The Straits Times, 18 May 1961

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  • 17 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90.000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY. MAY 18. 1961 15 CENTS
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  • 242 1 MISS SINGAPORE SEMI-FINALS-Picture page 11 U.S. makes approach for June 3 talks VIENNA, Wednesday Reds wary, but signs hopeful THE United States has informally asked the Austrian Government whether it would agree to a meeting between President Kennedy and the Russian Prime Minister, Mr. Khrushchev,
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  • 780 1 Army field chief tells his men: Stay politically neutral AS SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS DIG IN AROUND SEOUL.... SEOUL. Wed. COUTH Korean troops were today digging themselves into defensive positions on the road north of Seoul following yesterday's irinv coup The troops were seeu digging anti-tank ditches. trenches and machinegun nests.
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  • 40 1 ATHENS. Wed.— The British destroyer Saintes steamed at full speed to the Aegean Island of Skyros. on Admiralty orders for an unusual twoday naval expedition —to clean and repair the grave of Rupert Brooke, the British poet.— Reuter.
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  • 159 1 LONDON. Wed. -Cpl. Brian Henderson. 22, flying home from Malaya, is likely to receive a shock when he sees his wife in Derby Maternity Home. Cpl. Henderson thinks his wife Shirley will only have one baby in six days' time
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  • 265 1 INFORMATION, RADIO IN NEW MINISTRY KCALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THK Departments of Broadcasting and Inlormalion are to be merged into i new Ministry under the direct charge of the Prime Minister. Tengku Alxlul Rahman. This was decided on this morning at n top-level meeting at the Residency. The new Ministry of
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  • 61 1 Threat to French reporters ALGIERS. Wed. Leaflets signed by the secret army organisation (0.A.5.) and the underground antlGaullist Settlers' Organisation today threatened "severe sanctions" on French reporters and newspapers who have contacts with Algerian insurgent delegates at the coming Evian peace talks. Reprisals were also threatened against newspapers who have
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  • 100 1 Grants for needy MPs raised LONDON. Wed. Annual grants to needy retired Members of Parliament and their widows or widowers are to be increased to a maximum of £900 a year, depending on length of service. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced here. The present limit is £650
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  • 174 1 MANILA. Wed.— A Philippine fishing vessel with 130 aboard was sinking in the Bouth China Sea today. Four rescue ships, inclu- ding- a U.S. Seventh Fleet attack carrier, sped to the area. A U.S. navy spokesman said radio reports stated the 112ft-long 100-ton boat De La.
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  • 107 1 THREE LAOS FACTIONS AGREE TO A COALITION GOVERNMENT BAN NAMONE. Wed.— The three delegations to the Laotian peace talks here today agreed in principle to the formation of a coalition government. They also agreed in principle to the formation of a ceasefire supervision committee to consist of representatives from each
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  • 58 1 U.S. CAN WIN MOON RACE -VON BRAUN MILWAUKEE, Wed. Dr. Werner von Braun, the United States German-born rocket expert, said here that America could beat Russia to the moon. He said that a manned flight to the moon "will take equipment neither side possesses at the present time but I
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  • 22 1 STOCKPORT. Wed. An African monkey broke out of its cage here today and savaged two girls and a woman. —Reuter.
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  • 149 1 Asas: A June launching is likely jLf ANILA, Wed. The Philippines Foreign Secretary, Mr. Felixberto Serrano, said today that the Association of South-East Asian States (ASAS) will probably be launchi ed next month by the Philippines, Malaya and Thailand. Mr. Serrano toid hi.s regular news conference that Malayan and Thai
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  • 32 1 SUPPORT MC Mill I Wnl. I I i.it ll m Imi comn of i*t Republic of I Ariiv threw f»" behind umn 'I eUI 1 t I i Sec (his p
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  • 138 2 FLEE BID CUBANS ARE JAILED MIAMI. Wed— Havana Radio today an- nounced the first sentences for "attempting to abandon Cuban soil." A broadcast monitored here .said two men Identified as Luis Cespedes Acosta and Jorg2 Ruiz Gonzalez were captured while "attempting to escape from Cuba to join i counter revolutionaries
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  • 47 2 OTTAWA. Wed. Canada and the United States, oldest neighbours and among the I closest of friends, must stand together even more solidly now than they did in war, President Kennedy said yesterday on his arrival here fo r a two-day state visit. i Reuter.
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  • 66 2 INSTANT WATER FOR SALEAND IT SOLD NEW YORK, Wed. A '*tocer, James Crimmins, told yesterday how he set up "for laughs" a fancy display advertising "Instant water" and extolling its merits for outdoor cooking and as "the best way to make coffee, particularly instant coffee." Five people bought the water,
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  • 163 2 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The United States rejects as "completely false" Russias suggestion that it is using French nuclear tests for its own advantage, the State Department said yesterday. The Department "categorically rejected" any Soviet allegation implying that the United States was encouraging France or any
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  • 257 2 Shepard My big moment ASTRONAUT TELLS HOW HE CONTROLLED SPACE CAPSULE BY SIGHTING ON CAPE CANAVERAL NEW YORK, Wednesday. rpilE American astronaut, Alan Shepard. reported yesterday that the "big moment" in his space flight came when he found he could control his capsule as it hurtled along. Commander Shepard wrote
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  • 314 2 KATANGA PROTEST ON MOVEMENT OF INDIAN TROOPS ELISABETHVILLE, Wed rpHE Katanga government last night protested 1 to the United Nations against the airlift of several hundred Indian troops from Kamina base to the North Katanga town of Kabalo. A Katanga note said a battalion of Indian troops had been moved
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  • 106 2 POOL SALES DON'T HIT TIN PRICE LONDON. Wed-Discusslng yesterday's further rise in tin prices on the London market, today's Financial Times comments that these rises occurred despite the fact that metal was believed to have been offered for sale from the International Tin Council's buffer pool. The city editor of
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  • 202 2 HOLLYWOOD. Wed— The greatest gathering of Hollywood stars of modern times watched Gary Cooper's funeral here yesterday. Many wept openly as the actor's mahogany coffin was borne from the hearse into the Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills for the
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  • 237 2 3 HEADS URGE NEUTRAL SUMMIT I fAIRO. Wed.—President Soekarno of In- donesia. President Nasser of the United Arab Republic and President Sekou Toure of Guinea I yeste r day discussed matI ters relating to the proposed summit conference of heads of state of non-aligned countries during a three-hour meeting. An
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  • 732 3 GENEVA, Wednesday BRITAIN, China and Cambodia yesterday proposed to the Laos conference that the strife-torn Indo-China Kingdom should become a neutral between the East and West power blocs. But China coupled its support for neutrality with sharp criticism of United States policies
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  • 279 3 Stand firm, pussyfoot time has passed: Johnson BANGKOK, Wed. "The time for pussyfooting around has passed. We must stand firm." Vice-Pre-sident Lyndon Johnson of the United States told reporters and members of South East Asia Treaty Organisation in Bangkok this morning. Mr. Johnson, speaking in the foyer of the Seato
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  • 27 3 LONDON. Wed." Rupert Davles, who plays Inspector Malgret in a BBC television series, has asked Scotland Yard to find his car, stolen in Mayfair. U.P.I.
