The Straits Times, 5 August 1961

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  • 16 1 \Vm\<.l I»AI1V (IHTIIIK»S\LE EXrEEDS 90.000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY. AUGUST 5. 1961. 15 CENTS.
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  • 470 1 MPs have string of questions for Premier Tengku to make a statement? KUALA LUMPUR, Friday TENGKU Abdul Rahman is expected to make a statement in the House of Representatives next week on the proposed merger of the Federation and Singapore. The Prime Ministers statement will be in
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  • 123 1 SUBANDRIO SAYS: WE DON'T OPPOSE PLAN JAKARTA. Fit The Foreign Minister, Dr. Subundrio. said yesterday that Indonesia did "ot oppose the Greater Malaysia plan of Tengku Abdul Rahman. Bui. he said. Indonesia would not cive active support to the plan. "Formation of such a federation is up to the peoplH
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  • 47 1 JAKARTA Fri The inshore Flotilla attached to the British Far East Fleet will visit Surabaya from Aug. 8 to 11. The Flotilla is made up of a 1.652-ton forward support ship, H.M.S. Woodbridge Ha- yen, six coastal minesweepers, 1 and an oiler. Reuter.
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  • 55 1 LUCKNOW. Fri. More than 3.500 people in Uttar Pradesh State died in a cholera epidemic up to July 15. the State's Chief Minister. Mr. C. B. Gupta, told the local Legislative Assembly today. He said some 13.000 people were stricken in the State, parts of which
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  • 27 1 MANILA. Fri. Typhoon June struck the northern part, of the main Philippine Island of Luzon today with winds up to 85 miles per hour.
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  • 138 1 DANGKOK. Fri. Thailand's Foreign Ministry today confirmed that transit visas were no longer necessary for visitors staying here up to 48 hours. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the controversy in Kuala Lumpur between the Thai International Airways and a secre- tary oi the Thai Embassy there
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  • 112 1 -AUSTRALIAN QUEEN' VISITS HOSPITAL SINGAPORE. Iri. Miss Darricl Toone. Australia's "Apple Queen" brought cheer and apples to the young children of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital and York Hill Girls' Home here today. Miss Toone. 20. won her title by answering questions about apples during
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  • 399 1 BERLIN: 'THINK AGAIN,' WEST IS TOLD MOSCOW, Friday. J^r.SSIA. in notes published here today, called on the Western powers to "consider their negative position" and agree to negotiate on a German peace treaty. If they did not agree to sign such a treaty or possibly separate but similar i treaties
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  • 68 1 QUADS BORN TO WIFE OF MINER MORPETH (Northumberland), Frl. Mrs. Margaret Proudlock. 28-year-old wife of a mmtfr. gave birth to quads -two boy.s and two girls in less than an hour last night at a maternity hospital here. One of the girls was stillborn. The quads, who were five week*
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  • 20 1 DURBAN, Fri. A weekly newspaper. Indian Opinion, founded by Mahatma Gandhi 58 years ago. closed down today. Reuter.
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  • 124 1 US$2,OOO million loan for Britain WASHINGTON. Fri. The International Monetary Fund announced today agreement to make available the equivalent of US$2,OOO million to help Britain's balance of payments position. Tin 1 announcement aid Britain would make an inimodiitc drawing of the equivalent of $1,500 million in nine currencies and would
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  • 19 1 DEFENCE ALLOCATION WASHINGTON. Fri. Senate today voted Krn-m-cly siti.sjK million fcr defence biggest M ever allotted peacetime. Ri-jler.
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  • 944 2 EL PASO. (Texas). Fri.— The U.S. Government last ii i jjh t authorised the arming of commercial airline crews following an attempt here today to hijack xt gunpoint a Boeing 707 jet airliner with 67 passengers
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  • 168 2 Bizerta: Afro- Asian move in UN likely to get support NEW YORK, Friday. fFHE Afro-Asian group conferred *or Iwo and a half hours yesterday on the Bizerta dispute and again deferred action in its bid for a special session of the General Assembly. Meanwhile, delegates who attended yesterday's meeting continued
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  • 142 2 I UCERNE, Fri Hans Gut, Swiss courier of the luxury bus which plunged into Lake Lucerne yesterday, killing 16 American tourists, told last night how his Boxer dog Dino helped to save the lives of two women passengers. Mr. Gut, who is in
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  • 177 2 (jENEVA. lri. Tin- 14--power Laos conference yesterday reached broad conditional agreement on banning foreign troops and military bases from a neutral Laos, authoritative sources said. The conference, in a threehour session, also conditionally agreed on general un- dertaklngs not to import armaments into Laos
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  • 568 3 OVERWHELMING SUPPORT IN COMMONS FOR GOVT. BID FOR TALKS TO ENTER COMMON MARKET HHHE House of Commons last night endorsed A by 313 votes to five the British Government's decision to negotiate for membership of the European Common Market. Earlier the Commons had 1 rejected a
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  • 269 3 Cardinal dies, aged 87 VATICAN CITY, Fri. Cardinal Nicola Canali, a leading figure of the Central Government of the Roman Catholic Church for many years, died here yesterday after a heart attack. He was 87. Tfcr cardinal was Grand Penitentiary of the Church, head of the tribunal or Court of
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  • 73 3 Asians and BOACa complaint LONDON, Fri. The panel representing BOAC and its stewards and stewardesses is to hold a special meeting next Thursday to discuss a complaint that BOAC is employing too many Asian stewardesses In proportion to British girls. A statement issued after a meeting of the- panel at
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  • 81 3 THE world's most extraordinary and sensational amphibious heavy duty vehicle being put through its paces in Norway. It has 20 wheels, all of them powered except for the two front twin wheels which serve to absorb shocks when travelling across rocks and other obstacles. The vehicle will
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  • 48 3 AN advance glimpse of autumn is given by the black fox pillbox. Dartly trimmed with a black and white grosgrain bow, which is modelled here by Continental actress Sonja Ziemann. Sonja stars with Terry Thomas in the MGM co-medy-thriller. "A Matter of Who."— Reuter picture.
