The Straits Times, 17 March 1962

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    22 1 AVEHAGE DAILY CEBTIFIBP SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 Nat*"* 1 He***** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1962. 15 CENTS. KDN 036
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    Lock icon AIRLIFT 107 LOST
    414 1 Constellation vanishes over Pacific Troops bound for S. Vietnam MANILA, Fri. Little hope was held out tonight for 107 men aboard a U.S. military transport plane missing over the Pacific. For 14 hours planes and ships swept its route from Guam to Manila without sighting survivors or
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    Lock icon 'I WON'T GO' VASSUS GOES
    544 1  -  G. SUBHAS: Pounced on by RAF police outside hotel and packed off in -troopship: Wife and children being sent by plane By SINGAPORE, Friday VASSUS Shorcnkeh-SawyciT, the RAF corporal from West Africa who has been feuding with authority, left Singapore today in the troopship Oxfordshire
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    Lock icon Algeria peace is likely today
    105 1 Algeria peace is likely today DARIS, Fri. Great progress was made at the Franco-Algerian peace conference in Evian yesterday and the successful end now seems at last in sight. The two delegations meet again today and. although nobody would definitely forecast a day for the official termination, tomorrow seems likely.
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    Lock icon Soekarno's team
    48 1 Soekarno' s team JAKARTA. Fri. Mr. Sudjarwo Tjondronegoro. acting Secretary-General at the Foreign Office, and Mr. Adam Malik. Ambassador to Moscow who is at present in Jakarta, will be Indonesia's delegates to secret informal talks with Holland on the West Irian dispute, it was reliably reported today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon New regime in Burma to ban horse racing
    94 1 New regime in Burma to ban horse racing RANGOON. Fri. The new revolutionary council in Burma has decided to ban horse raciiiK from the end of this year. The chairman of the council. Gen. Ne Win told the directors of the Rangoon Turf Club that, in imposing the ban. grace
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    Tin up £6 in London
    63 1 LONDON. Frl. The price of tin made another big jump today with spot buyers at £912— up £6 on yesterday's price and £8 over the celling price fixed by the International Tin Council. Forward buyers: £972. The turnover was 355 tons. The tone was firm.
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    Anti-Malaysia
    29 1 KUCHING. Frt. Bibu town was festooned with anti-Malaysia banners and posters this morning when the fl/e-man Malaysia Commission of inquiry sat In the High Court to record views.
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    Lock icon Russian satellite in orbit
    142 1 Russian satellite in orbit T ONDON. Fri. A Soviet satellite launched today has gone into orbit, Moscow Radio reported. The satellite is unmanned. The satellite is orbiting the earth at an altitude ranging from 217 to 980 kilometres (about 135 to 610 mil' It is carrying, scientific equipment and a
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    Lock icon Guatemala plot
    36 1 GUATEMALA CITY. Fri. President Miguel Ydigoias Fuentes of Guatemala said in a broadcast tonight that recent disturbances and riots were all part of a plot to install a Communist regime in the country.— Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 K'S BERLIN STAND MOSCOW. Fri. > Premier Khrushchev today "the road to th<- is closed fore^rr m powers thr ißerhu. He added German problem must br including German I treaty.-U P-I.
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  • FOREIGN NEWS DESK 1
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      'U.S. cement—for a Russian hospital'
      344 2 'U.S. cement— for a Russian hospital' WASHINGTON. Fri. IJP went a Russian prestige foreign aid hospital in Pnom Penh, Cambodia. Into it went foreign aid cement and asphalt— from America. Breaking the ground was a foreign aid bulldozer also from America. The story was told to a House investigation committee
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      Lock icon FIREMAN WHO STARTED FIRES...
      137 2 FIREMAN WHO STARTED FIRES... LONDON. Fri. —A fire-raiser subjected a whole district to a "reign of terror." started 16 fires, and then, as a part-time fireman, helped to pot them out, it was stated in court yesterday. Stanley Norman Newberry. 32, was jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to
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      U.S. Reds indicted
      56 2 WASHINGTON, FTL Ous Hall, general secretary of the V£. Communist Party, and Benjamin Davis national secretary, were indicted yesterday on charges of falling to register the party with the Government under the provision of the Subversive Activities Control Act. The party has already been, indicted. Yesterday's action
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      Lock icon Heart trouble puts Astronaut Don out of space
      286 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. National Space Agency announced last night that a "heart condition" would prevent Astronaut Donald K. Slayton from piloting the Mercury-Atlas 7 space craft. Slayton. an Air Force Major, was due to be the next American to orbit the earth. The
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      Lock icon Fire leap death
      35 2 HONG KONG, Fri— A man died In a jump from the second floor of a blazing garment factory here yesterday. Eight others were injured. Two hundred rooftop squatters were made homeless. Reuter.
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      Lock icon 'BOOTLEG' AUTHOR DECLARED INSANE
      169 2 'BOOTLEG' AUTHOR DECLARED INSANE PARIS, Fri. Russian author Michael Naritza has been arrested in Leningrad for smuggling out a novel for publication in the West. The literary mag a z in* Frontiers, reporting the arrest, said Naritza handed the manuscript to a German tourist. An accompanying message in four languages
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      Lock icon U.S. UPSET OVER NA VAL 'LEAKS'
      273 2 THE HAGUE. Friday. •FHE U.S. has expressed "displeasure to the Dutch x Government at "leaks" in Dutch newspapers that Dutch warships will stay on America's West Coast ready to leave for West" Irian if necessary. Informed sources said the U.S. was afraid the publicity
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      Lock icon MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR...
