The Straits Times, 24 February 1962

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    21 1 ATEWAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 The Straits Times Hat*» d Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY' 24, 1962. 15 CENTS. KDN 036
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    261 1 CVealth immigration restrictions Quota on the job seekers LONDON, Fri. Mr. John Hare, Minister of Labour, said last night there would be a numerical quota of Commonwealth citizens to be allowed into Britain under th c Government's Bill to control Commonwealth immigration. The rate of entry, governed by
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    Lock icon 124 flu toll
    32 1 TOKYO. Fri. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government l«ld today a total of 124 perhad difd of the Asian influenza epidemic in Tokyo. and 1.231 schools totally or inartiidlv closed. Reuter.
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    Lock icon SARIT: RED CHINESE TROOPS ON LAOS BORDER
    109 1 BANGKOK. Fri— A Chinese Communist Army division has moved to the Laotian border near Phongsaly province, the Thai Prime Minister. Marshal Sarit Thanarat. said today. fir said men of the division had already joined proCommunists Pathet Lao guerillas in besieging Nam Ilia, the
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    Lock icon 'Jab' for 70,000 boat people
    59 1 HONG KONG, Fri. More than half the Colony's "floating population" the 140.000 boat people— have been immunised against cholera in the last three days. A Health Department spokesman tonight attributed much of the success of the compaign to the use of a helicopter carrying a
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    UN to give Malaya S6m. to help boost social and economic schemes
    431 1 UN to give Malaya S6m. to help boost social and economic schemes KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The United Nations has agreed to give Malaya $6,225,000 to help boost its economic and social schemes. Included will be the provision of 35 experts in various fields. Twenty-five experts have already arrived and 10
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    Lock icon POSTMEN CALL A STRIKE AFTER FIVE ARE SHOT
    211 1 POSTMEN CALL A STRIKE AFTER FIVE ARE SHOT ALGIERS, Friday. QUNMEN shoi five postmen dead in Algiers yesterday, sparking off an immediate postal strike which officials fear may lead to a general [strike in the city. The five postmen three j Muslims, one Christian and a Jew were gunned down
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    Lock icon Pilgrimage off
    34 1 JAKARTA. Fri.—The Indonesian Government has ordered that, because of the present political situation, civil servants planning to make the pilgrimage to the Muslim holy places this year should cancel their bookings. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Now Russia 'buries' Stalin prizes
    157 1 MOSCOW. Fri. Winners. of Stalin prizes are to i get new medals and diplomas called "State prizes of the U.SS.R." it was revealed here today. The change was announced by Mr Mikhail Suslov. a lead- ing party theoretician, to a conference of professors of j
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    KENNEDY AND GLENN FAMILY FLY SOUTH TO GREET HIM
    214 1 KENNEDY AND GLENN FAMILY FLY SOUTH TO GREET HIM WASHINGTON, Fri.— President Kennedy, accompanied by nine members of the family of astronaut John Glenn, flew to Florida in the presidential jetliner yesterday for a big reunion and welcoming ceremony at Cape Canaveral today Glenn was still undergoing tests and interviews
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    Golf: It's still anybody's game
    139 1 Golf: It's still anybody's game ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Malayan Open Golf championship goes into its third day tomorrow and it is still anybody's game. Peter Thomson .slipped to third place with a 71 wnile Kel Nagle and Brian HugKett of Britain returned six under par 68s to go up
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    STOP PRESS
    9 1 CLENN DECORATED Irnn hi i frrnmd "wHi
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      Lock icon BRITAIN IN THE U.N. DOCK ON SOUTH RHODESIA POLICY
      298 2 BRITAIN IN THE U.N. DOCK ON SOUTH RHODESIA POLICY |>KH WIN last night came under a barrage of criticism in the United Nations with not a single voice raised in her defence as African delegates condemned white supremacy in Southern Rhodesia and accused the British of supporting it. Sir Hugh
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      POLICE DISPERSE CHILDREN AT CATHEDRAL
      61 2 POLICE DISPERSE CHILDREN AT CATHEDRAL SALISBURY (Southern Rhodesia >, Fri. Police with dogs yesterday broke up 50 African children sitting outside Salisbury Anglican Cathedral in protest against a shortage of school places in Hlghflelds African township here. The children had slipped through police patrols which earlier stopped most of a
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      It's dawn in flood-hit Hamburg
      124 2 UAMBURG, Fri.— The official casualty toll in Germany's weekend winter storm, the worst in its history, rose to 316 dead yesterday. Of the victims. 265 were reported found in flood -stricken Hamburg on the Elbe River. Picture shows a woman lying dead on the roof
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      Lock icon South Africa Bill protest
      265 2 p LONDON. Friday THE Labour Opposition decided last night to vote on Monday against a Bill to regularise South Africa's legal position with Britain now that it has left the Commonwealth. It will table a motion urging the Commons to reject the Bill "which tends to
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      Lock icon Alert as Buganda goes to polls
      205 2 Alert as Buganda goes to polls KAMPALA (Uganda), Fri. A company of the King's African Rifles stood ready here to move in case of trouble as people began queueing before dawn to vote in the n r s t parliamentary elections in Uganda's internal Kingdom of Buganda. Police were also
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      Lock icon Sinatra-Prowse wedding off
      36 2 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. Frank Sinatra and Juliet Prowse called off their planned wedding in a joint statement issued here yesterday. The statement said the decision was prompted by "a conflict of career interests." Reuter.
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      45 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby !/msv i CAMV Jk I WEAR TUATUAT <U wrrw mv blue m m f lend you V k 1] Mr V MV 6GOWM /qq\ (J L /BUT TUtN F *XJ ALTCRJ PITUINfCKUMC OP MY/7 Jj\ggp pgess.y rSA I True mattek/I
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      Foreign DESK 2 The Soviet rocket-trap
      367 3 The Soviet rocket -trap RUSSIANS CLAIM TO HAVE SOLVED PROBLEM OF DESTROYING ENEMY MISSILES IN FLIGHT MOSCOW, Friday. 'pHREE top Soviet military leaders have declared in almost identical terms that Russia has solved the problem of destroying enemy rockets in flight. The three— Marshal Kirill Mositalenko, rocket forces commander. Marshal
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        A call for drastic change in education systems
        82 3 A call for drastic change in education systems I^EW DELHI, Fri. 11 Experts from 1G South and South-East. Asian countries yesterday called for a "drastic change"' in the education systems of the region. They urged that productive work and manual labour should form an integral part of school education. The
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        22 3 MANILA: Miss Christine Jorgensen. an American woman by surgery, turned up here and impressed Filipinos with her talk on sex and marriage.
