The Straits Times, 16 August 1961

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    BERLIN POLICE ALERT
    577 1 East Germans open fire on escaping refugees Red Army troops are moved back to bases BERLIN, Tuesday. THE WEST Berlin Police Force of 13,000 men was put on maximum alert today to prevent any demonstrations or incidents on the borders with East Berlin. This means that all
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    TENG CHANGES MIND: SUE MAY GET VISA
    388 1 TENG CHANGES MIND: SUE MAY GET VISA I CANBERRA. Tu«s. plained to Asian students before they came to Australia and it was up to them to observe them. The Melbourne Herald said: "In using its power to grant or refuse visas to Asians wishing to visit Australia, the Immigration Department
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    Mail bags rifled
    73 1 PERTH. Australia. Tues. Thirtyfive bags of mail bound from Singapore to Australia were rifled aboard the Norwegian freighter Martha Bakke after the vessel left Sourabaya. it was discovered today. Ship officers said a steel bulkhead door to No. 7 hold had been forced open, and a crowbar
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    Lock icon Saved by her own rare blood
    134 1 SYDNEY. Tues— A Sydney woman, now recovering from an operation, has her>elf to thank for a bloo 1 transfusion. She donated it three weeks ago. It was held in storage by the hospital for her operation yesterday, from which .she is now recover- I
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    RED POLICE CHECK ON A CYCLIST
    75 1 RED POLICE CHECK ON A CYCLIST The People's Police (VOPOi of East Germany arr now stepping up the checking of people passing through the barriers between East and West Berlin. Here, in Bernauer Strassr in North Berlin, a cyclist has been stopped by two policemen. While one swings a rubber
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    Lock icon Entrails on doorstep
    84 1 LONDON. Tues. A polythene bag containing the entrails of a goat was left here tonight on the doorI step of the flat of Mr. lain I Macleod the British Colonial Secretary. Pinned to the door of the flat was a notice with the words "sacrificial goat for
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    Lock icon More police
    31 1 JAKARTA. Tues. The strength of the Indonesian police force Is to be raised from its present 100.000. to 135.000 by the end of 1962. according to an official statement.—Reuter.
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    Probe man in Brunei back for new instructions
    620 1 Probe man in Brunei back for new instructions kl ALA I.I'MIH'H. Tuesday. J)AT() ABDUL AZIZ bin Haji Abdul Majid, Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minis ter's Department, who went to Brunei recenlly to investigate complaints by Malayan officei*s working there, has returned for further instructions from Tengku Abdul Rahman. Dato
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    Minister hurt
    34 1 ununnu. /vs.siun iuc\ ivir. B. P. Chaliha. Assam's Chief Minister, was slightly injured by flying glass when 8.000 students demanding his resignation hurled stones and shoes at hrs car here today. Rpntpr
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    Police fire on thugs to stop a fight
    342 1 Police fire on thugs to stop a fight SINGAPORE. Tues. Two policemen opened fire this afternoon on a gang of 20 secret society thugs who turned to attack them after terrorising residents and passersby in Noordin Lane, off Bencoolen Street. As thf gangsters advanced on the policemen. ■even shots rang
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    LATEST
    30 1 PROTEST TO REDS I.l RUN. Turv Ilif tfcree Wrstcrn ("iiimandants in Berlin today prnlistcd in letter to their Beviel louDliTpart •gain "illegal measures" Mi Met*! border;, of Berlin —Heater.
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    Lock icon Mikoyan: Let's forget past
    557 2 MINISTER SAYS JAPAN AND RUSSIA SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE rpilE Soviet First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Anastas Mikoyan, said today that Russia and Japan should not talk about the past but look forward to the future. In an address to open the Soviet trade fair
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    Lock icon Tojo warned of a third world war
    130 2 r FX)KYO. Tues. The ,ate Gen. Hideki Tojo. who led Japan into war more than 20 years ago, predicted In his last testimony that a third world war would be fought in the Far East Gen. Tojo's testimony was published yesterday in the
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    Lock icon America may test bizarre new arms in Vietnam
    225 2 America may test bizarre new arms in Vietnam YEW YORK, Tues. The U.S. Defence Department has decided to test some of its newest and most bizarre weapons in the Vietnam war against Communist guerrillas, according to an article in Newsweek magazine. Among the new weapons in South-East Asia is an
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    Lock icon INDIA TO ABSORB COLONIES
    96 2 NEW DELHI. Tues. India expects eventually to absorb the Portuguese colonies of (Joa. Daman and Din. the Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, told Parliament yesterday. "The Portuguese empire." he said "is the biggest, and possibly the worst empire existing today. But it is in a bad way
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    KENYATTA APPEALS FOR CALM IN KENYA
    109 2 'Kenya's "Burning Spear," Jomo Kenyajta appeal* to his countrymen to keep calm when he is relea.sed. In a Kenya-wide radio broadcast before ho wai transferred Gatundu near Nairobi, on Monday. Kenyatta said "I trust that you will conduct yourselves in an orderly and dignified
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    Lock icon Malaya joins 28 nations in plea for UN debate on Algeria
    207 3 Malaya joins 28 nations in plea for UN debate on Algeria JAPAN, ONLY ASIAN COUNTRY TO SPURN BIZERTA APPEAL, STAYS OUT AGAIN NEW YORK, Tuesday. MALAYA joined 28 other Afro Asian nations yesterday to urge the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the Algerian problem again next autumn. Japan, the
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    Hungary Premier visits Jakarta
    249 3 Hungary Premier visits Jakarta JAKARTA, Tues. J The Hungarian Prime Minister, Dr. Ferenc Munnich, arrived today for a nineday official visit and immediately plunged into the midst of Indonesia's independence day celebrations. LONDON: Visitors to Britain no longer have to produce customs documents for their can>. the Royal Automobile Club
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    WELCOME KISS FOR TITOV
    35 3 MAJOR GHERMAN TITOV. Russia's second space hero, gets a kiss from his wife, Tamara, when he arrived in Moscow after orbiting round the earth 17 times in just over 25 hours.