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  • 118 3 A toast to Asia by U.S. leader WASHINGTON, Fri. The U.S. Vice-President. Mr. Lyndon B. Johnson, yesterday proposed a toast to the people of Asia "on the front line of the battle for human decency and human liberty." "May their dreams be fulfilled," he said. Mr. Johnson was responding to
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    • 468 3 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA SHORTWAVE SERVICE NATIONAL SHORTWAVE 41 metres SERVICE 41.7 metres MEDIUM WAVE SERVICE a .m.: 6.00 Time Signal. Nega476 metres ra-Ku: News Headlines: 6.05 Morning Melodies: 7.00 NewA.M. 6.00 Good Morning 6.02 port Jazz pegt^. 7 30 Time Morning Prelude 7.00 The News Signal. News 7.35 Song
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  • 119 4 r KUCHING. Fri. British M.P. Miss Joan Vlckers (Conservative) said here today the people of the Malaysia region should decide for themselves whether they want to come together. Miss Vlckers is here for a nine-day visit after attending the recent Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference In
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  • 395 4 34 FORMS LISTED BUT ALL OF THEM CAN BE PLAYED AT HOME AS PASTIME SINGAPORE, Friday. yH K Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, today declared 34 games as "games of chance or mixed games of chance and skill," making them indisputable in courts
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  • 219 4 He posed as 'tec two months' jail SINGAPORE, Frl. A hawker, who posed as a detective and told a farmer that he was Instructed to Investigate a five-year-old theft case, was sentenced to two months' jail In the Ninth Magistrate's Court today. Soh Chin Leong, 28, a father of two.
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  • 123 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. VISITORS flocked to become "television stars" at the Singapore Polytechnic's "open day" to mark the Commonwealth Technical Training Week today. And the students at the newly completed television studio obliged. Through the close TV circuit visitors saw themselves on the screen. A battery
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  • 321 4 A DAY IN S PORE FOR MISS DAY WITH A 'LIMITED BUDGET SINGAPORE, Fri. An Indian film star today paid her first visit to Singapore, and wherever she went she kept her eye on her purse. Reason: Her Singapore trip was arranged
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  • 112 4 ANEW series on your favourite subject crime detection starts in The Free Press today. It tells how science comes to the aid of the detective in solving baffling mysteries. It tells how the evidence of forensic experts has trapped men who
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  • 346 4 THE following Is today's schex dule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS Air India: Prom Bombay, Mauras iAI 410) 6.05 am.; from Jakarta (AI 411) 1.30 p.m. BOAC: Prom London, Frankfurt. Cairo, Karachi. Calcutta. Bangkok (BA 792) 4.20 a.m.; from London. Zurich,
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  • 332 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. rpHE Chinese Schools (Committee-Teacher) As- sociation is to seek clarification of the Government's plan to set up a two-year post-secondary course for students graduating this year under the four-year secondary school system. The association at an executive committee meeting at the Chinese Chamber
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  • 64 4 SINGAPORE. Frl. Fong Lee Yin, an odd-Job labourer in the 8.0.D., whose husband, Chong Hu Wah, a Harbour Board employee, left her three months after their marriage in January 1954, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High Court today, dissolving the marriage
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    • 56 4 The diary SINGAPORE BALLET performs for schools at Victoria Theatre, 6 p.m ART SOCIETY: Exhibition of paintings by local artists at British Council, lo ajn. 2 p.m. RAMAKRISHNA MISSION (0 Norrls Road) Class on Bhagavad Glta by Swami Slddhatmananda, 7 p.m. Y.M.C.A. (Orchard Road): Malay class Cambridge I, 1.30 p.m.;
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  • 361 5 NEW SET-UP WILL GIVE SHOT IN ARM TO SPORE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS SINGAPORE, Friday. npHE Commerce and Industry Division of the Finance Ministry has been split into two separate divisions to facilitate implementation of the industrial development plans drawn up by the Government. The new divisions,
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  • 182 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. A former Australian nurse will turn into an e1 c p hant caretaker aboard the liner 'Straat Banka' when it leaves Singapore for Australia on Sunday. Mrs. M.J. Scot. 33. will have the problem of lookIng after five elephants which she has
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  • 30 5 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The Royal Singapore Flying Club will hold an air rally at Paya Lebar airport at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow. There will be Joyrides for the public.
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  • 69 5 LONDON JOB FOR CHE HABIBA CHE HABIBA MUSA. formerly of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, who left Koala Lumpur by air yesterday to join the staff of the Students Department in the Malayan High Commission in London. In a tearful farewell at the airport she was seen off by
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  • 213 5 A STUDENT from Malaya and another from Singapore are among a group of architects at Melbourne University who are helping to desi^ii a community centre lor Beaumaris. near Melbourne. They are Mr. Cho Boon Chen, of Penang. and Mr. Tan Kah Hoe.
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  • 59 5 IPOH, Frl. The Ipoh Magistrate. Inche Hamzah bin Mchamed Salleh. today ordered a labourer. K. Palanlmuthu. 37, to stand trial In the High Court on a charge of murder. Palanimuthu was alleged to have murdered a taxi driver. S. K. Narayana Nalr. at the squatter area off
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  • 101 5 SERVICES TO HONG KONG: MALAYAN AIRWAYS APPLIES SINGAPORE, Friday MALAYAN Airways has formally applied to the Hong Kong Government for permission to run services to the colony with tne airline's newly-acquired Britannia plane. Meanwhile. Cathay Pacific Airways. a British-owned Hong Kong-based airline, has applied to the Singapore Government for landing
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  • 100 5 Guides are told of civic duty T/UALA LUMPUR. Frl.— The Director of Information Services, Inche Mohamed Soplee, yesterday addressed 200 Selangor Olrl Guides camping at the Kuen Cheng Girls' School grounds on their civic responsibilities. He told the Guides, who are attending a week-long trainIng course, that citizens must try
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  • 28 5 PENANG, Frl. Mr. H. Mlzushima. resident representative of the O.S.K. Line and the Malay States Shipping Ltd. was entertained to a farewell dinner here last night.
