The Straits Times, 9 August 1961

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    22 1 SINCAPOttE, 6. AVEHACE lIAILV IEBTIFIEB SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 Ha** 0 Hie***** The Straits Times 15 CENTS Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1961.
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    MERGER: NEXT MOVE
    798 1 Singapore and Federation ready for talks It's up to Britain, says the Tengku KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday TENGKU Abdul Rahman announced in the House of Representatives today that once the British Government formally expressed its willingness to discuss the question of merger between the Federation and Singapore, a
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    SLAIN MINER'S FOUR CHILDREN HOME
    299 1 SLAIN MINER'S FOUR CHILDREN HOME SINGAPORE, Tues. Four children of Mr. Foo Yet Kai, 55, the Ipoh mining millionaire who was murdered on Sunday, arrived here by BOAC Comet from London tonight. Soon after, they boarded a Malayan Airways Viscount for Ipoh. The four are two NtM, Wan Thot, 26.
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    35 1 MANILA. Tues.— The Philip- pine Defence Secretary, Mr. Alejo Santos, today ordered armed forces authorities to speed up the construction of training sites, air warning and mobilization centres and other Army installations. Reuter
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    FRANK BUCHMAN (Founder of the MRA ) DIES AGED 83
    95 1 FRANK BUCHMAN (Founder of the MRA DIES AGED 83 BERLIN. Tues— Dr. Frank Buchman. founder of the Moral Re-armament movement, died in Freudenstadt last night aged 83. The MRA. which claims famous world statesmen among Its adherents, has been prominent in postwar years as an anti-Com-munist on 'sation. Dr. Moi
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    Lock icon Offer by Red arms workers
    65 1 MOSCOW, Tues. Soviet armament workers have appealed to the Soviet Government to be allowed to work an extra hour each shift in order to help to strengthen the country's defences. Pravda reported today. Workers in arms factories in Moscow. Leningrad. Kiev and other cities asked
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    University wants to teach with nuclear reactor
    260 1 rE University of Malaya here is now negotiating with the Atomic Energy Commission of the United '< States for the purchase of a $150,000 nuclear reactor for teaching purposes. Prof. Thong Saw Pak. head of the Department of Physics at the University, said
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    POLICE APPROVE A 'REPEL' RALLY
    234 1 POLICE APPROVE A 'REPEL' RALLY SINGAPORE, Tues. j The Deputy Com- missioner of Police today approved an v application by 13 former People's Action Party Assemblymen to hold a rally at the Happy World Stadium on Sunday. Dr. Lee Slew Choh. former parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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    Lock icon Readiness test for land, sea
    72 1 TOKYO, Tues.— Two thousand American troops will hit the beach at Pohang on the Southeast coast of Korea on Thursday in joint ArmyNavy amphibious exercises designed to demonstrate the combat readiness of the 7th Infantry Division. A task force of six ships loaded with 2.000
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    Lock icon 20,000 give up
    30 1 JAKARTA. Tues— Twenty thousand Indonesian rebels have surrendered to Government forces so far this year, according to Brigadier-Gen-eral Suprapto. Deputy Army Chief of Staff for Sumatra.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Titov: I was earthsick during cosmic flight
    661 1 SPACE WAITING FOR ITS POET AND PAINTER. HE SAYS MOSCOW. Tues. Soviet spaceman Gherman Titov was "earthsick," during his whirl round the world but considers space wonderful and "waiting for its poet and painter." Talking to a correspondent of the Communist Party newspaper
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    3 drown as car skids into river
    161 1 3 drown as car skids into river DONTIAN KECH I L, Tues. A girl and her two young nieces were drowned yesterday when the car they I were travelling in I plunged into a river two miles from Pontian Besar. Liew Soo Nboli. 24. and her brother's daughters, Hui Chen.
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    LATEST
    28 1 NATO BERLIN TALKS PAKIS. Turv NATO M-riiii'i- mi Ministerial otnK il .innnunced t"<! t had agreed to latCaWifj MMHittM in m<» ol eriousnrss situation" omt K.rlin.— Kfutrr.