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  • 42 3 PARIS. Wed.— The French official Journal today published a decree suppressing the Algiers Sunday newspaper Dimanche Matin. The decree said: "Publication, distribution and use of the title of the newspaper Dimanche Matin are and will remain forbidden In Algeria.
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  • 72 3 UP: MALAYA'S EXPORTS TO THE U.S. WASHINGTON. Wed—United States merchandise Imports from Asia jumped U5547,900,000 in March from February, but were still less than in March, 1960, the Commerce Department reported. Shipments from all Asia in March were valued at U*****,700,000 compared with U*****,800,000 in the previous month, and U*****.--300.000
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  • 29 3 MELBOURNE. Wed. All Australian ports were idle today when 22..000 wharfmen stopped for 24 hours In protest against a Federal Bill for longservice leave for dockers. Reuter.
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  • 192 3 CAPETOWN, Wednesday. THE South African Minister of External Affairs. Mr. Eric Louw, has given instructions that South Africa's Director of Information in London should be reminded about service rules on public expression of personal views. The director, Mr. Alexander Steward, who holds the most senior overseas
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  • 252 3 THE DEAD, TOO, HAD TO TURN UP AT ROLL-CALL JERUSALEM, Wednesday. A GERMAN Protestant clergyman who was once A a prisoner in Dachau concentration camp told the Eichmann trial here today that "one was not allowed to die between three in the afternoon and the evening roll-call when the prisoners
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  • 112 3 Japanese girl gives up heritage "DIROCKTON, (Mass.), Wed. 1> Masaki Hatchisuka. 18-year-old daughter of a royal Japanese lamily, said yesterday she had made up her mind to marry her American sweetheart and give up her noble heritage. Probate Court Judge Harry K. Stone had given the girl until June 27
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    • 396 3 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA NATIONAL SHOKT WAVE SERVICE: 41 Metres <«•' metres) Medium Wave Service: A.M. 6.00 Time Signal: 6.05 A.M. e^O^tZmtof. 6.02 Mornln Melodles 650 Keep Fit Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; With Teik Lee; 7.00 Johnny Dank--7.05 Melodies At Sunrise: 8.00 The wort h And His Orchestra; 7
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  • 239 4 Orient Year plan to woo tourists with film festival SINGAPORE Wednesday. A FILM festival, a photographic exhibition and an orchid show will be held here later this year as part of the State's programme for "Orient Year" a massive Asian-wide campaign to lure tourists to this part of the world.
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  • 66 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. A hawker, Koo Peng Karri, who was charged with the murder of a hawker inspector last week, was ordered to be further remanded till June 17 pending a medical report from Woodbridge Hospital. Koo faced a charge of murdering a hawker inspector, Tng Soon Eng,
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  • 50 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Shipping and Port Clearance Office, and the Imports and Exports Office will be open from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on June 3, National Day. The Master Attendant's Office will be open for the issue of Sunday labour exemptions during the same hours.
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  • 150 4 AMBULANCE DIRECTOR APPEALS FOR GOVT. AID SINGAPORE, Wed. The Director of St John Ambulance Association, Dr. P. C. Kuan, today said that the association's medical stocks were "absolutely inadequate" to tackle an emergency. Speaking at tbe Bth annual general meeting of the association. Dr. Kwan made this point when appealing
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  • 19 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. Vessels in port have been requested to "dress ship" on National Day (June 3)-
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  • 167 4 SINGAPORE, Wed.— The Secretary General of the Singapore Federation of Services Unions, Mr. M. O. Chacko, today urged the services authorities to settle the outstanding claims of Its member unions "in the interests of Industrial peace." Mr. Chacko in a statement alleged that the
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  • 51 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Indian Information Service here will hold a free film show at India House, 31 Grange Road, tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. The show, which is open to the public will, feature the films: Republic Day 1961; Bogor Conference; Eradicate the Enemy; and Kathak
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  • 273 4 SINGAPORE. Tuesday. ILfORE THAN 5,000 Singapore children born in iTI 1954 have registered for 1962 admissions during the first phase of registration ending last Saturday. Those registered were 2,623 for the Chinese stream, 2,030 (English), 408 (Malay) and The Ministry of Education, In a
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  • 56 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Richard K. M. Eu, managing director of the Lee Wah Bank, has been elected chairman of the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association's council for a two-year term. Mr. Wee Kirn Wee, who has been the chairman for the past two years, stood down In favour
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  • 364 4 mHE following Is today's J. schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS BO AC Prom Sydney. Darwin. Jakarta (BA 711) 1.25 a.m. from London. Rome, Teheran. Delhi, Rangoon (BA 794) 1.55 p.m. Qantas: From Sydney. Darwin (QF 777) 7.45 ajn.; from Sydney,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 111 4 The Singapore Diary V.M.C.A.: Scenesblfters chorus SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: rehearsal "Patience" S p.m.. Exhibition of paintings by local religious knowledge class 9.30 artists, British Council. Orchard am. Road 10 ajn. to 6 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A.: Art Club SALVATION AHMY: United 6.30 p.m session model 8 p.m. Holiness Meeting 7.30 p.m.