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  • 162 5 TPOH, Frl— Tappers stayed away from work on the Chemor United Estate near here for the fourth successive day today over the sacking of the estate union secretary. Mr. V. Muthusamy. A spokesman for the Perak branch of the National Union of Plantation Workers told
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  • 341 5 Negri sets up religious scholarships for Muslims THE Negri Sembilan Legislative Assembly today set up a $10,000 State Muslim Religious Scholarship Fund for Muslims A Bill calling for the setting up of the fund was successfully moved by Inche Mohamed Idrts bin Matsll (Alliance) Another Bill providing $150 a month
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  • 34 5 MERSING. Fri. Forty teachers from the Johore Bahru Englisrt College anc other English schools In the State will spend this weekend at the youth camp at Pulau Besar. off the coast here.
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  • 140 5 Man held after extortion attempt IPOH. Fri Police detained a man here last night after laying a trap to fcii an extortion bid. Earlier the police had received a report from a pork seller that a man called at his home in Paslr Plnjl new village at 4.30 p.m. and
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  • 77 5 Next year a longer L-drive KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. The national language central committee will launch another language drive nex' year. "Next year's campaign wil ast two months," the secretary of the committee. Inchi aaafudz bin Haji Aodul Hanid. -aid today. This year's campaign, which 'arted on July 22. ends to
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  • 291 6 15,000 could be put up every year, Howe estimates rpilE Housing and Development Board will have completed more than 7,006 low-cost homes for lower-income people on the housing register by December. Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of National Development,
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  • 138 6 SINGAPORE. Fri. Two small Australian servicemen's children returned to the land of their birth. Singapore and Malaya, today. They were two-year-old lan, who wa born in Singapore, and two-and-a-half- year-old Deidre. born in Penang. Accompanied by their parents, they arrived here with
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  • 52 6 KUALA KANGSAR. Fri. The Perak branch of the Malayan Association of Youth Clubs will hold a Pesta Bella (youth festival) at the Malay College here on Sunday at 8.30 p.m. The proceeds of the show will go of the State branch fund. Tickets for admission are $2
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  • 34 6 PENANO. Fri. The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. will open the three-day annual meeting of the Malayan Trained Nurses' Association at the staff nurses' hostel here from Aug. 17 to 19.
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  • 49 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. A dance in aid of World Refugee Year, organised jointly by the Apex. Jaycee and Lions clubs, will be held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall tomorrow at 8 p.m. Tickets are obtainable from the Social Welfare Department at $3 couple and $2 single
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  • 145 6 New rules to make crossing roads safer KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Government has taken steps to see that school children cross roads safely. New regulations Road Traffic (School Crossing Patrol) (Selangor) Rules 1961 have been made by the Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Hajl Jublr. They are to be
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  • 38 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Mr. Teoh Khoon Hock, of the Customs and Excise Department, Penang, left here by air today on his way to New Zealand to attend a sixmonth Customs course under *the Colombo Plan.
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  • 89 6 PENANG. Fri.— The DeJT puty Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. has been invited to declare open Penang Umno's Pesta Merdeka, marking the fourth anniversary of Malaya's ln- dependence. The pesta. starting on Sept. 8 at Lorohg Kulit. will be open until Sept. 16. About
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  • 207 6 WILY TIGER EVADED DEATH TRAP FOR 5 DAYS A WILY old tiger tha for five days was night in elementary jut BATU GAJAH, Friday. evaded a game ranger finally shot dead last gle in the Slim Village area of South Perak. Kampong residents in the area had complained to tha
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  • 86 6 pENANG, Fri. A police officer told a preliminary inquiry today that a police party dug up two bodies after a labourer had led them to a crave covered by bushes. The labourer. M. Mumgaya. 57. accused of the double killing of his
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  • 52 6 Lecture tour of Perak TAIPING. Fri. A missionary and author of several religious books. Dr. G.D. James, will visit Perak next week. He will give a series of lectures In Ipoh from Aug. 7 to 9, ln Talping from Aug. 10 to 13. and In Kuala Kangsar, from Aug. 14
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  • 66 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Lieut Ariffln bin Muda of the Armed Forces Signal Squadron, Kuala Lumpur, will leave by air for Britain on Monday to attend a four-month qualifying course at the School of Signal, Catterick Camp, Yorkshire. On completion of the course, he will be attached
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    • 1240 6 COMPANY CONFIDENT IN THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND BORNEO HHH| H^^l 4 PROMOTED TO SENIOR EXECUTIVE LEVEL M^^^^HH P^B^HI fW THE New Zealand Insurance Company Limited takes great pleasure in announc- W -*IP^ ing the appointment of four members of its Singapore Branch Staff to senior I^^ A
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  • 57 7 MISS BETTY YAP,, a clerk in a Kuala Lumpur office, who has entered for the "Miss Bazaar Queen" contest to be held in conjunction with the International Bazaar on Aug;. 12 at the Chinese Assembly Hall in Kuala Lumpur. The bazaar Is to raise
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  • 92 7 AIRLINE TO HOLD A SALES CONFERENCE VIINGAPORE. ~YL— Qantas representatives from nine countries will attend a two-day regional sales conference here from Aug. 14. The conference will study the effects of the "Visit the Orient Year 1961" project, with a view to more frequent jet flights to meet any increase
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  • 165 7 A thousand scouts for golden jubilee Champoree' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. More than 1.000 scouts from Malaya, Thailand and the Borneo territories will gather at Camp Semangat, 12 miles from here, from Sunday to Saturday week for a "Ciamporee" to celebrate the golden jubilee of Malayan scouting. The acting Chief Scout.
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  • 316 7 P>OLICE here are now taking new inten- sive measures to curb the rash of armed robbery and intimidation reported from lonely tin mines. A senior police spokesman said mobile police patrols were now visiting mines and that increased surpriser ambhshes were
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  • 68 7 BOY'S BODY RECOVERED FROM SEA SINGAPORE, Fri. Police today recovered the body of Lian Teng Heng. 13. who was drowned in the sea off Telok Ayer basin yesterday. Llan and another schoolboy. Eow Koh Eng. 11. were swimming when both got into difficulties. Eow was rescued by a passing sampan
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  • 234 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The president of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters' Federation, Maj.-Gen. Bela K. Kiraly, found "important answers" to his queries on how Malaya overcame the threat of militant Communism during his visit here. Revealing this in a statement before he left by air today, the
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  • 31 7 PENANG. Fri. The City Council today announced that the Deputy Mayor. Mr. N. Patkunam. Is acting for the Mayor. Mr. Ooi Thiam Slew, who li at present on leave.