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    Lock icon 'DANGEROUS' TO CAST DOUBTS ON THE RUSSIAN SPACE FEATS
    153 3 'DANGEROUS' TO CAST DOUBTS ON THE RUSSIAN SPACE FEATS WASHINGTON. Tues.— Sir Bernard Lovell, director of Jodrell Bank experimental station, Cheshire, England, said yesterday It was dangerous to cast doubts on the Soviet Union's space achievements because to do so was "a subconscious attempt to underes-imate the danger which faces
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    Lock icon Saudi Arabia to take over big U.S. air base
    164 3 BEIRUT, Tuesday. pMIR Talal Ben Abdul Aziz. Saudi Arabian Fin--12 ance and Economics Minister, announced here yesterday that the big American air base at Dhahran, in Saudi Arabia, would be "liquidated"' during the next eight months. Saudi Arabia had told the
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    Lock icon U.S. naval men stay in service
    83 3 WASHINGTON, Tues.— Th e United States Navy announced today that it would keep on active duty about 26.800 officers and men who would otherwise be leaving active service. The men concerned will have to remain in the service for periods .ranging from six months
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    Lock icon RUSK: U.S. ANO RUSSIA MUST GET TOGETHER
    101 3 RUSK: U.S. ANO RUSSIA MUST GET TOGETHER WASHINGTON, Tues. The Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Rusk, said yesterday that America's "sharp and dangerous" confrontation with Russia over Berlin makes it imperative that the two countries get their heads together on disarmament. With that in view. Mr. Rusk asked Congress for
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    Lock icon Anne is 11
    28 3 BALMORAL, Tues. Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizeabeth, today celebrated her 11th birthday at Balmoral Castle, the Royal holiday home in the Scottish Highh.nds. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Teenagers' new fad is 'getting glued'
    88 3 Teenagers' new fad is 'getting glued' OT. LOUIS. Tues.—Get- ting "glued" is the latest fad among St. Louis high school students and it has authorities worried. Teenagers are holding "gluing parties" at which the celebrants sniff model aircraft cement. "It produces a sort of light-headed feeling when inhaled," police said.
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    Lock icon New C-in-C
    32 3 PARIS. Tues. Admiral James S. Russell of the United States Navy will succeed Admiral Charles R. Brown as Commander-ln-Chlef. Allied Forces, Southern Europe, at the end of this year. Reuter.
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    Assault case: Man bound over
    206 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Before two brothers were arrested for an alleged assault on a Johore cinema manager, they had been asked to pay $7,500 compensation to him, the second criminal district court was told today. Yong Pong Choy, 47. the manager of a cinema in Segamat,
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    Losses, so wages were cut
    808 4 TRANSPORT COMPANY'S STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS REJECTED BY ARBITRATION COURT SINGAPORE. Tue* Mr. Lee replied that the statements had not been audited because companies with unlimited liabilities were exempt from audit. He said the statements had been prepared 1 with the purpose of submitting: lor Income
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    Some land rents not paid for 40 years, court told
    218 4 Some land rents not paid for 40 years, court told CINGAPORE, Tues. There are residents in Kampong Amber, Singapore who have not paid any land rent for their houses for 40 years, Mr. S. R. Chapkhana, the Fifth Magistrate, was told today. "Strange as it may appear, this Is due
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    Chinese painting exhibition
    49 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. A one-man Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibition by Prof. Tv Kung Sul at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was declared open today by Mr. Ko Teck Kin. the chamber president. The exhibition will be open till Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. dally.
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    To talk in K.L.
    39 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Prof. Madam Liv Yin-soon today left for Kuala Lumpur to give a talk on "The philosophy of a teacher" there on Thursday at the request of the Federation of Malaya Women Teachers' Union.
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    SUIT OVER WATER AND LIGHT
    218 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. A Singapore "traction Company bus driver told Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High Court today that his father-in-law has deprived him of the use of water and electric light service for months, because he had refused to pay increased rent as his sub-tenant.
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    Show of the best films
    65 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The six best British amateur films of 1957 will be shown tomorrow and on Friday at 8.30 p.m. at the Shell Tr*»atrette, under the sponsorship of the amateur cinema club of Singapore. Admission is free, but those who wish to see the films
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    IN AND OUT BY AIR
    264 4 nHHE following Is today's sclie- dule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS BOAC: From London, Zurich, Beirut, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon (BA708) 5.50 pm.; from Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin (8A713) 4 p.m. Garnda: From Jakarta (OA--802) 8.55 a.m.; from Bangkok (OA803) 425 p.m.
