The Straits Times, 4 August 1961

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    19 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1961. 15 CENTS WKHH.i: IiAII.V CKHTIHEH SALE ES< EKPS 0,0 00
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    'Survey by UN experts needed'
    509 1 ONE-MART WELCOME 'Survey by UN experts needed' Business men approve economic measures KIA L A LUMPUR, Thurs. Federation and Singapore business leaders welcomed the move by the Malayan and Singapore Governments to seek the services of experts to study the implications of establishing a common market for the two territories.
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    SHOELESS AT SIKH SERVICE—THE MAYOR WHO FOUGHT COLOUR BAR
    167 1 SHOELESS AT SIKH SERVICE— THE MAYOR WHO FOUGHT COLOUR BAR EkAßft si;iTKI). bowlerf batted, his chain of office around his neck, the Mayor of Smcthwirk siU cross-legged and shoeless among some of his citizens. Beside him is the Mayoress. This picturr was taken at the opening of a Sikh temple
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    JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
    96 1 JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED SYDNEY. Thurs— A horse reared on baby food astonished racegoers today by a winning a race after tailing the field by 100 yards The horse. Mighty Oak, is owned by Mrs. J. Churchill, secretary to three doctors. She also owned Mighty Oak's mother When the
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    Rebels jailed
    37 1 LAS VILLAS. Cuba. Thurs. -A revolutionary tribunal here has sentenced three men convicted of trying to join anti-Castro rebels in the Escamberay mountains to prison for terms ranging from 6 to 15 years.— UJ 1
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    Lock icon U.S. is willing to consider joining tin pact
    380 1 U.S. is willing to consider joining tin pact WASHINGTON, Thursday. fHK I nited States will be prepared at the Inter-American Economic Conference beginning in Montevideo on Saturday to consider joining the international tin agreement as a consuming country, officials said here. In the past the United, States has co-operated in
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    Joss-stick factory blaze
    110 1 Joss-stick factory blaze SINGAPORE. Wed. Quick action by the Fire Brigade tonight prevented a fire at a ioss-stick factory in the thickly-crowded Duxton Hill area from spreading. Shortly after a call was made, a fire-engine from the Central Fire Station dashed to the scene and had the fire under control.
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    Lock icon Heath's denial
    33 1 LONDON Thurs.—Mr. Edward Heath. Deputy Foreign 3ecretary. today denied that the United States had told Mr. Harold Macmillan. the Prime Minister, that Britain must retire from the task of, organising summits.—Reutei.
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    Boy 'too big for school'
    57 1 LONDON, Thurs—A mother complained here today that her six-foot 14-year-old son was "too big for school." Mrs. Vera Davidage told a court: 'All his clothes are too short. It is an embarrassment for him at school". She was fined £1 for failing to send the
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    150 insurgents attack town
    64 1 RANGOON. Thurs. A group of 150 insurgent raided Hsenwi, an important town in the northern Shan States. on Tuesday, burning down the immigration office and. freeing convicts from the local jail, the English-langu-age newspaper "Nation" reported today. The paper said that only 20 police constables were
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    Dahomey grab from Portugal
    150 1 pOTONOU -Dahomey Re- L> public Thurs. This small West African Repablie celebrated the first anniversary of its independence from France by grabbing a 300-year-old Portuguese trading post on the Atlantic ,'hore. Dahomey soldiers invaded Lhe five-acre enclave on -sao Juao and captured the Portuguese Resident. the
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    Masked girls in daring raid on mine
    191 1 Masked girls in daring raid on mine [POH, Thurs. While seven armed men held up three mine employees, six masked dulang girls washed tin ore in the palong for two hours and collected two piculs of ore. worth about $;>()(). This happened at the Tong Sin Kongsi, 2 1 miles
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    Lock icon 'RI will get missiles'
    58 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. The Indonesian Air Force is to get guided missiles. Chief of Staff, Air Marshal Suryadarma, said yesterday. Addressing a class of graduating instructors. Air Marshall Suryadarma said: "In the coming period the Indonesian Air Force will have guided missiles and for this we will
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    Lock icon Diplomas to be exchanged
    51 1 SAIGON. Thurs. South Viet Nam soon will establish diplomatic relations with the l United Arab Republic, reli-, able sources said today. Ngo Din Nhu. brother tvid political adviser to President Ngo Dinh Diem, was reported to have been contacted by U-A.R. representatives about: six weeks ago.
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    AUTHOR TO WRITE UP MALAYA IN DIGEST
    122 1 AUTHOR TO WRITE UP MALAYA IN DIGEST MR. LEOERER. KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The co-author of an American best-seller. "The Ugly American." William J. Lederer. arrived by air today to collect material for an article for Reader's i Digest. Mr. Lederer, now Far East correspondent for the Reader's Digest, based at
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    Lock icon Police fire on hi-jacked plane
    149 1 Police fire on hi-jacked plane 1?L PASO (Texas), MJ Thurs. Two Cuban gunmen holding 10 people hostage in a Boeing 707 jet airliner I tried to take off from the airport here today in a second hl-jack attempt. Squad can roared after it down the runway, with police guns blazing
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    LATEST
    27 1 SOVIET REPLY MOSCOW. Unas.— I •i^n Minister 1 [iromvko ttiijr n■< \meri(.in. British ;ni'i renoli Amb ism4Jm ;.i\" them Soviet Mft} nlcra mites <in Berlin I.