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        41 3 KARACHI: Pakistan has decided to ask for a meeting of the U.N. Security Council about the middle of 'March to discuss the dispute with India over Kashmir. Mr. S. K. Dehlavl. Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs, said In Rawa'plndi.
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        27 3 BANGKOK: Lleut.-Gen. James F. Collins, Com-mander-in-Chief of the United States Army in the Pacific, visited Udron. ir North-East Thailand. In the course of a short Inspection trip.
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        17 3 ROME: Italy's first CentreLeft Cabinet headed by Professor Amlntore Fanfanl took office ending a 20-day government crisis.
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        29 3 BONN: The West German Bundestag (lower house) approved a Government Bill extending the period of conscription In the West German armed force« to 18 months from the current 12.
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        26 3 ROME: Actress Elizabeth Taylor went back before the "Cleopatra" film cameras for her first days work since she was hospitalised at the weekend for "food poisoning."
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        28 3 MOSCOW: General Boris Vanlkov. a former Soviet Minister who played a prominent part in organising the Soviet defence industry, has died suddenly, the Soviet news agency Tass said.
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      GENERAL AMONG 75 OFFICERS HELD IN TURKEY
      280 3 GENERAL AMONG 75 OFFICERS HELD IN TURKEY A NKARA. Fri. Seventylive Turkish officers, including at least one general, are reported to have been arrested this morning following last nights stormy demonstration against Parliament. Gen. L-met Inonu, the Prime Minister, early this morning broadcast over Ankara Radio that the Government reinforced
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      Lock icon Lydia breaks tradition
      48 3 OXFORD, Fri. For the first time in 160 years the hallowed halls of the Oxford Union Debating Society heard a soft feminine voice taking part in the discussions here last nlghlIt VU that of Mbs Lycila Howard, chairman of the Oxford University Labour Club.- -Renter.
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      LONELY MEALS COST THE POPE HIS APPETITE
      161 3 LONELY MEALS COST THE POPE HIS APPETITE ROME, Fri. The newspaper Paese Sera said yesterday that Popo John XXIII (above) is reported to have lost his appetite because Vatican protocol Insists that he eat his meals alone. In a front-page article. Paese Sera quoted the Pope as saying: "I like
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      Lock icon U.S. sticking to view on summit
      64 3 U.S. sticking to view on summit WASHINGTON, Fri The U.S. last night again rejected Mr. Nikita Khrushchev's proposal to begin the 18-natlon disarmament conference next month at the summit. A State Department spokesman said that Mr. Khrushchev's letter to President Kennedy earlier yesterday "does not add any new arguments to
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      467 3 n *n.isN m*i tut |Ob*U« Oabxy; 10.45 Piano And RADIO MALAYA Onpu Gaper.,; ll.OO Clo*o Down. NATIONAL SHOKTWAVL RADIO SINGAPORE SERVICE 41.7 metres SltOKT HI M.KVK L A.M 6.00 Time Signal. Neiiara- 41 metres ku. News Headlines: 6.05 Mornuui MEDIUM WAVt SERVICE Melodies. 7.00 Rendezvous With 476 metres Musk: 7.30
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    Mass war graves found in Siglap's 'valley of death'
    603 4 FARMER RECALLS HE SAW MASSACRE OF THOUSANDS gIXGAPORE, Fri.— Five separate war graves have been located in a "Valley of Tears" in the Siglap area. In this rugged countryside, hundreds of civilians rounded up by the Japanese Army with the fall
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    Incident at strike firm: Police deny intervening
    266 4 SINGAPORE. Frl. DOLICE today denied r that there was any intervention by policemen in an incident, which took place yesterday in front of the strikebound premises of Roneo Ltd. in Robinson Road. A police spokesman in a press statement said that reports in
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    UNION CHIEF DENIES CAUSING HURT
    154 4 SINGAPORE. Frl. Foo Yong Fong. president of the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union, pleaded not guilty in the Ninth Magistrate's Court today to charges of voluntarily causing hurt to three non-striking workers of Roneo Ltd. in Robinson Road. He was alleged to have caused hurt
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    10-year term for ransom collector is confirmed
    224 4 SINGAPORE, Fri.— A bread seller, Ngo Bock Kee, 26, who was sentenced to 10 years at the Assizes for collecting a ransom in connection with the abduction of Tan Toh Teng, a pepper merchant, in July last, had his sentence confirmed by the
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    Opium to Singapore—in the bishop's bag!
    1803 5 Opium to Singapore— in the bishop's bag! PART 5 BUT DARING RUSE BY SMUGGLING RING IS DEFEATED BY AN ALERT DOG F( s< > 1 1 1 <_• reason I always hung on to that small blue suitcase in which we found the morphine at London Airport. I used to
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    CD appeal to employers
    294 6 NEW SYSTEM TO CALL UP VOLUNTEERS 'Let our men off for emergency fire fighting' UENANG, Fri— The Civil Defence headquarters, north region, has sent an appeal to employers to release workers who are civil defence members for fire operations. "Many volunteers employed in commercial Arms find
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    Grab by masked robbers
    137 6 IPOH. Fri. Five masked' men, one armed with a dagger, entered the Kwong Fatt Tobacco Company in Jalan Yang Kalsom here early today. Police said that the robber.s gained entry into the building by forcing open the back door at about 4.15 a.m. The robbers took
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    QUESTION TIME AT A DINNER
    87 6 QUESTION TIME AT A DINNER PENANG. Fri— The Penang Rubber Trade Association has invited merchants and members of the public to submit questions on financial, political, educational and economic problems. Answers to all questions sent in by this Sunday will be given at a dinner in honour of the Minister
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    Power cut
    24 6 BENTONG. Frt. Electricity supply for the people here will be temporarily cut on Sunday to carry out work In the power station.
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    Taximen union
    26 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Taxi drivers In Selangor are to form a union. This was decided after a meeting of Kuala Lumpur taxi drivers yesterday.
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    Tengku Ya'acob at funeral
    84 6 THE Malayan High Commissioner to London. Tengku Ya'acob second from right), and his wife walking to the crematorium in Wolverhamplon for the funeral of three of the four Malayan students who died in a fire after a party celebrating the Chinese New Year at their hostel
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    RMAF TO INTERVIEW RECRUITS IN IPOH
    119 6 IPOH. Fri. The Royal Malayan Air Force recruiting team will interview recruits for various trades in the force at the V.M.C.A. hall here on March 13 from 8.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Recruits are wanted as firemen, nursing attendants, alrframe mechanics, storemen, and teleprinter
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    VILLAGE APPEAL FOR PATROLS
    45 6 KAJANG. Fri. The Balakong local district council has written to the district officer. Inche Mohamed Othman bin Mohamed, for police patrols in the village. The council felt that patrol.s were necessary In view of increase I pig thefts. In the village.