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    Lock icon JAPAN ODD NATION OUT OF AFROASIAN GROUP ON BIZERTA
    273 2 ■(•JEW YORK, Tues. Forty-seven delegations last night formally asked for a special session of the General Assembly as soon as possible on the Bizerta dispute between France and Tunisia. Separate letters were submitted on behalf of 35 African and Asian countries,
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    Lock icon Scooter quartet shoots up hotel
    43 2 PARIS, Tues. t— Four men carrying sub-machine-guns and riding motor scooters fired bursts of bullets at a hotel at Cllchy Sous-Bois, near Paris, yesterday. No-ont? was hurt. The attackers escaped. The hotel ls used mainly by Algerians. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Russia may call up men, move troops
    1737 2 BUT NIK ALSO URGES 'SINCERE TALKS' \/|R. Khrushchev warned yesterday that the Soviet Union may have to call up some of its reservists as well as move more troops to her Western frontier. The Russian Prime Minister also appealed to Britain. France and
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    Lock icon U.S. READY for TALKS SOON ON JOINING TIN PACT
    224 3 MONTEVIDEO, Tuesday. THE UNITED STATES Treasury Secretary, Mr. Douglas Dillon, said here yesterdajy that the United States is prepared to enter the International Tin Agreement. Mr. Dillon said* "To support the International Tin Agreement, we plan to discuss with the Tin
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    Lock icon End of futile bid to take over plane at gunpoint
    60 3 BRI'CE BRITT. 40, lies hogtted on a runway at Chico, California, after an unsuccessful attempt to take over a Pacific Airlines plane as it was about to take off for San Francisco last week. Britt shot and critically wounded two
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    Applause for Dillon so Cubans quit
    176 3 MONTEVIDEO. Tuesdaiy. rpHE CUBAN Economic Minister, Mr. Ernesto Guex vara, led a Cuban walk-out from the economic conference at Punta del Este while it was applauding the speech by the U.S. Treasury Secretary, Mr. Dillon. i -i Mr. Guevara rose amid the ringing applause
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    Lock icon 187 m. increase
    27 3 NEW DELHI. Tues.— lndia's population is expected to increase by 187 million over the next 15 years, it was officially forecast here today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon RED SPY (A YEAR TO LIVE) GETS LIFE
    140 3 RED SPY (A YEAR TO LIVE) GETS LIFE YEW YORK, Tues. A 61--year-old American, given only a year to live because of leukemia, was jailed for life today as a Russian spy after his brother, already convicted as a spy. had testified against him. Robert Soblen, Llthua-nlan-born psychiatrist, was convicted
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    Lock icon Trouble spot talks end in Paris
    189 3 Trouble spot talks end in Paris PARIS, Tues. The West's Big Three Foreign Ministers yesterday completed three days of intensive formal consultations on world trouble spots with a discussion of Asian and African problems. Mr. Dean Rusk, United States, Lord Home, Britain, and Mr. Maurice Couve de Murvllle. France, heard
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    Lock icon Extradition Bill for India
    41 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. Mr. Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, yesterday introduced into Parliament a Bill to regulate the extradition of fugitive criminals to all foreign countries, Including the Commonwealth. Political fugitives are exempt under the new Bill. Reuter.
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    BLUE FUNNEL MAINTAINS TRADITION
    291 3 With a sixth sailing added to the regular monthly schedule front Singapore to Liverpool, Blue Funnel Line have provided yet a further improvement for local shippers. Mansfield Si Co., Ltd., the local agents of the Blue Funnel line of Liverpool, have announced that this additional sailing
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    Lock icon 57-TON DOOR KILLS 5 AT TITAN BASE
    158 3 DENVER. (Colorado), Tues. At least five workmen were killed and another eight injured yesterday when a 57-ton concrete door fell on them as they worked on an underground launching channel at a Titan missile base 15 miles east of Denver, officials reported. Witnesses
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    Pope in a car crash—unhurt
    37 3 Pope in a car crash— unhurt VATICAN CITY. Tues.-An Italian policeman's motorcycle accidentally crashed into the Pope's limousine yesterday as the Pontiff was being driven to the Vatican. Neither the Pope nor the policeman was hurt.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon B-707 HIJACKERS ARE CHARGED
    141 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. I EON BEARDEN, 38, and his 18-year-old son Cody X* were indicted in El Paso. Texas, yesterday for hijacking a Boeing 707 airliner last week. They were said to have seized the plane at gunpoint and ordered the pilot to fly them to Cuba.
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    Lock icon Did Red vaccine kill boy?
    68 3 TOKYO, Tues. A four-year-old boy died yesterday in Osaka, 10 days after he took Soviet-made live polio vaccine, the Japanese news agency. Kyodo, reported The Japanese Welfare Ministry said the vaccine was not the cause of the death, but Dr. Yoshindo Nlshizawa, professor of Osaka
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    Lock icon BARE BLOOD FLOWN TO PARIS
    108 3 BARE BLOOD FLOWN TO PARIS PARIS. Tues. A pint of blood of a type so rare there are only eight people in the world known to have it arrived safely at Le Bourget airport outside Paris last night after a jet air journey from Melbourne. A British European Airways spokeman
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    Lock icon Judy: A break-up
    21 3 HOLLYWOOD. Tues.— Judy Garland and her husband, Sid Luft, have separated, her manager. Freddy Fields, said yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon ISLAND STOP FOR ROYAL FAMILY
    105 3 ISLAND STOP FOR ROYAL FAMILY CARDIFF, Tues— The royal family spent the bank holiday on lonely Ramsey Island two miles off the Welsh coast near St. David's yesterday after the royai yacht Britannia made an unscheduled stop there on its way to Northern Ireland. The Queen. Prince Philip, Prince Charles
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      374 3 RAnm QINn APriDP Educating Archie: 11.00 Galaxy Of nAUIU omiaAKUML sure; 12.00 Close Down. SHORTWAVE RAniO MALAYA SKKVICE 41 metre* KAUIU IVIAI-MTA MfcUILM WAVE SEKVICE NATIONAL SHORTWAVE 47« metres SERVICE 41.7 metres A.M. 8.00 Oood Morning; 6.02 A.M. 6.00 Time Signal, NegaraMorning Prelude; 7.00 The News; Ku. News Headlines; 6.05
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    Housing: 'Magnificent' job
    274 4 Housing: 'Magnif icent' job UK EXPERT LAUDS WAY PROBLEM IS TACKLED SINGAPORE, Tues. The Housing and Development Board was making "incredible*' contributions to solve the housing problem in Singapore and its efforts were magnificent. This is the opinion of the president of th c Institution of Structural Engineers, Lt. Col.