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  • 81 7 Rubber ($285,000 worth) saved in sinking pENANG, Fri. A tongkang carrying 155 tons of rubber to a Russian ship sank this morning in the sea off Weld Quay. As the rubber, valued at $285,000. drifted towards the waterfront, over 100 sampans were sent out to recover it. Most of the
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  • 68 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Mr. V. N. Chellam, of Kota Tlnggl. has passed the examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Waies. neld last June. Mr. Chellam, son of Mr. V. V. Chellam. manager of Rubber Estates of Malaya, is now working in London with Messrs
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    • 361 7 78 questions for Parliament from policemen to landslide KUALA LUMPUR. Friday SEVENTY-EIGHT questions will be asked at the five-day meeting of the House of Representatives from Monday to Friday next week. These ransc from a query an wli> police allegedly laid their hands on women at a squatter area in
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  • 38 8 !t Mora's lit i Minimum THE FAMItY 'h. latr Mr CMM Uaa Hon k ..•> 7 .»l thank.- al, rrlHllvaa, inrrnl. and th.- CBMaafl Ciun ANKOciatioA ror their help, donation*. r.r i :ir- .ii .1 i and condoicner.
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  • 212 8 M »..rrf« fit (Minimum, THC COCKPIT'S. Java P.'iMiafrl In int.d <\.ry Saturday and Sunday lunch tlm. ROBINSON'S OPCN H afaal on Mi.ndiiv 7th A I nhop all .I*v in comlort ai Robimon s. Slnga-i-i.l Ku.ila l.umpui MATCRNITV DRCSSCS. 10 to fJMI Full or mim-tlttini:. Mail StSM, non ■Hka Kinnrk*.
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  • 76 8 H H „rds it.it Mm. i CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, <■ Ra ii. I pote Sunday Church s<rvi<« and Kundav School H e\. y U.dn.-.-daT i. i'.n. arhlct UMaudai tcsUaooaM al haaHas. ah air ».it«mi PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH In BlnraRaai, Sunday Service nd ti p.m. All welcome. ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL
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  • 762 8 The Straits Times Saturday. August 5. 1961. Floor And Ceiling Fwr whatever reason Amci* ica may join the Internrtional Tin Agreement (and it won't be just for love of the tin miners) it is a decision much to be welcomed. This American move is part apparently of- the new deal
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  • 286 8 The opposition cannot con- Riatulate itself on its per^ormj ance during Negri Sembilan's State Assembly debate on a Government request lor a supplementary development vote of $217,000. Mr. Chin See Yin, an independent member, was some way off target when he complained that the Government was asking fov
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  • 173 8 Southern Rhodesia needs a holiday from political controversy, says the government, after "the serious stress and strain" the country went through during the campaign preceding the referendum on the new constitution. So it bans all public gatherings for two months. It is a prudent measure, dictated by wide<pread
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  • 1147 8 JOMO KENV A T T A, known to his fellow Kikuyu tribesmen as "Burning Spear," has become the dominant personality in Kenya's politics in spire of eight years absence in prison and restricted residence. Kenyatta. who gives his age as "about 63". has been living
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  • 457 9 Eight countries, including Malaya, will produce educational movies KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. "LMGHT Asian countries including Malaya will jointly produce two series of educational films for secondary schools and adults in South and East Asia. The decision was taken at the Unesco -sponsored conference on audio -visual teaching
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  • 195 9 Teachers' foreign degrees to be evaluated SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Government Is to assess and evaluate foreign degrees held by graduate teachers here with a view to recognising them, the Ministry of Education said today in a circular to principals of all Government and aided schools. It said that the
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  • 278 9 BUT WOMAN BANDIT LATER SERVES TEA KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Three truckloads of officers from Britain's Imperial Defence College were "ambushed" without warning by a gang of "Communist terrorists" on a lonely timber track off the 13th milestone. Bentong Road today. For thrre minutes the air was filled
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  • 154 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A nine-year-old Malacca .schoolgirl was drowned here yesterday when she Ml Into a disused mining pool at Kampong Pandan. Fatimah blnte Tonln, who was spending her school holidays with her aunt, was playing with friends near the pool when the mishap
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  • 44 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Two women were fined $10 each in a magistrate's court today for fighting In public. Tan Kah Tlan. 20, and Wong Ah Kang. 37, i were caught kicking each other at Sterling Road yesterday about 3.30 p.m.
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  • 119 9 'Release all detainees' demand by union I(UALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A call to the Federation Government to release all trade unionists detained under the Internal Security Act or produce them for trial will be made at the second annual delegates' conference of the Transport Workers' Union here on Sunday. This is
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  • 45 9 More Provost planes here KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Three more of the six Provost trainer planes bought by the Royal Malayan Air Force for $780,000 landed here today after their delivery flight from Britain. The first two aircraft arrived in June. The sixth is expected shortly.
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  • 314 9 Govt. is disregarding minority interests— school chairman rE chairman of the management board of the Kuala Lumpur Punjabi School, Mr. Pritam Singh, said the Federation Government's decision to withdraw grants to schools not using the four recognised languages disregarded the interest of minority groups. The Kuala Lumpur Punjabi School, the
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  • 230 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. T\R. IRENE CHENG, fifth daughter of the •■-'late Sir Robert Ho-tung of Hong Kong a one-time friend of George Bernard Shaw arrived here today on a three-day visit to meet her former classmates and contemporaries of the University of Hong
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  • 16 9 MERSINO, Fri. The Sri Mersing Youth Club will hold a talentime and body-build-ing competition tomorrow.