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    CAMP BATTLE FOR 'SHOESHINE' TERRITORY
    120 6 CAMP BATTLE FOR 'SHOESHINE' TERRITORY AIALACCA. Fri.— Throe peoplo were admitted to hospital after a clash between two rival groups of shoeshine boys at a sate of Terendak Camp near Tanjonp Bidara. 25 miles from hero, last night. They were N. Jugindar. 22, Mushi Khan. 43. and M D;i>s, 29.
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    $1,000 bail for two
    78 6 PENANG. Fri. Two men, Wong Chan Hooi. 22. and Yip Leung Hlng, 28. were today granted $1,000 ball on a joint charge ot extorting $15 from O<-i Lay Suat In Green Lane on Feb. 9. They were alleged to have threatened to assault Ooi if the
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    Scouts' share
    32 6 BATU GAJAH. Fri. Tho president of the local Boy Scouts' Association. Inche Tajuddln All. said today that the Government had set aside $230,750 for promoting scout activities in the country.
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      1063 6 LEVER'S DISPLAY COMPETITION RESULTS The following are prize winners in the display competition of Lever products organised by Lever Brothers (Malaya) Ltd. We congratulate all who took part for a grand effort. NOCTHERKI MALAYA <UM HIN WAH SIANG, IST MiIZE WINNERS— SSOO/- Km KEE- SOON CHEONG, (»i«> $250 e««H priie
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      176 6 Bugs Bunny By Ralph Hointtlahl Lil \bnor By AI iapp EF WE KIN TRICK LI 'L TA HE IAAH'U. BE TUET CsW) LEAVES V( PSSTf-PUT MATCHtRUfU WHY I ABfJERTOfWCVEIN *<AT TRACKS A GLAD TO I YORK LEFTOVERS R3 KIT ON TH' jAHfMf-U'L ABNER T NOT? WI FUS OUR GAL SUPPC/Jth'
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    Traders' folly 'protected'
    380 7 GOVERNMENTS ACTION ON SUGAR GETS A MIXED RECEPTION FROM IMPORTERS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. "JHE Federation Government's move today to stop the free import of sugar into the country was sweet to some importers and bittersweet to others. Importers generally said they welcomed any measure the Government took
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    Film Unit chief off to Australia today
    37 7 HI Australian High Commissioner to Malaya. Mr. T. K. Critchley. presents handbooks on Australia to the head of the Malayan Film I nit. Mr. Ow Kheng Law. Straits Times picture.
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    HE WILL STUDY FILM AND TV TECHNIQUES
    153 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. ryHE head of the Malayan Film Unit, .Mr. Ow A Kheng Law, will leave for Australia tomorrow to study film and television techniques. I He will be away for two months during which he will be with the Australian Film
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    TENDER CALL FOR OPENING NEW LAND
    69 7 TENDER CALL FOR OPENING NEW LAND SEREMBAN. Fri. Tender, have been called for clearing and terracing work on four fringe alienation land schemes totalling 5,422 acres and benefiting 1.800 ;:imllles in Negri Sembllan. The schemes will be 512 acres In Sungel Mantau, 667 acres in Jelebu. 1.850 acres in Rembau
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    VISITORSARE TOLD: SEE MALACCA ON FOOT
    190 7 VISITORSARE TOLD: SEE MALACCA ON FOOT KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. People in America and Canada have been told that walking Is "tops for tourists" in Malacca. Miss Maxlne Atwater, publicity assistant of the Pacific Area Travel Association, says this in an article just released for newspapers and travel magazines In the
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    New offices
    27 7 KAJANU. Fri. An agricultural office and a drainage and irrigation office have been set up In Kajang on the ground floor of the District Office.
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    New nurses' hostel for Kajang
    87 7 New nurses' hostel for Kajang JTAJANG, Kri. A nurses' hostel is now being built at the junction of JaJan Semenyib and Jalan Low Ti Kok to keep in line with the future expansion of the district hospital here. It will cost $82,000. It will be of two storeys, with 15
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    Goodwill tour by Dragoons band
    45 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Thirty-one British bandsmen from the Ist Royal Dragoons are to make a six-day goodwill tour of the Philippines. They will sail for Manila next week. On the return trip, they will stay four days In Hong Kong.
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    Govt. studies State housing plans
    189 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. [JOUSES and flats costing $39 million are to be built by 11 States which have submitted plans to the Federation Government, the deputy Secretary to the Ministry of the Interior. Tengku Mustapha bin Tengku Besar Burhanuddin, said today. He said that the
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    'No' to fire risk cover
    74 7 KLANG. Fri.— The Town Council here has turned down a request for the Merdeka pavilion on the padang to be Insured against flre. The request was made by the secretary of the council, Mr. Tan Te Song, at a meeting of the finance and general
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    STUDENT EXCHANGE IN UNIVERSITIES
    110 7 SINGAPORE, Friday. T»HE University of Singapore and Nanyang Univerx sity will exchange students for a week under a scheme beginning next term. The exchange scheme, drawn up by the students unions of the two institutions. is aimed at Increasing cooperation between their members. A spokesman of
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    To hold a welfare month
    134 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. The University o! Singapore Students' Union will hold a welfare month instead of. the traditional welfarr week this year to raise money for the states needy and under-privileg-ed. The programme, beginning on June Z with a procession through the city, will feature a
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    Fridge gift to association
    44 7 PENANO, Fri A refrigerator has been presented to the Penang Blood Transfusion Association for the storage of blood. The presentation was made by Mr. A.E.M. Blyham. Penang manager of Hagemeycr Trading Co.. to Mr. Trlptipai Singh, the association i president.
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    The Straits Times Saturday. February 24, 1962. Way To The Stars
    572 8 The Straits Times Saturday. February 24, 1962. Way To The Stars Co-operation in the exploration of space, offered and accepted in Mr. Khrushchev's exchange of messages with Mr. Kennedy, will not be easily realised. But Mr. Kennedy was right to agree so promptly, and wise in his decision to put
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    Up Against It
    376 8 On Thursday this week the Brussels talks on Britain's application to join the European Economic Community reached the subject of temperate agriculture. Here Britain has been hard up against it As anticipated, Mr. Heath, Britain's chief negotiator, asked the E.E.C. ministers to provide Commonwealth agricultural producers with
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    Housing Loans
    279 8 Quite the most encouraging side of the Federation Government's $39 million housing loan programme is that all States have now actually submitted plans—29 schemes are involved —and there appears to be good hope that all the money will have been lent by the end of the current five-year
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    No way out for Jagan?