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    TRAINEES TOLD TO MAKE TOURISTS HAPPY
    298 4 TRAINEES TOLD TO MAKE TOURISTS HAPPY SINGAPORE, Tuesday T*HE Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam toA day told 40 trainees of the Singapore Tourist Association's first course for tourist guides that they would be "guide and friend" in Singapore for the discriminating tourist. The Minister, who Is president of the
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    80 youths in Buddhist seminar
    125 4 80 youths in Buddhist seminar SINGAPORE, Tues.— Songs, dances, poetry and drama will provide a grand finale on Sunday to the week-long Buddhist Youth Seminar which began here on Monday. Eighty youths are taking part In the seminar, the first of its kind to be held in Singapore. Folk dances
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    Faces cheat charge
    87 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Chew King Tin 52, pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court today to a charge of cheating his sister-in-law of $1,500 at Bukit Timah Road, 91 milestone, sometime last month. He was stated to have deceived Lee Ah Lan, 34, an illegal immigrant
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      55 4 ROWCROFT THEATRE CLUB PRESENTS "Ladles In Retirement" at the Rowcroft Theatre. Rowcroft Lines, Aver Rajah Road. 8.30 p.m. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Ou'.ram Road): Dressmaking 11 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: Exhibition of paintings by local artists, British Council. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. UNITED STATES CULTURAL CENTRE:
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      65 4 can Folkways In Song and Btory." 6 pjn. TOC H and TOC WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: Talk by Mr. George A. Tree of the 8.8.C. Far East about "Some Aspects of Overseas Broadcasting" 8.30 p.m. at Talbot House. GEYLANG STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH Oospel meeting at Peace Cove, 8 p.m. CHINESE CHAMBER
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    Sardon seeks ways to improve Lumut road and rail links
    398 5 fl-IE Minister of Transport, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, today investigated the possibilities of improving the communications system between Lumut, on the Perak coast, and the hinterland. He said; "If our uaval base is to be established at Lumut. then
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    Government urges co-operation in employment survey
    322 5 Government urges co-operation in employment survey KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rpHE first round of the Federation Govern- ment's survey on employment, underemployment and unemployment in urban and rural areas is starting this Friday and will last till mid-September In a statement today the Government appealed to the public for full co-operation
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    Survey for estimate of port's needs
    106 5 VUALA rues. A one-year survey to estimate the tonnage ot goods which will pass through Port Swettenham during the next 15 yean began today. The purpose of the survey is to find out if a fourth or more berths should be added to the
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    Watches case: $3,000 fine
    52 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A shop proprietor. Lee Khee, 35, of Pudu, was fined $3 000 Or mx months' Jail by the Sessions Court here today when he pleaded guilty to possessing 51 watches on which Customs duty of $441.15 had not been paid. Lee Khee paid
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    Support for union
    68 5 6EREMBAN. Tues.— MemDers of the Malayan Technical Services Union from Negrl Sembilan, Malacca and Selangor have pledged "unstinted support" to their union headquarters in attempting to bring about a satisfactory settlement of their salary claims. A resolution to this effect was passed at ;i weekend meeting. The
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    No permit-$25
    33 5 RADB. Tues. Yap Hong Mow, 50. of Mentakab. was fined $25 or one week's Jail for c.rrying a load of bananas in his car without a haulage permit on May 13.
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    First Lady of the Harp to play for charity
    94 5 First Lady of the Harp to play for charity PENANG, Tues.— American harpist Mildred DUling, internationally known as "The First Lady of the Harp," will give a charity concert at the Por Tay High School haU here at 9 p.m. on Sept. 15. The performance is being sponsored by the
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    TO BE SEEN AT A FILM FESTIVAL
    74 5 TO BE SEEN AT A FILM FESTIVAL IJUALA LUMPUR. Tue&. Two Malayan Film Unit documentary films will be shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, beginning Aug. 27. They are "Batu Caves" and "Roots of Tomorrow." "Batu Caves" takes the audience on a 12-minute tour of the caves with a
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    To visit Perak
    24 5 IPOH. Tues. Mr. Y. K Purl. Indian High Commissioner in Malaya and Mrs Purl, will visit Perak on Thursday and Friday
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    Barge case: Port official discharged
    99 5 Barge case: Port official discharged pENANG. Tues.— The secretary of the Penang Port Commission, Mr. A. Nallus&my, was today charged with allowing a steel barge to convey 24,000 gallons of gas without a licence on July 19. The gas, it was alleged, was sent from the Stanvac Oil Cos Bagan
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    Invitation to Australia
    62 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaya will be one of the 50 countries to be invited to exhibit at the 1963 International Trade Fair at Sydney, an Australian High Commission statement said today. The bi-annual fair is expected to be as "spectacular" as the 1961 fair, which was said
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    Singapore's consumption of liquor and tobacco rises
    184 5 CINGAPORE people drank v and smoked more In the first seven months of this year than in the same period of last year. This is reflected In the greatly Increased revenue collected by the Customs Department from January to July from duties on
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    Out go 11 more centre staff
    252 5 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. "ELEVEN more People's Association em- ployees, including a caretaker, have been dismissed by the board of management No reasons have been given. The 11 Include team leaders af the association's headquarters at the old Kallang Airport and leaders of rural community centres.
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    Dancers in Manila
    50 5 MANILA. Tues— A visiting Malayan cultural group is scheduled to perform here tomorrow under the sponsorship of the Philippines International Friendship Organisation. The 21-member dance group arrived here last week headed by Inche Johan bin Mohammed Yassin. Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Bocial Welfare.
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    New committee
    38 5 BUTTERWORTH. Tues. The Assistant Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam. will address more than 50 employers at the formation of a local advisory co.ti mlttee for the employment exchange In Butterworth °t 9.15 a.m. Aug. 24.
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    111 6 Siti flies into London T ONDON. Tues —Che Siti Zabedah, an 18--year-old packer with the Malayan Tobacco Company in Kuala Lumpur, has arrived in London for an operation to save her eyesight. Siti. flown here yesterday at the companys expense, will enter the Moorfields Eye Hospital on Aug. 24 for
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    Refugee Week fund-raising
    37 6 ALOR STAR. Tues. The Kedah World Refugee Week committee will launch a fund-raising and publicity drive soon. District committees will be set up to organise a flag day on Sept. 30 and other activities.
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    English for national system
    726 6 SARAWAK'S COUNCIL NEGRI APPROVES WHITE PAPER ON SECONDARY EDUCATION KUCHING. Tuesday rpHE Council Negri has approved proposals to set up a system of national secondary education using English as the main medium of instruction. The proposals were set out in a White Paper which laid down
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    YOUNG MALAYANS OFF TO U.S.
    138 6 Four Malayans saying Koodbyo to Miss Mary R. Buchanan. a Cultural Affairs Officer of the United States Information Service, at Kuala Lumpur airport on Monday night before they left with eight others for a year's study in the United States. From left: Mr. Patrick Nonls
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    New branch officials
    71 6 KUALA LUMPUK, Tue.v Mr. Lee Dans; took has btt-n elected chairman of the Rille Rang.- Road branch of the Federation Aimed Forces Civilian StalT Union. Other officials arc: Secretary Mr K. George and treasurer Mr. Francis Fernando. Committee members: Mr. A. L. Andiappa, Inche Mohamed Isa. Inche
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      226 6 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6 Thf lady made about tho» 1 Warlike scholar on trial pos- n d <6»--tlbly (7) Fi>h and fruit only «6. 4>. S. Burst in (7). 8 Halts in twisting side stre*«i 10. It's not quite to hoi in Lon- iP- don (4 1 Theatrical workers
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    Malaysia: Dato from Borneo says 'fears are over'
    162 7 Malaysia: Dato from Borneo says 'fears are over' SINGAPORE. Tues. Dato Mustapha bin Dato Harun, a member of the North Borneo Legislative Council, said here today before leaving for Jesselton that he would explain to his people the benefits of an early Malaysia confederation. Oato Mustapha was one of the
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    Swami due today
    29 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The President of the Ramakrlshna Mission at Thlrupparaithurai (South India^. Swaml Chidbhavananda. Is due here tomorrow for a three-week stay in the Federation.