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    Lock icon LUBIS IS HELD AGAIN IN JAKARTA
    170 2 LUBIS IS HELD AGAIN IN JAKARTA lAKARTA. Thurs. d Mr. Mochtar Lubis. former editor-in-£hief of the now defunct anti-government daily newspaper "Indonesia Raya'- has been detained again, Lt.-Col. Hadi Harscno. chief of the security section of the republic's Supreme War Administration, announced today. Mr. Lubls was placed under house arrest
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    Lock icon 'Confidence' in compromise Congo regime
    322 2 'Confidence' in compromise Congo regime LEOPOLDVILLE, Thursday lyi K CYRILLE ADOULA and his new Congo Government, which has a Lumumbist Vice-Premier, were given votes of confidence in both Houses of Parliament, usually reliable sources said here. Mr Antoine Gizenga, Vice-Premier in the Government of the late Patrice Lumumba, was given
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    Lock icon Incident closed
    47 2 LONDON, Thurs. No further action is to be taken about the incident at a Budapest reception last Friday, when Mr. Nicolas Cheetham. British Minister in Hungary, walked out during a speech by President Nkrumah of Ghana. The incident is now offlfially regarded as closed Reuter.
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    Lock icon Apologies to Mac
    69 2 LONDON. Thurs.— Mr. Anthony Fell, Conservative MP has written to the Prime Minister to apologise If his remarks In the House on Monday were taken by him as "a personal rudeness, which was not intended." Mr. Fell caused a storm by shouting that Mr. Macmlllan was "a
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    Lock icon Naval base security chief to be dismissed
    149 2 Naval base security chief to be dismissed T ONDON. Thurs. Lord Carrlngton. First Lord of the Admiralty, told the House of Lords yesterday that as a result of disciplinary proceedings following the Romer Report on British naval security, he had decided to dismiss the security officer criticised by the report.
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    Lock icon REFUGEES ARE TORN OFF FREEDOM TRAINS
    345 2 REFUGEES ARE TORN OFF FREEDOM TRAINS DERLIN. Thurs.— East German police and Communist "vigilantes" pulled suspected refugees off trains yesterday in the most intensive action yet to stop the mass exodus from East Germany since it began a month ago. The Communists did everything but seal off the East-West city
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    Lock icon IMMIGRATION: BRITAIN URGED TO CURB THE INFLUX
    262 2 I ONDON, Thurs. A Conservative M.P., Sir Cyril Osborne, speaking in a debate on immigration today, urged the Home Office to have "Immediate and urgent" consultations with all the Commonwealth governments to secure their co-operation for some curb on immigration into Britain. Until
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    Lock icon Jack, Chen set to block China's entry to U.N.
    163 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. President Kennedy, In a communique Issued jointly with Vice-President Chen Cheng of Nationalist China yesterday reaffirmed U.S. determination to continue to oppose admission of the Peking regime to the United Nations and expressed rent*wed American support for the continued
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    Lock icon Red goals 'out of Chinese reach'
    167 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. American experts, commenting yesterday on Russia s 20-year programme announced on Sunday, said it contained much that could be distasteful to the Chinese Communists. They referred particularly to the emphasis in the programme, drawn up under the direction of Mr. Khrushchev, on
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    Lock icon 16 tourists die in bus plunge
    61 3 LUCERNE. Thurs.— Sixteen American tourists are feared to" have died when their bus ran off a road near here and plunged into the lake of Lucerne last night. It is known that 22 people escaped from the crash. The body of one man has
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    Lock icon US-Red air pact near accord
    43 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— The United States and Russia may reach general agreement sometime next week on exchanging direct commercial air services, U.S. officials said yesterday They reported "considerable progress" in the negotiations that began here on July 16— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Five jailed for smuggle bid
    43 3 JAKARTA. Thurs. Five people were sentenced to Jail terms of three to five years each by the Pangkalplnang economic court for trying to smuggle two tons of rubber and 200 kilos of pepper to Singapore last December U.P.I
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    MAC: IF WE STAY OUT OF COMMON MARKET...
    1070 3 MAC: IF WE STAY OUT OF COMMON MARKET. 'An isolated Britain of little value to the Commonwealth LONDON, Thursday. MR. Harold Macmillan declared in the House of Commons today that Britain in isolation from Europe would be "of little value to our Commonwealth partners, and I think the Commonwealth understands
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    Lock icon MOON SHOT FROM XMAS ISLAND?