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    TRADE TEAM MEN LEAVE FOR RI TO OPEN OFFICE
    120 4 TRADE TEAM MEN LEAVE FOR RI TO OPEN OFFICE SINGAPORE, Mon. The first two members of the Singapore Government's trade and cultural team to Indonesia flew to Jakarta today to open an office there. They were Inche Ridzwan Dzaflr. the commercial secretary, and Mr. V. K. G. Nair. secretary to
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    161 girls study business
    339 4 SINGAPORE, Tues.— For the first time, 161 schoolgirls today embarked on a week's study of the intricacies of the business world. The girls, along with 503 boys, were assigned to work in 89 business organisations, Including Government and military establishments, under the annual "youth week In
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    The Singapore Diary
    101 4 SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: Local painters' exhibition, British Council, Amber Mansions. Orchard Road. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. TOC H: Mr. Ray Lewis Bryan talks on "The unoerwater world" at Talbot House, Scotts Road. 8.30 pm. CHINESE YJM.C.A.: Katong Neighbours session at Chinese Swimming Club, 8 p.m.: Oneday
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    'MORE NON-ENGLISH EDUCATED ARE JOINING THE RED CROSS'
    305 4 'MORE NON-ENGLISH EDUCATED ARE JOINING THE RED CROSS' SINGAPORE, Tues.— The wife of the Yang DiPertuan Negara, Puan Noor Alshah, today expressed satifaction at the response to her call made last year for non -English educated public leaders to Join the Red Cross. She said: "Formerly only the English educated
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    First taste of Assembly procedure
    109 4 First taste of Assembly procedure SINGAPORE, Tues. Teenage students today had their first taste of debating procedure when they held a mock Legislative Assembly meeting at the Chinese YMCA at South Pier, as part of the 1961 Student Week. All the students who took part In the mock meeting attended
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    IN AND OUT BY AIR
    260 4 rpHE following Is today's scne- dule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS BO AC: Prom London, Zurich. Beirut, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon (BA708) 5.50 pm. Garnda: From Jakarta (OA--802 1 8.55 a.m.; from Bangkok (GABO3) 4.25 p.m. Thai International: From Jakarta (T0402)
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    THOUSANDS QUIZZED IN POLICE DRIVE
    116 4 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. pOLICE have questioned 6,373 persons during the 1 second week of their mass anti-crime campaign now in' operation throughout the State. This evening a Police spokesman reviewing the progress of this offensive codenamed "Operation Senjata" (Weapon), said this figure included 136 gangster suspects,
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    Family planning
    34 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mrs. Goh Kok Kee, Chairman of the Family Planning Association and director of the International Planned Parenthood Family Association in South-East Asia, will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon tomorrow.
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    Six branches oppose the unified pay plan
    358 5 Six branches oppose the unified pay plan PLEA TO DELEGATES' CONFERENCE: REJECT GOVT'S SCHEME KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. SIX of the 11 branches of the National Union of Teachers want to reject the Government's unified salary scheme because it does not provide for pensions, housing facilities and free medical treatment enjoyed
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    Army officer with family off for training in Britain
    67 5 Lieut. Ariffin bin Muda of the Federation Signals who left Koala Lumpur by BO AC on Monday accompanied by his Swiss-born wife, Tina. and baby daughter (above) to undergo a four-month training course in Britain. He will also spend a month
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    NARROW ESCAPE IN STORM FOR GRANNY AND CHILD
    148 5 NARROW ESCAPE IN STORM FOR GRANNY AND CHILD BUTTERWORTH, Tuesday. A WIDOW, Zainab binte Bakar, 60, had a narrow escape when two trees fell on her home at Bagan Dalam during a sudden storm yesterday evening. The storm completely destroyed the house and damaged five others in Province Wellesley. "I
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    HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM DIES IN HOSPITAL
    78 5 KANGAR, Tues.— A farmer died in the Kangar hospital last night without regaining consciousness— victim of a hit-and-run lorry. Ahmad bin Hussain. 47. of Lana Bulu, Sanglang, was cycling to Jitra to visit his daughter when he was knocked down at the 22J mile, Ko-diang-Jitra
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    Off to seek support for early polls
    95 5 BRUNEI TOWN, Tues. A leading official of Party Rakyat. Zalnl Hajl Ahmad, left here yesterday for Indonesia and other Asian countries to enlist support for his party's demand for Brunei's district council elections to be held "as soon as possible." Zalnl was one
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    HOW TO WIN FRIENDS FOR MALAYA WITH FOOD
    131 5 HOW TO WIN FRIENDS FOR MALAYA WITH FOOD KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. More than 4,000 Australians sampled Malayan dishes at a food fair held in connection with an Australian Neighbours' Festival in Brisbane recently. A report by the Australian High Commission here said that many visitors took pre-packed "home cooked" Malayan
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    Two kisses cost $300
    68 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Tues.— A married woman. Mah blnte Din. 31. told the Magistrate's Ccfirt here today that Mat Lsa bin Che Mat, 58, embraced and kissed her on both cheek* on June 13, but she struggled and freed herself. Mat lsa, an estate caretaker, was fined
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      286 5 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7. Tea-lover maybe get* a lift 1. Jacket In which a man keeps his pen, certainly i 7) 8- Languid, but apparently on 6. Bubble In Braille (3. 4). an even keel (8). 9. Turning to right or yielding 13. Undertaking to go In and revolver
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    Yang di-Pertuan Agong meets scout leaders
    33 6 THE Yang di-Pertaan Agong, who is also Patron -inChief of the Federation Boy Scouts' Association, talks' to Scout leaders at the "Champoree" in Cheras Village, Kuala Lumpur.