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  • 424 5 NEW PENSION RATES FOR ARMED FORCES Servicemen to get higher retirement, discharge pay KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. IUEW pension rates and gratuities for officers and other ranks of the Federation Armed Forces were announced by the Federation Government today. Under the new scneme— to bring them in line with those of
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  • 164 5 ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two Ministers were given a big send-off today when they left here for Mecca on a pilgrimage. They are the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, and the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari. At
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  • 221 5 MEMORIES REVIVED FOR THE QUEEN ¥POH, Wed. Memo--1 ries of her childhood days in Ipoh were revived today for the Raja Permaisuri Agong when she visited the Methodist Girls' School here, formerly knowr as the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School. She joined the school as a standard four pupil in 1937 and
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  • 37 5 KUALA SELANGOR. Wed. Mr. Justice Hashim. of the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur. Inspected the magistrate's court here today. He was accompanied by Mr. Aw Ah Wah, Senior Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court.
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  • 281 5 'Make course a success' call to businessmen SINGAPORE, Wednesday. pROF. Leslie Wong today urged businessmen to help make a success of the new accounting and business administration course in the University of Malaya. In a speech to Rotarians at the Cathay Hotel, he recalled his visit to Singapore in 1958
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  • 63 5 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Eight women were fined today for soliciting for immoral purposes In the backlane of Desker Road last night. Seven. Low Sow Chlng, Liew Mol, Ng Chul Yin. Ho Sow Khoon, Vow Mul Heng, Ha Saw Fong and Koo Goh, were fined $25 each.
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  • 41 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The police are trying to trace a woman who abandoned a new-born boy in a rubbish bin in Sungei Road yesterday. The baby, wrapped in paper, was dead when a City Council sweeper found It.
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  • 84 5 GIRL'S LEGS BROKEN IN ACCIDENT I7UALA LUMPUR, Wed. A schoolgirl and a labourer were admitted to the General Hospital here today after two road accidents. The girl, Vanajah, 10. was taken to the hospital In an ambulance after she was knocked down by a car near her school, the Government
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  • 243 5 |(UALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A youth, who appealed against a three-year sentence in an approved school, was in the Court of Criminal Appeal today ordered to be sent to prison for 18 months. The Chief Justice. Dato Sir James Thomson, made the order after
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  • 141 5 JAPANESE STEEL MILL MISSION FLIES OFF SINGAPORE. Wed. Tha five man Japanese mission which made an on-the-spot study of conditions for Slngapores proposed steel mill to be erected at Jurong flew back to Japan early today. The team, headed by Mr. T Kato. of the Fuji Iron and Steel Co.
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  • 17 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The police arrested three suspects under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance yesterday.
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  • 621 6 IPOH. Wednesday HE PUSHES OVER A ROW OF TREES TO INAUGURATE IPOH INDUSTRIAL SITE rPHE Yang di-Pertuan Agong, dressed in a A light blue lounge suit, drove a $7M90 heavy bulldozer and mowed down a row of eight rubber trees in about a minute to inaugurate the
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  • 49 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed. A businessman. Lim Hye Seng. 23. pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court here today to a charge of assisting in a 1.000-character lottery on May 14 at Kebun Sireh-Sungel Rambai road here. Lim was allowed $1,000 bail pending sentence on May 23
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  • 79 6 First Registrar back for 'a look around' CINGAPORE. Wed.— Mr. D. Craig, the first Registrar of the I'niversity of Malaya, flew into Singapore today to "have a quick look around" and meet many of his old friends. Mr. Craig. 49. arrived from Australia. He studied the administrative structure of universities
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  • 159 6 SINGAPORE. Wed— Sixty Singapore fishermen will begin training on modem methods of fishing at the Government Fisheries Training School in Yew Slang Road, off sth milestone Paslr Panjang Road on Saturday. Inche Yaacob bin Mohamed. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National
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  • 30 6 SEGAMAT. Wed— The present Town Council here will hold its last meeting on Sunday at the Diamond Jubilee Hall. The new council will be elected on May 24.
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  • 23 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.—A meeting to form a district Scout association here will be held tomorrow at the District Office. Kuala Selangor.
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  • 284 6 L»iii\ANu, rtiu. A 1 younp; wife from abroad told the Penang coroner's rourt this afternoon that she had told her airman husband she was lonely and bored in Malaya and wanted to go home. He talked about a divorce. Mrs. Zubelda Peermaho;mad. 21. said this
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  • 453 7 PENANG, Wed. Judge: Don't discuss this trial with the public, not even your families HHHE new panel of special jurors selected for the re-trial of Lambert Bryant Samson, an insurance agent charged with murder, was today warned by the Penang Assize Judge,
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  • 41 7 PENANG, Wed. The State Secretariat has. circularised the five chambers of commerce in Penang to ask their members to fly the Federation and State flags on the occasion of the birthday of thp Yang di-Pertuan Agong on June 7.
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  • 25 7 SUNGEI PATANI. Wed. Dr. A. Ray has been transferred from Perils as Medical Officer. Baling. He succeeds Dr. S. Ghosal, who has resigned.