    84 3 MOON SHOT FROM XMAS ISLAND? WASHINGTON, Thurs. Christmas Island, in the Pacific, is being considered as a possible launching site for moon vehicles and other spacecraft, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said yeterday. The agency said other potential sites Included Hawaii, an area near Brownsville. Texas, and the White
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    Lock icon S. RHODESIA BANS ALL MEETINGS
    149 3 SALISBURY. Thursday. lUj public gatherings within Southern Rhodesia have been banned for two months from tomorrow under a ban published in a special gazette notice by the Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs, Mr. Reginald Knight. The gazette gives details of certain exceptions. A state
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    Lock icon B-707 HITS TREETOPS
    71 3 NAIROBI, Thurs. A Boeing 707 airliner from London with 134 people on board hit treetops on taking off at Athens for South Africa yesterday but continued the flight and landed here safely with twigs and branches still sticking out of it. The 122 passengers were told Just
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    'Independent policy9 stand
    386 4 'Independent policy stand 82 UNIONS FORM A CENTRAL BODY SINGAPORE, Thurs. A conference of trade union delegates convened by the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union last night decided to form a "central organisation of trade unions pursuing an independent policy." 105 delegates When the meeting opened at the premises of
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    Che Yusof at National Library
    49 4 For trial SINGAPORE. Thurs.—Sim Eng Soon alias Suay Lek. 24, alleged to be a member of a crowd of 16 to 17 people, who threw bottles and electric bulbs containing sulphuric acid into a coffee-shop in Lorong 27 last year, was today committed for trial in the High Court.
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    Che Yusof at National Library
    311 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, today expressed disappointment at the small number of Malay and Tamil books in the children's section of the National Library here. The Head or State made the remark during a tour of the National Library
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    $4,580 hauls in two burglaries
    163 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. [N two separate burglaries within the past 24 hours here thieves stole a total of $4,580 in cash and property. In the first burglary, thieves broke into a sundry shop in Bencoolen Street Just before dawn today and stole $2,665 cash and $844
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    A $9,000 CHEATING CHARGE
    85 4 A $9,000 CHEATING CHARGE SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Lee Ngian, 45. of River Valley Road, today pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court to a charge of cheating Joo Huat, 39, a hawker, of $9,000 by dishonestly inducing him to believe that he had lost in a game of "si ngoh
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    On retirement
    35 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Mr. P.R.V. Subban, a senior Indian interpreter attached to the Supreme Court, has been granted leave prior to retirement. Mr. Subban will be leaving for India at the end of this month.
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    Film society
    30 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Singapore Film Society will show "Kind Hearts and Coronets" at its next sittings on Aug. 27 at the Cultural Centre at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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    YEAR'S JAIL FOR BID TO SNATCH A HANDBAG
    101 4 YEAR'S JAIL FOR BID TO SNATCH A HANDBAG SINGAPORE, Thurs. Kho Ang Soon, 28, an odd job labourer, who punched a woman's head and attempted to snatch her handbag, was today jailed for a year by the Ninth Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates. Kho, who had two previous convictions,
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    Talk on Indian culture
    51 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Madras Minister for Finance and Education, Mr. C. Subramaniam. will give a talk on "The Spirit of Indian Culture" during his visit here next week at the Ramakrishna Mission Hall next Monday at 6 p.m. Singapore's Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will
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    83 4 The Singapore Diary NAXYAXG UNIVERSITY (Jurong Hoad) Public forum organised oy University of Malaya Socialist Club, Political Societies of Polytechnic and Nanyang University on "The tasks of the present constitutional struggle," 7.30 p.m ART SOCIETY: Exhibition of paintings by local artists at British Council, 10 a.m. 6 p.m. YJVLC.A. (Orchard
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    AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    318 4 THE following Is today's schedule of civil aircraft movemenu at Paya Leoar airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS Garada: From Jakarta (OA 802) 8.55 a.m.; from Medan, Kuala Lumpur (OA 992) 4.10 p.m from Bangkok. Kuala Lumpur (OA 803) 5.45 pjn. Cathay Pacific: From Hong Kong, Bangkok (CX 731)
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    SPORE PLANS CHILDREN'S DAY
    219 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. About 37,000 schoolchildren here will celebrate Children's Day on Oct. 23 for the first time this year. This is in keeping with the United Nations Children's Day (Oct. 22) but as It falls on a Sunday this year, Monday will be a school holiday.
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    STUDENTS' WALK
    41 4 SINGAPORE. Than. The first list of names and numbers of the entrants in tbe Chinese YMCA Students Big Walk will be published in The Free Press tomorrow. The rest will be published on Saturday. The Walk is on Sunday.
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    New Guiders
    36 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Puan Noor Aishah, wife of the Yang dl-Pertuan Negara, welcomed 40 new Guiders into the Singapore Girl Guide Association, at an enrolment ceremony this evening at the Guide Hut In Buyong Road.