      67 2 MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR... gANGKOK. Fri. A man spent 56.700 to arrange a marriage through a matchmaker then found that his bride of 41 days was three months pregnant He asked the police to help him call the whole thine off. Now the bride has agreed to return to
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      Khyber visit
      29 2 KARACHI, Fri. Kin* Bhumiphol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, who are on a state visit to Pakistan, yesterday drove through the Khyber Pass to the Afghanistan border.
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      Lock icon Suez storm
      22 2 PORT SAID. Fri.— A violent dust-storm yesterday delayed ships going through the Suez Canal for up to five hours. Reuter.
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      Macapagal attacks law-breakers
      184 2 MANILA, Friday. PHILIPPINES President Diosdado Macapagal yes- terday began a national drive against all forms of law violations blocking the country's economic development. An official announcement salri the President had ordered an Intensive campaign against Q Smuggling. Dynamite fishing. 9 Cattle rustling. Indiscriminate cutting down of timber.
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      30 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby y %GX. f LBTi* > /NOW VOU> u&jP'-pll i hit rr MOtO Tuk r--S^ V WTM THE i (no. ow ggconcT^ \TUOUGUTe-Z., v uit tr j
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  • FOREIGN NEWS DESK 2
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      Elections order
      26 3 SEOUL. Fri. Nearly all political leaders In former civilian governments must be screened before running in future elections, the ruling military junta ordered today.
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      NEHRU WELCOMES JACKIE TO DELHI
      55 3 INDIA'S Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, greets Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of the U.S. President, on Iht arrival at the Palam Airport. 'New Delhi, for the start of her official tour. Mrs. Kennedy mother of two children, yesterday visited India's tomb of Saint, s.iiiin Chisti. where
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      Lock icon Butler will take over
      56 3 LONDON, Fri.— The Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmillan, has appointed Mr. R.A. Butler, to take over ministerial responsibility for the Central African Federation in addition to his other duties as Home Secretary. The Federation is made up of internall. self-go-verning Southern Rhodesia and the two protectorates
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      Lock icon Nothing to stop Sir Oliver leaving: Mrs. B
      167 3 Nothing to stop Sir Oliver leaving: Mrs. B COLOMBO. Friday. ifRS. Srimavo Bandaranaike, Ceylon's Prime T1 Minister, said here last night that investigations into last January's abortive coup had revealed nothing which could have prevented the former Governor-General, Sir Oliver Goonetelleike, from leaving the island earlier this month. (taking In
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      Lock icon Russia accuses United States
      46 3 NEW YORK. Fri.-The Soviet Union accused the United States in the U.N. Security Council last night of still carrying on preparations to Intervene in Cuba. Mr. Platon Morozov declared: "Such preparations are going on now to bring down the existing regime."— Reuter.
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      Lock icon Pleas for changing the guard—with Gurkhas
      113 3 Pleas for changing the guard— with Gurkhas T ONDON. Fri. Gurkha Li troops who recently came to Britain to Join the strategic reserve should mount guard at Buckingham Palace, Major J.S.R. Scott-Hopkins, a Conservative M.P.. suggested last night. He tolrj the House of Com- mons during a debate on the
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      Six lessons for Asia from Japan's peaceful revolution
      351 3 Six lessons for Asia from Japan's peaceful revolution TOKYO, Friday. PRESIDENT Kennedy's adviser on Asian affairs, Mr. Chester Bowles, yesterday urged the United States and other developed nations to restrain their desire to apply their own successful agricultural experience to developing countries where the knowledge mighl be irrelevant. Mr Bowles
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      Lock icon Sulu heirs: We'll waive Borneo claim for cash
      163 3 Sulu heirs: We'll waive Borneo claim for cash ILf ANILA. Fri. The five heirs of the Sultan of Sulu, who are claiming possession of British North Borneo are willing to waive their rights of possession for a "reasonable financial settlement," according to their official spokesman here. Mr. Nick Osmena, who
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      194 3 Frtshly imported by SHRIRO (CHINA) UHfITED, 24a Rajfles Place, P.O. Box 1065, Singapore 1. r^o^^^ $1.00 for 20 "It feels good to know you're smoking the best cigarette there is!" EDINBURGH TASTE BETTER-ARE BETTER JOHN COTTON OF EOI.NBUKCB BLEMDEaU Of H>t TOBACCOS SINUS lT7e Going w^; on leave A jf
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      292 3 RADIO MALAYA NATIONAL SHORTWAVE SERVICE 41.7 metres A.M. 6.00 Time Signal. Ne-Kara-ku. News Headlines: 6.05 Melodies: 7.00 Rendezvous With Music; ».3O Timr Signal. Nous; 7.35 BreaklHsi Club; S.OO Timt Signal. News In The Nutional Language; BJO Saturday Se.vsion: 8.56 News Headlines; 9.00 Clos* Down. P.M. 1.15 Summary Of Prourammrs For
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      197 3 RADIO SINGAPORE SHORTWAVE SERVICE 41 metres MEDIUM WAVE SERVICE 476 metres A.M. 6.00 Good Morning; 6.01 Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; 7.05 Melodies At Sunrise; 8.00 The News; 8.05 More Melodies At Sunrise; 8.30 Calling All Hospitals; 9.00 Close Down; 1 1 .00 Programme Summary; 11 02 Bprlng Time: 11.30
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    'Industrial relations law has failed' claim
    1392 4 LABOUR UNREST IN SINGAPORE MOUNTING, SAYS TUN LIM SINGAPORE. Friday fUN Lim Yew Hock (Alliance-Cairn-hill) said tonight that the Industrial Relations Ordinance had failed to replace the rule of the jungle with the rule of law in industrial relations. He said this during a