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  • 83 7 MISS Helen Tan. Miss Malaya 19ft;'- yesterday drew the "inning numbers in the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club's lottery in aid of underprivileged children. The meeting was a special lunch gathering of women. The draw was for 18 prices the first, a car. the second a
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  • 214 7 KOTA BHARU, Wed THE Kelantan Government was today urged to stop teachers from taking an active part in politics Speaking during the adjournment at the Kelantan State Assembly meetIng here today, Inche Mohamed Amin bin Hajl Yaacob (PMIP Bachok) said he had noticed that
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  • 20 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Nine M.P.s and State Assemblymen will leave for Madras tomorrow on a study tour.
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  • 152 7 The navy swoops again on pirates SINGAPORE. Wed. The Royal Navy yesterday seized another suspected pirate craft in the Celebes Sea. Nine men found in the boat were arrested and later handed over to the authorities "in Tawau. This action was taken by the crew of H.M.S. St. Brides Bay,
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  • 101 7 Society to visit Malacca JTUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Assistant Minister of Education, Capt. Abdul Hamid Khan, will lead 40 members of the Selangor branch nf the Malayan Historical Society on an excursion to Malacca on May 28. The branch secretary, Mr. Khoo Heng Hock, said this was the first time
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  • 55 7 IPOH. Wed. A schoolboy. Hiew Shin Choong. 19, was stabbed in the back in Jalan Bandahara here last night. He has been admitted to hospital. He told the police today that while on his way home along Jalan Bandahara at 11.30 p.m. five youths wearing Hawaiian shirts
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  • 510 7 UERE is the full lUt of donations in cash and kind received by the Straits Times yesterday for the Ringlet victims: Xl MA LLMPLK Pekedal2 Malay Bazar $25; Mr. L. S. Au Yong $5; Principal and staff Gurney Road School S7O; Mr. Leong Kirn
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  • 25 7 PENANG. Wed. The Socialist Front will hold a lunch-time rally on the vacant ground behind the Land Office here at 1.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 671 8 The Straits Times Thursday, May 18, 1961. A Neutral Laos How to guarantee Laos a less laombre future is what matters, not the telling of a sad past, observed Prince Sihanouk at the opening of the 14-power conference on Laos. But the future cannot be discerned without reference to the
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  • 300 8 Perak's first industrial estate scheme at Tasek on the northern outskirts of Ipoh, which His Majesty the Yang di- Fertuan ARong inaugurated vtstciday, has attracted most gratifying response. It was not so many months ago that the Ipoh Town Council, the authority responsible for preparing the site, invited
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  • 296 8 Kolantan's Mentri Bcsar, Haji Ishak Lofti. yesterday I denied that he had ordered the i cancellation of a meeting beitween the Minister for Rural Development and the Kuala Krai district rural development I committee during Tun Razak's visit. That someone did interfere with the arrangements is however hardly
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  • 1497 8  -  HENRY PAUL: by Ipoh, Wed. THE Federation Government is to embark soon on a major project to drain 40,700 acres of swamp and jungle in the heart of Perak and convert it into farming colonies. This area forms part of the giant trans-Perak River irrigation scheme,
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  • 994 9 600 more students and staff increased, too, for new session opening on Monday KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE University of Malaya divisions here and in Singapore wil have 2,900 students when their new sessions start on Monday. This is an enrolment of 600 more than in the
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  • 40 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. An Australian arrived here today to assist the Federation In Its national tuberculosis control campaign. He is Mr. P.C. Shirley who will act as the administrator and the case register supervisor of the campaign.
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  • 32 9 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Nachlmuthu, 21. was fined $100 or one month's jail. In a magistrates court today for having a flick knife In Anson Road last night- He pleaded guilty.
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  • 180 9 ARSONISTS BELIEVED TO HAVE SET FIRE TO A STATE GOVT. BUILDING ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Arsonists are believed to have set fire to a 521.000 State Government building in Kuala Trengganu last Saturday. The Federation Police today offered a reward of $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of the person
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  • 129 9 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. A HOUSEWIFE was awakened by kisses one morn- ing and found a man in her bedroom, Inspector Teoh Beng San, prosecuting officer, told a magistrate's court today. Tan Ah Liang, 28. unemployed, pleaded gqllty to a charge of house-trespass and preparing
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  • 53 9 SINGAPORE, Wed.— A 14--year-old boy was charged in a magistrate's court here today with using criminal force on a 17-year-old girl with Intent to outrage her modesty In Paya Lebar Crescent on the morning of May 9. The case was transferred to i the juvenile court for menI
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  • 46 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The Railway Economics Commission will visit Ipoh tomorrow to receive suggestions on the improvement of railway facilities. Those who wish to give evidence should call at the State Executive Council chamber between 2.30 p.m. I and 4 p.m. I
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  • 204 9 r ]\ANAH RATA. Wed— The families, made homeless by the landslide In Ringlet last Thursday, moved into their new homes late yesterday. Eight aluminium houses were put up by the Federation Army engineers and two more by the P.W.D. The new houses are numbered to correspond
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  • 10 9 RAZAK THIO ALBAKRI YAP FOO
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  • 435 9 ITVALA LUMPUR. Wed. Five Malayans are to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws of the University of Malaya at the convocation in the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall early next month. They are the Deputy Prime Minister.
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  • 370 9 A new trial for man on double murder charge JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. MR. Justice Adams in the High Court here today ordered a new trial for Affandi bin Daud, 22, after the jury had voted 4-3 to find Affandi not guilty of a double murder charge The 'ury had been
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  • 72 9 AUSSIE LAW CHIEF IN CAPITAL KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Australia's Attorney-General. Sir Garfleld Barwick. stooped for a one-day vl»lt here today on his way back from London where he attended a session of the Privy Council. He was met by the Australian High Commissioner. Mr. TK. Crltchley. Sir Garfield met the
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  • 22 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Malayan Railway announced today that no local trains will stop at Kepong halt from Saturday.
