The Straits Times, 12 May 1961

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    50 FEARED DEAD
    1340 1 SUDDEN HORROR IN THE HIGHLANDS Nine bodies recovered, Civilians and army in many are trapped joint rescue work An avalanche of earth buries 6 shophouses TAN AH RAT A, Friday. NEARLY 50 people are feared to have been killed when a whole hillside collapsed and buried a
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    Red plot in Thailand: 59 held
    86 1 Red plot in Thailand 59 held BANGKOK. Thurs. Fiftynine Communist suspects have been arrested in northeast Thailand following the discovery of a plot to seize power in the area, a Radio Thailand broadcast .-aid last night Tlv radio said that Police Chiet Major-General Pote Pekan. with a group of police
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    Lock icon Navy gets a new home at Lumut
    68 1 123 cholera deaths j CALCUTTA. Thui.- A spreading cholera outbreak on near-epidemic proportions i has taken 123 lives here in I the past three weeks, health authorities said today. The outbreak was believed caused by prolonged hot wea- j ther and casual rains
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    GOODBYE TO WOODLANDS WHEN BASE IS BUILT
    339 1 I/X'ALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Lumut on the Perak coast is to become the new home of the Royal Malayan Navy, it was announced today. Construction of a Sl3 million base there is due to begin next year. On-the-spot survey work is already underway Taking
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    Laos: Malaya ready to join talks if...
    210 1 KUALA LL'MPt'R, Thursday. THE Prime- Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said tonight thai Malaya was prepared lo join in the Laos peace talks beginning in Geneva tomorrow on one condition thai there must be v complete oessation of hostilities in the country. The Tengku
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    Spy ring: 2 detained
    34 1 DAMASCUS. Thurs. Syrian security authorities alleged today they had micovered a Turkish spy ring. An official announcement said two men were a; on May 5 Their immediate deportation was ordered.
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    LATEST
    31 1 JAPAN DEBT TALKS JH ,\>»HIXC.TON. Thurr- United State«« prcpan sotiat* on IapOMK f < inul.i H Prttfc I 1 1 pobt-war debt HMai American economic aid. State Department said day— Rcutrr.
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    Lock icon TIN PACT SILENT ON REPORTED U.S. SALE BID
    247 2 LONDON. Thursday. T^HE International Tin Council last night would A neither confirm nor deny a report from Bolivia that the council had "approved in principle an application from the U.S. Government to sell 4.000 tons of tin from its trade stocks." the
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    Lock icon AUTHOR MAILER IS PUT ON PROBATION
    108 2 AUTHOR MAILER IS PUT ON PROBATION YEW YORK. Thurs. Norman Mailer, author of "The Naked and the Dead." was placed on probation yesterday pending sentence on a charge o* having stabbed his wife after a party. He was to have been sentenced after pleading guilty to the charge, oreviously reduced
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    Lock icon Soekarno visits Brasilia
    32 2 BRASILIA. Thurs. President Soekarno of Indonesia arrived here yesterday for an unofficial visit. He was flying later to Rio de Janeiro where he plans to remain three days. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon My return in a blaze of purple-by Major Yuri
    188 2 My return in a blaze of purple-by Major Yuri VIOSCOW, Thurs. iTI Major Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet spaceman, said a vivid purple light appeared on the shuttered portholes of his spaceship, indicating the tremendous temperature outside, as he decended to earth, said Moscow Radio. He also revealed that during his
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    Lock icon TROOPS READY TO HELP
    51 2 DACCA. Thurs. Troops have been placed on the alert to be ready to help in relief work following a sevenhour cyclone which hit East Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 22 people and injuring 150. Officials said the final death toll was bound to be much hichrr.
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    Lock icon Burma says 'no' to $240 m. offer
    44 2 RANGOON, Thurs.— Burma has rejected a Japanese offer of US WO million '$240 million i in the form of economic aid as war reparations, according to official sources here today. Burma had originally demanded $600 million— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Big wheat deal? It's 'nonsense'
    52 2 MELBOURNE. Thurs.— Sir Johti Teasdale, chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, described as "nonsense" a repot that Australia had nego tiaied a new £48 million wheat deal with China. He said this would mean "in Australian currency at ruling prices about 90 million buihels of
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    Lock icon More detentions
    32 2 ISTANBUL, Thurs. More people were detained yesterday as investigations continued Into an alleged plan for armed action to restore the banned Democratic Party of the former Adnan Menderes regime. Reuter.
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    Lock icon CEYLON SEEKS TO END DEADLOCK
    336 2 COLOMBO. Thurs MOVES were in progress in Colombo today to break the deadlock over the language issue which has kept Cey- lon in a state of emergency for more than three weeks. Since February the Opposition Federal Party has waged a i civil disobedience campaign
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    Lock icon All ready for a second try at peace talks
    363 2 All ready for a second try at peace talks PARIS, Thursday PRANCE and the Algerian provisional government r fixed a rendezvous for peace talks on May 20 in an atmosphere greatly changed since the post- ponement six weeks ago. All Is ready to receive the negotiators at Evian, where Installations
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    Lock icon TECHNICAL AID APPROVED
    52 2 LONDON. Thurs. The House of Commons last night p.issrcl a Rill setting up a new department to deal with technical aid to underdeveloped countries, chiefly In the Commonwealth. The new department will co-ordinate, promote and carry out arrangements for technical assistance Including economic development, administration and social
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    Lock icon VIETNAM RESHUFFLE BEFORE VISIT
    202 2 SAIGON. Thursday. PRESIDENT Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam 1 has reshuffed his cabinet on ihe eve of the arrival of the United States Vice-President. Mr Lyndon Johnson, a source close to the Government i said today. Nominees for the main posts in a wide reshuffle
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    Lock icon Jakarta-Moscow culture pact
    43 2 MOSCOW. Thurs.— Russia yesterday signed a cultural agreement with Indonesia providing for exchanges of students, teachers, dancers, singers, sportsmen, pictures and Alms, and for Soviet medical and scientific experts to work in Indonesia, the Soviet new:j agency Tass reported. Router.