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    Politicians can spend more
    513 6 NEW BILL RAISES MAXIMUM SPENDING DURING ELECTIONS rpHE House of Representatives today gave the green light for increasing the maximum expenditure incurred by candidates in elections at all levels. Under the new regulations, a maximum rate of $10,000 is allowed in the case of Parliamentary election;
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    Training course
    31 6 SEREMBAN, Tues. The Mentrl Besar, Dr. Mohamed Said bin Mohamed. today opened a six-day training course for 120 teachers of adult education classes at the Rahang Malay School here.
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    King praises Boy Scout movement
    271 6 King praises Boy Scout movement KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. r pHE Yang di-Pertuan Agong praised the Boy Scout movement as good training for citizenship when he opened the first postwar Champoree, 12 miles from here yesterday. Urging parents to support the movement. His Majesty said: "With the training of Scouting, the
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    Unesco man off
    31 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Mr. H. de Jong, who was secretary to the Unesco conference on audio-visual aids held here last week, left here by air for Singapore today
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    Dead at bus stop
    31 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Tiles. An unidentified man over 50 years of age. was found dead at a bus stop In front of the General Hospital here this morning.
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    HAUL OF $915 IN TWO RAIDS
    144 6 HAUL OF $915 IN TWO RAIDS CINGAPORE. Toes. Armed thugs held up a coffee stall keeper and a hawker in two separate incidents yesterday and robbed them of a total of $915. M. Muthukrlshnan. 33. who operates a coffee stall, was going home in a taxi along Lim Ah Woo
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    MILLIONAIRE MURDER: A SECOND SUSPECT DETAINED
    111 6 MILLIONAIRE MURDER: A SECOND SUSPECT DETAINED IyPOH, Tues. Police have X detained a second suspect in connection with the murder of millionaire tin miner Mr. Poo Yet Kai. 55. The suspect is aged about 25 and has a Singapore identity card. The first suspect, aged 38. was arrested in a
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    Dog owner is fined $25
    48 6 PENANG. Tues A housewife, Llm Ah Sim, today pleaded, guilty to allowing her dog at large without a muzzle. The dog. it was sated, bit Chan Ah Ouan in Kedah Road on April 11. The magistrate. Mr. Ng Mann Sau. fined Lim $25.
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    Robbers tie up 6 and take $4,270
    166 6 Robbers tie up 6 and take $4,270 TPOH. Tues. Five 1 armed robbers broke Into a coffeeshop in Jalan Datoh early this morning, tied up six people and took $4,270 in cash. Jewellery worth $250 and cigarettes valued at $200. The five men who entered the shop through a back
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    15 Malayan women leave for Colombo study tour
    66 7 1 5 Malayan women leave for Colombo study tour FIFTEEN women social and voluntary workers accompanied by a conducting officer left by air for Colombo on Monday on a study tour sponsored by the Federatin Government. They are expected to return to Kuala Lumpur «n Aujr. 22. The group is
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    KHIR PREDICTS BIG ROLE FOR CENTRE OF PRODUCTIVITY
    142 7 KHIR PREDICTS BIG ROLE FOR CENTRE OF PRODUCTIVITY KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. 'pHE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamad Shir Johari, today stressed the importance ot "human assets" in industry and the part the proposed National Productivity Centre will play in developing these assets. Inche Khlr was opening a four-day
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    MAN'S BODY FOUND IN BLUKAR
    75 7 MAN'S BODY FOUND IN BLUKAR IPOH, Tues. The remains of a man's body were found in a patch of burnt-out blukar in a nlpah palm plantation in the Bagan Serai area. 78 miles north of here, yesterday afternoon. The body has been identified as that of Tan Poh Wah, 30.