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    Taximan fined
    36 7 RAUB. Tues. A taxi-driv-er. Mohamed Hanifa, 20. was fined $10 yesterday for leaving his taxi without switching off the engine and another $10 for causing an obstruction at Lipis Road, Raub, on March 24.
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    Three NCOsfor London
    67 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Three non-commissioned o!ficers of the Federation Engineers will leave here by air on Saturday for a four-month engineering course in Britain. They are Sergeant Harun bin Ahmad, Sergeant Hong Kok Suan and Corporal Che Mat bin Man. They will attend the Royal Engineers. Warrant
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    JOBS IN 'CIVVY STREET': MANY TRAINED
    330 7 JOBS IN 'CIVVY STREET': MANY TRAINED What is done for servicemen due to leave the forces KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday being taught by state agriculture officers to cultivate It, five were being taught poultry rearing, and one was learning padl planting. Government departments and commercial firms trained the majority of the
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    Address by Tengku
    33 7 SINGAPORE, Tues The Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, wili address members of the Singapore Chinese Chambtr of Commerce at a dinner on Saturday at its premises in Hill Street.
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    Comedian Ibrahim Pendek is off to Hollywood
    213 7 Comedian Ibrahim Pendek is off to Hollywood SINGAPORE, Tues. *3 A beaming Ibrahim bin Hassan, popularly known among Malay film fans as "Ibrahim Pendek." left by air this morning to make his debut in a Hollywood film. The first Malay actor to be selected for a role in Hollywood, Ibrahim
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    DEBUT IN ROCK HUDSON FILM
    29 7 IBRAHIM PENDEK being interviewed by Straits Times reporter Lim Kit Siang at Singapore Airport yesterday before he flew to Los Angeles. Straits Times picture.
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    Lock icon CHOLERA IN SARAWAK IS DECLINING
    72 7 CHOLERA IN SARAWAK IS DECLINING KUCHING. Tues.— The Director of Medical Services, Dr. O. A. Baird, yesterday declared the second division of Sarawak free of infection from cholera. Dr. Baird said: "The first division, however, still remains Infected, with the last case isolated on Aug. 12." Up to yesterday. 230
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    Two holidays
    27 7 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Johore Bahru Customs station will be closed on the birthday of Prophet Mohnmed on Aub. 24 and on Independence Day. Aug. 31.
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    DEATH
    78 8 I* tVer*. lit (Hmumimm, MRS WONO PUCK SHAM nee,cr r. rtttrr Fong age c)« passed away'pcafce ftillv l.v. «1 at 21 Rochdale RoM j '«to*epore leaving behind her huadknd sons Mook Qui Monk Ow 3 daughter* I Sock Ron Book Koo Book Me* J dauth tem-larlaw son*-ln-law I] grandchil-
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    91 8 10 Vaftfi Iff (Minimum, THE FAMILY OF trie late Mr Uerad Dim i-iwins Knnx thaak all relatives 'and friend* for «*ndlog wreath* and donsiiona and attending the funeral DR. P. K. SRINIVASAN or Tas'r.nir. Rambuftan thank* aI! Mi frtands (from far and near, for their wreaths '.md roevsax* s
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    208 8 J» Words IH (Mintmum) D YOU ALWAYS FEEL fit h) fAM a Mikv morninC Tou will If you have Trio* Rendyto-aat Oar Oreal for CHICKEN INN. SEAVICW Hotel for •he most delicious Chicken dlshe<. Music hy one of Singapore t. leading dance bands. COPPERTONE In the top n .ahty
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  • The Straits Times Wednesday, August 16, 1961.
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      The End Of An Affair
      538 8 A handful of seconded Government officers in Brunei have been the centre of misunderstanding for far too lon and Dato Aziz, Permanent Secretary in the Federation Prime Minister's Department, has done a good and difficult job by visiting Brunei and making his own inquiries, not
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      Simple Issue
      411 8 In the unscrupulous campaign which some of the Government's critics have been waging against education policy, one of the chief complaints has been that the Talib report goes back on the essential principles laid down by the Razak committee. TUs charge is convincingly >net in the Education Minister's
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      Down Under
      240 8 Endeavouring to Justify hi.* ruling that a Malayan postgraduate student in Perth cannot receive three-month visit from his Malayan fiencee, the Australian Minister foi Immigration has contrived to add a new knot to the many preserved in his department. He has also succeeded in conveying the surprising impression
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    Razak Report and I
    1514 8 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MATTER.. .IT IS VITAL THERE SHOULD BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING OR DOUBTS "For me it is a matter of great regret that certain persons are seeking to make education a political shuttlecock and for their own ends are grossly misrepresenting important aspects of
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    PUBLIC EXAMS: GOVT. WILL NOT CHANGE POLICY on LANGUAGE
    652 8 PUBLIC EXAMS: GOVT. WILL NOT CHANGE POLICY on LANGUAGE jective without question and contented itself with examining the progress which had already been made towards it. The Razak Report tried to recommend a national system of education which would work towards making the national language the main medium of Instruction
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    Royal welcome all the way
    567 9 King and Queen back in Kelantan for visit— not as strangers iyt ORE than 5,000 people thronged in the vicinity of Sultan's Pier and ITX nearby Padang Merdeka here to welcome the King and Queen when they disembarked from the royal barge Serati shortly after
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    Freed former unionist: 'I am not Communist'
    183 9 Freed former unionist: 'I am not Communist' JOHOKh BAIIKI', turn. A former top unionist, released after nearly four years' detention, said today: "I am not a Communist and was never a Communist." .N'c Chin Lcong, :]B, vicechairman of the now defunct National I'nion of Factory a n cl (ieneral Workers,
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    Call to the Teochews
    69 9 PENANG, Tues. The president of the Penang Teochew Association. Mr. Heah Joo Seang. will move this week a resolution calling on tho Federation's 700.000 Teocbews to pledge their support for the Alliance Government's. Mr. Heah will move this at the annual delegates' conference of the Federation
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    Rotary speaker
    41 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Dr. Llm Tay Boh. dean of the Faculty of Arts. University of Malaya in Singapore will speak on "European Common Market and Malaya" at the luncheon of the Rotary Club of Singapore-West, at Prince's Restaurant on Thursday.