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    Lock icon New honour (C. Litt.) for five British writers
    150 2 New honour (C. Litt.) for five British writers ONDON. Thurs.— Flv» British writers have received a new honour for their contributions to English letters. The honours, awarded by tin Royal Society of Literature, go to Sir Win.ston Churchill, historian Dr. G. M. Trevelyan, novelists E M Forster and Somer- set
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    Lock icon 'Tshombe moved' report
    550 3 'Tshombe mo ved' report RADIO SAYS PRESIDENT OF KATANGA HAS BEEN SHIFTED TO LEOPOLDVILLE BRUSSELS, Thursday DRLSSELS radio reported last night that President Moise Tshombe of Katanga, arrested and accused of high treason by the Central Congolese Government had been transferred from Coquilhatville under armea escort to Leopoldville. His Foreign
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    Lock icon France bars Reds
    38 3 MOSCOW. Thurs. The French Government yesterday refused to issue entry visas to a Soviet Communist delegation appointed to attend the French Communist Party congress opening in Paris today, the Communist party paper Pravda said.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Probe team on way to desert air ; crash site
    216 3 Probe team on way to desert air crash site L_ _J ALGIERS, Thurs. "An inquiry team from Paris is oh its way today to the Sahara Desert plateau where an Air France Super Starliner crashed yesterday, killing all 78 people aboard. Asked about Press speculation of possible bomb sabotage aboard
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    Lock icon SECRETS: DEFENCE CHIEF WORRIED
    200 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE U.S. Secretary of Defence, Mr. Robert McNamara, has appointed Lt.-Gen. Joseph Carroll, Air Force Inspector-General, to devise ways of reducing the release of information that would be of benefit to potential enemies. Mr. McNamara said the entire subject of the release of military
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    Lock icon RE-TRIAL IN BARBARA'S LIBEL CASE
    108 3 LONDON, Thurs. A High Court judge yesterday ■ordered re-trial of a hbel action in which Mrs. Barbara Castle, a leading Labour M.P., was awarded £1.350 damages against a retired British army major. The case was first tried on Tuesday in the absence of the defendant,
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    Lock icon THE POLICEMAN'S LOT...
    47 3 LONDON. Thurs. The British policeman often feels in- is unpopular with the public, the Institute of PublicRelations reports. It urges, in a memorandum to the Royal Commission on Police, that a course in public relations should form part of every policeman's basic training. Reuter.
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    Lock icon CUBA: THE BIG EXODUS PACKS AIRPORT
    255 3 CUBA: THE BIG EXODUS PACKS AIRPORT MIAMI, Thursday. A BRITISH reporter arriving yesterday from Havana said at least 50,000 persons were trying to get space on planes leaving. Cuba. Keith H. Morfett. correspondent of the Londor Daily Mail, said at least 100 people without tickets showed up daily at Havana
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    Lock icon U.S. AHEAD ANTI-SUB WARFARE
    112 3 U.S. AHEAD ANTI-SUB WARFARE WASHINGTON, Thurs. —Mr. Robert McNamara, the Defence Secretary, said in testimony to a congressional committee released yesterday that the United States was "way ahead" in antisubmarine warfare and detection techniques. He gave the assurance on April 4 to the Senate Armed Services Committee when he explained
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    Lock icon India withdraws riot charges
    48 3 CALCUTTA. Thurs. The State yesterday withdrew, "for reasons of state policy,' charges against 15 African students accused of rioting at the Belgian consulate here on Feb. 15. Th« students were acquitted. Students demonstrated following the murder of Patrice Lumumba, first Congo Prime Minister. Reuter
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    Lock icon Clashes denied
    19 3 ISTANBUL. Thurs. Turkish officials yesterday denied reports of large-scale demonstrations and clashes near the Syrian border. U.P.I.
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    All S'pore groups urged to make contributions
    390 4 TWO DAYS OF FESTIVITIES WILL MARK STATEHOOD ANNIVERSARY SINGAPORE, Thurs. THI-; OVERNMENT has set two days June 3 and 4 for official celebrations of National Day, the second anniversary of Singapore's attainment oi statehowl. The theme for this year's celebrations is "progress towards
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    SATA's THIRD X-RAY DRIVE TO START IN TELOK AVER
    260 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association will begin its third mass X-ray campaign on Tuesday to cover Telok Ayer district and the Tiong Bahru/Bukit Merah district. At a press conference this morning, the -Medical Director of SATA. Dr. N. C. SenGupta,
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    Water cuts
    46 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Water will be cut oft* tomorrow in Jalan Gembira off Macpherson Homes between Houses Nos. 64 to 76 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and along Lorong 24 Geylang Road between Geylang Road and Gulllemard Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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    'I shall be back', says Filipino writer
    110 4 'I shall be back', says Filipino writer MRS. EUGENIO J. FUYAT. better known as Nina Estrada a noted Filipino short-story writer, essayist, librettist, columnist and civic leader who yesterday described Singapore as "very fascinating and interesting" before her departure for Hone Kong. Mrs. Puyat. who is chairman of the board
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    The first in 88 years
    68 4 The first in 88 years SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Mr. Cheng Tim Pin, of Lengkong Tigp, off Changi Road, has filed his petition with the High Court registry here applying for admission to the Singapore Bar as an advocate and solicitor. Mr. Cheng is the first articled clerk to seek admission to
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    NEW PARKING AREAS NAMED
    71 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two new car parks at Colombo Court and Mansoor Street (at the back ot the Supreme Court building) will be opened on Monday. The Government has also decided to convert the Connaught Drive wholeday parking place into a season parking place, at $20 a
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    Clerk jailed for six months
    71 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Ng Kiat Huat. a clerk, was jailed for six months today by the seventh magistrate. Miss Jenny Lav. when he was unable to pay $2,100 as maintenance in arrears due to his estranged wife and two children. Ng first appeared before the court
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    New president
    19 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr. D. T. Assomal has been elected the new president of the Sindhi Merchants Association.