    696 8 No way out for Jagan? ASTONISHMENT at Dr. Jagan's appeal for British troops and the declaration of a state of emergency in British Guiana should be tempered by the reflection that Georgetown has never supported the territory's present Prime Minister. In the general election last year his People's Progressive Party
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      INTEGRATION: TWICE AS MANY PROBLEMS NOW
      167 8 HPHE electorate of Singapore were told that the primary objective of the Government in integrating City Council departments with the Government was the simplification of administration for the benefit and convenience of the people, especially the rural populace. But what has happened? I used
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      DEPORTING THE DUNCES
      126 8 riE threat by the Australian Immigration Department to deport Asian students who constantly neglect their studies and thus "live It up" in Australia is alarming. Although this disciplinary measure applies principally to constant "dunces, 1 it might create a bad psychological effect on those hardworking, serious students
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      BLATANT ROOKERY
      118 8 FEEL that some protest should be voiced aßainst the exorbitant fares charged by Singapore taxi drivers plyIng for hire outside the Singapore harbour gates on the days when passenger vessels are in port These drivers studiously Ignore their meters and ask as much as $14 for the journey
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    A WITTY VALENTINE FROM WHITEHALL
    609 8 THERE was an air of musical comedy at the normally austere British Treasury last wosk. And although hearts were not quite beating in waltz time, the post was heavy with Valentine cards Sir Edward Boyle, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, received 160 from Civil Service
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    CALL FOR AID AS A SHIP RETURNS
    189 9 CALL FOR AID AS A SHIP RETURNS PENANG, Fri. The 3.388-ton Danish ship Heinrich Jessen, which sailed for Madras at 5 p.m. yesterday, returned to Penang today flying a signal for police aid. A police party led by Mr. S. Krlshnan, A.S.P., boarded the vessel with the Danish Consul. Mr.
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    4 to study in Australia
    64 9 SINGAPORE ra. Four students who have been awarded Colombo Plan scholarship; will leave for Australia by air this weekend. Miss Wong Kirn Yin, Miss Ruby P. Norris and Mr. Phua Eng Cher will undergo the sLster tutors' diploma course They are expected to leave tomorrow.
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    Union secretary
    30 9 SINGAPORE, Fri Mr. Urn Kirn Hian, general secretary of the Singapore Bank Employees' Union, was one of 11 officials who were re-elected at the union's annual meeting yesterday.
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    Malaya is invited to road talks
    206 9 Malaya is invited to road talks I/UALA LUMPUR, Fri. A top oflicial of the International Road Federation said here today that he would like to see Malaya take an active part in world deliberations on road developments and traffic problems. He Is Mr. W.G. Kennedy, deputy chief executive of the
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    PREMIER BACK IN CAPITAL
    105 9 AI-OR STAR, Fri. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, flew back to Kuala Lumpur this morning after a short holiday in Alor Star. Accompanying the Tengku In a Royal Malayan Air Force <?lane was his wife. Mi. infill Rodziah. and their daughter, Mariani. About 30 friends
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    Conference on women's education
    100 9 Conference on women's education SINGAPORE. Fri.— A Ihreewoman delegation will represent Singapore at an Unesco meeting of experts on education of girls and women In rural areas to be held in Bangkok next month. They will be Mrs. Evelyn Lim, acting specialist Inspector of domestic science, Che Zauyah blnte Hajl
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    Two jockeys' fatal accident
    832 9 PARIT BUNTAR, Fri a lorry driver pleads not guilty to causing death of ken barratt and noel McGrowdie £VIDENCE was given in the Sessions Court here today about a fatal road accident which claimed the lives of two jockeys, Noel McGrowdie, 41, and Kenneth Barratt, 32.
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    $900 damages after accident
    64 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. A soap seller, Ng Peng Thiam, who suffered personal injuries in a road accident 42 months ago, was awarded damages of $900 and costs by Mr. Justice Ambrose in the High Court yesterday. The award was made against Ong Chin Chong, whose motor-cycle collided
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    Eight labourers fined $100 each
    186 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. Eight labourers, accused of causing oostructlon by forming a human barrier to prevent two oil tankers from entering the strike-bound Hua Hen* Rubber Factory in Jurong on Dec. 5 last year were today fined $100 each after a two-day hearing in the Fifth
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    Malayan gift for N.Z. squadron and a memento in return
    203 9 I^LALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. Ton Haji Abdul Razak bin Hussein, today presented, on behalf of the Federation Government, a shield mounted with two krises to No. 75 Squadron. Royal New Zealand Air Force,
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    STRIKERS PROTEST to MINISTRY AGAINST NEW EXPATRIATES
    228 9 SINGAPORE, Friday. gTRIKING employees of International Computers and Tabulators Ltd., today called at the Labour Ministry to deliver a joint petition to the Minister for Labour protesting against the company employing six expatriates "to break the strike." The petition was signed by all
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    Carpenter saves drowning girl
    197 9 Carpenter saves drowning girl TELUK ANSON, Fri. A carpenter's keen ears and Quick sense saved a girl from drowning in a culvert in Pasir Bcdamar Road here today. Latas binte Abdul Majid. nine, was treated for a cut lip. Mr. Yin Pu Pooi, 54, the carpenter, a father of six.