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    5 thugs rob family of $4,000
    84 9 5 thugs rob family of $4,000 CINGAPORE. Tues. Five thugs held up a family !n their home in River Valley Road today and robbed them of cash and Jewellery worth $4,000. A businessman. Mr. Leow Hong Ec, 35. his wife and family of five were having lunch, when five men.
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    Nanda was a boy in her first film
    188 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.— Nanda Karnathki (above), an Indian fllm actress, is only 20. but she has already spent more than half her life in films. Her first was made when she was eight. "My first role in films was a rather unusual one
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    Stop these men, says Mayor
    67 9 PENANG. Tues. Confidence tricksters are reported to be going round in the Bridge Street area soliciting donations in the name of the Mayor. Mr. Ooi Thiam Slew, and his deputy. Mr. N Patkunam. He urged anyone approached for contributions to make sfime excuse to detain
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    Woman trainer: I was in 5001 b. tiger's way
    182 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.Lying on her side in bed Mrs. K. Madhavi today spoke of how a 5001 b. tiger clawed her bac* last night. Mrs. Madhavi is an animal trainer with the Great Eastern Circus, now performing here. She said: "I
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    Speeding girl is fined
    57 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— A University of Malaya law student. Amy Chen Ai May. 21. of Wan Tho Avenue, Singapore. wa& fined $30 or 10 days' Jail by a magistrate. Inche Salleh bin Eckhardt. today for speeding along Jalan Scudal last night. Amy admitted driving at 40
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    BORNEANS SEE LAND SCHEME AT MALACCA
    169 9 Malacca, lues. Political leaders irom iNonh Borneo now touring me federation today vi.sn.cd a land development scneme ana a nab cuuure research station nere. Tne leader of the United National ttadazan Organisation of North Borneo, Mr. Donald A. Stephens, toid the Straits Time s
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    Found dead
    27 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— A newsagent. Ho Wai Kee. 64. was found dead hanging from a beam in his house at Jalan Gertak Merah this morning.
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    COMPLETE YOUR RURAL PLANS ON TIME: RAZAK
    181 9 COMPLETE YOUR RURAL PLANS ON TIME: RAZAK IPOH, Tuesday. r piE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural Development, Tun Abdul Razak, has urged all departments to complete their 1961 rural development projects on schedule. He was speaking to the Kinta District Rural Develop, ment Committee yesterday evening after being
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    To appeal for contributions
    58 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall committee today decided to set up a 12-man sub-committee to appeal for contributions towards the National 'Monument Fund. The committee is headed by Mr. Y.T. Lee, an Alliance State assemblyman. More than 70 representatives of Chinese guild?, and
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    U.S. envoy Maddox to retire after two years in S'pore
    132 9 OINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. William P. Maddox. the United States Consul General, will retire from the American diplomatic service next month. He is expected to sail away in the President Adams on Sept 4 after a twoyear stay in Singapore and
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    Butterworth contest
    46 9 PENANG. Tues. Butterworth district will stage a merdeka beauty queen contest on Aug. 31 as part of Its merdeka anniversary celebrations this year. In addition there will be a tea party in the district officer's residence to which about 500 guests will be Invited.
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    50 typewriters stolen
    47 9 SINGAPORE, Tues.— Thieves broke into Roneo Ltd., Singapore, last night and stole 50 portable typewriters worth $10,000. The thleve s smashed the glass in a ventilator at the back of the building to gain entrance. Then they unlocked the back door from the inside.
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    A last warning to 20 shops
    344 9 A last warning to 20 shops lOHORE BAHRU, Tues. The Johore Government today warned that it could no longer tolerate the "deliberate civil disobedience" of people illegally occupying 20 shophouses belonging to the State at Jalan Ibrahim. They have been given until Sept. 2 to quit the premises, failing which
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    Pen friends from Malaya
    389 10 Pen friends from Malaya l.au Soy Moev, aged 13; 188-K. Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore 19; stamps, games, coins, net-ball, reading. Simon Chan, aged 13; 326-B, Alexandra Road. Singapore 3; swimming, table-tennis, football, stamps. Jestsie Uar. aged 13; 37, Thor Terrace. Singapore 3: knitting reading, badminton. Theresa Lai. aged 15; 20.
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      MAT SAYS GOODBYE
      1057 10  -  Kathleen Hickley by MAT Mousedeer decides to start a farm with chickens and cow. All, Rukiah and the jungle folk, Bakar and Ezani all join in to help Mat make it a profitable business But everything goes wrong in the farm and Mat also gets cheated when
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      Is photography your hobby?
      302 10 m LIELLO Boys and Girls. This week, there is a better m response for the contest. Here are the winners of the competitions on "Why is h homework important?" and "A car" The older group Annie Yap. 39-B Jalan Timun, g off Peel Road, Kuala Lumpur
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      It's so nice to meet you...