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    Praise from American tourists
    193 4 SINGAPORE. Fri Singapore immigration "officials came In for warm praise from an American tourist couple who arrived on board the luxury liner Caronla early this mornIng. For without the cooiieratlon of these officials. Mr. and Mrs. M.P. Atlas would have missed the 8.20 a.m. plane at
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    CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE FOR 7 RIOT GIRLS
    176 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Beven girls. who had earlier pleaded guilty to a cnarge of rioting at the Mount Emily Girls' Home, were each given a 12-month conditional discharge In the Seventh Magistrate's Court today. They wem Song Cha Boh, 19. Ang Kirn Keok, 17, Lee
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    Water shut-off
    25 4 BINGAPORE. Fri. Water will be cut off In the back lanes of Jalan Bunga Raya on Monday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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    PARKING BAN: WARNING TO MOTORISTS
    77 4 PARKING BAN: WARNING TO MOTORISTS SINGAPORE, Fri. Police here today warned motorists that parking of vehicles along any of the roads leading in and out of the Capitol Cinema in North Bridge Road is prohibited. A police spokesman this evening said that in the past few weeks a large number
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      368 4 SINGAPORE'S IDENTICAL TWINS P SANYO *9\ Do You Hava A V < why not Sat of TWIN Who l\ enter them m Look So Much jW^J4J/^Mr~v this contest? Alike You Can V^l WJ It is open to Hardly Tell The \^M^aV^\V twins of Difference? agea. THIS CONTEST IS BEING ORGANISED
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      333 4 rT>HE following is today's ache- 109) 8.45 pan.; from Penang. x dule of civil aircraft move- Kuala Lumpur (ML 153) 9.30 menu at Paya Lebar airport p.m. Singapore. DEPARTURES ARRIVALS BO AC: To Hong Kong (BA BO AC: From Tokyo. Manila, 960) 6.15 ajn.; to Calcutta. (BA 943) 6.05 p.m.;
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    Conference on literature
    633 5  -  Ft. CHANDRAN By Singapore. Friday The task and challenge facing the modern writer by Inche Yusof A NEW chapter began here today in the evolvement ol a Malayan literature. Eight hundred people, including well-known and many budding writers, packed the Victoria Theatre for the first business session
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    TIN PA V TALKS MAKE 'GOOD PROGRESS'
    239 5 TIN PA V TALKS MAKE 'GOOD PROGRESS' IPOH. Friday. ••CjATISFACTORY progress" has been made so far. according to a union source, in the negotiations that continued here today concerning wages and working conditions of about 20.000 workers on European -managed tin mines. The talks are between delegations representing the Malayan
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    Government is offering a scholarship to aid the deaf
    112 5 Government is offering a scholarship to aid the deaf KUALA LLMPL'B. Fri. The Federation Government is looking for normal and college trained teachers to be sent to England for a one-year specialist course ia teaching: the deaf. On their return they will be attached to the Federation School for Deaf
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    Perlis visit
    24 5 KANOAR. Frl.— The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. will visit Perils on March 25 and 26 to inspect rural development projects.
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    $40,000 fire at copra kiln
    51 5 TELUK ANSON. Frl. A kiln containing 1.892 picul* of copra was destroyed by flre at Mellntang Estate, near Bagan Datoh. about 35 miles from here, yesterday. A fire engine was sent from here brought the blaze under control within an hour. Damage was estimated at
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    Rubber missing: Police probe
    39 5 PENANG. Fri. Penang police are investigating the disappearance of 63 bales of rubber, valued at $3,000. The rubber was among a consignment of 2.715 balesunloaded from a steamer for conveyance to Prai early this month.
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    Two courses by U.S. photographer
    186 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. An American photographic specialist. Mr. Yoichl Okamoto. will hold two courses on photography here during the first week of April. One course, at the conference room of the Language and Literature Ag- icy in Airport Road wil] be open to members of
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    A doctor reaches the crash pilot
    201 6 A doctor reaches the crash pilot KROH. Fri. Capt. John Tadman, pilot of the Auster plane which crashed near the Ma-layan-Thai border on Tuesday, may have to spend another two or three days in the Jungle. The rescue party which reached him yesterday is expected to take until Sunday at
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    Brandy stolen
    22 6 BUTTER WORTH. Fri. Twenty-seven cases of brandy valued at $5,500 were stolen from a lighter moored overnight at Prai wharf.
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    MALAYANS 'ONLY UN TROOPS WITH CLEAN HANDS'
    212 6 MALAYANS 'ONLY UN TROOPS WITH CLEAN HANDS' LONDON. Friday A FORMER British Mm ister of State for Colonial Affairs. Lord Colyton. said last night that the Malayans were the only contingent of I'nited Nations troops in the Congo to emerge with clean hands. He was asking in the House of
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    Death of baby: Mother discharged
    125 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Ff«. A n-.uglstrate. Mr. L.C. Vohrah, today discharged a woman accused of strangling her new-born baby boy. A case had not been established, he said, and there was no evidence that the woman had strangled the child. Yap Moy. 22. had been accused
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    PETER (NO LONGER LONELY) FLIES TO MUM and WENDY
    186 6 PETER (NO LONGER LONELY) FLIES TO MUM and WENDY SINGAPORE, Friday. I>UGLER Peter Shepherd. 19, revealed today how D he found a step-brother. Teddy Close, in his own King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in Malaca after the blaze of publicity about his being 'the loneliest soldier in the British Army."