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    PAY HIKE: GOVT.'S 'NO' TO A ONE YEAR'S BACKDATE
    147 4 PAY HIKE: GOVT.'S 'NO' TO A ONE YEAR'S BACKDATE SINGAPORE, Thursday. T»HE Government has told the Amalgamated x Union of Public Employees that it cannot backdate for a year a 40-cent-a-day pay rise it has offered to about 4,000 Government daily-rated employees. The Government reply was conveyed to the AUPE
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    Crackdown on footway bicycles
    181 4 Crackdown on footway bicycles lOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Residents of Johore Bahru raised vigorous protests today as police began their crackdown* on footway "obstructionists." For two hours this mornIng, police, reinforced by the fteld force from contingent headquarters, went round issuing warnings to bicycle-owners, shop-own-ers and hawkers not to obstruct flve-foot-ways.
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    6 months jail for $2 bribe
    163 4 lOHORE BAHRU, J Thurs. Police constable Suliman bin Abdullah. 28, of the Central Police Station here, was today jailed for six weeks in the Sessions Court for bribery. Suliman was convicted of corruptly accepting $2 from a schoolboy. Tan Sui Hui. 16. at 9.40
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    ACSU asks wage rise for 10,000 employees
    192 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Army Civil Service Union today submitted to the Command secretary, a new claim for 10 to 30 per cent pay rise on behalf of about 10,000 daily-rated employees In all Army establishments in Singapore. This Is the third services employees'
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    Culture night
    37 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. An "International Cultural Night." part of the Tagore centenary celebrations, to be held at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday at 8.30 p.m.. will be attended by the Minister for Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam.
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      390 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES h :^:ii*... < THE following is today's p.m.: from Jecselton, Brunei Lumpur Bangkok (TO 402) schedule of civil air- Kuchlng (ML 477) 7.35 p.m.; 10.45 a.m. craft movements at Paya tTom PtnAn u <ML 151) 9 p.m.; GanuU: To Bangkok (OA Lebar airport SincaDore from Kuala
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    A warning? on tenders
    453 5 Inquiry told: System can all collapse without a trained staff for checking KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday A WARNING that the entire system of tendering in the country would collapse if there were no properly trained staff to check on the work of contractors was made today. It
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    Singapore plans a super art show
    235 5 Singapore plans a super art show QINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Government, in co-operation with local art societies, is planning a bigger and better cultural festival this year. The festival, to be held from Aug. 16 to Aug 26, will Include drama music and dancing cultural performances, the issue of souvenir booklets,
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    FIRE BRIGADE CUP AWARD
    33 5 SEREMBAN. Thurs.— The Seremban Fire Brigade, winners of the Fed-ration fire service competition held last September, will be presented with the Suleiman Challenge Cup at the town hall tomorrow.
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    STORE NOT AFFECTED by UMNO MOVE
    206 5 STORE NOT AFFECTED by UMNO MOVE SINGAPORE, Thursday. "JHE big Umno shake-up in the Federation will not affect Singapore Umno, which began its own reorganisation last month. Byed Esa Almenoar, the Singapore Umno secretary, said this today in commenting on a Federation Umno move to set up a central registry
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    Rent control
    31 5 PENANG. Thurs.— The City Council last night confirmed a committee decision to recommend to the State Government that the 1956 Control of Rent Ordinance b<» continued for another year
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    New cards: Letters every day
    64 5 New cards: Letters every day DENANG, Wed. Appointment letters for identity cards are to be issued daily at registration centres in Butterworth and Bukit Mertajam. Mr. Chua Huck Chong. the state registration officer, said they would be issued only to people residing in the town council areas. He advised people
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    THE FOUR MEN OF STEEL—AND A VITAL REPORT
    324 5 THE FOUR MEN OF STEEL— AND A VITAL REPORT SINGAPORE, Thurs. Japanese participation in the steel mill project in Singapore will depend on the final report to be submitted by a four-man team, which is now conducting an exhaustive survey in the State. Headed by Mr. T. Kato. the team
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    Chain grab bid
    35 5 PENANG. Thurs. Leow Gooi Lan. 23, today pleaded guilty to attempting to snatch a gold chain from a child In Dato Kramat Road yesterday. He was remanded until next Thursday, pending sentence.
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    Punter fined for 'bookie' betting
    198 5 PENANG, Thursday. TN the first case of its kind in Penang, a x punter was today fined $185 for placing bets with a bookmaker at the Penang Turf Club yesterday afternoon. Chew Keoh Wee. 38. a businessman, pleaded guilty Convicting him under the the new
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    Lock icon JAPAN SEEKING 13MIL. TONS OF IRON ORE HERE
    85 5 JAPAN SEEKING 13MIL. TONS OF IRON ORE HERE TOKYO. Thurs.— The Fuji Iron and Steel Company, a leading Japanese .steel mill, said today nine leading Japanese steel mills, had concluded negotiations to import a large amount of iron ore from Malaya on a three-year contract. The contract with Malayan mining
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    THUGS TAKE LIQUOR IN RAID ON BAR
    59 5 THUGS TAKE LIQUOR IN RAID ON BAR .SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Foul robbers broke into the City Lights bar in Buklt Panjang Just before dawn today tied up two bar boys and took away 19 bottles of liquor cigarettes, five watches and cash to the total value of $2,000 The bar boys.
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    JUNE CONVOCATION IN THE CAPITAL FOR 500
    95 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs About 500 graduates of the University of Malaya here and In Singapore will gather at the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall on June 10 to receive their degrees. The Straits Times understands that an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws will
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    Office man retires
    58 5 SEREMBAN. Thursday. Mr. M. Subramanlam. 55. office assistant of the Negrl Sembllan Secretariat here, attended office today for the last time he retires after 34 years in government service. Mr. Subramaniam was awarded the State Meritorious Medal by the Sultan of Pahang In 1957 when he was
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    Club meeting
    22 5 SEGAMAT. Thurs. The annual meeting of the Tamil Youth Club will be held at the Indo-Ceylonese Association here on Sunday.
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    Dogs warning
    27 5 PENANG. Thurs.— The City Council today warned that unregistered dogs over three months old were liable to be Impounded and destroyed and their owners prosecuted.