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  • 764 10  -  Kg Yook Yoon -By_ Prime Philip's idea becomes a reality A FULL BLAST publicity drive to make the public appreciate the importance of technical training in Malaya's economic development 4s to be launched in Kuala Lumpur today. From today until next Wednesday,
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  • 333 10 YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG S MP^^ArsP THIS is the message from the Yang diPertuan Agong on the Commonwealth Technical Training Week: In an age *uhere the standard of living of the people is dependent on the technological progress of the country an adequate
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  • 134 11 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. JHIRTEEN finalists will compete in the "Miss Singapore H?61" contest at the Capitol Theatre tomorrow :it O.MO p.m. The winner will represent Singapore ;il the "Miss International Beauty" contest to be held at Long Beach. California, from .lulv 20 to m The finalists
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  • 89 11 SINGAPORE. Wed.— A Singapore Magistrate, Mr. S. R. Chapkhana, today described people helping to carry on "chap-Ji-kee" lotteries as "pure poison to our fair city. "My only regret Is that the law has seen fit to fix the maximum fine for such an
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  • 382 11 Court is told of fatal stabbing after wedding party i I I SINGAPORE. Wed HOW a factory worker, Ng Choon Heng, was pulled out of a taxi by a group of men, while returning home after attending a wedding party in a lane off Lorong Tai Seng and fatally stabbed
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  • 72 11 CHARGE OF CAUSING DEATH SINGAPORE, Wed.— A drl--1 ver. Foo Yoon Ching. was i charged in a magistrates I court today with causing the i death of a lorry attendant, i Lim Chin Hua. by a negligent j act not amounting to culpable i homicide. Foo. who pleaded not guilty,
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  • 64 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. The following have been elected officials of the Singapore Catering Services Stafl and Workers' Trade Union for the year 1961/62: President. Mr. Foo Chee Kwang vice-president. Mr. Liang Hnn: secretary. Mr. Foo Say Fong; assistant secretaries. Mr. Robert Low and Mr Nok Chin Kok: treasurer.
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  • 79 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. An amah entrusted a constable with her savings, amounting to $220. without getting the money back, the Tenth Magistrate. Mr. Ho Thian Cheh. was told today. Aminah binte Burok. 23. now a housewife, said this at the trial of Constable Hashim bin Salleh. 30. who
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  • 45 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The State Coroner. Mr. Sathl V. Kandiah, today returned an open finding after an Inquiry Into the death of a trlsha rider Tan Seong Tong. 54. who was hit by a taxi along Kallang Road at 1 a.m. on April 8.
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  • 80 11 WARNING LABELS FOR UNLOCKED CYCLES SINGAPORE, Wed.—Policemen on beat duties are now carrying labels warning cyclists who leave their bicycles unlocked. The labels, printed in four languages, are meant to be affixed to bicycles found unlocked This is the latest measure taken by the Police after repeated warnings bare failed
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    • 167 12 Frenchman his views on what is beauty npHERE was I standing during a cocktail party with Miss Worlds all round me, growing more and more perplexed. Who can compare the sensuous grace of Miss France with the proud profile of Miss Italy? Who can say that Miss Europe's shapely legs
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    • 108 12 GALA NIGHT FOR ALL AT ISTANA rpHE Istana Pasir Plangie (near the Royal Johore International Club) will be the scene of a big party on the evening of May 31. The function is sponsored by Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Tengku Bend ah ara of Johore. and his wife Tengku Shariah,
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    • 213 12 Straits Times Crossword DS SV P H BBm bTb^l ACROSS 6. Isolated dioceses, one with no 10. Three-qusrters of the cards ftf.? °al ?en£l to-' Int*r for the next two solutions JjUltur al^^centre for Inur--11. &k'f.voume. to make the if^ternkth* without the 13. Tto c^lid be the object (7>. "O
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  • 352 14 T^HE tin price went to A new high levels in Singapore yesterday following the lead in London overnight. The Singapore price rose by $3 to $441,124. representing a rise of $7.50 since the current upward movement started last Friday. It is also $8 more
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  • 35 14 SINGAPORE. May 17. RUBBER: cents per lb., (down seveneighths of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 89-1 cents (quiet). TIN: $441.12} per picul (up $3). Estimated unofficial offering 225 tons (down 15 tons).