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    Fined $25
    44 6 PENANG. Fri.— An airman. Patrick James Turvey. was fined $25 today when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving inconsiderately along Tanjong Tokong road on Dec. 21 last year. The Second Magistrate. Mr. James Loh. ordered Turvey's licence to be endorsed.
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    Jewels theft
    40 6 IPOH. Fri.— Ahmad Zakri bin Ausln. 21. of Changkat Klnding Estate. Tanjong Rambutan. pleaded guilty in a magistrates court here today to stealing jewellery valued at $1,336 from a house on the estate last Wednesday. Sentence was postponed.
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    More harm than good? A TV chief denies it
    90 6 More harm than good? A TV chief denies it CINGAPORE. Fri. The director of television in the 8.8.C. Mr. Kenneth Adam, today denied the charge that television has done "more harm than good." Mr. Adam, who has been associated with the British television service since its Inception 28 years ago.
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    Thieves' haul
    32 6 SINGAPORE. Fri— Thieves broke into the Singapore Motor Accessories Manufacturers Ltd. in Bungel Road early today and stole two typewriters, one adding machine, on» transistor radio, stamps and some cash.
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    Scout concert
    23 6 KUALA KANGSAR. Fri The Scouts of the Malay College here will hold a variety concert In the school hall tomorrow night.
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    MEN OF VALOUR THE FANTASTIC LAST FLIGHT OF ARTHUR AARON...
    2207 7  - MEN OF VALOUR THE FANTASTIC LAST FLIGHT OF ARTHUR AARON... RALPH BARKER NOT AN ENEMY FIGHTER IN SIGHT... THEN ANOTHER BOMBER TRIED TO SHOOT THEM DOWN... He seemed mild enough but his crew knew who was boss. His place was in pilot's seat... even though wounds had robbed him of
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    DEATH
    36 8 Here 1 Sit (Minimum) MARCUS MICHAEL LEONARD \i* passed away at hi* residence l»A Ha.g Road oa 18.3.52. Funeral leaving the house 4 p.m. 17.362 for Queen Of Peso* Church, and thence to Bldadaii Cemetry.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    91 8 J# W.r*t ilt (Minimum) MRS. MILLICCNT RUIIELL aad the eistera of <he late William Russell thaak all kind friends who attended hia funeral, sept wreath* aad letter* of condolence THE FAMILY OP the late Mr. Tan Bca« Chian< IB.C. Tan) thank all tneir fnenda and relative* for their Wind
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    The Straits Times Saturday, March 17, 1962. Universal Doubt
    631 8 The Straits Times Saturday, March 17, 1962. Universal Doubt The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Singapore has joined those who sporadically draw attention to the doctor shortage. Singapore, he writes in the annual journal ot the University Education Society, has one doctor for every 4.118 inhabitants. In the Federation matters
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    Advice For A Unionist
    585 8 Whatever Mr. Marshall's reason for asking the Singapore Government its intentions regarding new social security measures obviously he did not expect to be told that there is legislation in the drafting. Nor, of course, is there. As well as getting an answer there is no scheme
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    17 8 "I wish Mr. Krushciievjjas only jwo -faced, Mr. Pusk, then we'd begin to know where we were...**
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    THE DOSSERS
    1065 8  - THE DOSSERS JEREMY SANDFORD Dark despair in Britain's dance of affluence... by -f± OME on Mr. ■■■"K., drop HAT Bloody Bomb before winter come" ran the faded pencil scrawl on the wall of the ablutions. I stood in half »r\ inch of putrid wattr. Piles of sodden newspaper rotted Into
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    DECLINE OF RUDOLF THE RED
    535 8 DECLINE OF RUDOLF THE RED ONDON, Fri. Few people outside Czechoslovakia have ever heard of Rudolf Barak. Yet Barak appears to have come within an ace of seizing power in Czechoslovakia and displacing the present leader. Antonin Novotny. That is the real reason, it seems, why Barak is shortly to
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    Lock icon SPEAKER SEES MODEL OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE
    73 9 "PHE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dato Haji Noah bin Omar, studies a model of the Federation's $10 mil--1 i o n Parliament House now being built in the Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur. Dato Haji Noah showed the model to Speakers of State
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    Monkey 'pests' not leaving S'pore
    134 9 SINGAPORE, Fri.— For five minutes today the Legislative Ass c m b 1 y discussed monkeys. Mr. David Marshall (Workers Party— Anson) wanted to know whether arrangements were being made for the export of monkeys Irom the Botanic Gardens Replying, Mr. Tan Kla Gan. Minister
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    It's agreed: A parliament code for all
    275 9 It's agreed: A parliament code for all |^(ALA LUMPUR, Fri. A uniform parliamentary procedure code is to be introduced in all the State Legislative Assemblies in the Federation. This decision was taken today at the end of the twoday conference of Speakers of State Legislative Assemblies, presided over by the
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    NURSING LOSS—FOR VARIOUS REASONS
    112 9 NURSING LOSS— FOR VARIOUS REASONS SINGAPORE, Friday. THE Legislative Assembly was told today that 1 228 nurses had left the State Medical Service since the Government came into power in June 1959. In answer to a question from Mr. David Marshall (Workers' Party. Anson). the Minister for Health and Law.
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    Body left by roadside
    52 9 PENANO, m.— Police thla afternoon were trying to trace a trlshaman suspected of having dumped the body of an old woman by the roadside In MacAllster Road. It Is believed the trlsha man was taking the woman, aged about 70, to hospital when she died on
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    Penalty for contractor
    66 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The contractor for the old Kallang Airport flats has been barred from doing work for the City Council and the Housing and Development Board for five years. 1 actio. followed Investigations into the collapse of a wall In Block 91 In the housing estate recently.