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    42 candidates successful in secretarial examinations
    242 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs The 0 Singapore District Society of Incorporated Secretaries today announced the names of 42 successful candidates here and In the Federation for rhe Incorporated Secretaries examinations held In December last year SIM.U'ORt I'rrliminary I \.lm 1 n alien. Chao Hick Tin iwitn
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      DOWN AMONG the HOODS WITH A HOOD PRIEST
      291 6 DOWN AMONG the HOODS WITH A HOOD PRIEST NOT every priest's life story makes an interesting movie but that of the Rev. Charles Mismas Clark, S.J., certainly does, as you'll probably agree when you see United Artists' "the Hoodlum Priest." As the title of the film suggests the Rev. Clark
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      Whistle-bait Juliet—a sight it would be silly to miss
      210 6 Whistle-bait Juliet a sight it would be silly to miss lIAD it not been for Juliet Prowse I think I'd have found it difficult to keep my eyes on the screen at the showing of 20th Century Fox's "The Fiercest Heart." As it is I wasn't all inattention, for Juliet,
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      SILENTS, PLEASE, FOR A CINEMA TREAT
      154 6 A 20th Century Fox offering this week called "Days of Thrills and Laughter" I consider a cinematic treat. It consists of the cream of the silent movies and features such star players of yesteryear as Charles Chaplin. Douglas Fairbanks. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
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      DELAYS HIT FILM ABOUT D-DAY
      82 6 DELAYS HIT FILM ABOUT D-DAY LONDON. Thurs. British filming on "The Longest Day. the multi-million dollar production based on the best-selling book about D-Day. has been put back. Originally planned to begin in Britain in June, shooting will start in Franct ln August. Spectacular scenes of th» Normandy coast landings,
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      189 6 1848 1961 Enjoy Robust Health after Childbirth by tokinf SERRAVALLO S TONIC Over 100 rcan of World acclaim. THE SILICONE CAR POLISH TWICE THI SHINI TWICE THE PROTECTION IN HALF THE TIM! HERE'S EVERYTHING THE FAMILY MAN WANTS ON WHEELS YOU'LL RELAX IN COMFORT -DRIVE IN STYLE WW[\ >/JT AUTO
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      327 6 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS cording to this authority (5, 4 Find a tool, repair the reel. 2. 8). an i flsh (8). 6 Minor complaints over cloth 8 Kind of game a good many surface might be hard to ln the vegetable enclosure (6). ke»p warm ln it (4, 4).
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    Dato Onn: I never wanted to be a dictator
    318 7 Dato Onn: I never wanted to be a dictator NEGARA CHIEF REPLIES TO TENGKU JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. T*HE Party Negara leader, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, last night denied that he had once aimed to usurp the powers of the Rulers and set himself up as dictator of Malaya. He was
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    Obscene photo man fined
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Kok Choong Tuck. 25, of Smith Street, Singapore, was today fined $250 or two months' jail for importing eight obscene photographs into the Federation, at 10.50 a.m. yesterday.
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    An overtime order set aside
    90 7 An overtime order set aside SINGAPORE. Thunj. An order of the Assistant Commissioner of Labour awarding $177.76 overtime pay to Anthony Sinnappadass, a former employee of the Straits Times Press Ltd., was reversed by the Acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah. in the High Court here today. The
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    Union secretary fined $50
    68 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— A. Karunakaran. honorary secretary of the Johore Medical Services Union, Johore Bahru. was today fined $50 for misusing union funds. Karunakaran, of the General Hospital, was convicted of "causing $50 of the union funds to be indirectly applied to the payment of a
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    Young wife was offered $5 to 'entertain' man, court told
    400 7 KUANTAN, Thurs AN 18- YEAR-OLD housewife, Rukumani, told the Magistrate's Court here today that a provision store proprietor twice offered her money if she would "entertain" him and one night he came to her house while her husband was out
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    Tan was too poor to continue schooling
    217 7 The Best Apprentice of 1960 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A 23-year-old mechanic, who had to leave school to help support his family. has been chosen the "Best Apprentice of 1960" by the Central Aprentice Board. Tan Sing Keng, son of a cook, beat 12
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    SACK AHEAD FOR 120 TEACHERS
    161 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. About 120 teachers in Chinese primary schools face the sack next year because more Chinese parents are sending their children to English schools. There have been fewer registrations for the 35 Chinese schools for 1962 so the local education authority has decided
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      390 7 I I N Ifltt householders will save the price of a WOLF electric tool kit in 12 months by doing jobs themselves roimd the home! 0 Think of the money I V U^ 1 you spend in one J/ /t /r\ year paying other X^l^Hi people to keep the >>OvV
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      176 7 Buys Bunny By Batph MMvimdahi />i7 Abner By At Lapp jr,Sm.'.' l/^-TO RETURN AH l-GN*&> ADMIRES -SO, \f EFAM IS V WE'LL MAMMY AN' PAPPVO' -THE SII THE SACRED <> AN' RESPBCKS X GOO'BYE, I EVAH r^EAR K ALLUS J MNtTONOTOMBIN I UNITED If FOsId INVOKE TH'VEWNITED STATES^ MAMMY A
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      Conference on Laos
      724 8 The 14-powci- conference on Laos assembles in Geneva 1 this morning uncertain of the effectiveness of the cease-fire and puzzled by the scope of the talks between rival leaders J in Laos. The conference cannot i iget down to business until I the Laotians themselves reach some
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      The Kidnappers
      366 8 Singapore's Punishment of (Kidnapping Bill, details of whirh have been published after a first reading in the Assembly, represents the most resolute attack yet made on the kidnapping menace. The first and most arresting part of this legislation is the controversial death penalty, criticism of which however may
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      Own Naval Base
      165 8 The choice of Lumut, off the i Dindings coast of Perak. as the I site for Malaya's naval base comes as a mild surprise, up- setting previous expectations j that Port Dickson would be j favoured. It has taken a long time for the decision, to be
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    Blueprint for a brave new world...