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    Death is reported of A.L. McMyn
    86 9 QINGAPORE, Fri. The death has been reported of Mr. A.L. McMyn, 61, deputy chairman of the AngloThai Corporation, at Weybridge, Surrey, England, on Feb. 17 after a long illness. Mr. McMyn was a frequent visitor to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore when he was with
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      55 9 Freshly imported by SHRIRO (CHINA) LIMITED, 24a Raffles Plate, P.O. Box lots, Singapore t. /-^ypP^^ $1 .00 for 20 "It feels good to know youre smoking the best cigarette there is!" EDINBURGH TASTE BETTER-ARE BETTER JOB* COTTOM OF EDLtVUBCH BLt.NDMU OF HiNL IOBACCOS SUSCK 17T» It turn no *qual. It
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      WINGATE'S WAR: AN ABUSE OF HIS MEN
      475 10 WINGATE'S WAR: AN ABUSE OF HIS MEN YOUR review of The Official History of The War against Japan in the Straits Times of Feb. 17 appears to blame Gen. Wingatc for the supposedly ill-advised creation and inept use of a "private army" and further suggests that Wingate's untimely death was
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      Miss Han Suyin— and the point at issue
      142 10 Miss Han Suyin— and the point at issue IN comment in her open letter to Do m Moraes on the latter's remark that Nehru had abandoned non-violence, Han Suyin says: "This is childish even, if I may say so, preposterous." This phrase strikes one as being quite meaningless in this
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      Tin sales: Cutting out the humbug
      231 10 AS thp U.S. Government has formed a committee to go into stockpile releases, it Is pertinent again to remind that committee that any sale of stockpile tin below the price of .€965 a ton can be aptly termed the betrayal of a friend. Betrayal
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      HARDSHIP IN BUKIT ROTAN
      188 10 C)UR village, Bukit Rotan, v seven miles from Kuala Selangor. wants waking up. Perhaps a little publicity will not do any harm. For the past few years this village has been suffering because there Is no water supply and no field for the children to play
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      A MILD FORM OF SNOBBERY
      270 10 YOUR correspondent "Menyorn" Is puzzled by the use ox the words •near" and "off" for left and right when speaking of vehicles. For those born in the horse age there is no difficulty. Most people naturally mount a horse from the left side. Therefore the
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      21 DAYS' GRACE FOR PAYMENT
      251 10 r l"H£ welter 01 the letter headed Remittances to the Central Provident Fund" (S.T. Feb. 10) is correct when he states that contributions remitted by post should be treated as having been paid on the date they were posted, but he is not correct if
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      GUIDANCE FOR STUDY ABROAD
      96 10 I AGREE with your edlt--1 orial (S.T. Feb. 9) and Professor Ungku Aziz that there Is an urgent need for an advisory board to be set up to give guidance to students wishing to study abroad. It is a tragedy to see vStudents after being so
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      Red tape
      164 10 'IHE system of issuing bicycle licences in the Muar Town Council is absurd. At present, the clerk writes the licences, passes the books to the cashier for acknowledgment of payment, sends them over to the chief clerk for signature, who then passes them all tjack to him for
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      144 10 Ride a A L all bicy cle williami NEW BLUE AQUA VELVA after-shaye lotion fa New cooing action! jf^fk Hnr unlj tenfl #\^3fflflk ■ttflv* tlu v£^\ I DEAF? LI-li^U INVISIBLt tAKPMONfc* Won ms'iJr your r*t*. do corn- nt MiiTtec. Ouarantrm (or four iiimiim MC2 00 OKir ttrum lo- pmt HiUUU)
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      303 10 C/vL/vr-ir* -f<r&t name in exposure meters aeAOTUC MAKES NEWS iSekonic ZOOM-8 WL "Ith Caae. WrtM I '\e ■B^'^fc Imf strap and Plstol !msH IXliHolif HI V&^i Her* in Srkonlr qnnlity ™J new 8 mm movie camera that V.^V> ha» an ultra-sharp *TM^<K)^^B^V P.i-*onar Ima whiih xooma B^WEP"jtfi from 10 to
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      PAAA zone officials
      86 11 IPOH. Fri.— Perak "AAA south zone officials: Chairman Ahmad Hisham bin Mat Piah; vice-president Lim Guan Hun; .secretary Teoh Boon Gim: treasurer Chin Ngoh Kup; auditors R G. Samy and Loh Yee Hung: Committee: Wariyam Singh, A. Rajah. Pritam Singh. D. Million. A. W. Salim, J. W.
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      SCA meeting
      19 11 SINGAPORE, Fri. Sinuajx>r<- Cricket Association's convenors meeting will be held at the S.R.C. clubhouse on Mar. 2.
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      RAMARAJIAM LOOKS SET FOR A DOUBLE
      231 11  - RAMARAJIAM LOOKS SET FOR A DOUBLE EPSOM JEEP. By Singapore. Friday j> AM \K A.II AM can win again on Sunday at Bukit Timah to complete a double for the meeting. This morning, the five-year-old .sprinted 'ii in 38 3 5 sec. running wide out on the firm track. He
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      Hall's feat costs the manager a tenner
      177 11 Hall's feat costs the manager a tenner By JACK FINGLETON (rWBERR.V Iri. When j Wesley Hall went in to Ixiul au>>inst New South Wales in th<- Sheffield Shield in.iU'li at Sydney. Queensland manager Dudley England offered the West Indian bowh-r AVIO if he could R<*t three wukets before lunch. Hall
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      Gaik Bee unseeded in Surrey draw
      219 11 Gaik Bee unseeded in Surrey draw By HALL ROiMNEY I ONDON, Fri. Mala- ya's No. 1 woman badminton player. Tan Gaik Bee, who is In England acclimatising herself for the All-Eng-land championship next month, is having her first competitive tryout in the Surrey championships now in progress at Wimbledon. Gaik
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      Lock icon Cardiff sign Mel Charles
      89 11 ("ARDIFF. Fri— Mel Charles the Welsh soccer international, was last night transferred from Arsenal to Cardiff City for a fe* between £25.000 and £30.000. Charles, for whom Arsenal paid £43.000 to Swansea Town throe years ago, is a brother of John Charles who is now with
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      Bukit Timah runners and riders
      1761 11 t CCEPTORS and riders lot tomorrow'e .aces at U 'It limari; ■MMWIPBJMMBJfIBMMHK 1 af•l«4lKg*l^B a*J ZiLi ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■•■•''■BJl RACE 1: 1.45 —CL 2 DIV 2~6F 1 tHU Hich Tower iPho.^itr St i Daniels. Daniels. 4 9.0 (SF) 2 Maynard 69 2 01C70 Qurrn'K Patrol <Han St.)
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    905 12  -  CLIFFORD SELBY: MASERU, CAN THIS RUGGED LAND PROVIDE THE SPRINGBOARD FOR AN UPRISING AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA? By Friday IN A village high in the rugged Dragon Mountains which tower 10,000 feet above the Republic of South Africa, a 24-year-old Basuto is wracking his brains to
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      142 12 SELF RAISING. U^^^T^M /Piffl VOUE scones *»sciute, cates and pastries will IbM^ I /VfdlPßß always rise to perfection when you use Mothers I Mfe. JJP^RS V wKM (;ll0 < cc Self liaising Flour. They'll be better for P^liligpiPs^l /yiaim y<)U t0 because Mother's Choice is Vitamin MOTHER'S CHOICE ran- tj
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      295 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7. Requests an ecUbiiabment to 1. To many a complicated science Rive enjoyment (9). <7>. 8. Painter, a help to the rowmx I. Animals with quiet aklll tn de- man creating an opening <?. fence <7>. 4). 10. Rat* can make a Kumigp 9. Protests aa
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      1319 13 THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. mm |u|uiw SnCAPOBI TEL. tS4JI/t EXP,tSS SERV.CE TO LONOON. L.VtRPOOL i CONT.NtNTAL PORTS ——-■»——i^—J——^^——^^™^■— Sport P. S'rUw) BEKLAWERS h N larg. L'Na. R'rJam. M'Bro S. lS'Te«l¥ flk 27/ 1 flk 25/27 BENREOCH (E.Lp.. L'ptal. R'dam. Null. H'burg Fll 27/ 2la Pt/ftt 21 BENGIOE (E.L.) Lillet.