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    Nasir: This can be a tongue for Malaysia
    558 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. JPHE Director of the Language and Literature Agency, Syed Nasir bin Ismail, said tonight that he was confident that Malay could be the national and official language of Malaysia. He appealed to Malayans to "attune our senses to the
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    17 out of 61 still under detention
    62 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. Of 61 people held for political reasons at the time the People's Action Party took office in mid-1959 17 are still under detention. This was stated in the Legislative Assembly today by the Mnister for Home Affaire, Mr. Ong Pan* Boon,
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    Misadventure verdict
    41 9 TANJONG MALIM. Fri. A verdict of misadventure was recorded at an Inquest here yesterday on Harls bin Gaffar. a soldier attached to the 7th Royal Malay Regiment, Talplng, who died after a road accident on Nov. 7 last year.
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    For those 18,000 in search of a job...
    135 9 For those 18,000 in search of a job... A RICH range of thought provoking articles on Malayan and world topics is offered in tomorrow's Sunday Mail. Among the Malayan features are: IN SEARCH OF A JOB highlighting the problems facing the 18,000 young Malayans who are about to leave English
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    ZOOLOGIST LEAVES A HAVEN' WITH CRATE OF ANIMALS
    127 10 ZOOLOGIST LEAVES A HAVEN' WITH CRATE OF ANIMALS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaya, is a "haven" for zoologists, the Earl of "Cranbrook said today. He was speaking to reporters at the airport before flying to London after a sixweek .visit. The Earl, an -amateur zoologist, said: "From what I have seen
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    Baldwin back
    33 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The United States Ambassador to Malaya, Mr. Charles F. Baldwin, returned here today after attending a one-week meeting of American ambassadors in Asia at Baguio In the Philippines.
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    Saturday Post ban reason
    66 10 SINGAPORE, Frl. The Singapore Government refused a permit for distribution of the Saturday Post, a Malayan weekly newspaper, "because of the background of the applicant and the scurrilous nature of the Saturday Post In the past." Mr. Ong Pang Boon, the Minister for Home Affairs, told
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    Student probe
    34 10 PERTH. Frl.— lnche Hanm bin Ibrahim. Second Secretary to the Malayan High Commission In Canberra, has arrived here to make a week's study of the activities of Malayan students In Western Australia.
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    Radio licences: 12 summoned
    33 10 SEREMBAN, Fri.— Twelve people were issued with summonses in the past month for possessing radio sets without licence. They will appear in a magistrate's court here on April 4.
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    Next meeting
    26 10 PENANG. Fri— The Penang State Legislative Assembly will hold Its next meeting at the Assembly Chamber, Peel Avenue, at 10 a.m. on April 11.
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    ' Jolly woman in love with life' acquitted in court of suicide attempt charge
    370 10 Jolly woman in love with life' acquitted in court of suicide attempt charge PENANG, Friday. Englishwoman, Mrs. Winifred E. Yeoh, who was described in court as "a jolly person in love with life," was acquitted in the magistrate's court today on a charge of attempting to commit suicide last Dec.
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    RUBBER PRICES ANNOUNCED IN FEDERATION
    184 10 RUBBER PRICES ANNOUNCED IN FEDERATION KUALA LUMPUR, FitFederation noon and closing rubber prices were announced here today for the first time. The prices were ascertained and announced by the recently set up Malayan Rubber Exchange on the sixth floor of the Mercantile Bank building. The chairman of the exchanges Mr.
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    Admission to Bar: Judgment reserved
    275 10 mxr* T KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. T<HE Chief Justice, Dato Sir James Thomson, today reserved Judgment on Capt. Hussein bin Dato Onns application for admission to the Federation Bar. The application was opposed by Mr. R. Ramani. for th» Bar Council, and Mr. K. L. Devaser
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    SHELL MAN (CLERK TO EXECUTIVE) RETIRES
    108 10 SHELL MAN (CLERK TO EXECUTIVE) RETIRES MR. T. J. Albuquerque, one of the first two men of the Shell Company in Singapore to be promoted from the clerical staff to executive positions, has retired after serving 38 years with the firm. He joined the Shell Co in 1924 at the
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    BANK IS MISINFORMING THE PUBLIC, UNION CLAIMS
    205 10 SINGAPORE. Frl. THE Singapore Bank Emx ployees' Union said today that the deadlock In negotiations with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was due to the bank's insistence on the consolidation of marriage and income tax allowances of Its 430 employees with their
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    Midnight raid
    35 11 PENANG. Fri. Three armed robbers raided a hut at Empat gongsl. Relau. at midnight and escaped with $87 in cash and valuables belonging to Tan Ah Tong. a rubber tapper, and his wife.
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    Confederation is best long-term solution, says Sir Michael
    533 11 Confederation is best long-term solution, says Sir Michael SINGAPORE. Fri fTHERE was little doubt that the longterm interests of the three Borneo territories would be best served by Joining a confederation with Malaya and Singapore. Sir Michael Turner, told the annual meeting of c Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in
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    LIES, MALICE 'SMEARED' AT THE POLICE
    220 11 LIES, MALICE 'SMEARED' AT THE POLICE SINGAPORE, Friday. the Peoples Action Party came into power in June 1959. 268 allegations of assault and brutality have been made against police officers. But 205 of them proved false or malicious, the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, told the Legislative
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    Shops alerted after $5,000 swindles by confidence men
    88 11 ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Selanjfor C.I.D. chief. Mr. IBM Krishnan. today w arnod shops to beware of confidence tricksters who have so far got away with 55.000 worth of building materials and paint from three shops here. The goods were ordered by
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    Police warning on a cheat
    51 11 MALACCA, Fri— The police here today warned the public to be on a lookout for a man who goes around cheating people under the pretext of obtaining Jobs for them. The man. believed to bo from the Portuguese settlement here, has disappeared after cheating three
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    Boy, 14, killed
    27 11 MALACCA. Fri. Salim bin Samat. 14. was fatally injured when his cycle was In collision with a car In Banda Hillr Road here today.