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    374 5 Rawclif f e warns of 'careers nipped in bud' Parents and teachers are failing in their duty to children KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MALAYAN parents were advised today to change their general attitude of "Go out, son; get a job and contribute to the family exchequer as early as possible." The
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    Now Anne sets sights on title of Miss Bazaar
    113 5 Miss Anne Woodford, of Malacca, who entered for the "Miss Bazaar Queen" contest to be held at the International Bazaar on Aug. 12 at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur. She was third in the recent "Miss Malaya" contest. The bazaar
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    1,000-acre land scheme
    101 5 1,000-acre land scheme \TUAR. Thurs.— The Mentrl 1 Besar of Johore, Dato Haji Hassan bin Hajl Yunos, today opened a 1.000- acre land scheme near Pagoh, about 20 miles from here. Under this scheme 167 landless families get six acres each for rubber cultivation. The Mentri Besar also visited the
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    1,500 books in exhibition
    51 5 PENANG. Thurs. An exhibition of 1.500 books in the national language will be held at the Heah Joo Seang Hall. St Xavier's Institution, tomorrow. The books are made available by the Indonesian consulate here. Also on display will be books published by a local Malay printing
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    JOBS TRIAL: FIRST TIME FOR GIRLS
    241 5 r|IRLS are taking part. for the first time in this year's "Youth Week in Business" project organised by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. A total of 161 girls and 503 boys selected from 2.500 applicants from 43 SINGAPORE. Thurs secondary English and Government Chinese
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    Tapper gets 4 months
    59 5 TEMERLOH, Thurs. A tapper. Abdul Khalld bin Mohamed, 20, of Kampong Paya Banl, Temerloh, was yesterday sentenced to four months' Jail for possession of a knuckle-duster near the Temerloh airstrip on the morning of June 9. Abdul Khalld. who admitted one previous conviction, will be placed
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    Boy, 6, killed
    33 5 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs. A six-year-old boy. Tan Ah Kwee. died In Buklt Mertajam Hospital yesterday soon after he had been knocked down by a motor lorry on the Pral main road.
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    GOVT. AID FOR 23 SCHOOLS TO END
    188 5 f/UALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Financial assistance to all schools in Malaya teaching in Punjabi, Telegu, Malayalam and languages other than the four recognised ones is being withdrawn by the Federation Government. Notices were given to the managers of these schools by Chief Education Officers
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    Radiator cap found
    93 5 IPOH. Thurs. The radiator cap of the Sultan of Perak's Rolls Royoe was recovered by the police las* night less than an hour after it was reported missIng. An officer o* the volunteer police reserve found it in Cowan Street with a mas- cot in the form
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    Psychiatrist testifies at murder case inquiry
    318 5 Psychiatrist testifies at murder case inquiry PENANG, Thursday 4 PSYCHIATRIST, Dr. Syed Hazhaml Hag, said in court today a labourer had told him he tried to hang himself after strangling his wife and baby. "He also said he buried the bodies and wanted to tell the police, but could not
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    MAN GUILTY OF $149,000 FRAUD LOSES APPEAL
    155 5 MAN GUILTY OF $149,000 FRAUD LOSES APPEAL pENANG, Thurs. Mr. x Justice Rlgby today dismissed in the High Court an appeal by a Chinese businessman from Japan who had been sentenced to three years' jail by a lower court for "a carefully planned and deliberately executed commercial fraud on a
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    Head transferred
    31 5 KLUANG. Tha r s. Mr. Wong Ah Fatt, assistant headmaster of the Klang High School he:;, has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur to be headmaster of the Maxwell School.
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    Delightful 90 mins. with Walt Disney
    123 6 Delightful 90 mins. with Walt Disney "WALT Disney's Cartoon Festival" consists of five delightful cartoons plus a special short feature entitled "Mysteries of the Deep." I don't know which part of the hour-and-a-half show I enjoyed more for the cartoons were as funny as the feature was informative. Cartoons included
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    BRANDO'S WESTERN HITS THE JACKPOT
    366 6 PARAMOUNT'S "OneEyed Jacks" (Vista Vision) has all the marks of a thrilling Western classic, made memorabie, perhaps, by Marlon Brando's intelligent directing and performance as Rio, the bank robber on a five year vengeance trail. Unlike many Westerns where the hero Inevitably escapes unscathed in
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    Now yet another true-life war adventure
    387 6 Now yet another true -life war adventure THE grim silhouette of a U.S. submarine sur- facing somewhere off the coast of the Philippines on a dark, treacherous night starts off yet another "this -really-happened-in-world-war-11-type" of film called "Battle at Bloody Beach The captain of the sub peers out at the
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    Lock icon FIRST PLANTATIONS WERE BEGUN A CENTURY LATER
    1347 7 Start to Malaya's rubber industry was made in 1798 FIRST PLANTATIONS WERE BEGUN A CENTURY LATER jyjß. James Howison, Resident Surgeon of Prince of Wales' Island, was standing in a pond, up to his knees IB water. He had been in that rather undignified situation for rather more than fifteen
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      278 7 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6. Like H limply Dumply. It's 1. In which one iearns how to nothing to senior schoolbe disagreeable? (6. 6). children (7). >. Raise perhaps about five 7. Where visitors to London Hundred and fl«e 'jor coun&el may go to camp or hunt (7). possibly (7,
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    DEATH
    39 8 1* Fat* Sl* (Minimum; TNI IMIALMIO REMAINS nf MlPaul Amrvadam arrival in KuaU Lamr>» takra to Ku.i.a PUak hurtal mil takr piu< <• at Srrrmhan on Satiirnar aftfr a taaual ■rrvlec at Bt. MartYf Chant at 4 nn p.m.
