Penang council last night decided to reprimand two state players, Said Salleh and Zaln Rahman, for calling their teams off the field during a match Said Salleh, non-playing captain of the Tanjong Bungah Rangers "B"; entered the fldd during the
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    Shields' 3 put gunners ahead
    242 13 PENANG, Wednesday. A HAT-TRICK by inside left Shields was mainly responsible for the 34 L.A.A.'s 4 2 victory over the City Council Recreation Club in a div. 1 league soccer fixture at Minden Barracks here today. The Gunners played with better team work but too*
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    Lock icon Aussies—no play at Chesterfield
    48 13 Aussies no play at Chesterfield CHESTERFIELD. Wed. There was no play in the match due to start here today between Derbyshire and the Australian touring cricket team. The decision was taken at 1339GMT because both pitch and outfield were wet after a succession of heavy storms yesterday.— Reuter.
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    PLAYER IS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS
    251 13 PLAYER IS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS CROWD INVADES FIELD AFTER CLASH SINGAPORE Wed. jIfERCANTILE S outside- right Kassim Ashik was ■L" A knocked unconscious by a spectator as he tried to separate two players who fought during play in the S.B.H.F.A. league dlv. 1 match between Eveready, the champions, and Mercantile Bank
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    Odd goal win
    26 13 KAMPAR. Wed. Kampar Indian Association beat Young Tamilians by thre» goals to two In a senior division soccer league tie played here today.
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    S'PORE-U.S. FIRMS URGED
    473 14 SINGAPORE. Wed American mission suggests a pact guaranteeing investments THK American trade mission, which spent eight days here in March, has recommended, among other things, that Americans should set up joint ventures with local men both in the trade and economic development of Singapore. According to its
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    Rotary gift to a hospital
    49 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Rotary club of SingaporeWest will present a cheque for an anaesthetic machine to the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital, at their weekly luncheon tomorrow. It will be accepted on behalf of the Hospital by Dr. Roger Bradbury, the medical director in charge.
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    No water areas
    49 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. Water will be cut off in Reserve Road, off Prome Road, between 26. Prome Road to end of main from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and along Boon Tiong Road, back of 7 blocks of S.I.T. flats, from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow
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    MEETING TO BOOST MALAYA-U.S. TRADE
    147 14 KUALA LI.MPIR. Wed. A big meeting will be held soon in San Francisco to boost trade between Malaya and the C.S.. the Commercial Attache of the American Embassy here, Mr. Joseph A. Camelio, said today. He added that this meeting would be attended by top
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    381 14 LONDON. Wed— There more comident feeling in London stock markets today with a revival of buying interest and a res.sat ion of the recent selling. Sentiment w.i., helped by hopes of a settlement to the London dock strike which became a fact (taring the afternoon,
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    RUBBER
    34 14 LONDON. Wea— Spol 26 \d.. June 26't.u.. July-Sep; 26 ,ci.. Oct. -Dec. 26\d. Jan-Mar 26 <,ri.. April-June 26-, i;.. c.i.f. MM 26 ,d June 26 >d.. Jmy 26- d. Tone: Dull and easy.
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    TIN
    25 14 LONDON. Wea— Buyers £843. wlleis £844, Forward buyers £849. sellers £850. Settlement £842. Turnover a.m 100 ions. p.tn 35. Tone: Veiy sieauy bu" ouiei
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    Rents: Plea to Govt.
    114 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Congress at a ma* rally this evening at the Kallang airport housing estate announced that it would send a petition to the Govern- 1 ment before noon tomorrow asking the Government to "reconsider" its announced intention to rationalise rents for the 2.920
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    U.S. industrialist Kaiser dies
    46 14 OAKLAND. California. Wed. —Industrialist Henry J Kaiser Junior. 44. died last night at the Kaiser foundation hos- pltal after a long Illness. He was a member of the industrial organisation head- 1 ed by his father, Henry J. i Kaiser, Sr— UJ.I.
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    DEATH
    57 14 WEE THIAM LEONC. 7 PMMt j away pracrfully at 34-B Tiong Bahru Road, after a nhort illnc**. Xt I .10 p.m. on 3-.VSI. Irnvinc hrhlnd 1 ton. W>f Kk Kiat. 1 iMgMar, WM 1 i Oook. 1 son-in-law and .'i grandchildren. Cortecp lravr* Boon Booa Undertakers, 23 Church Street.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    105 14 MRS. C.W. CRAY Thank* all -h* friend* anl collraKur* of the latr Mr. C.W. Gray for their condolrnie*. floral tributes and help on the audden demme of her husband Mr. C.W. Gray. MRS. TERESA PAUL and children thank doctor* and staff of General I Hospital Tnngcanu and all for
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    20 14 JUST ARRIVED! Hn ranee of I beautiful KurnishinK Kahrif Pirthelm's Kurmturv Showroom an 4 choose from a large .".diction.
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT
    25 14 VFC RALLY Saturday 6th Mi» Cantonese Methodi.M Church. Queen I Street. 7.30 p.m.. Speaker Dr. Harold j Tefrene* Of World Vision. Kverybody 'Vt>cm».
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    After 20 years—she seeks those wartime heroes
    525 14 After 20 years— she seeks those wartime heroes FROM TORONTO COMES BELATED THANK YOU' SINGAPORE, Wed.— A war-time friendship between a Singapore banker and a Canadian woman is to be revived after a gulf of 20 years. This voice out of the past came in a letter to the Straits
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    Lock icon New Cabinet
    33 14 LISBON. Wed. A new reshuffle of Dr. Antonio Salazar's Portuguese Government was officially announced to- day involving the appointment of new Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Interior, Education and Corporation. Reutor
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    TORY, NOW TOURING EAST COAST, SEES SULTAN
    137 14 KUANTAN. Wed. The; British High Commis- sioner in Malaya. Sir Geofroy Tory and Lady Tory, had an' audience today with the Sul tan of Pahang at the royal capital of Pekan. 28 miles from here. They were on the first leg of their
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    Lock icon VICTIM AIDS EICHMANN TRIAL
    296 14 VICTIM AIDS EICHMANN TRIAL JERUSALEM, Wednesday. WITNESS in the Eichmann trial today identilied a boy lashed 80 times by an S.S. man in Poland during the war as the police officer helping the prosecutor with documents. Polish-born Dr. Josef Buzh- minski said another boy being whipped stabbed the Gestapo man
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    Lock icon Morton unbeaten with 113 v. Hampshire
    111 14 Morton unbeaten with 113 v. Hampshire LONDON. Weil Tea scores In today's cricket mavches: At Oxford: Lancashire 242-4 (A. Bolton 87. O. Pullar 43. J. Bon 50, K. Grieves 44 n.0.) v Oxfoid University. At Bournemouth: Worcestershire 176-7 iM. Horion 113 n.o.t v Hampshire. At Bristol: Leireswi shire 23-1 v
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    Linda appeal: 'Summing up highly coloured'
    446 14 SINGAPORE. Wed SUBMISSION lhat the summing up of a trial Judge was "highly coloured" \\;is made in the High Court here today during the appeal of a former cabaret bar supervisor, Linda Pong, against conviction and sentence of 10 years' jail for culpable homicide
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