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    Malay study by traders
    52 7 PENANG. Tues.— More than 50 Chinese businessmen tonight attended their first less*s in the national language, introduced by the Penang Atjeh Traders' Association. The class, conducted by Mr. Goh Eng Chuan. of the Penang Adult Education Association, is being held every Tuesday and Friday, starting at
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    Watermen want more
    60 7 SINGAPORE. Tues— The Public Daily-Rated Water Workers" Union has submitted to the City Water Engineer claims for wage Increases, transport allowances and more leave, and has asked to be informed of transfers or other actions affecting members. The union claims that its members have had to do
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    LUNCH PARTY FOR MADRAS MINISTER
    84 7 LUNCH PARTY FOR MADRAS MINISTER SINGAPORE. Tues.— Mr. C. Subramaniam, Minister for Finance and Education in Madras, was guest at a lunch given by Mr. S. Narasimhan, manager of the Indian Bank Limited. Also at the lunch was Dr. Goh Keng Syce, Singapore's Finance Minister, and leading members of the
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    German seminar
    32 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rInche Rashid bin Mohamed Yusof, Assistant Commissioner of Co-operative Development. Penang, left here by air today to attend a seminar on the co-operative system in West Germany.
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    MIC chief queried in the House on the toddy habit
    659 7 opposition: has this bill unanimous support of Alliance members? A SPIRITED debate on toddy drinking in the country and on the policy of the Malayan Indian Congress in relation to this habit was heard in the House of Representatives today.
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      139 7 Buys Bunny By Balph Heimdahl f TH'CRWTAL ...BUT VA'LL HAVE /THAT'LL BE TWO *"~H FvA HAP TH 1 ACCIDENT TH'} y^7 BALL&WS AU'LACC/ftGYT/l jLBUCKS, ELMER. ..OOPS!] [jgEST 0' VER FUTURE'S •y LM Abner By Al Capp HEtBOOMCMIK-^-VOOT^t-f/sl I fwHLTT^ mm 1^ STKPAStDCSHORTVfMTS M-MAMMTS ViAKJT SHAKE HANTS j^\ N'tl .J) >
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    62 8 J0 Word* Sit (Minimum) MRS. HARRY HOLLOWAV thanks fri'til* and relatives for their wreath*. gifs. condolence* and attendance at her husband's funer.il. MRS. MABEL CRAHAM and son wish to sincerely and deeply thank the lxindon and Malayan agents of Coronation F.state, Staff of Coronation Estate, friends, who sent floral
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    19 8 it) Hard* Sit (Minimum i IN LOVINC MEMORY of Mr. Ng Beng Hua died 9-8-06, forever remem-
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      Peace And War
      709 8 Ir. an eighty minutes speech (just about time for an orbit) Mr. Khrushchev has made the Western Foreign Ministers look earth-bound. He is having all the best ot his public exchanges with Mr. Kennedy, whose recent televised speech he was answei ing. At their Paris conference over
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      The Real Issue
      287 8 We would be the ictst to decry any voice lifted on behalf of the freedom of the Press, in parliament or anywhere else. But allegations made in the House of Representatives that the strike by editorial staff and workers of the Utusan Melayu is a battle in
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      230 8 If India's mammoth third five year plan, now finalised, is a success the sub-continent will have turned the corner and, given sufficient national enthusiasm, will be well on the way to the seif-susti-ining growth that has sometimes seemed so elusive. Successful accomplishment of what is planned to happen
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    HIJACKING AN OLD AMERICAN TRADITION
    274 8 SOME of the tumult over tho attempt to steal an American airliner in Texas has now subsided and no doubt President Kennedy is breathing rather more cosily For if the Boeing had been earned off to Cuba he might have been compelled to take some
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    MEI LAN FANG ROSE TO FAME PLAYING A GIRL
    234 8 MEI LAN FANG ROSE TO FAME PLAYING A GIRL HONG KONG, Tues.— China's leading contemporary stage artist, Mci Lan-fang, died this morning from heart disease, the New China News Agency reported. lie was 67. During; his illness Mci Lan-fang was visited by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chou Kn-lai and other
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    A U.S. DIARY
    616 8  - A U.S. DIARY Cyril Dunn Congress was busy yesterday rushing new laws through the legislative machine and expects to have them ready for voting by this week. The need is apparent, because with things as they are each State has jurisdiction over crimes committed in its sovereign air. as if
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    MINISTER AND THE FISH INSTITUTE
    495 8 '{"HE Minister of Agriculture, in introducing the Bill for Incorporation of the Board of Management of the Tropical FLs>h Culture Research Institute. Malacca, has made a statement before Parliament that officials of this institute have been trying to confuse State Governments on fisheries matters. Frankly
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    Opposition hits kidnap Bill
    1463 9 Unhappy over penalties for people paying ransom •••the no jury provision rFHE death-for-kidnappers Bill passed by the Senate in June, came J- under Opposition fire in the House of Representatives today. Members made it clear that they were not opposed to capital punishment for kidnappers, but
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    Jury system abandoned for practical reasons
    619 9 gangs are well organised and are well financed. "Kidnapping is big money and if some extortion or intimidatior is necessary, the kidnapper.; will most assuredly turn on the heat as ruthlessly or unscrupulously as they wish. "1 do not want it to be thought
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    $1,150 haul by thieves
    52 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.—Thieves broke Into the home of a City Council engineer off Braddel Road yesterday and stole $1,150 worth of property and .some cash. Mr. Donald Reed the engineer, told the police that the thieves took away two watches, two cameras, a film protector, some clothing
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    Made-in-Malaya lawyers
    201 9 Made -in -Malaya lawyers l£l ALA LIMPLR. Tues The House of Representatives today unanimously passed a Bill enabling graduates from the I'niversity of Malaya with Eachelor of Laws degrees to join the legal profession here. The Advocates and Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1961. gives recognition to the university's degree. It means
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    The verdict: It was suicide at the 'honeymoon' hotel
    638 9 The verdict: It was suicide at the 'honeymoon' hotel SINGAPORE, Tues. A bride of four days told an inquest here today thu't her airman husband, Junior Technician Ernest Robert Sinks. 22. must have slipped when he fell to his death from a fifth floor window of the Biltmore Hotel in
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    Sex offence: Jail for widower
    218 9 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A WIDOWER aged 40 was jailed for six months today for a sexual offence involving a 13-year-old girl. In passing sentence, the Tncfrnr'fnrc Third District Judge. Mr. lllMrUCtUro Francis T. Scow, told M. Velayuthan Asary: "You, as KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. a very much
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    $14,500 for labourer
    73 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Judgment awarding an agreed sum of $14,500 by consent of both parties In a road accident was entered by Mr. Justice Chua In the High Court today for a labourer. Heng Leng Kiang. 47. for personal Injuries suffered !n the accident 28 month* ago. The
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    Market view 'absurd' -Goh
    275 9 Market view 'absurd' -Goh SINGAPORE. Tues. The Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee. today described as "demonstrably absurd* a statement on Sunday by the Workers' Party chairman, Mr David Marshall, that negotiations for a common market were unnecessary if there was a possibility of merger between Singapore and the Federation.