      110 10 It's so nice to meet yo u... pERFECT manners has Übitza de Fontenay, who extends a gentle paw and seems to be giving a vocal greeting to Martha Wooldridge at the Kennels de Bergerie at Bramshaw in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. Übitza is a three-year-old 125--pound Pyrenean Mountain Dog
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      List of overseas pen pals
      564 10 Ricky George, aged 14; c/o P.O. Box 143, Serta Brunei; stamps. Roy Wee, aged 16; c/o P.O. Box 143. Serta Brunei; stamps. Pnrru S. Trinidad, aged 15; 222. Hechanova Street, La Paz, Hollo City, Philippines; correspondence. Mario 8. Trinidad, aged 13; 222. Hechanova Street, La
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      237 10 Name Address m Age Sex HERE are the essays of since there is really In- g two of the winners of sufficient time for our the competition. On "A lessons In school we have car." Michael Tan wrote: to do more work at home. "Well, a car is made up
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      1626 11 ■ui'loinc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. ni??' SINIAPORE (iPcarfaratH ip tfta Until Uajjpfn) <■<•>" EIPRESS SERVICES TD LONDOH LIVERPOOL k CONTINEHTAL PORTS Sport P. Sham Hinang ■ENCLEUCN A'MTf. B'men. Hburg. Roam G. 21 Am 11 Am II 23 AM 24 H IENVANNOCH(H) HmUlt, LonCnn, M'Crou|h. An I* 24 Alg 25
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    139 12 SHIPS lying alongside th« Singap*r» wharvs* today arc Kunak 17/18 Denbighshire 13/14. Manila Maru33/34. Capetown Maru 19. Nedor Elba 1/2. Eastern Saica 31/32. Santhia 25/26, Straat Magelhacn 15 16. Tegelberg 44. B*ntong 2324. Tspab NW 4. Rawang NW. 3. OuUr Rosas: Karaos DJawa. DJadajat, Momijsan Maru, Kukicn.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    111 12 T"f Malsysn Exehsnss Bank. Ac 1 ••elation made thene changes in Its ratts to merchant* yesterday (all rates to $100): N«w Y»rli: buying airmail T.T. 32], O.D. 321, 90 d/st 33 J credit bills. 331 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 33 13/16. O.D. 33 15/16. 90 d/st
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    CLOSING PRICES
    37 12 SINGAPORE. Auk. 15RUBBER: 853 cents per lb. (up three-eighths of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 851 cents (slightly easier). TIN: M7Z.37J per pit- ul (up $1.50). Estimated unofficial offering 250 tons (down 25 tons).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    126 12 MELBOURNE. Tues. TNVESTMENT shares were A traded more actively along firmer lines. Herald gained Is. 3d. to 595. 9d. and John Lysaght Is. 3d. to 735. Base metals were firm Mt. Isa gained 2s. 9a. to 745. 9d. Oils remained steady. Commonwealth bonds were also steady. Con. Zinc.
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    TIN SHARE SENTIMENT IS BETTER: TRADE EXPANDS
    401 12 From Our Market Correspondent rpHERE was a gradually 1 improving sentiment apparent on the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday and an expansion of business. The volume written was reported to be larger than for some time. The better feeling Is consolidating now the tin
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 12 Malayan Stork Indices: Aug. IS Auk. 14 Industrials: 167.95 167.90 Tins: 331.10 330.74 Rubbers: 211.43 240.65 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    825 12 DUSINESS on the Malayan Stock Exchange, Federation section yesterday with the number of deals in brackets: Industrials: s. Times (3.000) $3.35: Wearn« (1,000) S3. Minings: Ampat (1.000) 16a.: Aokam (1,000) 53. 77): Austral Amal (500) 30*.: A. Httam (1.100) Ms.. (3.000) 545. 3d.. (100) 545. 4td 545.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    211 12 SEPTEMBER first grado rubbor buyort f.o.b closed in SmKapore yesterday lit M eenta per Ih up three eiehths of a cent on Monday closing price. The ion<- was quiet and (lightly sailor. I S.C.C.R.A. closlnK price* In cents per lb. yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot fob. buyers
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    121 12 THE Criinti* Produce Exchange, Sinimtn, neon prictt per pieul yesterday were: Copra: IK Continent August shipment 126J buyers, 127 sellers- Ceeenut sil: bulk J3SJ sellers, drum $411 seller*. Pepper: lfuntok white Sl77t sellers. Sarawak whit* tt'S tellers, special Sarawak black $147J sellers, garbled Lamport* black 5147» sellers, Lampong
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    Singapore tin price makes new spurt of $1.50
    236 12 Singapore tin price rallied again yesterday when a fresh spurt of $1.50 took it to $472.37*. The offering was 250 tons or 25 tons less than on Monday. In London overnight tin had opened higher In sympathy with weekend Singapore advices, but
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      746 12 SINGAPORE MADRAS SERVICE We would advise that the "RAJULA" will be replaced I the "MOHAMMEDT from the I2th^ October up to and including the 24th DeTemblTl £ol "MOHAMMEDI" Deport S.naopore 12th October, 6th November, Ut December 24th December. Port Swettenhom 13th October, 7th Novembtr, 2nd December 25th December. Penono Uth
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      379 12 TENDERS KERETAPI TANAH MELAYU TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the supply of hand broken sione from Kodtang Quarry for the remainder of 1961 and for 1962. Tenders close at 12 noon on Monday 4th September, 1961 at tlie office of the Fengerusi Lembapa Pembuka Tawaran2 d/a Ketua Juruklra, Keretupl
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      507 12 NOTICE I. TAN NGIAN KOW wiah to notify the public that I hay* resigned from the service ot Malaya Union Co.. Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur as from IMb Auxu&S 1961. NOTICE CHINA I MUKUKIII i;v un AND GENERAL INSIRANCE COMPANY LIMITED Notice is hereby given that Mr. Eric W. L. Wong
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      1527 13 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received from Registered P.W.D.. Contractors from Class 'C and above at the office of the State Engineer P.W.D., Perak. Ipoh up to 3.00 p.m. of the 25th August '61 for the erection and completion of the Police Contingent (M.T.t work-hop at Rifle Range
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      722 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS j VACANCY FOR MEDICAL PRACTITIONER A European qualified medical practitioner is required by an old established private hospital. P!ea>e apply (riving full particulars to tba Chief Medical Officer. Kwong Wai Siu Free Hospital, 705. Seraugoon Road. Singapore. I PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE CITY ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Required