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  • 423 14 From Our Market Correspondent A LTHOUGH the tin sec- tlon of the Malayan Stock Exchange has not fully recovered from the recent shakeout, signs of a steadier trend were observable towards the close nf yesterday's market. Sellers' anxiety seems to have been alleviated
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  • 21 14 Malayan Stock Indira: May 17 May 16 Industrials: 165.53 166.11 Tins: 338.93 341.37 Rubber: 249.29 249.29 Jan. 1 1958=100
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  • 775 14 BUSINESS on the Malayan Stock Exchange. Federation section yesterday with the number of deals ln brackets was: Industrials: Jackson Singapore (2.000) $1.30: Jackson Malaya (2,000) $1.15: 8. Times (1,000) $3.30; Botutead (3.000) $1.75 ON, $1.75. Minings: Ampat (4.500) 18s. 4td. AIS. l»s. 3d. D. 18s. 6d. AIS:
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  • 216 14 JUNE tlrat frada rubbar buyara 1.0. b. I closed in Singapore yesterday at 3f>l centa per lb. down seven-eighths of a cent on Tuesday* closing price. The tone was quiet attar aatiar. S.CC.n. A. cloalntc prices In centa per lb. yesterday were: Int. I R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers
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  • 140 14 CHIP! lying alangslda the Slntioort wharvaa today art: Mnas Lloyd t '2. Zulyo Maru 10/11. Halldor 15/16, Rastvrn Maid 19, AkaKltan Maru 8/9. Rmplre Klttlwake 21 '22. Dolphevcrott 23/24. JJamt 25. Sabanc 26. Dahlia 31/32. Anna Marnk 35/36. Orkko Maru 40/41. Hainan 44. Outer Raadt: Balldnr. Sunny,
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  • 114 14 THE Chlnass Produo* Ixehanics, Sin 1 [ip«n neon prleta par picul yt§ ttrday w«rt I Copra: quiet steady: T'.K. 'Continent May shipment $27) buyers. $27! truer* Coconut .11: quirt bulk MO sellent, drum $431 nrllorn Pappar: quiet: no business wss reported done. Muntok white $1921. Sarawak white $100,
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  • 80 14 THE Federation Minister of Finance has fixed these prices for calculating customs duties for the week brcinninc on May 18. Rubber 90 rents a Ib. Copra $438 a ton. Coconut oil 5704 a ton. Palm oil $663 25 a ton. Palm kernels 5361 a ton. The rates of
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    • 96 14 UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD. mm •>«!««• ail r>ni«i. llttill tar Piiaif. and RaifMi (Accommodation in available). Spore Penani "PYIDAWMYOWT" n Maj v in "AUNCZEYA" 21 Ma) Ji May Agents: INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENCY. Ut lilik «»er Strict. Siaiaiert i r,, nm t mv tl. lead Strut. »eaiat r,i sti 37
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    • 1615 14 AUSTRALIAN ■■gTy^gTg^ STOCKS THE BUKIT KATIL RUBBER NOTICE i TmrxgFSSS^SZS* STATES LIMITED <,£«?*** «fi 1 cd a st«ady trend. (tacorprafd In the Fe4eratk, B of g o^ ge f Owr^Tid K^fi I£SZJ^EZri?M 101 l NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN livery of furniture. Specifications rl£ rni^j, and oils were that an lnt
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    • 787 15 NOTICES THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT V\TION.\L DAY— 3 ILNE 1961 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tha; the wharves oi The Singapore Harbour Board will be closed on National Day Saturday. 3 June 1961. On that day no vessels will b«- worked and no cargo will be received or delivered.
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    • 857 15 TENDERS PETALING JAVA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Tenders are invited for the sale of the following stores and equipment: Asphal: Sheets Si Diums, Ola Batteries, Old Tyres, Scrap Irou. Assorted Gnlvaulsed Tanks, 45/46 gal. Oil Drums, Peuoi Duven Pump Set unserviceable, Pump Centrifugal, stand for motor "Mem" starter unserviceable and Pipe Roliers.
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    • 847 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are nivuea from Federal Citizens or State nationals tor appointment. :o vacant posts of Cauet Agricultural As.sibi.uus m tlie Depa. tnieiu of Agriculture, Pahang. on the sautiy scale of $310x14-352/418x14-545/ jtilix 18-052 per mensem pius other allowances at curreiu mies. Cuuaiuaicb for appoin.meut must na\e attained their
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    • 780 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CITY COUNCIL OF SINCAPORE REGISTRAR OF VEHICLES' DEPARTMENT: Required <A) REGISTRAR OP VEHICLES In Super G Scale— SI.S2GV- p.m. aim (B) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OP VEHICLES in salary scale $680x35A-750/785x35A-1.050/1.100 X4OA-1.420. Both appointments will be on 3 years' probation. (A) REGISTRAR OF VEHICLES Qualifications: (1) Candidates must
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    • 2764 15 1 (&~^~*an a^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ mmamm^ maaamm^ maam^ m^ mmmmmma^^^^ mmmm^ m^ mm^ mm^ mmm^ mm mmmmmm mmuaamam\ (Continued from Pace 8) ACCOMMODATION VACANT EDUCATION SITUATIONS VACANT i 0 Wor4 ss (Min.)— Box SO et: extra ,20 Word, Si <Min.)—H,<x in ct*. rxtra TO LET or For Sale two-storey COMMENCING BECINNSRS 20
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    • 1176 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE i 20 Word, Si Vin.)— Box iO et: emtrm JUST ARRIVED 1961 Bansa 40 m.p.K. a JkncAirii group now o» (how at Guan Soon Tramport Co., Lid.. •-■S. Anton Koad, Singapore. CAR SELLING IMMEDIATELY Monti Minor Tourer 19S0 good condition price $1,200/-. Contact Haul 'JO. tith Avonue
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  • 65 16 pARIS. Wed. Horse racing In the Olympic Games —that is one of the ideas of two leading American racing officials in Europe to explore the possibility of a worldwide Thoroughbred Rai:ir.g Association. Mr. Dale Shaffer, president of the Thoroughbred Racing Association of the United States, and
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  • 15 16 LONDON. Wed.—No Fiddling and Wild Fast were scratched from the Epsom Derby yesterday.—Reuter. 1
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  • 232 16  - POWER FIRST MY FAIR LADY FOR 'DOUBLE' Epsom Jeep TWO BUKIT TIMAH RUNNERS IN TERRIFIC FORM ON THE TRACK with SINGAPORE. Wednesday DOWER FIRST and My Fair Lady should give punters a "double" on the second day of the May meeting at Bukit Timah next Thursday. Both these horses showed
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  • 160 16 French challenger ousts Pinturischio f ONDON, Wed. Moutiers. the French challenger, last night became a clear favourite at 8-1 for the Epsom Derby to be run on May 31, deposing Pinturischio who went out in the betting to 9-1 compared
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  • 328 16 LONDON. Wednesday. AUSTRALIAN Bill Alley. Somerset's 42-year-old A hard-hitting opening batsman, stole the limelight yesterday with a magnificent undefeated 221 against Warwickshire at Nuneaton. This was the first double century of the season, and Alley's own highest score, beating his 209 not out for the Commonwealth touring
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  • 285 16 Epsom Jeep's ten to follow RUBBER EXPORTER II: Won in the style of J champion last time out at Penang in March when he whipped a Class 3 field over 6f in lmin 12 4/5; prefers a good track. POWER FIRST: Back at his best: narrowly beaten by Martingale over
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    • 373 16 FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS (Paris): Men's Singles Ist rd —W. Alvarez (Colombia) bt R. Sanders (SA) 6-4, b-3. 6-4; M. Otway iNZ) bt J. Mukerjea (Ind) 4-6. 6-0. 6-3. 6-2; M. J. Sangster (Bn bt P. Lai llnd> 6-4, 12-10. 6-3, J. Mayers (SA) bi I. Plecevic i.Yugo) 6-1, 7-5. 6-0;
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    • 101 16 AUSTRALIA LEAGUE: Victoria Div. 1 OH Fiorentlna 3 Corlo 1; Coburg 1 Colling wood 3; Sunshine 3 Moonee 0; Lion 0 Croatia 2: Maccabi 2 Foots 6; Victoria Div 1 (8) Brighton 3 Austria 2: Yallourn 2 Frankston 2; 8. Yarra 0 Preston 5; Geelong 2 Sandrlngham 2; Dandenong
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    • 13 16 HEAVYWEIGHT (Houston): Cleveianc: WUliams (US) bt Alex Mlteff tArg) rsf sth rd.