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    21 8 "or*. tl» (Minimum MR AND MR( Anthnnv H»ndnrk» thank all 'ho.. *n kin<iiv ««nt mn««*ie.-* or roacratulatlon. uood thur wnldtni
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    124 8 U Wordt HO (Minimum) SINGAPORE BALLET. Ma MM 9th 12th AuicuM. Victoria ThMtf*. Book At Kobinnom $1. H CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S HOME nine lpar«mt« In. thr»» year old. Plfaor raafl iS'porn BREATHE COOD. CLEAN Air and h# fif*h*ntd all day with Airwick. th* oondrrful air-frnhrnfr Ufi a bottle Mtoj MATERNITY
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    9Dte Straits 3Kmr* Friday. August 4. 1961. Beginning at Bangkok
    597 8 The Straits Times Friday. August 4. 1961. Beginning at Bangkok The BangkoK Dci-laiatiorv, signed this week by the Prime Minister ot Malaya anil the Foreign Ministers of Thailand r.nd the Philippines, makes three main statements. First, it calls into being the Association ot South East Asia Secondly, it sets out
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    Congo Cloud
    355 8 The "grievous stage" <n the Congo crisis ended in midJune, and there is a satisfactory co-operation between Fiesident Kasavubu and the U.N. authorities. But progress towards unity and stability within the 1 Congo Republic i.« disappointing. For all the good the Coquilhatville conference has done it might not
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    Council Gag
    256 8 A good many local authorities would be better off for more vigorous and impartial chairmanship, but it is difficult to i;o nil the way with Mr. M. R. Read and his somewhat •leremptory method of i-utting ■hart debate in the Klang Town Council. One exi^nple was his refusal
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    Lee Kuan Yew answers Lim Chin Siong
    2024 8 .WM. 1 has taken il Mr. Lim Chin _H_ Siong a week since the meeting of the Logislative Assembly on July 20 to come out and say something. We had published a paper in August 1959 by the Singapore Government to the Internal
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    Maths and qualifying test
    230 8 YOUR correspondent, Mr Seen Meng Lat, of Seremban (ST. July 27) was right about the qualifying test. Ah from this year, mathematics has been made a compulsory subject for the qualifying te>t. whereas in the Cambridge school certificate examination a candidate may choose to ignore mathematics
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      104 8 The M^n with the Miraculous Hands The hands urrr those of Dr. Felix Krrsten. a therapist. The miracles he wrought were two-fold: with his hands he had the power to remove pain; and through his wartime treat me lit of Himmler, dreaded 1 head of Hitler's Gestapo and SS. he
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    Local born—the backbone
    589 9 Local born the backbone Sixteen British Imperial Defence College men briefed on rural plan officers from the British Imperial Defence College were briefed today by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, on Malaya's gigantic rural development drive. The officers who are on a stuciy-tour of the country
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    Towkay ordered to quit
    126 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Lim Pang Ling, a rubber company director and property owner. today .sued a tenant in the High Court for payment of arrears of rent and vacant possession Of his shophouse in Pasar Road here. He alleged that the tenant. Lav Hong Saw, proprietor
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    Special prayers for campers
    35 9 KAJAN'G. Thurs.—Special "Yiday prayers will be organised on Aug. 11 for 600 Muslim Scouts attending the week-long national golden inbllee champoree at Camp Bemangat. Cheras. The celebration will begin on Sunday.
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    Radio man's wife out of danger
    105 9 IJUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Ch~ Jasmin Zahara bint* Abdullah, wife of the Deputy Director of Broadcasting, who was injured In a road accident last night, was reported to be "out of danger" after an operation today. The accident occurred in Bungsur Road when Che Jasmin,
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    New pioneer products
    45 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs— Prefabricated metal angles aid girders have been declared pioneer products under the Pioneer Industries (Relief from Income Tax) Ordinance, according to a Oovenimei;t statement today Other products listed in the statement are sulphur and carbon black and tinted glass.
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    After 66 years of hello-it's time for goodbye
    211 9 SINGAPORE, Thurts.— Two "oldtimers' with a total of 86 years' service will leave the Singapore Telephone Board next month. They are Mr. H. L King. 54, chief equipment engineer, who is leaving on termination of his contract after 32 years' service, and
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    Housewife attacked
    53 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs., A housewife. Leong Mul Wing. 39, was cooking in her home In Tras Street this morning when she was attacked by a man with a dagger. Leong was admitted to the General Hospital with stab wounds In the right arm and leg. Police later detained a
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    JETS NEXT MAY TO CUT DOWN FLYING TIME
    106 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. AU India International will replace Its Super Constellations with a Boeing 70" jet aircraft on the Bombay Sydney route, via Singapore, In May next year and flying time will be halvec. the airlines manager here, Mr. B. B. Gulatl. announced
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    Two Ministers for Accra talks
    205 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Two Federation Ministers will attend the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' conference in Accra. Ghana, next month. They are the Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Slew Sin, and the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari. They will be accompanied by the
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    Mrs. BINKS (BRIDE OF 4 DAYS) TO LEAVE AFTER AN INQUIRY
    178 9 Mrs. BINKS (BRIDE OF 4 DAYS) TO LEAVE AFTER AN INQUIRY SINGAPORE, Iburs.— A dlsiraugnt Irish girl a bride of only lour days began to prepare today for her trip borne as police completed investigations into the death of her busband. KAF Junior Technician Ernest Robert Binks. Helping Angela LonrworihDames.