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    3 accused of robbery
    72 9 SINGAPORE, Tues Ben* Seng Soh. Leong Chee Seng and Ang Leng Seng, were today charged In the Singapore ninth magistrate's court with armed robbery. They were alleged to haw robbed Png Kirn Chee of a $250 watch, a $300 diamond rlnst and $11 cash, at Upper
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    849 10  -  Properly planned garden is next step MAT Mousedeer decides to start a farm urtth chickens and a cow. The other jungle folk help him, particularly Bakar Bear who pokes his nose into everything so often that at last Mat tells him if he knows so much he had
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    NEVER MIND, WE HAVE EACH OTHER
    251 10 NEVER MIND, WE HAVE EACH OTHER there was no sign of Mat. but Bakar was already at work tearing up the garden. "Where's Mat?" asked Rukiah, looking at his efforts In dismay. "I haven't seen him yet," the bear said. Mat came out of his house at this point, cast
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    120 12 MELBOURNE, Tues. INVESTMENT shares eased x slightly the main moves being BHP. Rights down lOd. to 48s. 4d. and Herald down Is. 3d. to 58s. 9d. Aust. Cement was up 4s. :o 80s Base metals were nrm while oil stork* eased. Commonwealth loans remained firm. :on. Zinc. 90
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    114 12 yMt Chins** Prtduct, IxMiang., lina«p«r«, nocn pnett par a4«ul yatttrday wsrs: C**ra: UK Continent August shipment |26» buyers. 127 sellers Cttsnut sll: hulk S3St sellers, drum $4l| sailers. P»»s«r: lfuntok white SIM) sellers. Sarawak white (177s sellers, special Sarawak black SIM sellers, garbled Lampong black $190 sellers, Lampong
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    TIN SHARES IMPROVE ON MARKET: BULLISH FACTORS
    499 12 TIN SHARES IMPROVE ON MARKET: BULLISH FACTORS From Our Market Correspondent WHEN the Stock Exchange re-opened in Singapore and the Federation yesterday after their respective holidays tin shares showed a definite improvement. However, turnover continued small with operators still not coming Into the market with any real buying power. The
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    789 12 BUSINESS on the Malayan Stock Exchange Federation section yesterday with the number of deals In brackets: Industrials: K. and N. ords (1.000) $2.50 ON. (1.000) $2.30: J. Wauxh (2.000) $1.90: Metal Box (2.000) $2.40: Cold Store (2.000) $3.43: 8 Tradera $4.35 OL. ON: Weame (1.000) $3; Wm.
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    179 12 SHIPS lying slengslde the Slng.por. whirvit teday are: Nelly Maersk 40/41, Wonoaobo 8 '9. Uly*se* 42/43. Adolf Warskl 4/3, Norman Lyke* It, Nl**ei Maru 19. State of Madras 10/11. Braeslde 29/30. Hoegh Dene 1/2. Batavla 33/36. Tronoh NW. 3. Sletter NW. 4. Outer reads: Anacreon. Nelly Maersk,
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    118 12 THE Malayan Ixthanga Banks' As•oelation mad* these change* In Its rate* to merchant! yesterday (all rates to 1100): Ntar Varhi buying airmail T.T. 321. O.D. 321. 90 d/at 33a credit bills. 33J trad* bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 33 J. O.D. 34. 90 d/st 34 7/10 credit bills,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    226 12 A UCUIT first grad* rubber buyers f.e.h. closed In Singapore yesterday at R3i cent* per lb up flve-eiKhth* of a cent on Friday's closing price The tone waa quiet but steady. 1. C.C.8 A. closing prices in cent* per lb. yesterday were: Int. 1 R.B.S. Spot fob. buyer*
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    CLOSING PRICES
    36 12 SINGAPORE. Anaj. 8. RUBBER. 83i cents per lb. (up five-eighths of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 83} cents (quiet) TIN: $468.25 per picul (up SI). Estimated unofficial offering; 300 tons (up 30 tons).