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      1009 13 untlnued from Page Si SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Word* SS (Min.)— Box SO et: txtrm WANTEO HONEST GIRL to do simple bouse duties for single Asian. Reply stating particulars and salary required: Box A 4273 8.T.. Spore. WANTED SALESGIRLS to sell our Europe products with salary and commission. Please apply to
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      1009 13 ACCOMMODATION WANTED tt Wordt SS (Min.)— Box St et: txtrm SHILF SPACI in your kitchen for a bottle of Bcrubb's Ammonia. It cleans anything and everything. Buy a bottle today. WANTED 2 3— room unfurnished flat In districts 9 10 11 for occupation September or later rent below $260. Box
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      885 13 BOOKS PUBLICATIONS it Wordt SS (Min.)— Box tt tit. txtrm TEACHERS EVERYWHERE have proved the excellence of Rldout's English workbooks. FEOIRAL PUBLICATION* LTD. new natri a thswreem at 17, RIVERSIDE, MALACCA. V*u ar* eerdlsiiy Invrted t* cur attractive display •f ***k* *f all hinds, **ae*l*lly tehMl beeki, pspirbstks an*] ehlMran's
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      1089 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE to Word* SS (Min.)— Box SO ttt. txtrm RARE OPPORTUNITY 1952 Consul J6t> 50 seventeen Instalments J460--dO'Mi. New paint-work. Insurance till April 1962 33, Walmer Drive Garden Estate, Spore. Pbone 811ZS. ISS7 C'NIUL, new paint, upholstery, tyres, engine overhauled. $2,750/-. 1954 Klat 1100' 51.750/-, 1953 H-Hawk $1,250/-.
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      719 13 FOR SALE 2* Word, $S (Min.)-Box St ttt. txtrm WORLD'S FINEST KNITTINQMACHINI T:i."MP IT' M.VIIMI; "Automat lcMl" "Duomatlr" avaiiahla H/S/fL World's most fwautlful Krwlnsmachin* "Turlina s:M.V<K). "Helvetia" 1290.00; watctiea. tftpe-rerordtrs, typewriters Knitllnti Orion* cheap. Kocfe Road, B'pore. *****. TNI NIW LOW-COST NIGH QUALITY OPPICI FURNITURt tXMIBITIOM AT OIETHILM'S FURNITURE SKOWROOM
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    Lock icon Young Spurs fans meet skipper Blanchflower
    62 14 TWO young fa.ns of the Super Spurs meet Danny Blanchflower, the Tottenham skipper, during a training session at Cheshunt. Holding the F.A. Cup is Michael Wimsby. 7, and looking on is Barry Edwards, 6. The new English soccer season opens on Saturday when the
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    Lock icon SIMPSON SPARKLES
    444 14 Aussies are on top in match with Yorkshire CABLE SPOUT CMCKET ROBUDBP II SOCCER FIXTURES SHEFFIELD. Tuesday. fPHE Australian touring team, in their last match before the final Test, -completely outplayed Yorkshire, the county champions, here yesterday, finishing 236 runs ajiead with nine second innings wickets left. Good
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    Lock icon UK soccer: First day's fixtures
    542 14 T ONDON, Tues. The new English soccer season begins on Saturday. Fixtures on the opening day are: FIRST DIVISION— Arsenal v Burnley, Birmingham v Pulham, Blackburn v Carditt. Blackpool v Tottenham, Bolton v Ipswich, Chelsea v Nottingham Forest. Everton v Aston Villa. Manchester City v
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    Lock icon FOOTBALLERS MISSING
    56 14 (Denmark), Tues. 11 Two players from the East German Dynamo football team have disappeared in Denmark and a search has started, police said here yesterday. Dynamo played the Copenhagen Football Club in Copenhagen on Saturday. Both men were with the team when it left there. They were missed
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    Lock icon Bradman: My dream...
    58 14 ADELAIDE, Tues— Sir Donald Bradman said here yesterday it was his "personal dream" to see a cricket museum in Adelaide similar to the one at Lord's. Sir Don was opening a cricket exhibition in a city store here to mark the centenary of the departure of the
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    Lock icon French defeat
    19 14 TIMARU (New Zealand) Tues. South Canterbury beat the French touring Rugby TJnion team 17-14 here yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Coaching job
    21 14 LAGOS, Tues. George Headley, former West Indies Test star, has been appointed coach to the Nigerian Cricket Association.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Air travel for MCC
    112 14 r ONDON. Tues.— The MCC team to tour India. Pakistan and Ceylon later this year will travel both ways by air, MCC announced yesterday. The party leaves London on Oct. 8 and during the tour play eight Test matches. They get back to London on Feb.
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    Averages and county positions
    384 14 LONDON, Tues. Latest averages in flrst-class cricket in Britain: I N.O. T H Aye. awry (Aust.) 33 5 1736 165 62.00 &nintton (Surrey) 38 7 1839 163 59.32 *owdrey (Kent) 30 1 1713 156 59.06 i°NeM (Aust) 27 2 1381 162 55.24 tanre (Aust) 28 10
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    PERAK HIT FOR SIX BY KOREANS
    198 15 By LEE FOO SAN PERAK 0 KOREA 6 IPOH, Tues. Perak were completely outplayed by the Koreans in their friendly soccer nvitch here today. The visitors scored three goals in each half without roply from Perak. who disappointed a large home crowd with a
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    SCRC annual cricket match
    83 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Selangor Chinese Recreation Club play their annual cricket match against Singapore Chinese R.C. this weekend in Kuala Lumpur. The Selangor CRC team will be named from the following: Tan Huck Chuan (Capt.i. Lee Soon Kiong. H. E. Ong. Eu Hong Lay. Chua Eng
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    Indonesia lucky against Japan in 2-0 win
    382 15 Indonesia lucky against Japan in 2-0 win INDONESIA 2 JAPAN 0: Singapore, Tuesday TNDONESIA, the Merdeka soccer tournament 1 champions beat Japan 2-6 in the opening match of the Singapore football festival before a crowd of more than 4,060 at Jalan Besar tonight. On the run of play they were
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    2 STORE SWIM RECORDS BROKEN
    123 15 2 STORE SWIM RECORDS BROKEN SINGAPORE. Tues. Two Singapore swimming records were broken when four national championship finals were decided at Amber Road today. Tan Thuan Heng won the men's 200 metres butterflystroke in 2min 44.35 ec, beating David Cummlng's State record of 2:48.7, Doug Munro's native mark of 2:49.8.