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    Inche 'Pendek' is called to Hollywood
    203 9 Inche 'Pendek' is called to Hollywood SINGAPORE, Thursday TBRAHIM BIN HASSAN, popularly known among Malay film fans as "Ibrahim Pendek," will fly to Hollywood next week to act with Rock Hudson in a Universal International film, "The Spiral Road." Ibrahim, who is only 4 ft. 3 In. tall and weighs
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    Cleared of robbery
    76 9 IPOH. Thurs. Poo Mok. 26, and Yun Sal Choo. 33, were today acquitted by the president of the Sessions Court here. Syed Hassan AlJefTri, of a charge of gang robbery without their defence being called. They were alleged to have robbed a house-painter, Hor Yoong Foong, of
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    Apples for hospitals
    42 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Australia's "Apple Queen." 20-year-old Miss Darr 1 c 1 Toone. will distribute 50 cases of apples to children's hos- pltals and institutions. The apples were donated by Mount Baker one of th« apple growing districts in Australia.
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    $132,000 opium seized
    243 9 2 CAUGHT IN SEA CHASE FINED OINGAPORE, Thurs. Raw opium worth $132,000 and a speedboat were confiscated today on the order of the First Criminal District Jud'ie. Mr. Choor Singh Mr. Anthony Wee Soon Kirn, DPP. had asked for the for. feiture after two men were fined
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    Union chief removed from office
    82 9 Union chief removed from office SINGAPORE, Thurs. Tht central council of the Singapore National Union of Journalists, at an emergency meeting yesterday, removed Inche Othman Wok from the office of chairman "as his activities In the Utusan Melayu dispute clash directly with his responsibilities as a leader of this union."
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      120 9 THE CHARTERED BANK are pleased to announce tne opening QUEENSTOWN BRANCH of the Bank at Leng Kee Circus, QUEENSTOWN Banking facilities available to the general public from Ist AUGUST '61 OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT at the QUEENSTOWN BRANCH now! INTEREST at 2\° 0 per annum compounded half-yearly. ABSOLUTE SAFETY for
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      165 9 Popularly priced and guaranteed, your Morphy-Richard*. the largest manufacturers Morphy-R»chard» Iron has an Electric of troru In the world. outaelU all other Ey e> Automatic Heat Control and make of Iron* In Malaya There ar« over u 30 attractive models In Malaya alone. many other plus feature*. The nnlqw. Morphy-Richardi
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    MALAYA IS MAIN RUBBER SUPPLIER
    160 10 MALAYA IS MAIN RUBBER SUPPLIER ltf ALAYA was the iTI largest supplier of natural rubber and rubber sole crepe to West Germany in April, says the Federal Bureau of Statistics in Frankfurt. The bureau says that Malaya sent 6.572 tons during the month out of total German Imports of 11.109
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    Six months' holiday tor miner
    41 10 Six months' holiday tor miner MR. D. C. THOMSON (above) senior partner of Osborne and Chappel, one of the largest tin mining concerns in Malaya, and vice-president of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, has left for a six-month leave in Britain.
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    Insurance plan for Japanese firms
    289 10 Aim is to give them protection, says director 'J 1 H E development of Japan's trade and commerce in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya has led another Japanese insurance company to enter the local market. The company is Nippon Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
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    'Superior9 rubber gets a big boost: Bureau's report
    236 10 'Superior 9 rubber gets a big boost: Bureau's report MORE and more manufacturers are using the "superior processing" and other new forms of rubber produced by natural rubber research laboratories, says the annual report of the Na- tural Rubber Bureau. The report adds that visits by the bureau's representatives to
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    New filter factory
    68 10 t ram *iuers Jj«i. oi on mm has acquired the complete engineering, research, manufacturing and sales facilities from Simmonds Aerocessories Ltd., manufacturers of automatic niters. Industrial filters and water separators which have been used widely In Singapore and the Federation. Following the acquisition, the products are now
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    Transfer for bank manager
    45 10 MR. SNG TA1 WEI (above) manager of the Malayan Banking Ltd.. Ipoh branch, has been transferred to the Penang branch. Mr. Wong Ngai Man. Perak area manager of the bank, will take over Mr. Sng's duties In addition to his own.
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    Traders to sell India beauty aid
    143 10 Traders to sell India beauty aid AN Indian product which serves as a cleansing cream, foundation cream and make-up powder will shortly be placed on the Malayan market by two Singapore cosmetic traders. They are Mr. K.A. Kandlah. 27, proprietor of Bharath Importers, Singapore, and Mr. R. P. Muthu, 38.