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  • 124 9 Riot youth put on probation OINGAPORE, Frl.— A young w sawmill worker, wounded by police gunfire in a rioting incident, was today placed on 12 months' probation by Mr. N. A. dTtozario. the Fourth Magistrate. Gim Teng Oeok, 17. of Jalan Kuantan, had been found guilty of taking part in
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  • 108 9 Police hunt for missing witness SINGAPORE. Frl.— folice here are searching for a prosecution witness In a theft case. Lav Kong Kee, 35, has disappeared from his home In Geylang Road since he reported the theft on July 26. He could not be found at Nanyang Slang Pau, said to
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  • 112 9 Censor to take another look SINGAPORE, Fri £> —The Singapore Film Censor has recalled all films released for screening during the previous governments term of office. The aim is to review the films to study whether *hoy conform to the present Government's policy. A spokesman for the Film Censor's office
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  • 54 9 SINGAPORE. Fri— Tht Cecil Street office here of the strike-bound Utusan Melayu was sealed yesterday following Instructions from the newspaper's authorities in Kuala Lumpur. Twenty-eight members of the staff here, who have been picketing inside the office since the strike began 16 days ago, are now
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  • 52 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Peter Cheng Teek Meng. a former Police Training School drill Instructor, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High Court today dissolving his marriage with Tan Poh Soo on grounds of adultery. The decree is to be mad* absolute in
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  • 646 10 An extra page of foreign news ]YJR. DEAN RUSK, the Secretary of State, said last night: "There is no reason why this (Berlin) problem cannot be solved by peaceful means if those others b(f/ond the iron curtain are willing to approach it in the
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  • 204 10 lUISA BETHVILLE, Fri.- Eleven leadIng Belgian political advisers, including the head of the national bank, were told today by the United Nations to quit Katanga. Four of them, including Mr. Victor Tlgnee. Chef-dc-Cabinet at the Interior Ministry, must leave in a fortnight. The rest
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  • 168 10 WILL YURI BE FIRST RUSSIAN MAN ON THE MOON? YORK. Fri— Major I Yuri Gagarin believes he will be chosen to make Russia's first flight to the moon, according to an American publisher who Interviewed him In the Dutch West Indies. Mr. Gerald Bartell. told a press conference yesterday that
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  • 312 10 ANTI-POLICE rioting erupted for the third time in a row last night as 3.000 rioters clashed with 6.000 steel-helmeted police in the city's slum district. Police said 196 persons were injured last night 143 policemen, four newsmen and 49 rioters.
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  • 52 10 MELBOURNE, Fri. The Soviet Premier, Mr. Khrushchev, has sent a Melbourne hou ewlfe. a set of wooden dolls depicting a Russian family in national costume. The house wife. Mrs. Joan Dargaville, said today she had written to Mr. Khrushchev personally asking for the dolls several months
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  • 118 10 BROTHER William. 35--year-old Franciscan friar who is also a jazz addict, has his guitar slung on his back when conducting an open-air service in the ruins of the 13th Century Beaulieu Abbey. Hampshire for enthusiasts attending the jazz festival organised by Lord Montagu. At
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  • 29 10 CAPETOWN. Fri. Joe Daniels, national secretary of South Africa's Coloured People's Convention, said his organisation would urge a total boycott of the election in early October. Reuter.
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  • 107 10 Electrical Red union lodges appeal J ONDON. Fri.— The Electrical Trades Union and five of its Communist officials yesterday lodged notice of appeal against a High Court judgment last month which held the five Communist officials had conspired to "rig" the election of former general secretary, Mr. Franle Haxell. This
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  • 1207 11 Crowd watched a fantastic London battle (CHURCHILL HURRIED TO SCENE OF TRAPPED ANARCHISTS^ ON the grey and rainy morning of January ,'i, 1911, a strange drama unfolded in an obscure street of London's East End. Soldiers armed with rifles clustered on rooftops, and in windows and doorways. More than 200
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    • 279 11 Buys Bunny By Batph Beimdaht "L^^-^-v- _^IfONE 1 ~"N SCRAM, BUM) IV I SAY, "N I rPtEASE TAKE <~~ merch ant!S\) THERB'S NO MYORPER.../ r (HERE COMES 6YIVESTeR!) LUNCH -ON SEATS! SEE^ J/— I J^ M^ S LNO. ir r I'LL HIPETrV TOP O't^. CRE^mOF /THATSI6NL^ £S J /SEVERAL^ji^cJ SERVICE
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  • 259 12 DETERIORATING SERVICE TO AIR PASSENGERS •JIHE service to its passengers by Malayan Airways seems to be deteriorating. On the tourist plane leaving Singapore for Kuala Lumpur at 7 a.m. on Tuesday last there were only four copies of the Straits Times for distribution among about 27 passengers. Further, a request
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  • 199 12 THE TRAVAILS OF DRIVING TESTERS "THE allegation made against driving testers In general Is unfair. There may perhaps be a few testers who expect too much from a testee and fall to realise that a learner-driv-er on passing a test has only covered a milestone towards being an expert driver.
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  • 84 12 THE LONG WALK TO SCHOOL VfY children have to walk about a mile dally to and from school along Cantonment Road (from Outram Road to Anson Road) as there are no buses running on this route. On rainy days, I have seen many other school children getting soaked to their
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  • 134 12 T)R. LEE SIEW CHOH and Dr. Sheng Nam Chin stated last Sunday that "if the Communists stood in the way of an independent, democratic, non-Communist, socialist Malaya, then we are prepared to join issue with them. If not, there is no reason to enter
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  • 73 12 WITH reference to newspaper reports about the difficulty in getting British personnel to join the army and the proposed recruiting In Malta and other places, why not offer ex-servicemen already serving as civilians in Singapore a chance? I am sure that given attractive terms many of them who
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  • 60 12 T DO not understand why the form for A.R. registered letters issued by the postal department should bear a description ln French on the top and English below. The French has no significance at all except to confuse the sender. I ice no reason why the national language