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      1356 13 w^ McAUSTER tit CO., LTD. Wm» <^ bixbrmam van klaveness line LONOON. NAMSURG. ROTTERDAM LOS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. HAVRE ft NULL. SEATTLE. VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND Cm OF WELLINGTON Acctlt.ai cir|i lar Ceatral ft Ml Spore P. S'fam renang aniiiif liiiia 61..1M7FH 21F.1 IMM 4/ 5 "Mm NONCKONG. ROBE. OSAKA. NACtTA
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    SLIGHTLY BETTER TRADE ON MALAYAN SHARE MART
    352 14 From Our Market Correspondent rpIIERE was a slightly X better turnover on the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday although 'price movements were still narrow. Both tin and Industrial share prices were quietly steady. A feature was Siamese Tin taken up to 225. 6d. on
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    AUSTRALIAH STOCKS
    62 14 ron MELBOURNE. Frl. won. tiinc, i i ij Mount I»a 75/10J Herald 62 4J n.b. bhi n/-B Humea 76 9 'c'• 3 Jfii "an I b.h.p. ee/ioi Rothman un 1%"""}:''" f«-an io/iob I C.S.R. £561 Wworth 17'5J Comalnera 325 Oil B»«reh 3/l| Customn Cr. 12/10}Heko Wall R Ii
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    106 14 gpwaa rss sc C"«»« "u.k $37, -Her,, drum *40i kfliens. Copra: Keb. U.K./Continent $27} buyers. Ji72 sellers Pepper: Muntok white «J72t wllers. Sarawak white XI7O rellprn. special Bamwak black $135 seller*, garbled Lampons black $135 sellers, ASTA $145 sellers. Sinmpore Copra Allocation 4 p.m. prlet: Keb./Mar. $27J (nominal)
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    Rubber crops
    30 14 January rubber crops included: London Asiatic Group 2 668 000 Ib328.500 lb., Dindinfs 121.023 Ib, '"<■•> Kenneth Kajant; 250 000 lbKrmasul 46 000 lb niici Kinta Kellas 167.500 Ib.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 14 SSSSHbS tLTmS! «,TS"'' ClO""" S Pr'Ce ihe prlCt Wa* quittS.C.C R.A. uiOfinK prices In cents per In. yesterday. Int. 1 R.S.S. Prompt f.o.b. buyers 82, sellers *2! (N): Int. 1 RS.S. Mar. huyvrs U|, sellers >>21: Int. 1 MJi April buyers Mj sellers MARKET QUOTATIONS, Open port: Int.
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    MALAYAN EXCHANGE RATES
    79 14 yHE Malayan Eichance Banks' An- sociation marl,- th.-si- chancos in Its rates to merchant* yesterday (all »1/ l0»: Canada: buying TT 34;. airmail OD 134.. m d/st at/M credit hills. H| trade hills. Sellini; TT or OD resdy: Canada 34 J: Holland Cuildert us On the free
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    20 14 Malayan Stock Indices Feb. ZZ Ken. H Industrials: 16X.9.1 188.48 Tins: MS.4S 5 rubbers: 1H7.21 1*7.2] Jim. I 1958 in,,
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    687 14 I DUSINESS on u»e Malayan Stock Exchange, Federation £?%££V*£&?* num" ll.—tll— 1 Dunlops SI.3S OL: Ked Dispensary *145 OL: Hume (2.000) A6f.: Vetal Box (4.000) 52.62. (3.000) S2.W: Rotliman. (1.000) J1.38: Steamen. .4.000) 04 cents; 8. Times (4 000) J3 10 (2000) 13 12- IE orda) (l.'OOO)
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    Rubber market activity subsides: Tin price falls
    563 14 T<HE activity of the x past two months has subsided and prices, having sagged by nearly five cents, now appear to be stabilised, state H C. B. Co. Ltd. in their current rubber market review. Sentiment was very mixed, adds the report. Overseas
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    144 14 SHIPS lyin» alortKSid* tne Singapore wharvo today art: BnmwMn 13' 14. Sachlkawa Maru 31/32. City of W.^llington is. Nagoya Maru I 3.-: 34. Tjlkamp>k 40 'A I, Kaloekoe 26. Klnabalu 26. AmaKisan Maru 6/7. Perils NW. 1. I', rik NY. Outir roads: l^iorda. Transarctic. RamhnnK. Honesta. Llca
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    Improved buying interest on local rubber market
    329 14 U7TTH all round improv--11 ed buying interest the Singapore rubber price yesterday advanced in fairly active trading. By the end of the morning session March first grade was quoted at 82 cents buyers. Despite the higher levels sellers were no more willing to
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      657 14 I CLOSING PRICES I SINGAPORE. Feb. 23. RUBBER: 81; cents per lb. (up five-eighths 4 v OI a Cent). 5 p.m. unoflirial close: 815 cents (steady). TIN: 5473.-5 per picul (down 7o cents). Estimated unofficial nfTcriiip »I"» tnnw (H.»v.n uiicring-lDlons (OOWna tons). I S'oo'e P. SHam Penang fram MUras. Nataaattna.