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  • 39 16 TAIPING. Wed. The Ptfrak AAA championships will be held in Tatping this year on July 8 and 9. at the Sultan Yussuf Btadium. The Northern Zone meet will be held on June 24-25 at the same venue.
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  • 36 16 PARDAO ROMPS HOME IN DERBY TRIAL TVfRS CO. Iselin's Pardao. riddou ITI by w. H. Carr, canters home in the Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield last Friday. Pardao beat Nicodemus (second) and Scatter (third). Reuter picture.
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  • 78 16 CAN FRANCISCO. Wed.~ American Olympic lightweight boxer Harry Campbell died here late last ninht 24 hours after collapsing following two tenth-round knockdown in a bout with Al Medrano. Campbrfl underwent a three-hour brain operation yesterday, but doctors said afterwards his chances were slim. He had suffered
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    • 164 16 Secret agent* are in the newt. Their eiploitt. in fact or fiction, make compelling reading. And nowhere i* there a more absorbing character than |AMES BONO, thrillerspecialitt lan Fleming's internationallyknown hero. That it why you must not mill THUNDERBALL. a gripping story of plot d- «l«» A A counrer- pior
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  • 811 17  -  TEOH ENG TATT By Singapore. Wed FINNEY'S BOYS IN 9-0 SCORING SPREE, OUTCLASS SPORE IN ONE-SIDED TEST OINGAPORE who lost 4-3 in disgrace to P.S.S. Saintar of Sumatra on Monday, were slaughtered 9-0 by Wizard Tom Finney and his men at Jalan Besar stadium tonight. It
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  • 52 17 MEXICANS CRASH 8-0 AT WEMBLEY POMPLETING a hattrick, England outside-lett Bobby Charlton kicks his third, and England's seventh, goal into the net despite the closing in of Mexican players during international soccer match at Wembley Stadium, London, last week. The final score was: England 8 Mexico 0.
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  • 51 17 TPOH, Wed. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong 1 won a golf match in partnership with Too Joon Loke, the North Malayan champion, here this morning. The King and Too beat Dato Bendahara C. M. Yusof and Lt.-Col. Othman Rani two and one over nine holes at Tiger
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  • 302 17 l SINGAPORE, Wed. TH E newly-formed Singapore Amateur Sports Council will put on their first big show next month the National Day sports festival on June 2. 3 and 4. Nearly 20 sports have been included in a hectic programme to celebrate Singapore's second
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  • 37 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Selangor Oovernment Services will meet Central Electricity Board in a first round match in the Federation of Malaya Oovernment Services hockey tournament at the Police Depot ground tomorrow. Bully off 5.15 p.m.
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  • 68 17 RATU PAHAT. Wed. The visiting P.S.S. Siantar who beat Singapore 4-3 on Monday went down 3-1 to Johore In a friendly match played here today. Johore led 2-0 at half time and scored their first goal In the 6th minute through Yusof Hamld. Siantar made five
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  • 152 17 Debut for S'pore women on Sunday SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore's women footballers will make their first public appearance at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday. They will play a 40-min-ute match against a Rangers and Swallows combined side, as a curtainraiser to the friendly between Tan Tock Seng Hospital, the Singapore Oovernment
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  • SPORTS SUMMARY
    • 115 17 RAOC KO CUP (J. Bahru): 2nd rd. 221 BVD 2 (Rabu) Chapwick 53 OFP 0. HAY CUP (Kluang): Ulu Remls Est 5 (Krishnan 2. Awang. Sankaran. Selvapan) Kulal Oilpalms 1 iS.ilni. KLUANG LEAGUE: Div. 2 IA B 7 (Mathews 3. Ibrahim 2. Shanti 2) Police 2 (Chand). IPOH LEAGUE:
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    • 60 17 MUAR TOURNEY: Men's Sine 1^ Final Daud Amln bt Sekar Chandra n 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Novices Doubles Final Mohd. AM and Mohd. Shah bt Ahmad Salleh and Zainal Abidln Ahmad 6-4, 8-6. UMNO TOURNEY (Tg. Mallm): Men's Singles final Adnan bt Surjan Singh 6-5. 6-4. CRC TOURNEY (Penang): Kean
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    • 29 17 INTER SCHOOL (Penang): MAS bt Chung Ling B 39-37; Han Chiang bt Technical Inst 66-47; Penang Free Sch bt MBS 62-29: Chung Ling 'A' bt Chung Hwa 66--12.
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  • 129 17 2 DAVIS CUP MEN IN TOUR TEAM CINGAPORE, Wed. The All-Indonesia University tennis team of nine players will arrive here on May 27 for two matches against local teams. In the team are two Davis Cup players. Sugiarto and Sic Kong Loen, and Indonesian women's singles champion Tan Wie Lien.