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    Tin price better despite increased offerings
    235 12 ¥\ESPITE the fact that there was a backlog of offerings yesterday due to the August Bank Holiday in Singapore on Monday, the tin price rose by one dollar. The price was declared at $468.25. the highest since June 29 on an offering of 300
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      690 12 j 1 ADMISSION TO MTCLI 1962 Candidates who are being lnt«t> I viewed in Kelantan must now ap- pear for Interview on 19th August 1961 and 20th August, 1961. Tnn place of interview U the same. (J. A. MCCUMISKEY) Chief Education Officer. Kelantan. THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 11) APPLICATION TO
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      749 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS The Singapore Harbour Board Is offering 8 scholarships to domiciles of Singapore, the Federation of Malaya, Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo In the field of Electrical Engineering, Marine Engineering, and Naval Architecture at approved Universities In the United Kingdom and Australia. Applications are
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      898 14 PERSIAN HERO A GOOD THING TABER Stable's Persian Hero, who was scratched on the first day to avoid a clash with Equity, stands out as a good thing in Race 2 at Kuala Lumpur today. Th;s speedy grey has been very consistent this season. At Bukit Timah last month, he
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      90 14 IPOH. Tues. -The Mentri Besar 1 of Peralc. Dalo Sha'arl bin Sh«iiee. will declare open ttie third national table tennis championship.- at the St. John Ambulance Association hall rrere tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. The inter-state championships will be played tomorrow and Thursday and the
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    165 14 I ONDON. Tues. Britain's men scored their first victory over Hungary when they won a twoday international athletics match, which ended at the White City Stadium here yesterday by 110 points to 102. Britain also won the women's match, totalling 61 points to Hungary 4
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    419 15 250 FROM EIGHT COUNTRIES WILL COMPETE KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rPHE Malayan open athletic championship to be held at Malacca on Friday and Saturday will be the biggest. ever in the 55 years of athletic sports history in Malaya. With 250 athletes from eight
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    208 15 SINGAPORE TITLE GOES TO KIN TAT SINGAPORE. Tues.— Lee Kin Tat won the Singapore men's open singles badminton title last night when he beat Roland Ng of Johore in the final. Kin Tat. 22, former Sfafapore Junior and Malayan schoolboy champion who is now a student In Lnjlund, won 15-6.
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    299 15 Schools 'Test' ends in draw KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The annual cricket Test' between Federation Combined Schools and Sin-' gapore counterparts ended again for the second year. In a draw. The match was played on the Shaw Roa.d ground. Singapore Combined Schools Ist Innings 118. federation Combined Schools Ist Innings: 8.
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    26 15 SUNGEI PATANI. Tues.— The Kedah Peiiann and Province Wellesley amateur Rolf cliampionships will oe played on t lie Barvarci Club course, Bedong. on Aug.
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    184 15 {SINGAPORE. Tues.— Charles H. Fell, former Royal Singapore Golf Club champion, and Jack Sheedy, Singapore amateur Open runner-up, are among the 34 golfers competing in the RSGCs annual championships to be played at Sime Road on Saturday. Fred Turner, last year's champion, will not be defending
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    31 15 SINGAPORE. Tues— Entries for the People's Association 11-mlle walk to be held from Tanah Merah holiday bungalow to Kallang must reach Mr. Tang Tuck Wah by 4 O-irt. tornorronv
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    241 15 By KEN FERNANDEZ IJUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Malayan Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, has promised to give his support for an Asian lawn tennis championship be held In Malaya. He told me last night. "1 am prepared to give every assistance and support to
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    Penang, Johore in Heah Cup final
    309 15 PENANO. Tuesday. lOHORE qua^fied tc meet the delending cham- pions. Penang, m the inter-State schools badninton final for the Heah Joo Seang Cup when they t cat Selangor 6-3 in the semi-finals at the Han Chiang High School hall here tonight. Johore bt Selangor
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    SPORTS SUMMARY
    349 15 SOCCER PABKER Cl'P Ist rd (Spore): RASC 2 RMP 5; RAOC 4 REME 0; RK 3 ACC 0. SMART ESQUIRE CUP S-final (J. Bahni): Mt. Austin 2 BBC Tebrau 0. LEAGUE DIV. 1: JMC 4 Rainbow 0. SHOOTING SPORE RA AUGUST 'BIBLEY' MEET: Winners Governor's Cap and N'ARA
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    Malaya, Singapore out of inter-port
    299 15 Malaya, Singapore out of inter-port IPOH, Tues. Malaya and Singapore were eliminated by Thailand and Ceylon respectively In the opening ties of the Inter-port tennis competition on the Town Council courts here today. Thailand, who won by 2-1, will meet Philippines, while Ceylon, with a 3-0 victory, will play against
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      215 15 SOCCER STORE GSFA JUNIOR KO: Supreme Courts v Customs (Geylang); STU v Jurong (Paterson Rd). SBHFA Junior League and Cup: Wearnes v Malayan Airways (Oeylangi; Borneo Motors v F and N. (Farrer Pk>; Breweries v BTC (Farrer Pk); Cycle and Carriage v HK Bank Farrer Pk > Cathay v Bata
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    Court told of kidnap bid
    363 16 TOWKAY STABBED AND SHOT, THREW KNIFE AT RETREATING THUGS SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THK Assize Court was told today how a businessman was fired at with an automatic pistol by one man stabbed by two others. In the dock was Goh (Jhiang Hong, alias Goh Chang Hoe.