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    Royal visit
    25 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Yang di-Pertuan Agon* will visit the factory of the Malayan Tobacco Company in Sungei Best Road here on Tuesday
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    Warning to public on illegal housing
    195 11 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The Government today warned the public against "unscrupulous contractors" involved in illegal housing trade who. it said, were trying to exploit poor people. A statement from the Prime Minister's office charged that these contractors had been trying recently to erect illegal huts
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    The Penang clean-up
    68 11 PENANG. Fri. The city council will launch a health and cleanliness campaign next month to make Penang "the most beautiful city In Malaya The two-month campaign will also enable councillors to meet their constituents, test the efficiency of the City Health Department and bring about greater awareness
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      TEACHER ATTACKED BY TIGER
      147 12 Li/fe in Me Ifosf CVxisf YOUR correspondent "Practical" (ST. March 12) it talking through his hat. lam afraid he does not seem to be acquainted with the "wretched" conditions in some parts of the East Coast of Malaya. On March 13 a teacher was attacked by
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      Singapore massacre
      289 12 THE MOVE TO CLAIM COMPENSATION FROM THE JAPANESE WITH reference to the proposed claiir. against Japan for compensation for survivors of civilians massacred in Singapore during the second world war. the secre-tary-general of the International Commission of 'Jurists. Sir Leslie Munro. is reported (S.T. March 9) to have
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      IMPORTANCE OF THIS GENERAL PAPER...
      138 12 IMPORTANCE OF THIS GENERAL PAPER... T»HE importance of ihe general paper in the A H.S.C. examination cannot be overemphasised. However, many students and teachers attach little importance to it. for they have been led to believe that a good pass in it is not a prerogative for entry into the
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      COVERS THAT CAME BACK
      108 12 MY four sets of first day covers with blue lines crossed on both sides of the covers for registration at the G.P.O. were inadvertently thrown in the post box as ordinary covers. As I am staying in a barrack type house with a common post box,
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      BOTTLENECK AT SCHOOL
      102 12 \\'ILL the authorities concerned please do something to improve the entrance to the Kirn Seng Koad-East West schools? The only entrance to both these schools is by a bridge. It is so narrow that only one vehicle can pass at a time. During peak hours school children
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      WHERE'S THE INTEGRATION?
      118 12 AM afraid the acting Chief Administrative Officer of the City Council is trying to mislead the public into believing that administration has become simplified and economical as the result of the government's integration policy. The opposite is the troth. If five departments three district councils, the Markets
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      NEW MENACE IN MUAR
      84 12 fAN the authorities do something about the growing mosquito menace In this town? It seems to me that the drains have not been cleaned for ages and are the main breeding grounds. The concrete dustbins in the back lanes often overflow with offensive-smelling rubbish, accommodate ominous
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      'Standing room only' in Malaya's trains
      152 12 'Standing room only' in Malaya's trains J AM one of those who travels regularly by train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. It was indeed dreadfully distressing to notice during Hari Raya week the discomfort experienced by third class passengers The third class coaches were Backed when the train began it«.
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      PAY DELAY THAT MUST BE A RECORD
      280 12 A FEW months ago. tht Further Education Department of the Ministry of Education was subjected to severe attacks for delays in payment of salaries to teachers Judging by the number of letters that apDeared in the Straits Times on this matter, one would
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      102 12 r seems that your correspondent "Teacher" of Kluang has very reasonable grounds for the explanation he seeks from the Ministry of Education about the additional period of training imposed this year on postprimary teachers. Perhaps he might like to know that DTC trained teachers who had
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      278 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6. Bob leaves a slipshod phrase 1 What we all owe to a Lent-end about an animal in the inhabit, possibly (3. 8 4. .script ion (8). 8. Vehicle backed into is smash- 7. A good deal of Interest in cd. as shown in drawing (8).
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    HEAVY DEMAND FOR TINS: PRICES SWING UPWARDS
    298 14 From Our Market Correspondent fTUIE Malayan Stock JL Exchange yesterday saw heavy buying of tin shares in the morning, demand being increased by the rises of £3 10s. In London, where the price passed the International Tin Council ceiling of £965. and of
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    23 14 Malayan Stock Indices March IS March 16 Industrials: 170.99 170.92 Tins: 301.29 314.36 f rubbers: 194.82 194.82 Jan. 1 1958 100
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    1026 14 DUBINESS on vie Malayan 1 Stotjc Exchange. Federation I section yesteraay with the number of deals In brackets: mouttrlals: Dunlop* (1.46 OL: East Smelt (2.86 OL: Fed. Dlapennary <2,000) (1.40: F. and N. ords (1.000) $2 71 (1.000) (2.72: Rothmans (1.37 OL. (1.37 BL. (2,000) (1.37: Cold
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    RUBBER PRICES
    387 14 APRIL Urst grade rubber buyers f.e.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 791 cents per Ib.. up threeeighth of a cent on Tntirsday's closing price The ton* was ouist. The Kuala Lumpur close at 3 p.m. was to cent* and the tone also was quiet. SC.C.R. A. cloning price*
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    CLOSING PRICES
    31 14 RUBBER PRICES SINGAPORE: 79« cenU (up three eirhttas of a cent). KUALA LUMPUR: 80 cents. TIN: S4S4 per pirnl (up $3.50). Estimated unofficial offering: 200 tons (down 25 tons).