    846 8  - Blueprint for a brave new world... CHANG YEN FOOI Tappers' union takes big step forward By THE man Deri in d the desk turned the pages of a blueprint slowly and ticked the pages as he recognised the projects which had been carried out. After several pages he stopped and
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    Rough justice
    595 8 NOW IT'S DEATH IN RUSSIA FOR STEALING PROPERTY OF STATE I ONDON, Thurs. The Soviet Union has extended the death penalty to persons convicted of stealing state and public property on an especially large scale. The decree, issued last Saturday by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, also
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      313 8 AN honours graduate of the History Department of the university, Mr. K. Sabapathy. Is engaged In research for his M.A. on the history of modern Malayan art. He Is anxious to record, In as detailed a manner M possible, by pen and camera, the work in particular of 20th
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      809 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. XO ».re!» Sl* I Minimum) HON to Nal Chan and v>ah San. k daughter. Wai Kuan, at General Ho*|>ital on 6.5 61. Both well. CMOSH to Aj.t and Baby a aon I Bujil at Johore Rahru Hospital on Both well thanks to doctor 1 «''<ff ACKNOWLIDGMENT It W»r4t
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      86 8 NEWEST THING IN SHIPS HYDROFOIL Will the boat of the future be the hydrofoil a craft that travels through the water on wings, twice as fast as an ordinary vessel with the same engine? An article in the April Reader's Digest (now on sale) predicts that this may be the
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      105 8 j^ I l .1 ■MlUtfllaiH Hal ft -^ii^fflßWj| L T THEY WEAR AND WASH SO WELL) Van Heusen make fine shirts in styles, materials patterns and colours to suit every taste, every occasion. Here are three typicai examples from the range. At top the 'Kensington' in superb Sea Island cotton;
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    OIL COMPANY 'ANTI-UNION'
    686 9 Byrne warns American officials: Your immigration facilities may be reviewed SINGAPORE. Thursday rpHE Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M. Byrne, today called 1 the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. "very anti-union," and said that there was no justification whatsoever for its refusal to recognise the newly-formed United
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    Miss Malaya goes on a 83,000 shopping spree
    332 9  -  r VALERIE NG By 'SO WONDERFUL... LIKE A WILD, HAPPY DREAM I HOPE WILL NEVER END' Xl ALA LUMPUR, Thurs Attractive, 19-year-old Helen Tan, Miss Malaya i 961, will spend $3,000 on clothes before flying to America in July to represent her
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    SPA call: Unite under one party to prevent danger of tyranny
    319 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs "THE Singapore People's Alliance today called on "those who love democracy" to unite under one political party to fight for democracy and against the danger of this country falling under a one-party tyranny. Writing ;n Its official
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    VARSITY WILL HAVE TWO NEW COURSES
    167 9 VARSITY WILL HAVE TWO NEW COURSES KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. TWO new study courses will be Introduced at the University of Malaya here when it reopens on May 22 to help develop commerce and industry and the rural economy of the country. Ungku Abdul Azia, acting Dean of the Faculty of
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    Prayers in the Istana grounds
    49 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thins.— Prayers will be said on the grounds of Istana Negara on the first day of Harl Raya Haji which falls this month. The Harl Raya Hajl will fail either on May 25 or 26 depending on the sighting of the moon.
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    INDONESIA TO HOLD OWN KORAN CONTEST
    111 9 INDONESIA TO HOLD OWN KORAN CONTEST SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs, Inche Wahlb Wahab. said today that the recent successful Koran-reading contest ln Malaya had inspired his country to hold a similar nation-wide competition. Inche Wahib, who flew in here yesterday from Jakarta, stressed that such contests
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    U.N. expert returns
    44 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr. K L Morris, a member ol the six-man United Nations Iron and steel survey mission, left Singapore today on his way home to Canada. Mr. Morris said he had completed his work of surveying the Jurong Industrial site.
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    Coronation plans
    35 9 KUALA KUBU BAHRU Thursday. The Ulu Selangor Coronation Celebration Committee will meet at the District Office on Tuesday to plan the celebration of the coronation of the Sultan of Selangor on June 29.
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    Umno 'meet the people' plan: The pros and cons
    376 9 Umno 'meet the people' plan: The pros and cons KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs fpHE majority of Alliance M.P.s and Slate Assemblymen interviewed today said they had already opened up offices for regular meet-the-people sessions. They were commenting on an Umno headquarters move to get Alliance M.Ps and State Assemblymen to set
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    Rise in Asian exports to West
    278 10 Rise in Asian exports to West ANE of the least publicised economic trends in Asia and the Far East last year was the fall in commodity prices, stated the Bangkok Bank Ltd. annual report for 1960. Although the prices were rather uncertain until May. they dropped sharply from then onwards.
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    Malayan food imports up $30m. last year
    299 10 Malayan food imports up $30m. last year [^AST year was one of the best periods for trade in foodstuffs in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya although prices were more competitive, state local leading importers. Imports of foodstuffs in the first 11 months last year wore worth $866.5 million, up
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    Study tour in Britain for local technician
    138 10 Study tour in Britain for local technician AMR. Siew Ngai Kee, a technical liaison officer of Sandilands Buttery Co. Ltd. Singapore left for England on Wednesday for a three month course in technical engineering. Mr. H. W. Price, the import manager of the firm, said that this was the first
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    GILLETTE'S RAZORS FOR RUSSIA
    109 10 GILLETTE'S RAZORS FOR RUSSIA /GILLETTE'S new blue razor blades, marketed in Singapore recently, will be introduced to Russfa, says Mr. E. J. Jones, the resident representative in Singapore. Mr.. Jones says that the razor sets will be exhibited at the British Trade Fair in Moscow from May 19 to June
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    MARCH PEPPER SHIPMENTS
    52 10 Singapore Imported 1,313 tons of black pepper and 448 tons of white pepper in March. The main supplier of black pepper was Sumatra and white pepper Sarawak. Exports totalled 1.813 ton* for the black variety and 864 tons for white for which the United States was the
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    New aircraft
    23 10 Swissair will take delivery of two Convair 880-M jet aircraft towards the end of the year for their Far East route.