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  • 45 12 rE unified pay scheme Is welcomed by teachers ln Chinese secondary schools. But it is a disappointment to learn that the only teachers entitled to join the scheme are those who have been teaching ln assisted schools since November 1956. LYN Johore Bahru
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  • 306 12 T REFER to the letter by "Disgusted" on Singapore's driving testers (S.T. July 22). Definite standards of driving are already laid down by law—Rule 6 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licence) Rules, 1948 and a testee must satisfy all the requirements specified under this
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  • 210 12 Deck travel and quarantine regulations T HY do the Singapore health authorities Insist on putting deck passengers arriving by sea la quarantine when those disembarking at Penang do not have to undergo this isolation treatment? Recently I travelled from Madras to Singapore third class. On board the vessel at Madras
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    • 156 12 KMORE and JIL MORE f\ I \ij\ People mjp nan uM OTTTTr>*T< Why...? because of extensive ranee and low prices Choose yonrs from the large collection of: TERYLENE DACRON if NON-IRON POPLIN TETORON COTTON RAW SILK WHITE, CCLOUREDS PURE FUJI SILK STRIPES CHECKS And have your own reason of asking
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    • 300 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 19 make up an anclen: I. Formerly, the agreed quantt- ?Jf a^l (^rnrn~n»t* sec forth In deUU Jjff!^J& 5> cX^foffSeW?? 11 7. iUtrlcal In form, it take. 0. S5 BC SSA fU Slffl; mv«- t^e eye: about time, too! U. Xt^ Sto^c^a five hundred and Utopian
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  • 302 14 Prom Our Market Correspondent rnHE Malayan Stock ExX change yesterday continued to lack incentive and only a small volume of business was written on a trendless market. In certain cases during the morning tin prices moved up sharply on few inquiries, but in the
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  • 22 14 Malayan Stock Indices: August 4 August 3 Industrials: 157.53 167.51 Tins: 329.56 324.15 Bobbers: 240.65 240 65 Jan. 1 1958=100
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  • 705 14 BUSINESS on the Malayan Stock Exchange, Federation section yesterday with the number of deals In brackets: Industrials: P. and N. ords (1,000) 12.50: Oammon (3.000) (1.87: J. Waugh (1,000) f 1.90: Metal Box (2,000) (2.39. (2.000) $2.40: Robinson (1,000) $1.41 ON: B. Traders (3,000) 54..3 A: Weame
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  • 202 14 TNE tin price rise in x Singapore yesterday continued to gain momentum and there was a further improvement of one dollar. This brought the price to $467.25 or its highest level for five weeks. The offering at 270 tons showed an Increase
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  • 158 14 chips tying «ion»,,rt, th. Slngaaara wharves taday arc Karslk 10/11. Troubadour 6/7, Halldl* 23/26. Crusader 6A. Dalko 15/16. Shigeshlma Maru 1/2. Ormara 40/41, Lam Maersk S/9. Monmouthshire 18. Nestor 46. Siaoe 21/22. Khyher 2«/29. Labuan Hadji 27. Olaog Ann NW. S. Outer roads: Pyldawaye. Straat Rio. Hoi
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  • 111 14 THI Ctltnaes PtmSum Exchannt. 1 Smgip*". noon pr.cat par poul yttttrday wtrt: C*pr> TJK/Contlnent August Khipment $26i buyers. $27 Mllers. C»c*nut all: bulk 38 1 sellers, drum Ml* Milcrt. Ptpavr: Muntok w-hlte |1% Milan, Sarawak wfclta $1771 sellers, special Sarawak bUck $150 sellers, garbled Lampoon black $100 Milan
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  • 112 14 MELBOURNE, Prl. TNVESTMENT shares closed the week along steady lines. Associated Pnlp eased Is. 6d. to 31s. and David Syme Is. to 335. 6d. Base metals and oils were steady. Br< £i en HDI Sooth me<l Mto 17s. sd. Mt. Morgan eased 5d to 15s. 7d. Commonwealth bonds
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  • 212 14 AUGUST flret ir.n. rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday •t 83J cents per lb. down a quarter of a cent on Thursday's closing price. Th« tone was quiet. S.C.C.R.A. closing prices to cenla per lb. yesterday were: Int 1 R.S.B. Spot f.o.b. buyers R3. sellers S3! (N):
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  • 38 14 SINGAPORE, Aug. 4. RUBBER: 83' i cents per lb. (down a quarter of a cent). 5 p.m unofficial close: 83"i cents (quiet). TIN: 8467.25 per picul (up $1). Estimated unofficial offering 270 tons (up 20 tons).
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    • 993 14 jK"\§l?lineJ Express U.S.A. Pacific afc Atlantic Coast Servlcaj E. 1.*.. E.I.A. E.T.A. E.T.A. E.I.A. S'DOrc Hongdong Honoiuit S. Francisco I. Angela* h. Tort "■•iifia Mrs' n 20 Aai 24 Aat I Sen IS Sept II sept 1 oct "Kvaikiwi Mirtr 21/24 Stpt 21 Sipt 13 Oct 2a Oct 22 Oct
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    • 871 14 Rubber market perplexes THE rubber market A this week has been more perplexing than ever, the weight of August tenders registered on Tuesday and Wednesday being mainly responsible for the confusion report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current market report. At its most depressed stage August was switched at 1J
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    • 162 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC APPLICATIONS are Invited for the position of Library Clerk on a temporary month to month basis. This position Is to replace a member of staff who had gone on study leave for 3 years. Applicants must have minimum qualifications of either School Certificate or Government Middle
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    • 1184 14 NOTICE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA This is to notify that the busl- ness and properties of "Tenega IN KUALA LUMPUR Electric" Johol have been pur- PH v«sirc mi( ,mv, chased by Slamley Electric Co., physics DEPABTMENT. who are not responsible for the APPLICATIONS are invited for debts or liabilities of the
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    • 765 15 (Continued from Pace 8) SITUATIONS VACANT to Word* $S (Min.)— Box SI cts. txtrm BOX amu S.T. dated 13th July 1961. Position filled. Applicant* thanked. WANTED GENERAL and Life Insurance agent* In all towns throughout th* Federation and Borneo. Writ* to Box A 052 S.T., Ipoh. WANTED English speaking Office
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    • 853 15 SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Word* tS (Min.)— Box St cts. txtrm KLUANG TYRES A Co., Khl«ng wanted a Sales Repreaentatlve. Knowledge of Mandarin fluent Engliah and commercial correapondenc* ar* ****ntlal. DINING ROOM CAPTAIN tableboya and room boy* required. Must be experienced. Reply with small photograph (non-returnable) to Box A 4172 B.T.