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    Tin price up by $3.50: Rubber market is quiet
    245 14 'THE price of tin in Singapore shot up by $3.50 to 1 $484 per picul. the highest since mid-November. The estimated tonnage at 200 tons was the lowest for over one month. In London overnight tin opened steady with sentiment unaffected
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    108 14 MELBOURNE. PH. TNVIBTMKNT than* moved A narrowly around yesterday's levels, but trading was lighter. Most oils gained but A.O.G. was traded between J3os. and 127*. od. to close at 129 b. 6d. j But metali closed barely steady and loans firmer Mount lam 71/104 N.B Bill 16/3 Cob.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    69 14 TMI Malayan defiant* Sank* A«taelatlen made Umm i""»n la tta im to merchants ynttnUr (all m« to (100: ••lime TT »r 0 0 ready t sviti Franss 1421: Deutsehe Mark! 131; Danish Krtntr 22Si On the frM iidimii markat la Book Kook the U.S. dsllar wu quoted at
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    120 14 CNINKSC Produce tiehan«. stnisport neon pncti ser pisul yttterdsy: Cecenut ell: bulk (37 J seller*, drum S4l »ellers Csra March fK/Contlnent (2S| buyers, (271 sellers. Passer: Muntok white ***** sellers, Sara, wak wblte (170 seller*, special Sarawak. black (132 i seliers, garbled Lampoon black (132| seller*. ASTA
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    OPTION PREMIUMS
    123 14 (UNOrPICIAL QUOTATIONS) March 16. Three months. INDUSTRIALS r. *N. IS cts. Cold Storms* 3d M. Bos 12 eta .itenmahlp 9 eta Breweries 26 eta 8. Time* 13 eta. Robinson 9 eta. S. Trader* 28 eta. 8. Darby Sd Unltasr* 13 cts W Jacks 9 ct*. Weans* 13 cts
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    Sellers overhang rubber market
    586 14 >THE rubber price driftx ed 1$ cents during the period with sellers permanently overhanging the market on any attempt at recovery, state H:C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current market survey. Trading remained on the light side and March R.S.S. No. 1 expired on Tuesday without any
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      PARIPASSU WILL BE BIG THREAT I to 'BELLE'
      470 16  - PARI PASSU WILL BE BIG THREAT I to 'BELLE' EPSOM JEEP Improving four-year-old shows up in workout -r* Ipoh, Fri. pARI PASSU did a stylish gallop here this morning. The going was good. The four-year-old matched Malaya II stride for stride over 3f in 37 1 5. going easily all
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      Off-the-course betting a boon to the PTC
      167 16 PENANG, Fri. r)FF-the-course betting, which was introduced in Malaya in Ap"ril last year, has proved a great boon to the Penang Turf Club. PTC secretary Lim Thlam Hon, in his report for 1961. describes the introduction of off-the-course betting as "the most important
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      139 16 GERMANY TOLD: ONE TEAM FOR OLYMPICS DERLIN. Fri. The East and West German Olympic committees have been told that it is imperative that they meet "in the immediate future" to discuss the formation of one German team for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The injunction for them to meet
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      200 16 LONDON. FrL Mmc K. Hennessy's Mandarin, who won the £5.720 Cheltenham Gold Cup yesterday, became the highest stakes winning horse in the history of British National Hunt racing. Total winnings of the 11--year-old are now £26.779. compared with £26,614 with which Nieolaus Silver, last year*
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      Exhibition
      36 16 SINGAPORE. Fri. Former world billiards champion Bob Marshall gave an exhibition at the SC.C. last night. Marshall, accomoanied by his wife, was on his way back to Perth after capturing the major titles In India.
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      RUNNERS, RIDERS FOR IPOH TOMORROW
      1594 16 ACCEPTORS and riders for the fz ■A. first day of the March meeting F °c"«-<> n at Ipoh tomorrow are: I 'Form RACE 1: 2.O— CL 4 DIV. 4-6 F (Apprentice riders only) 1 Grand Slam (Sandown St.) R. Brcuk., 5 9.0 (F> 7 Lim
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      FAM Cup kicks off with four matches
      291 16 FAM Cup kicks off with four matches AT THE WEEKEND IZUALA LUMPUR, FrL 1V The FAM Cup competition begins thii weekend with Singapore playing Commonwealth Forces tomorrow and three matches on Sunday. Tne Singapore selectors have declared their Intention of using this competition as a proving ground for young talent
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      533 16 ij i+*m i7^ff?rWsrsr^nT?T¥i^nnii The examination* of the Pitman Institute will be held in Taipiug <v Ipoh some time In June. 1962. under the supervision of the Penang Adult Education Association at the lollowing schools: 1. Ipoh Convent laiping Convent Anglo-Chinese School 4 Klnta School of Commerce V Perak Commercial Institution
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      401 16 THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 11) TAKE NOTICE that Receiving Orders were on the 9th March. 1962 made against the following persons: Bankruptcy No. STF.VfcX Hl.\ KIM -ING. !9S. OrMßfleM Drive. 75 62. LILIAN WKE (married momanl. 295. Greenßeld Drive. 76 62. apß KHK.OK WHEE. 90K, Jalan Marpati. 11/62. ONG NKK
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      Hockey revolution call
      434 17  -  NORMAN SIEBEL TECHNIQUES CHANGING AND MALAYANS MUST KEEP IN STEP DURAI POINTS THE WAY By KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. —After Ahmedabad what follows? Malayan Hockey Federation vicepresident A. E. Durairatnam who led the Malayan team to the international tournament there organised by India suggests changes which, if adopted
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      PRISONS IN S-FINALS WITH GOALS BY HARI
      132 17 PRISONS IN S-FINALS WITH GOALS BY HARI CINGAPORE. Fri. Prisons reached the semi-finals In the Singapore Hockey Association senior knockout competition today when they beat RAF Seletar 2-0 at Serangoon Road. Their opponents in the semi-finals are Indian As.■oclatlon. The other semi-final will be between favourites Ceylon Sports Club and
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      SBA to invite foreign teams
      96 17 SBA to invite foreign teams SINGAPORE. Fri. Singapore Badminton Association will invite Indonesia, Thailand and India to play here after the Asian Badminton Confederation championships in Kuala Lumpur from Apr. 23 to May 7. SBA secretary Leow Kirn Fatt, told the Straits Times today that his association will offer terms
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      47 left in
      27 17 LONDON, Fri.—Forty-se-ven horses were left in at the second acceptance stage yesterday on the Grand National, to be run at Aintree on Mar. 31.