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    NOW, SHIRTS MADE IN AUSTRALIA
    248 10 DELACO LTD. of Victoria, Australia's biggest shirt 1 manufacturers, have opened a market in Singapore, the Federation of Malaya. Borneo and Thailand. i Mr. Arthur J. Ramsay, the Australasian sales and export manager, said in Singapore yesterday this was the first time that the company
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    Singapore potato trade satisfactory: Dealers
    117 10 SINGAPORE handled a satisfactory volume of business in potatoes last year, local traders report. Imports in the first 11 months totalled 30.928 tons worth 56.3 million against 28.085 tons valued at $5.9 million in the corresponding period of 1959. Re-exports amounted to 1.399 tons compared
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    CEREBOS PLANT WILL START EARLY IN 1962
    272 10 CEREBOS PLANT WILL START EARLY IN 1962 fEREBOS' factory now being built at Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur will begin production at the beginning of next year, says Mr W Arnold Innes, chairman of Cerebos Ltd. in his annual statement to shareholders. Mr. Innes, who visited Malaya in February on an
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    India steps up exports to close trade gap
    193 10 India steps up exports to close trade gap INDIA is launching an intensive drive to step up it« foreign trade with special emphasis on export promotion in a bid to close the trade gap, according to a report issued through the Indian Commission in Singapore. The Indian Government would curb
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      1321 11 ■Si l Lo h iNc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. "1117 V SINGAPORE llncnrpnrated 11 ttl Unite* Kintdra It lINII SAIU I* nOEN U.I. A CONTINENTAL PtRTS S'Dor* P Sham Penant lENNEYII limp Ml. Hull Mottiroam Hamburg (ta. 1/11 Mn Li«ir»aal linct arrtnt I Jim lENATTO* Hannri. UIM S'noutt 24
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    MORE BUYERS IN MARKET AFTER TIN SHARES DROP
    391 12 From Our Market Correspondent SHARP drops took place in many tin shares when the Malayan Stock Exchance opened yesterday and losses of from Is. to 2s. and over were recorded. The turnover also underwent a sharp contraction. However, later in the day
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    1005 12 BUSINESS on the Malayan Siock Exchange, Faderation section yesterday with the number of shares in brackets was: Industrials: Steamer* (3.000) 89 cents: s. Traders (1.000) $4.13 ON: Boustead (1.000) $1.63. Minings: Aokam (1,000) $4.70: Austral Amal (0.300) 30s. 6d. ON. 30a., 29a. 6d.. 30s. D. 30s. 3d.:
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    118 12 MELBOURNE. Thurs. INVESTMENT shares traded x along steadier lines. Customs Credit gained Is. 3d. to 14s. Commercial and General Acceptance lOd to 9b and General Credits 9d to 7s Base metals and the oiis were firmer. Ml. lsa gained 2s 3d to 655. 3d. and Aust. Oli and
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    134 12 THI Chlncss Product Citchangs, Sin' 1 gapnrc, noon priett psr plcul yot torday ware: Copra: quiet ateady: UK/Contlntnt Sfnv atiipment 127» lun r>. $28 sellers. Coconut Oil: quiet: bulk $40} arllrm, drum $44) sailer*. Ptpptr: quiet no business wu reported done. Muntok white $187t. Sarawak white $185. special
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    117 12 yMI Malayan Itching* Sinks' Alt*- olatlwi made thenc ehaotci In Its ntn to merchants yesterday (all rates to S100): M»w Y»rfc: buylnc airmail T.T. S3|. O.D. 32|. 90 rt'nt 33 credit bill*, 33 1/18 trade bllla. Canada: baying airmail T.T. 32 5nS. O.D. 32 7/l«. 90 d/« 32J
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    RUBBER CROPS
    8 12 Temerloh produced 80,000 Jb in April.
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    Tin rises despite U.S. sales
    270 12 Tin rises despite U.S. sales FiESPITE the an- nouncement that the U.S. is to sell 4,000 tons of tin from its stockpile, the tin price in Singapore rose again yesterday by 50 cents to $435.50. The market did not appear to be perturbed in anyway as it is believed the
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    RUBBER PRICES
    214 12 MAY Mrit arade rubber buyers f.e.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at ■HH cents per lb. up three-eighths of .1 ernt on Wednesday's cloning price. The tone was easier. SCC.H*. closing prices In centa per lb. yesterday were: Int. I R. 8.8. Spot fob. buyers 901. sellers 90j Of):
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    CLOSING PRICES
    37 12 SINGAPORE. May 11. RUBBER: 90\ cents per lb., (up three-eighths of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 904 cents (quiet). TIN: $435.50 per picul (up 50 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 250 tons (down 15 tons).
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      310 12 B7IJIA ISRAEL NAVIGATION Ifwl COMPANY, LTD. EILAT FAR EAST SERVICE S'pere Femur. Rinton Eilft »KKO (Hamiwiri) 27 21 Ma, 2J Mj, j j,,e 21 Jim BARRETTO SHIPPING TRADING CO., LTD. 49/51 ROBINSON ROAD. SPORE TEL: *****/8 WCSTBOUNP EUROPE SEHVICE Sure P. S mm Ptgiif HIM JKVX, mA "seW"" 1 Oun
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      1070 12 ELECTIONS ORDINANCE. 1958 (No. 33 OF 1958) ELECTIONS (CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS. 1959. NOTICE UNDER REGULATION 3 (1) Notice is hereby given that an election writ has been issued to the Returning Officer, Pontian Kerhll Constituency and that the day of nomination in respect of the said Const Uuenoy shall
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      735 13 NOTICES I THE PUBLIC LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE is hereby given that the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at its Registered Office. No. 69. Robinson Road, Singapore, on Friday. 19th May. 1961 nt 11.00 am., for the following purposes:— L To
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      628 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD Applications are Invited from fully qualified Master Maruiers i Foreign-Going) for me appointment of Assistant Berthing Officer in the Traffic Department oJ The Singapore Harbour Board. Candidates should not be more than 35 years of age. Application forms and further particulars of this appointment
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      1026 13 |MVWVMpMHMHIBBIMIIfPMiS (Continued from Pas;' 8) SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Words $S (Min.)— Box M els. txtra WANTED a lady cashier for a high I class bar at WO-N, Joo Cblat Rd. Tel. i Spore. No *****. Apply personally. I WANTED EXPERIENCED RUNNER for high class Guest House. Box A 6125 B.T.
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      3540 13 HOUSES 4 LAND FOR SALE Wore?* Si (Min.)— Box SO ett. txtrm FOR SALE, leasing or renting modern 3-bedroomed bungalow on elevated land at No. 3, Holland Grove Drive with furniture, telephone and separate facilities for servants. Apply Holland Grove Estate ft Realty Ltd., 29. Kens Cheow Street, B'pore. Tel.