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    Subandrio didn't say 'useless' Embassy
    144 16 Subandrio didn't say 'useless' Embassy KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Indonesian Embassy here today denied that the Indonesian Foreign Minister. Dr. Subandrlo. had described ASA (Association of SouthEast Asia) as "useless." Dr. Subandrlo's alleged comment was reported by a news agency. In a statement today, the! Embassy said it was not
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    Public lecture
    34 16 SINOAPORE. Tues. Dr. I Gopal Singh, M.A., Ph. D., will give a lecture on the "India's contribution to Religious i Thoughts" to the public at! the Victoria Hall at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Water cuts
    25 16 SINGAPORE. Tues— Water will be cut off along Thomson Road between the 5\ m.s. and 6' m.s. from 9 am. to' p.m. tomorrow.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    37 16 MR. K. O. MOORTHV thmk« Mil', tr.cnrt* and NMtVM for thnr kind nsMftniwf and nympAthy dtinnK Ika f'in*rnl of hrn late beloved \\\lr. M.irtim Sarojini t) O Pufhp.ilimjam on iI It ii Alor i Oih. M.ilaora.
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    23 16 JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT T>o I)»nion.«trdtions hy ProtH.«or Ocv.«a of Socetmi School. Tokyo I I.Vi) M .111., in .'..r.liivn. Book' Y.W.C.A irport) >ki
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    LONDON STOCKS
    326 16 LONDON, rues There t^ no repetition O l but wotk'i uiuvuy in London stock m.uk<".s i<>ua.\. Trustee buying of industrials contracted sharply after last, weeks excitement and prices often closeu lower, while by contrast gilt edged securities railed after their further heavy fall. More attention tooay was paid
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    TIN
    23 16 LONDON, Tues Buyers £923. sellers £924. Forward buyers £935.., sellers £936. Settlement £924. Turnover a.m. 115 tons p.m. 60 tons. Tone: Steady.
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    RUBBER
    40 16 LONDON. Tues Spot 24 d., Sept. 24\d.. Oct. 24-»<J.. Nov. 25', d.. Oct. Dec. 25', d.. Jan./ Mnr. 25 «d., April/June Mttd* July/Sept 25' a. ci.f. Aug. 24' 2 d.. Sept. 24 ,d. Ocl 24 T »d. Tone: Steady.
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    Murder-portraits in grief
    101 16 SLAIN MINER'S CHILDREN ARRIVE HOME (left), 21, and Mcc Lan, 20, wept the whole time they were at the airport. The boys are Foo Wan Tock (left in the second picture), 26, and Wan Kien, 19. Straits Times picture. THESE are the four children of the murdered
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    Watch that line, warns CEB
    137 16 KUALA lAMPIK. Tuesday. THK Central Electricity Board today warned the public about the danger of building near or under a high voltage overhead line. A statement by the Board says that the minimum 1 clearance from the line to structures is 19 ft., as laid
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    Red Cross search for engineer's wife
    130 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Red cross International is lookin? for a British subject Mrs. Cecilia Catherine Erde. wife of a Swiss mining engineer. Her last address was in Kuala Lumpur. Her cousin. Mrs. Kay M. Brown of Salisbury. Southern Rhodesia, wrote to the British Red
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    Lock icon A church's view of mixed race marriage
    126 16 A church's view of mixed race marriage f»APE TOWN, Tues.— A committee of the Methodist Church in South Africa said today it did not believe there were any theological grounds for forbidding mixed marriages. "Inter-racial marriages, provided they are founded on common cultural attainments and spiritual ideals, are not contrary
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    Lock icon Aussies match v Glamorgan abandoned
    265 16 Aussies match v Glamorgan abandoned LONDON. Tues Th« Austra- i luuis v Glamorgan match at < Swansea was abandoned as a araw because of rain. Final scores: Au^tialians 192 and 262-4 dec i Simpson 116 no.. Beiuuti 80 j no. >: Glamorgan 149 and 124-2: (Jones 70 n.0.). At Sheffield:
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    Group 'B wide open as Korea, HK draw 1-1
    255 16  -  CONRAD NG by K. Lumpur, Tues KOREA and Hon» Konj> drew \-l in the Merdeka soccer tournament here tonight and the result left the Group "B" championshiu as open as ever before. Hong Kong nave only themselves to blame for not
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    The latest postition in toureny
    252 16 The latest postition in toureny wiih an equalling k<«i in '.he 65! i minute Kara vwc awarded freeklck leu yard* OUI Dear :lir toiii-hlinc on the light. As i lie- kicK \\ns taken, nine Koreans converged in.M'li- thf Honis Koaa penal; y hii'.i jinci by itieer ■uperiorltji i:: aum ten
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