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    NESTLE MAN BACK FROM EUROPE TRIP
    111 10 NESTLE MAN BACK FROM EUROPE TRIP MR. Dennis Khoo, an advertising executive of Nestle s Products (Malaya) Ltd., has returned to Singapore after a two-month trip to Europe and Britain. Mr. Khoo attended an overseas local executives seminar at Nestles international headquarters at Vevey. Switzerland and also at various Nestle
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    LATEST VOLKSWAGEN CAR TO HAVE PETROL GAUGE
    136 10 Executive off to UK sales studies AN executive of Jackson and Co. Ltd. leaves for Britain tomorrow to study sales promotion at two leading companies. He is Mr. Alan Chan, assistant manager who will be attached to Cow and Gate Ltd. and J. Lyons and Co. He will be away
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    G.E.C. profits improve but...
    56 10 The annual report of th# General Electric Co. says that in general the level of profits earned by overseas subsidiaries have Improved but are still unsatisfactory. In Singapore, which traded separately from the Federation of Malaya for the first time, the loss is more than offset
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    LATEST VOLKSWAGEN CAR TO HAVE PETROL GAUGE
    123 10 A PETROL gauge, steering wheel lock and redesigned .steering equipment are some of the Improvements In the new Volkswagen car which is to cost £11 ($93) more. Production of the new model, which has retained the basic beetle-shaped design, began in the Wolfsburg
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    110 12 I MELBOURNE, Thin. I TNVESTMENT shares were trmded x along easier lines. ICIANZ eased Is. to 475. Base metals and oils held a steady trend. Western Mining- gained Is. 3d. to 255. 7d. Commonwealth bonds were steady. Con. Zinc S7/6 Mt lsa 68/10Vk N.B.H. (10«.) 21/10V4 Peko 7/Mr
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    CLOSING PRICES
    38 12 SINGAPORE. Aur- 3. RUBBER: 83 J cents per lb. (up three-quarters of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 83" j cents (quiet). TIN: $466.25 per picul (up 51.37}). Estimated unofficial offering 250 tons (up 10 tons).
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    RUBBER PRICES
    212 12 AUGUST first grade rubber buyers f.e.b. closed tn Singapore yesterday at 83t centa par Ib. up three-quarters of a cent en Wednesdays closing price. The tone waa steady quiet. SC.C.R. A. closing prices in cents per lb yesterday were: Int. 1 R. 8.8. Spot fcta. buyers 83i. sellers
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    TIN SHARES BETTER AGAIN BUT TRADE STILL SMALL
    267 12 From Our Market Correspondent TIN shares improved on the Malayan Stock Exchange again yesterday, but this was not accompanied by an expansion of turnover which remained small. The more confident note observable on Wednesday was extended yesterday by a variety of factors.
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    21 12 STOCK INDICES Malayan Stock Indices: August 3 August 2 Industrials: 167.51 167.62 Tins: 324.15 320.53 Rubbers: 240.65 240.65 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    769 12 MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE OUSINESS on the Malayan Stock Exchange, Federation section yesterday with the number of deals in brackets: Industrial: 8. Traders (8.000) 54.40, 14.40 Ol> Minings: Austral Amal (1.000) 295.: A. Hitam (100) 495. 3d. ON, (600) 495. ON. (300) AIS. ON, (300) HBh (MO) Sis. 3d., (500) 31s.
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    Tin continues see-saw pattern on local mart
    237 12 rpHE see -saw pattern of the Singapore Tin Market continued yesterday and after Wednesday's drop of 75 cent~ there was a rally of $1.37 J. This brought the price to $466.25 per picul on an offering of 250 tons, increased by ten tons.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    108 12 TMI Cn.n.i, Product Eiehange. mmurl, noon pncci par picul mttrdiy war*: Copra: UK/Continent August ihlpmeot $26J buyers. $27 tellers. Coconut all: bulk |38 a sellers, drum Silt selloni Pepper t Muntok white »182» Mlla.t. Sarawak whlta KOSi wm Sarawak black I1&2J seller*, garbled Lampong black J152J aellers, Lampong
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      724 12 SHIPS IN PORT EXCHANGE RATES SHIM lying alwiiiMs m» imuptri whsrvss today art: AmiKlsan T HK Maltyan Caching* Banks' A»Ms.ru 10/11. Tomar <A. Khybcr 27/2 A ssslaUsn made these changes In Charon 19. But* of Ra]**tnan 31/32 nt to merchants yesterday (all Laovtll* 4/5. Btraat Banks 23/34, Star ntta *l*0>:
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      281 12 TENDER TENDER NOTICE Tenders from Contractors registered with P.W.D.. Singapore In Class "C" and above and under Head 1 or ilia will be received at the Public Works Department, High Street, Singapore, 6. In Tender Box No. 11 up to noon of the 18th day of August, 1961 for the
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      619 12 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mr. Chan Yueu TUn Is no longer in the employ of Asia Motor Co. (K.L.) Ltd.. and has no authority to transact any business or collect any monies in the name of or on behalf of this company. DISTRICT COURT SALE Writ of Distress
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      1605 13 L NOTICES PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS ~yv«-. APPLICATIONS are incited fox NASSIM CO., (SINGAPORE) the post oi registrar ot coLIMITED UPEKATIVE SOCIETIES, Singawill Mil by public auction AND EXin their Kale-rooms PEHIENCE: Degree of a recognised Nob. 4 4-1 Collyer Quay. university. Knowledge of Chinese dialects and Malay an advantage. On SATIRDAY.