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      660 13 FOR SALE 20 Wordt Si (Min.)— Box M r(.. txlrm FON A HAPPIIR home. Buy your records. Radio*, sterrograms, Tap*recorders. Refrigerator*, Home Ain-i--ances from Monu Huat, 97, Norlb Brldfe Road, Spore. EXCELLENT OUALITV P.V.C. Translucent calendered film 48" S .004" roll* U.K. origin to clear at cost 0.D.0. Telephone B'pore
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    JUNGLE ORCHID CAN HANDLE A HEAVY TRACK
    165 14 JUNGLE ORCHID CAN HANDLE A HEAVY TRACK THIS MARE IS A 'MUST FOLLOW ON THE TRACK with Epsom Jeep, Penang, Thursday 1 JUNGLE ORCHID, a winner on good going at Bukit Timah last month, fpund.no difficulty in handling a heavy track this morning. Ridden by Ken Barratt, the Carbon Copy
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    Lock icon Stewards to act on the Norfolk Report
    173 14 Stewards to act on the Norfolk Report f ONDON, Thurs.— The stewards of the English Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee have decided to adopt, In principle, the recommendations in the Duke of Norfolk's Committee's report on the doping of- norses. The proposals were debated yesterday by the Jockey Club,
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    Kaila named captain
    103 14 IPOH. Thurs.— M.C. Kallasapathy of Selangor will captain Malayan Cricket Association XI and All-Ma-laya against the Hong Kong tourists later this mor.th. The tourists will meet MCA XI here on May 24-25 and All-Malaya on May 27. 28 and 29 at Kuala Lumpur. The teams announced today
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    Konrads' plan
    39 14 SYDNEY. Thurs. John Konrads of Australia. thtf world and Olympic distance swimming champion, today announced he has decided to study at the University of Southern California and will remain in the United States for three years.— .U.P.l.
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      19 14 WORLD CUP (Berlin): Prelim rd.—W. Germany 2 N. Ireland 1. FRIENDLY .Rome': Tevere Roma 3 Manchester Utd. 3.
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      28 14 WORLD JNK WELTER TITLE (Milan i: Duilio Lot < It—holder) outptd Carlos Ortiz <US> 15 rd*. WELTER i WlllemsUd): Kid Fen ton iUS> outptd Gerald Grey (Jamaica) lOrds.
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      19 14 NEWMARKET STAKES. Ii miles iNewmarket): 1 The Axe 3 Aurellus 3 Primus. 6 ran; woo hy nJt, 6.
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    324 14 WEIGHTS for eight races on the last .day of Penang Meeting on Sunday: Cl. 4 Div. I—6 F Mellow Mood 9.00 Tant Miens 9.00 Our Someo 8.13 Small Change 8.13 Joaleen 8.13 Hnat Chye 8.13 Angler's Serenade 8.12 St. llonore 8.13 Kaki Kuda 8.08 Jungle Orchid 8.05 Forward
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    115 14 SINGAPORE, Thurs. —There will be nine races on each day of the Singapore Turf Clubs May meeting (May 21. 25 and 28). The schedule Is: First day: Class 2 Div. 1—6!; Class 3 Divs. 1. 2. 3. 4 and s— 6f; Divs. 1 and 2—l
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    3 score centuries on sunny day for cricket
    355 14 3 score centuries on sunny day for cricket T ONDON, Thurs. For the first time this season the sun really shone on county cricket matches in England yesterday and the batsmen came into their own. England all-rounder Ken Barrington. making his first appearance for Sumy since breaking a toe against
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    168 14 RERLIN. Thurs.— West Germany beat Northern Ireland 2-1 here last night and virtually made certain of qualifying for the World Cup soccer finals in Chile next year. The Germans completed a double over the Irishmen, having won 4-3 in Belfast last October. With an
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      1866 14 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TENDER NOTICE Tenders from P.W.D. registered Contractors Class "A" "B" •'C' 1 St "D' 1 above will be received al the office of the Senior Architect, Ministry of Education. Feoerailon of Malaya. Youn-j Road, Kuala Lumpur, up to 12.00 noon of the 22nd May. 1961, for the
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      912 14 I MALAYAN BREWERIES LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN I thai the Debemuie Register will I be closed from the 25ih 10 31st May 1961. both dales lnclusue. for the preparation of inteiesi i warrants. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD, i Fraser Neave Ltd., Secretaries. I Singapore, 12.