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      97 14 NOTICE BRITISH ASSETS IN EGYPT Claims established under thr Foreign Compensation (Egypt) (Determination and Registration of Claims) order, 1959. as amended by the Foreign Compensation (Krypt) (Interim Distribution) (Amendment) Order 1960. All persons who have established claims In the above matter are hereby notified thai a further Amending Order known
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      764 14 SINGAPORE TELEPHONE BOARD Tenders are mvitrd trom contractors experienced In hiving ot telephone underground plant lor carrying out the work below:— |55/Dl>62 BedoVc Ho.id Pipeline Deposit: 5200.00 M/01/a— Druwinp-iii :uid Recov<iy Ot Telephone C\.ble.s DepoMi: S2OQ Tender MOHL p ;>eafications can ix' DbtaUned iron Development Engn Office. 2nd floor. 1
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      734 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS GOVERNMENT OF SARAWAK APPLICATIONS are Invited from men and women tinder 35 years of age for the following posts In the Sarawak Constabulary:— 1. Research Officer Salary in the scale $690-1170 Qualifications- Higher School Certificate. 2- Secretary /Translator Salary in the scale $430-620 Qualifications Cambridge School Certificate and
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      944 15 (Continued from Pace 8) SITUATIONS VACANT •»"•»<« KS (Mm.) Box M rt*. sxtrei BOX AIMI ST. XL Position filled. Applicant* thanked WANTED experienced outdoor galesman for textllea and ready made good* l l4Tr'"8 n^r« r PeCt APP y P STENOGRAPHER and Confidential Secretary Good command of Kngllab esmollal. P.O. Box
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      802 15 I ACCOMMODATION VACANT WoT S: '•"'■•>— LARGE FURNISHED ROOM, cat cooker and telephone available. View Calrnhill Road. Spore. >• PATERSON ROAD. Spore. available l»t March. furnished bedroom. hath attached, suitable working girl or TuR°NISHSD ROOM with or w.tbout board, mutable working girl, district 9. Reasonable rent. Telephone Spore ROO M
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      917 15 EDUCATION Si (Min.)-Box St ctt. extra OUITAR ACCORDION lessons are given daily at the Guitar Accordion Centre, 08. Pbaat O«ek Avenue Bennett Estate. Singapore IS. Enrol oow Tel: *****, 2 p.m. to It o.m. Alto op#n Sundays. "STAL TUITION. Malayan Correspondence College can secure you credits/distinctions In H.B.C, Carabjldge, X.M.C..
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      869 15 FOR HIRE 2* Words SS I Min.)— Box iO ets. txtrm BIC BRAS* COMINGT Let a* collect them in our IRCONDITIONED LIMOUSINE* Cnaufteurvl by ENGLISH SPEAKINQ CHAUFFEUR* IN COLOURFUL NATIONAL COSTUME and show them around. NATIONAL CAR RENTAL* LTD. George Lee Chamber*. Tel:— *****/*****. DOGS, PETS. ETC. 10 Words Si
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      792 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE M Words Si (Min.)— Box St ets. txtrm OAUPHINB DECEMBER 1»60 K.uropean owner. Regularly serviced lvOOo miles $3400/- 0.n.0. Contact Preston K L fts»ll office hours 59M7 after 6 r m. AUSTIN 7 1961 one owner. Extras including winding windows. Excellent condition. $3,550. View 93, Braemar Drive,
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      926 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE |it Words SS (Min.)— Box St ets. *xtrm mi AUSTIN AM, Pontiac e-cylln-der hardtop with radio, IMO Opal Kapltan "I,". Ford Kal'-on. Kord AnK- -i lla. Renault Oordlnl, lt>s9 Pontiac 6- 1 I cylinder Saloon, VolkuwaKen. 19SS I Kord /.ephyr. Bimca, 1957 Kord Consul. 1955 MO Magoette.
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      544 15 FOR SALE Words Si (Min.)— Box St ets. txtrm UUIII I LCPT-HANO P.OL Silvern. ArrMtect'i Uraoirt rable, Stf.-l Ui'di. •tool Office Arni:h»lr», Huiurhold Furniture, Oil Pmlntast. Radio* Antiques. OutCKwid SnKlne Chtldrrn's Steel Uardeo Tuvi Vnd A Thou*an<l I <<fu! ltrms. All iccondhund And Oon lunk Store, 137 Winstrdt I> n.s.
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      553 16 NASSIM CO.. (SINGAPORE) NOTICE LIMITED Annual Oeneral Meeting o Ipoh District Welfare Commltte •>» se'l Joy will be held at the M.C.A. As PI BLIC AICTION sembly Hall Brewster Road, Ipol in their Sale-Rooms on Saturdaj the 3rd March. 196 Noa. 4 4-1, Collyer Quay, at 4oq pjn Aa invested
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      2807 16 > FEDERATION OF MALAYA GOVERNMENT VACANCIES 1. Applications are Invited from Federal Citizens and sen-ing Government Officers including those on probation for appointment as DENTAL OFFICERS in the Mini&try of Health and Social Welfare, Federation of Malaya on the salary scale 5730 x 34- 934/982x34- 1.254 per mensem plus Cost
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      810 16 NOTICES P.W.D. NOTICE The public are hereby notified that the roadway at the level crossing north of Padang Rengas Town will be closed for repairs on 5.3.62 between the hours of 7.00 pjn. and 4.00 a.m. the following morning. Road vehicles will be permitted to pass at half-hourly intervals. By
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      701 16 NOTICES THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY The Society's Annual dinner will be held on Boat Race Night, Saturday, the 7th April. 1962. at the Adelphi Grill. Members of the Society whose names are In my pos- j session will shortly be receiving de- tails of the Dinner together with an
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      519 16 TENDERS D.I.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from DID. regist«red Contractors of Class 'D' (concrete) and above will be received by the State Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, Trengganu, Kuala Trengganu up to 12.00 Noon, on 15th March, 1962, for the construction of one R.C. Bifurcation Control and one R.C. Syphon of the
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      Lock icon Consistent Nagle takes the lead
      729 17  -  L.C. Hoffman Jr.. Kuala Lumpur, Fri. Huggett is one stroke behind in second place AUSTRALIAN Kel Nagle's consistently brilliant golf gave him the lead after the second round of the Malayan Open Championship at the Selangor Golf Club course today. Nagle duplicated his flrst-iound flve-under-par
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      2ND DAY'S SCORES and THIRD ROUND DRAW
      807 17 r pHE positions after the second day's play in the Malayan Open golf championship: 136— Krl Nagle (A) 68-68 (33, 35). 137— 8. Huggett (Br) 69+68 (33. 35). 138— P. Thomson (A) 67+71 (36, 35). 139— R. Tuohy (A) 69 t7O (34, 36):
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      Hoe Beng to bid for a place in Games team
      120 17 Hoe Beng to bid for a place in Games team SINGAPORE, Fri.—Fong Hoe k Beng, 19, former Singapore 100, 200 and 400 metres freestyle swimming champion, will return from the United States in June to contest for a place In the Asian Games team to be held in Jakarta in
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      THE GIRL FROM BALI IN ASIAN GAMES CAMP
      437 17 By NORMAN SIEBEL HPHE plea for coaches and centralised training made in the reports of managers of Malayan teams which competed in the SEAP Games at Rangoon in December draws attention to how host nation Indonesia is preparing for the Asian Games
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      Turner's record is in danger
      224 17 AT THE WEEKEND... KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. This week's spotlight is on golf. An International field of 78 golfers—among them are some of the world's best professionals—are competIng for $22,500 prize money in the first Malayan Open which began here yesterday. The tournament ends on OnThe
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        17 17 STORE BENIOR KO: Ceylonese SC 4 Khalsa 1. PERAK STATE TRIAL (Ipoh): Possibles 5 Probables 4.