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    • 829 15 HOUSES 4 LAND FOR SALE M Word* $S (Min.)— Box St ct*. txtrm VACANT POSSESSION attractive 3bedroom bungalow facing Bt. Andrew* School. Spacious garden, modern sanitation 37 Woodavllle Road. B'por* 13. Phone *****/*****. PIW LEFT 3 STOREY MODERN FLATB AT SEA AVENUE OFP EAST COAST ROAD. 3 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms
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    • 1015 15 TUITION 21 Words $S (Min.)— Box SI cts. txtrm DON'T TRUST to Lock. Consult *xehlet police tester for practical knowbow of test requirements. Negara Driving Institute. Tel. (Spore) *****. 7-MONTH INTENSIVE Course In Commercial Law for students preparing for professional examination such as AH. A. Stage On*. Box A 4166
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    • 782 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Word, $S (Min.)— Box St cts. txtrm i MU3I SELL ISS2 Hudson Virtual if O/owner excellent paint, battery, no retreads w/walled tyres, new e/tyre; I/taxed. $790/- TeL ***** Singapore. JULY 196S PIAT 800 At condition tax 31st Dec. Insurance July 1962 two j owners $2,800 0.n.0.
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    • 832 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE It Words $S (Min.)— Box M ct*. txtrm IMI AUSTIN SHEERLINB Good looking car what offer*. Pbon* Singapore *****. 19*0 FOUR-DOOR Opel Rekord re[tatered 21-9-60 in Immaculate condition low mileage $5,695 only. Call at Singapore Motors Ltd.. SIS/319 Orchard Road, (B'pore) Tel*. 2&291. VAUXHALL VICTOR DELUXE bill*
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    • 705 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE it Word* U (Min.}— Box St cts. txtrm i ASIA MOTOR CO. Ltd. Secondhand Cars Offer:- 1960 Peugeot StMlonwagon. 1959 Borgward TS, Btudeh*>k*r Lark. 1 Austin Cambridge, Holden Special. C 196S Flat MUlkanto, Wols-ley 1500. 1 Austin ASS. Borgward TB, Peugeot 403. I Vauxball Victor, 1957 Borgward
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    • 555 15 FOR SALE Word, $S (Min.)— Box St ct*. txtrm STANDARD TYPEWRITERS, :AMERAS, Drum Bets, Oultara, Ccilnc and T*bl« Fans, Carapbonrood 3>ests, Opium Tablts. CblnrM Altar fable*, Carprts, Rugs. Paintings, iandsewtng Machines, Long Playing trcords. Piano Accordions. Bookn. "loor Polishers, Foam Mattreswv riowerpot Stands, Standard Lamp*, lultcasra. Metal Trunka, Hlgbchalra. Playpens.
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  • 89 16 Wi Mi fss f/rm OINGAPORE, .Frt —To cope with the increasing number of punters attending off-course betting at its town office, the Singapore Turf Club has put up more tote windows and has enlarged the floor space of the "betting hall. Punters can now make
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  • 352 16 LIM'S NEWCOMERS SHOW ABILITY ON A SOFT TRACK KUALA LUMPUR, Friday SINGAPORE owner Mr. K. Y. Lim, who recently enlarged his string with a number of Australian horses, will race three of them at the Kuala Lumpur meeting which begins on Sunday. They are Norval Lad. Fine Filigree and Mojave
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  • 1385 16 K.L card— lst day RACE 1: 2.00-CL 2 DIV 2-7 F 1 ***** heu-Tzelonr (Low &Ng St.) Lee. 5 9.0 McGrowdle 7 2 ***** Duke of Mantua (Glam St.) Martin. 4 8.13 (8F) Johnson 5 3 ***** Enjoyment 111 (Shaw St.) Spencer, 4 8.12 (F) Tulloh 3 4 ***** Weebo
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  • 225 16 A NEW set of electrical] A costing $25,000 will Gold Vase meeting here o These gates known as the Sterllne mobile starting gates are being Imported from Adelaide. The Sterline gates will replace the type of starting stalls now In use at all turf
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  • 181 16 ATHLETICS FMAAU NATIONAL championships finals (Kubu Stadium, Malacca, 9 a.m.) SPORE AAA championships Ist day (Farrer Pk, 6 p.mj; Port RC meet (P. Swettenham). BADMINTON STORE BA OPEN championships (SBA hall. 7.30 p.m.). CBICKET NORTH v SOUTH match (Spore pa dang. 11 a mj. RIXERS SHIELD: North zone
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  • 24 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.—Th» Malaya-Singapore schoolboys international tennis match will be played on the SCRC. Pudu Road, courts here on Monday and Tuesday.
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    • 1304 16 xoSSI £UI%1 I BW(KS> ASSOCIATION vattpc t iw*i it Ail TDt mb^rs of th6 above AssobTSa^SJUSS ""ol the State or S.ngapoxe the Town Boards Enactment to c ea 1 i° 1 r b "i"} e amend the Bandar Penggaram Monday. ill August 961 being approved Layout Plan No. J4 3250
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    • 814 16 NOTICES t PERAK TURF CLUB SULTAN'S GOLD VASE MEETING. 19S1 FIRST DAY SIXDAT ::TH. AUGUST. 1961 SECOND D A V THURSDAY iIST. AUGUST. 1961 THIRD DAY SUNDAY 3RD. SEPTEMBER. 1961. ADMISSION TO THE RACE COURSE BY BADGES ONLY Usual $I.— Unlimited Sweeps (FOR MEMBERS ONLY) for; I the three days
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    • 927 16 TENDERS P.W.D. KEDAH TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received from Contractors Class "B" and above at the Offlce or the State Engineer, Alor Star up to 12 noon of 20th. August. 1961 for the Construction of 2.000.000 Gallon Reniforced Concrete Reservoir at Bukit Pinang Headworks. Plans and Specifications may be
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  • 204 17 From JACK FINGLETON LONDON, Fri. Surrey made an ignominious showing against the Australians and were beaten by 255 runs in their three-day match here. The county were dismissed for 79 yesterday, the lowest score against the tourists this summer, and were skittled for 100 today,
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  • 841 17 OVERSEAS CHALLENGE TAKES OVER TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS By KEN FERNANDEZ IT V ALA LUMPUR, Fri. The men's singles and doubles and the women's singles in the Malayan open tennis championships now in progress on the Selangor Club courts here have become straight fights between Japan
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  • 746 17 SIX MALA VAN RECORDS BROKEN atMALACCAI rpHE 1361 Malayan AAU championships made a record breaking start today at Malacca's Kubu Stadium —no less than six new native records •etition and being set up in a day ol thrilling events. The first thrill came In the women's distance race the 800
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  • 108 17 SINGAPORE. Fri. Ronald Purkls, a 29-year-old Sergeant from R.A.F. Changi, won the Singapore AAA's 10,000 metres walk at the Chinese High School track. Bukit Timah, today. Purkis. who recently won the FEAF two-mile and the St. John's Ambulance 1-H--mile walk, set a cracking pace from
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  • 120 17 I ONDON, Fri.— Close of play scores in yesterday UK county cricket matches: At Blackpool: Essex 252-8 dec. Lanes 53-0. Rain curtailed play. At Scarborough: Kent 273 and 21-4. Yorks 194 (Close 40). Rain curtailed play. At ChetterfleM: Somerset 230 and 40-1. Derby 255 < Johnson 70.