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    The fumbling Aussies
    381 15  -  JACK FINGLETON. THEY DROP FIVE CATCHES AND LANCS HIT OUT FOR 310-7 By Manchester, Thurs. rpHE Australian cricketers, in the fourth 1 match of their England tour, had an undistinguished day at Old Trafford yesterday. They dropped five catches, had seven sixes hit off their bowling and
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    EX-MALAYA CUP STARS PLAN 'SECRET TRYOUT'
    168 15 EX-MALAYA CUP STARS PLAN 'SECRET TRYOUT' SINGAPORE, Thura.-Sm-gapores ex-Malaya Cup rootbaUer.s will have a -.secret tryout on Saturday which will decide whether they arc ready for a "comebatK" public appearance. Twenty-five players will travel to the Naval Base lor a match against a Royal Navy eleven. The veterans' line-up Is
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    Wah Sang saves Ramblers
    227 15 Wah Sang saves Ramblers I POH. Thurs.— Ramblers ami Town Council, running I iifd; and neck half way down the senior league table, batI tlea a 2-2 draw this evening I WaJi Sang saving Ramblers i with the tielng goal Just be|for^ the i-nd. Ramblers started with more I vigour
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    Alan A'Court in FA touring —team—
    154 15 Alan A'Court in FA touring team KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Alan A'Court (above), the Liverpool and England international left winger, is in the F.A. of England touring team to meet Malaya in the match at the Merdeka Stadium here on Saturday night (kickoff 8 o'clock). Alan has played for England Under-23s
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    27 are ready for big Malacca AAA meets
    274 15 MALACCA, Thursday. T<HE Malacca Amateur Athletic Association, which x will be responsible for three big athletic meets this year, will have 27 new officials, five of whom are women, fully qualified to supervise athletic events. The Governor, Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin
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    Johore's team
    56 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.—The Johore cricket team to meet Singapore in the MCA. Interstate match on Saturday and Sunday on the Singapore padang I is: Tan Kan Jin (capt), Rahman 1 Wahid. Subramanlam. Sivapalasundram. Selvaratnam. Hamzah bin Dato Abu Samat. E de Silva. Woodhull, Murugesu. T. Perelra. Veerasingam. Reserves:
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    SCOREBOARD
    121 15 LANCS IST INNS PULLAR b Kline 36 BOLTON c Davidson b Kline 16 MARNER c larman b Davidson 87 CRIEVES Ibw b Gaunt 15 BARBER c Jarman b McKenzie 31 BOND b Gaunt 68 COLLINS c Burge b Simpson 15 CLAYTON not out 20 STATHAM not out 8 Extras
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    Lock icon Century for Harvey
    125 15 MANCHESTER. Thura.-Re-velling in the bright sunshine, the Australians thrashed the Lancashire attack here today. Vice-captain Neil Harvey and Norman O'Neill hammered 137 runs h\ the two hours before lunch, when the touring team's total was 215' for two. They were thenl only 95 behind Lancashire's first innings
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    SPORTS DIARY
    171 15 SOCCER SIXTAX8 1 GOLD CLP: Kedah v Perils (Alor Star padang). .SPORE LEAGUE DIV. 2 D:— SRC v Kebenaran (padang): Div. 3 A:— AAA v Customs (Parrer Pk) PENAXG LEAGUE DIV. 2: Tk Bunxah Rangers v Darul Aihsan; Dlv. 3: Muslim RC v Ramblers Q (both matches at
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    MBS cricket team named
    73 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Methodist Boys School. Kuala Lumpur meet Technical Institute In a Vanderholt Trophy cricket match on Saturday at the YMCA ground. The MBS team will be selected from: Robert Kuah icapt), C. Anandarajah < vicecaptain i. Sadhul Singh. T. Anthony, Mohindar Singh. S. Slvallngam.
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    Swimming carnival for S'pore
    146 15 Swimming carnival for S'pore SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Slngaapore Amateur Swimmm* ■Association will hold a carnival at the River Valley Road pool on June 3, as part .of the National Day celebrai tions. The carnival will start at 1 4 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. with I a water-polo match between two
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    New manager
    26 15 PHILADELPHIA. Thurs.— Sonny Llston. the world heavyweight title contender, today named George Katz, a former Philadelphia polltlciar and boxing manager, as his new manager.
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      120 15 SPORE LEAGUE DIV. 2 C: Blue Rovers. (Ismail) CA'A" 0; Dockyard 6 Police 1: Dlv. 3A: Seletar VI 3 iPalanlsamy 2. Barthelomei Reformative TC 2 i Clioon Lock 2 1. JOHORE LEAGUE DIV. 1: Jorinthians 6 (Bakar 4, Azalan. Tallb) Gurkhas KEO 1 ißalbadun. T. ANSON LEAGUE DIV. I
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      TENNIS
      39 15 MIAR DIBT TOURNEY: Plate final: Syed Suleiman trt Robert |Koh 6-3. 6-3; H'cap sinfle* ■-finals: S. Chandran bt HJ. Idrts ISallm 6-2. 6-2; J. N. Stanley bt Mohd. Shah 6-0. 6-2; no vie* singles: Zainal Ahmad bt A.
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      20 15 INTER-SCHOOL (XL): AssunU School 31 (Yee Hoong and Pek Tal) Peel Road Convent 11 (Ramla Rom and Dolly Wong).
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    Lock icon Envoys in dinner talks on Laos
    309 16 Envoys in dinner talks on Laos LONDON, Thurs. Mr. Andrei Gromyko. the Soviet Foreign Minister, will dine to- night in Geneva with the British Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Home, to discuss prospects for the 14-nation conference on Laos. All the delegations, except 1 that from Cambodia, are already in
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    $6,000 award for injuries
    68 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs—Judgment, by consent, was en- 1 tered for a motor mechanic, j Hoi Boon Kwong. in the sum i of $6,000 by Mr. Justice Butt- rose in the High Court here today in an action for dam■gM brought by Hoi for injuries suffered by him
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    3 iined $6,100 ,
    38 16 3 iined $6,100 SINGAPORE. Thurs— Fines tutalling $6,100 were imposed; today by a magistrate's court on three men. jointly arrestti in a book-making raid on j the first floor of a Serangoon I Road house on Mar. 12.
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    439 16 Man's grim fight for life after collision SINGAPORE, Thurs. tatkong oi a 1 sailing junk, which capsized and sank in the sea this morning off the Sultan Shoal lighthouse after a collision with the British freighter Leeds City, tonight spoke of his grim 90-minute struggle for
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    Three minutes of freedom
    954 16 Man re- arrested in Assize courtroom after his acquittal SINGAPORE. Thurs, 'pHE dramatic re-arrest of an accused man in the Assize court three minutes after his acquittal i highlighted today's trial of six men charged with the wrongful confinement of kidnapped rubber estate owner, Ong Leong
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    Kinrara hospital rushes medical equipment to Ringlet disaster
    32 16 MEDICAL equipment for the Ringlet landslide disaster being loaded on to a truck at the B.M.H. hospital at Kinrara last night. Straits Times picture.
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    Lock icon Run-riot by Aussies vs. Lanes
    247 16 Run-riot by Aussies vs. Lanes MANCHESTER. Thurs. Neil I Harvey and Norman ONeill led a run-riot by the Australian batsmen against Lancashire's 310 (or 7 declared here today, with a third wicket stand of 170 m 140 minutes. At the tea interval on the second day today, the touring team.
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    375 16 LONDON. Tnurs Pru-es to. tied strongly anead in stock markets tooay ami in spue ol piufl'-tak-ing. widespreau ana often substantial were refolded Buyers predciruiuued and business wa> again heavy. Gi.i-edgeu securities maintained yesterday's firm tone ana showed further widespread gains extending 10 about uiree-sixieenUis. Closing
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