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        87 17 SOCCER: European Cup q-tlnal. Lisbon Benflca. Portugal 6 Nuremberg. W. Germany 0 (2nd leg). Benflca won on 7-3 aggregate. European Cup winners Cup q- final: Berlin S.C. Motcr Jena. E. Germany 1 Leizoes Porto, Portugal 1 (Ist leg). CRICKET: Tour match. Ruwa Commonwealth XI bt Raodeslan Country Districts
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      82 17 GOLF MALAYAN OPEN championships 3rd day (S'gor GC course, 8 ajnj. CLIFFORD (IP final rRSGC). SOCCER TRIAL: RAP v Navy-Army Combined (SeleUr. 7.30 pjn.). RUGGER S. jOHORE RFC SEVEN-A-BU)E: Kluang Garrlsoi* v RAP Vengah (4 p.m.): SCC v Naval B;ise i4.20) C. Johore v S. Johore (4.40): 75 Sqn RNZAF
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    258 18 CINGAPOKii, Fri. *3 The drafting of legislation in Singapore to combat "mushroom" insurance companies is almost completed, and a Bill will be introduced in the Legislative Assembly soon, the Straits Times understands. The proposed law, as Finance Minister, Dr. Coh Keng Swce, had told the
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    28 18 LONDON. Fri— The Atomic Energy Authority confirmed today that Britain is to explode underground a nuclear device in Nevada •"during the next week or two. '—Renter.
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    29 18 WONG WEI SUN, ttonc Chok Sun and family thnrk all reLy I fnrndu for their kind n.«!«istnnc«, w.r<-ath», 5cr0115. nii.-h! visittendance M the funeral o: Konk' Churn W.ih.
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    20 18 NEW ARRIVAL 01 M Drenw* Xt n-.i.«onr>l>lf pf lortnj »»l o( «hw! m abl* at Hilda CoM .-itonpe. Spore.
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    272 18 Borneo Chinese Von over 9 MOST NOW IN FAVOUR OF MALAYSIA, SAYS LEADER OF MCA GOODWILL TEAM SINGAPORE, Friday. PHINESE in North Borneo and Sarawak have been "won over" to Malaysia, members of an MCA goodwill delegation said today on their return from KuchingDr. Lim Swee Ann. the leader, said
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    136 18 AUSTRALIA'S 'SINATRA' DUE IN STORE NEXT WEEK SINGAPORE. Fri. Australian singing star Tony Brady, better known as "Australia's Frank Sinatra" because of his striking resemblance to the Hollywood star will arrive in Singapore on his first tour of the Far East next week. Tony, 23. a familiar name on Australian
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    Ten girls admit mischief
    146 18 Ten girls admit mischief SINGAPORE. Fri. Acts of vandalism by 10 teenage girls at the Mount Emily Girls' Home on Feb. 15 resulted in damage to property totalling $1,250. the Seventh Magistrate's Court was told today. Seven of tnem. Song Cha Boh. 19. Ang Kirn Keok. 17. Lee Geok Lian.
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    Shooting of film attracts curious onlookers
    249 18 Shooting of film attracts curious onlookers SINGAPORE, Fri. Excitment ran high at Singapore's International Airport this morning when a British film company began shooting a film called "Flight to Singapore." As the film crew busily prepared for the initial "takes." word rapidly passed around the terminal building. Pretty Miss Judy
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    S'PORE STUDENTS INVITED TO STUDY IN AMERICA
    138 18 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Chapter ot the American Field Service (A.F.Sj International Programme today invited students here to apply for scholarships to go to America for one year of studies at high school in the U.S. The A.F.S. programme undertakes the exchange of
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    'Flight to Singapore' takes shape at Paya Lebar airport
    31 18 SEEN discussing some of the points of photography in between "takes" are (left) Cameraman Lewis McLeod and Patrick Allan.— Straits Times picture.
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    Legal adviser
    28 18 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The interim committee of the proposed Singapore Harbour Board (Subordinate) Auxiliary Police Officer. 1 Association has appointed Mr. S.K. Lee as its legal adviser.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    336 18 LONDON, Fn. —Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: TIN LONDON, Fri. Buyers £954, sellers £9544. Forward buyers £955. sellers £956. Settlement £954. Turnover a.m. 80 tens, p.m. 120 tons- Tone: Bte«dy. RUBBER LONDON, Frl—Spot 24d April 24Ud.. May 24% d June 24 -.a..
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    Woman slashed to death, court told
    187 18 SINGAPORE, Friday. GMUNYAMMAH. 27. a housewife, was found slashed to death in her bedroom, after information was given by an occupant of her house, a preliminary inquiry was told today. In the dock was Munyammah's husband, Ramasamy Palaniappan. 38, tentatively charged with murder at
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    67 18 PARIS, Fri. France intends to shoot a cat into space later this year as part of her research programme at the Sahara test base at Hammaguir, ihe National Centre of Space Studies said today. Next month, or early April, a rat will be sent up
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    Youth held in dramatic road chase
    121 18 CJINGAPORE. Fri.— An Ame- 0 rican Consulate driver caught a snatch-thief suspect after a dramatic chase in Robinson Road this afternoon. The driver. Ismail bin Hamid. grappled with a youth for some seconds before a detective arrived and arrested the suspect. Ismail was turning
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    WHYTONY GOT A ROYAL SCOOP'
    186 18 WHY TONY GOT A ROYAL SCOOP' ONDON. Fri.— lt was explained last night that Princess Margaret's husband got a "royal scoop" on his first photographic assignment because like any good newsman he asked for one first. Thi' Daily Mirror had acrused Antony ArmstrongJones ot "connlTam getting the first pictures of
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    Free film show
    28 18 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Institute ot Bankers will hold a free film show for members at the Shell Theatrette at 6 30 p.m. on Feb. 27.
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      42 18 The Weather IJIGHFST and lowest Lempent- tures In Malaya and Singapore lor the period 8 p.m. Thursday to 8 p.m. yebtenlay: HiKhfet Inmrat Kuala Lumpur 91 73 Kota Bharu 88 70 Penang 90 73 Ipoh 93 Malacca 90 TV Singapore 90 73
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