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      1461 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE DOGS, PETS. ETC. it Wordt U (Min.)— Box M Stk «*fra 18 Word, SS (Min.)— Box M eta. •Xtrm MAGNIFICENT MANSION or elevat- SIAMESE KITTENS thorough bred ed land 2 miles from town. Cheap parents on view to prove Pedlgre*. Bos second to nonr No brokers.
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      801 13 VEHICLES POR SALE tt Word, $S (Min.)— Box tt eta. estra ISM AUSTIN A.M 8/Wafaa. E*o*llent condition; Insured until July 1962. View 101-K Red HIU Clo** after offlc* hours. No dealers. ISStVM VOLKSWACXH, K/Prefert. Hlllman, 1957 Austin AM. V/Wyrern, Holden. Hlllman. 1946/57 F/1100, H 'Calif irnla, O/Kapltan. 1953 Hlllman. Chop
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    CHEU-TZELONG, TOP SPEC & LA FIAMA WORK STYLISHLY
    429 14  - CHEU-TZELONG, TOP SPEC LA FIAMA WORK STYLISHLY EPSOM JEEP (Chan Tin Weng) ON THE TRACK By KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The best workouts on a good track here this morning were done by Cheu-Tzelong, Top Spec and La Fiama. All three broke 37 sec for 3f. Cheu-Tzelong. ridden by Woel McGrowdie,
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    448 14 LONDON, Thursday. THE Australian bowlers put their team on top 1 against Surrey here yesterday, after the batsmen had had to struggle for runs en being sent in to bat on a damp pitch. i 1 Replying to tht Australians' first innings 209, Surrey lost
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    126 14 OEHLERS: SHA TO CURB 'BAD HABIT' QINGAPORE. Thurs. The president of the Singapore Hockey Association. Sir George Oehlers said that steps would be taken this season to curb the habit of players appealing against or questioning decisions of the umpires. Sir George, who is also chairman of the SHA's Umpires
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    39 14 IPOH, Thurs.— The closing date of .entries for the Perak junior badminton championships has been extended from Aug. 2 to 10. The championships will be held at the SJAA hall on Aug. 25. 26 and 27.
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    68 14 I^ASTBOURNE Thurt. Chinese-born lawn tennis professional Ken Lo, who is now a coach at Manchester, was beaten 6—o, 6—3 by top-seeded Kurt Nielsen, of Denmark, in the fourth round of •he Slazenger professional tournament here yesterday. Australian Peter Cawthorn, the holder, who is seeded to meet
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    45 15  - Charity match PENANG. Thurs. Penang women selection XI will meet St. George's Girls' School In a charity soccer match in aid of the World Refugee Fund at Parit Buntar on Saturday. This is the first time that Parit Muntar fans will i;ee women at soccer.
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    103 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— R. Ratnalingam of MBS, XL, will captain the Federation combined schools team in their cricket match against Singapore combined schools at the Victoria Institution ground on Aug. 7 and 8. Those selected are: S. Murugiah and Lav Bik Hoou (ÜBS. KL>, W. de
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    14 16 VIENNA. Thurs. Former Hungarian President Zoltan Tildy. 72. has died in Budapest.
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    42 16 BANGKOK. Thurs. The South-East Asia Treaty Organisation i SEATO) announced today that Air Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph William Scherger. chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee in Australia, has been designated as the new Australian military adviser to the organisation.
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    168 16 NICOSIA, Thursday. TTHE 6.000 Britons at the British Dhekelia base 1 on Cyprus were put on water rationing today after sabotage damaged the only pipeline into the base. 'The situation is serious." a spokesman said. "The reserve supply is falling rapidly" Part of the pipeline
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    168 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. All is set for the big Teachers' Day celebrations here on Saturday. An organising committee comprising officials from five teachers' unions, representing the four streams of education, has chosen the Happy World Stadium as the venue for a mass rally starting at 9
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    452 16 BY VIETNAM INDIA disappointed their thousands of admirers at the Merdeka Stadium here tonight when they went under to Vietnam by 2-1 in Group "A" of the Merdeka soccer festival. For all their superb football and complete mastery in the first half, they had only one goal to
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    55 16 THE PMILANOCRSONS of lVnltng Iliiink iv. illiodv for :ill .iv-iMnnC» r.nd. r.-d at HM funcra of Hmnrna ;.i<i aerMi v ii" paMM way in" aimTHE FAMILY OF 'hi- Int.- Mr. .In-, pii Tw K,-t- Kmt thank ail n and fm-nd^ fur Htu-ndint; ih* fiirn-rul and !ho<c> who sint «rnllii,
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