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  • 135 17 Tourists promise bright cricket SINGAPORE, Wed. The visiting Hong, kong cricketers hope to play good cricket during their Singapore and Malayan Tour. Mr. Bot Williams, the team mar.«*«er. told the Straits Times on their arrival in Singapore oy C.P.A. plane today: "We hope ti play entertaining cricket as the game
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  • 99 17 SINGAPORE, Wed— Youth! beat Singapore Juniors 1-0 in tonight's curtain raiser at Jalan Besar, scoring their goals through Kirn Slak m the second half. The Youths deserved th« win for their competent football. They were on the attacit for more than three-quarter* of the game but failed
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    • 199 17 SOCCER STOKE LEAGUE: Olv. I.— Maxwell v Alexandra fJn Bestir* Dlv. 2A Cosmos v Telclc Kurau (Geylangi; TBA v Rajaji (Farrer Park). SI'LTAN'S Cl'P: Johore Bharu v Batu Pahat; long Senc Cap: JB Youths v BP Youths (both matches at Sri Celam, 6 p.m. and 4 p.m.); Police Inter-Circle final:
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  • 759 18 GENEVA. Wednesda American Secretary of State blames the pro-Communist rebels \IK. DEAN RUSK, United States Secretary of State, today charged that the pro-Communist rebels troops in Laos were breaking an effective ceasefire. He told the second sessions of the International Conference on Laos here that the
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  • 180 18 EUSABETHVILLE. Wednesday. 'pilH United Nations expressed apprehension ol possible trouble in North Katanga tonight following the deployment of Indian and Malayan troops into two towns. Two companies of Malayan* today entered Albertville. a fishing port on Lake Tangan- yika. and moved into the
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  • 95 18 SINGAPORE. Wed. The new extension to the Singapore Harbour Board wharves at the eastern end of the Keppel Harbour will be available for the berthing of ships as from next Tuesday. In a notice Issued today. Captain J.A.L. Pavltt. Singapore's Master Attendant, said that the new
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  • 48 18 SINGAPORE. Wed. The body of an unidentified man, about 40 years old, was found floating in the Singapore River, near Robertson Quay i this afternoon. In Clarence Lane, a 70- year-old woman. Tarn Ting, was found hanging in the lavatory of her home today.
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  • 50 18 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Malay Youth Literary Association is holding a short story competition In the national language. It Is open to secondary school students In Singapore and the closing date Is June 30. Prizes In cash and books t will be given for the best eight stories.
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  • 48 18 NAZARETH MIRANOA pa<sid away pcacrfully at Murukkumpuzha Kt-rala stnt» on 14/.VBI. Deeply mourned by hit flon John Mirnndfi And daimhter Trrr*» Conntantine. MOTHCR of C. Kajapudjam Technical Asxmtaot, Telecoms K. Lumpur and mothrr-in-law of K. Subramamam of Central Electricity Board K. Lumpur paused auay in Chulipuram. iVylon.
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  • 124 18 FAMILY OF Mi Mr. V. P«thm.,nath:m thank relatives and frirnds (or condolrnces. wrrath* and attendant* at thr fu.vral on l> I <!■ MR. ANO MRS. M. J. ARUMANAYACAM md Dually, rnnlirn: Java thank relative* and frirnda tor kind I i>\i:hs on their recent btrrnvrment MR. AND MRS. THOMAS OASS
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  • 23 18 SPECIAL SERVICES NIGHTLY ■>■> ti m. bi w, v Church. Malacca from W.dnr.-day 17th. till 10th May. All an nwit warmly welcome.
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  • 56 18 Boy's death mishap SINGAPORE, Wed. A cyclist Low Ah San, 16, was killed after he was knocked down by a car driven by a midwife, the Assistant Coroner, Mr. -Loke Siew Hoong, was told today. The midwife. Madam Chua Kirn Choo. 45, said the cyclist suddenly cut across her path.
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  • 48 18 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Four men. charged with wilful trespass by entering the watchmen's quarters in the General Hospital last night, were fined $10 each In a Magistrate's Court today. They were Dseerinenasan Pillay Govendasamy. Periasamy Kandasamy. Shammu- gam Krishnan and Thekke Velalkaruppan. All pleaded guilty.
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  • 41 18 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Three students of the St. Thomas School were robbed, while they were hunting for spiders in Leonie Hill yesterday morning. Together, the boys lost two watches and a fountain-pen worth a total of $70.
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  • 121 18 THREE FROM SINGAPORE FOR ECAFE CONFERENCE SINGAPORE Wed. A three man delegation will represent Singapore at a Bangkok comerence next week to cons'der ways to stabilise the price of papper. The conference is being arranged by the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East tEcafei based in
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  • 111 18 NEW YORK. Wed. Another Mini equal to $15,000 in bail was ordered forfeited yesterday when British television producer Harry Alan Towers failed to appear to answer vice charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Bail in a similar sura was
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  • 423 18 LONDON. Wed—Stock markets in London loday were qaleier and generally irregular bui a satisfactory unaerione was maintained helped by yesterday's advance on Wall Sueei, anu the improvement in me United Kingdom traae flguies for April. The approaching Whi'.sun holiday restilcted business which was lower than
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  • 89 18 Kidnap charge woman on the run FNANG, Wed —Ong Kirn Roey. a middle-aged woman, detained on a tentative charge of kidnapping a child, escaped frum Penang polk-e headquarters at 2 p.m. today. She was to have appeared before a .Magistrate 15 minntes later. Discovered Her escape was discovered when women
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  • 254 18 SPORTS 2 centuries for Aussies against Cambridge pAMBRIDGE. Wed. Tht \j Australian cricket tourist* slammed 369 runs for the loss of only two wickets In lour hours when they begun their match against Cum- bridge University here today. On a batman's wicket, I openers Colin McDonald and Bill Lawry each
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