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    Footballers told: You've done well
    136 15 Footballers told: You've done well IT I ALA LIMPIR. Tues— xv Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman said last night that the Malayan footballers had done a good job in the Merdeka tournament and had won the hearts of the people. Speaking at a buffet party for players and officials of
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    Lock icon Sg. Bernam win
    27 15 TELUK ANSON. Tues. Sunnel Bernam won the Lower Perak soccer league dlv. 1. championship today when they drew 1-1 with Lower Perak Malay Club.
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    Thriller in the rain
    110 15 KEILANTAN 0 S. CHINA 5 J£OTA BHARU. Tues.— Heavy rain failed to dampen the spirit of the Hong Kong tourists, who put on a fivegoal exhibition of attacking football against Kelantan here today. n TK^n^ atch deve loped Into a thrillling tussle between the goal-happy South
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    114-minute final ends in darkness and no decision
    468 15 By TEOH ENG TATT SINGAPORE, Tues. There was no decision after 114 minutes of play in the men's singles final of the Singapore lawn tennis open championships between Filipino Johnny Jose, the Malayan title holder, and Japanese challenger J. Hirose. When darkness
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    Domestic season this year for MRU
    266 15 Domestic season this year for MRU I 'UALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The new Rugby season will be a wholly domestic one vitli no tours and only one vfcsitlng team— a Thai navy side who will play matches in Penang and Perak. The Malayan Rugby Union will use the season to consolidate
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    Malayan soccer tables
    892 15 SELANGOR LEAGUE P W D L T A Pu. Rangers 10 9 1 0 65 12 19 SCRC A 1 10 9 0 1 56 17 18 sunrise A' 11 6 1 4 42 21 14 SIA '.V 11 5 3 3 29 32 13 Depot A*
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      168 15 SOCCER FESTIVAL MATCH: Thailand v Vietnam (Jn Besar Stadium. B*pore 7.30*. 8 PORE BHFA Jnr League and Cup: Wearnes A v P N (Farrer Park); Airways v STC (Geylang); Breweries v Borneo Motors (Farrer Park) Cycle v Bata (Farrer Parki; Airways A v Cathay (Farrer Park). VOON CUP: 3rd RMR
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      40 15 oanthakuru 4-27, Lea 5-28) ETC 59 (Santhakum 23 not out, Katnayake 7-21). BASKETBALL KING'S CUP FINALS (Malacca*: Mm Kelantan Dt S'gor 89-77; Women Negri bt Penang 76-61. GOLF GUTHRIE CHAM PIONSHIP (KD: Winner— P. B. Dovt'ng: runner-up G. D. Fowjrr.
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    Lim 'fears the Tengku more'
    1405 16 Rajaratnam returns to attack on rebels' talks with Lord Selkirk I SINGAPORE, Tuesday fHK PEOPLE'S Action Party today charged that Mr. Lim Chin Siong and his group were now "more afraid" of Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Federation Prime Minister, than of the British. The accusation
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    King in capital of Kelantan
    49 16 THE YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG. on his State visit to Kelantan, acknowledges the cheers of the thousands of people, who lined the route of the State drive through Kota Bharu yesterday. With him is the Sultan of Kelantan. Straits Times picture. (Report in page 9)
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    DEATHS
    69 16 mahalinc.am brotfeei or K. UairthMtami of 2u. Tan Tock Mmh Hospital iiu.irlcr* am! yourti:. Mr tmt Mi" K .nd.ivan.nn of IS.nlvaya, Qcmu puMd peacefully >1 Jem t.ii ii' pismarodv Mary. |...--.i .id liiMy al Cni.r.il Ho-pJlal AuKii't 15. Iravlnt: >* mr<l lulov. il taataad, lour daughter* Almi. M;n\. dim,
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    LONDON STOCKS
    390 16 LONDON. Tues. It has bt-in .i very slack clay here in stock markc Pricrs have moved within narrow limits and whilst a number of equities came In for cheap buying. 1 1- .i-ro was no sustained power and wmo gains were not always held. Stores responded to the
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    Boy off to Melbourne today for heart operation
    128 16 Boy off to Melbourne today for heart operation MALACCA, lues. An eiKht-ycar-old Pahang boy. Tan Lian Tiow. will leave here by air tomorrow via Singapore for a major operation in a Melbourne hospital. He has had a heart ailment since birth, but urgent Mirgii ;»l treatment is required now. His
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    Lock icon Theory about assassination
    189 16 rNIS, Tues. Unofficial sources close to the Government yesterday said that Salah Ben Youssef, exiled former SecretaryGeneral of Tunisia's ruling Neo-Destour party. may hM* been assassinated in Frankfort on Saturday by someone who wished to embarrass Tunisia. They said the Tunisian Government would be unlikely to have
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    Army chief dies
    27 16 uslu. rues. Lieutenant General Otto Ruge. Norway Commander In Chief during the German invasion of 1940 and the ensuing fighting, died here today, aged
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    Yorkshire hold the Aussies
    210 16 SHEFFIELD. Tues.— The touring At CHELTENHAM: Gloucester three iA Wharton 90 not outi Australian cricketers drew beat Glamorgan by 140 runs. I «.i«r r »r'i»*M m their match against Yorkshire. Gloucester 166 and 177. Glamor- w ?Th, "^I 1 Notl the English county champions gan 123
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