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  • 239 17 SINGAPORE, Frl.— The lastminute withdrawals of three leading players from th* North side have strengthened Souths chances of winning the annual three-day cricket match which starts on the S.C.C. padang here tomorrow. North will miss most their captain, M.C. Kailasapathy, who Is unable to
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  • 27 17 SAIGON, Frl.— The leading South Vietnamese basketball team, Nghia An, will compete in an international tournament to be held in Singapore next month. Vietnam Press
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  • 45 17 CINGAPORE. Frl. Singapore waterpolo player Michael Chee, 18, has left for further studies in England. Michael will enter Norwood Technical College. Streatham. He comes lrom a wellknown family of swimmers. His brothers. Lionel. Bernard and Patrick have all represented Chinese Swimming Club.
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  • 217 17 ./O, Fri.— New World times were set last night ior the freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke events on the opening night of a two stroke international swimming meeting at Osaka In Western Japan. Chet Jastremskl of the United States swam the 100 metres breastroke in 1 mln. 9.5
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    • 113 17 enrrER Dragoons 0. WLLL L. PERAK LGE DIV. 2 (T. AnAK.MV KO FINAL (KL): 39 *on) Teruna Jaya 0 N. Scotia En. ll^spon m Coy an AFMC Z. R'GOR CDBH LGE DIV. 8: M. HAY CUP FINAL (KL): Sellau JSjJgcM RM» 1^ 1 1 t- n 1 Starlight 0 SMARTS
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  • 443 18 Serrano answers the 'ASA is useless' criticism of Subandrio THE Philippine Foreign Secretary, Mr. Felixberto Serrano, todaj said the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr. Subandrio "is like a proud lady" for criticising the formation of the Association of South-East Asia (ASA). Mr. Serrano, who returned from
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  • 31 18 ANDREW STEPHEN DRYIDALC or* OS, Jalnn Haion. lotion i::ih:u punM-d away on 4-^-61. Cortrß* Chur. h at Ito ImmaeulHte Cuntrption M I M p.m. and thfnce to Jalan Ljkm Ccmttrry.
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  • 25 18 MR. AND MRS. Soon,; Hon Sin thank all Ihoi-r no kindly rent in<*«ag.-s of congratulation, good wtatoa, prmrnts on the ofca-ion of their urddlng.
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  • 22 18 SILK, in rrm^mtiranc* of K^k^c^f *no departed on thli day l*«u. May man ficm his Folly ever team. Noel Barbara
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  • 154 18 Brunei poll 'delay 9 protest SINGAPORE. Fri. Brunei Party Rakyat will hold a rally on Sunday to protest against the "premeditated delay" in the district council elections. Inche Othman Abdul Latii. Publicity Officer, said hib party wants the Brunei Government to advance the date of the elections. The Brunei Government
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  • 33 18 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mr. David Marshall, Chairman of the Workers' Party, and Assemblyman for Anson. will declare open the Party's new Anson Branch at 104 Tras Street, at 530 p.m. on Sunday
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  • 44 18 0 IT'S a Korean raid but Prancet. the Thai fullback, has the ball safely covered. Behind him is Korean cecnti eforward Pan Soon. Korea won 3-1 in the Merdeka soccer tournament on Thursday nisht. Picture by NG BEH LEOW.
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  • 87 18 U.S. SWIMMER SETS NEW WORLD MARK FOR 200 M. "pOKYO. Fri. Chet A Jasiremski. of the United States, set a new world record for the 200--metres breast-stroke today, clipping 1.8 seconds off the previous best time of Terry Gathercole. of Australia. Jastremskl set the new time of 2min. 34.75ec. at
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  • 75 18 SINGAPORE, Fri. There was no sign of a settlemen* today in the Marlborough Theatre strike in Beach Road The cinemas 22 workers members of the General Employees' Union walked out on Wednesday night when the management employed a woman ticket seller in preference to one recommended
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  • 147 18 PILADELPHIA. Fri. Sonny I. is ton. suspended contender for the world heavyweight crown was released on $1,500 bail yesterday after his re-arrest on charges of attempting to avoid identification. Liston and a companion were first arrested last month for allegedly stopping a woman's car in
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  • 20 18 MANILA. Fri. Indian newspaperman Amitabba Chowdury has accepted the 1961 Romon Magsaysay Award for literature and journalism. U.P.I.
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  • 452 18  - Hong Kong force draw in last minute CONRAD NG by K. LUMPUR, Fri INDONESIA. 1-0 winners over Singapore on the first day. had victory snatched from them in the last minute of their match against Hong Kong in the Merdeka soccer tournament here tonight. Hong Kong trailed 1-2 at the
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  • 398 18 LONDON P.i. dtock markets A, i. Hiiam 04/- 1/6 ei.cied an eventful week with a Gopem; 44/- /6 further widespread and substHn- Hungkcng 24 b tial advantage in industrial rqir.'i- Ipoi 22/- es but renewed weakness in gilt/- Kamumuig 18 9 edeed securities. Kiihnghah 1G With llii' enactment
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  • 155 18 PAP rebels out of posts SINGAPORE. Fri. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. has revoked the appoint- ments of Mr. Chan Sun Wing and Dr. Sheiv." Nam Chin, both Legislative Assemblymen, as m embers of the People's Association, according to tonight's Government Gazette. Mr. Chan was formerly I Parliamentary
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  • 287 18 LONDON. Prl I cricket t-rs swept through a ■..k.iucl Surrey mUc here tniLiy to win by 255 runs in spile ol a .splendid innings by Test playrr Ken Burrington who hit Ml im- dciesiied 68 out ol his sides tot .tl oi 100. Final
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