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      Tourists terrific, say SASA officials
      223 17 OINGAPORE, Fri.— The Indonesian waterpolo players are "terrific" that's the opinion of all SASA officials after watching the visitors at training yesterday and today. The Indonesians first team will be meeting Singapore's Asian Games a* Amber Road tomorrow f 5.30 p.m.) and their reserves, reinforced
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      SPORTS SUMMARY
      157 17 SOCCER INTER SCHOOL TOCRNBT (Penang): Indw-l* Oeorge Town Secondary 5 Westlands Secondary 0; Under-15 OT Secondary 7 St. Mark's 1 HOCKEY RAl'B I.OE: Mahmud School Old Beys 2 DTC 0. CABLE SPORT SOCCER: Inter-Clttes Fairs Cap 2nd rd. Belgrade Red Star 5 Espanol. Barcelona 0 (2nd. lag). Red
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      Singapore face a vital test against Forces in FAM Cup tie today
      283 17  - Singapore face a vital test against Forces in FAM Cup tie today TEOH ENG TATT 5 OINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore have a vital Liatch against Commonwealth Forces in the first round of the FAM Cup at Jalan Besar tomorrow (5.15 p.m.). Vital because defeat for Singapore could mean another period of
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      Prathin among last four
      276 17 SINGAPORE, Friday. pRATHIN Pattabongs 17-year-old champion of Thailand, entered the semi-finals of the Singapore schoolgirls singles badminton championship when she beat Soh Chwee Lian 11-5. 11-o here today. Pattabongs, who had won her matches in the earlier rounds convincingly, Is expected to meet defending champion Llm
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      OFF TO JOIN BAM SQUAD
      65 17 CINGAPORE. Fri. Three Singapore players will leave tonight to Join the Badminton Association of Malaya's training squad In preparation for the Asian Bndmlnton Confederation championships from Apr. 23 to May 7. They are Wee Choon Seng, Llm Wei Lon and Ong Poh LJm who will
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      139 17 SOCCER FAM CUP: Spore t Commonwealth Forces (Jn. Besar, S.IS). MeGIIXrVRAY CUP: North aone s-flnal Changkat Klndlng Est v Kuala KetU Est (Esplanade. Talplng. 5.15). FRIENDLY: RAP v Navy (HMS Terror, 120 pan.). HOCKEY WOMEN'S QUADRANGULAR: Penang v Negri (7 ajn.); Perak t S'gor (8, both games at Anderson School
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    Referendum Bill goes to a select committee
    1653 18 SINGAPORE, Friday JHK Legislative Assembly after a three-day debate, today referred the Singapore National Referendum Bill to a select committee on the vote of two Opposition parties, while the (Jovernment abstained. The 13 Barisan Sosialis members and Mr. David Marshall, of the Workers
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    BIG POWERS' TACTICS CRITICISED
    99 18 BIG POWERS' TACTICS CRITICISED GENEVA. Fri. Brazil, first to speak in the disarmament conference among the non-aligned nations, today voiced the non-committed worlds criticism of the big power blocs for their cold war tactics. Mr. Santiago Dantas. Brazils Foreign Minister, added that he saw a useful role in this conference
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    Variety concert postponed
    45 18 SINGAPORE. Fri. A variety concert In aid of the Siglap fire victims, scheduled to take place tomorrow night at the Badminton Stadium, has been postponed to April 22 Tickets sold with tomorrow's date will remain valid for the performance on April 22.
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    Woman thief is fined $100
    50 18 SINGAPORE. Fri. A pretty 22-year-old woman. Cheng Yoke Sim. was fined $100 or one months jail in Iho Ninth Magistrate's Court today for stealing a handbag. Cheng admitted stealing (he bag from Miss Yong Lee •eng in the Odeon Cinema ftt 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
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    Workers at Tanglin Club on strike
    117 18 Workers at Tanglin Club on strike SINGAPORE. Fri. About 110 employers of the Tanglin Club in Stevens Road went on strike here this afternoon the second within a week. The employees, members of the Singapore Catering Services. Staff and Work rrs Trade Union, walked out just before 4 p.m. The
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    BANK HEAD PAID UNION 'OUT OF OWN POCKET
    226 18 SINGAPORE, Friday. rpHE payment to the Singapore Bank Employees Union in connection with the strike at the Oversea Chinese Bank in January was made by th< bank's managing director. Tan Chin Tuan. in hi! personal capacity and •'out of his own pocket."
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    Aided 30,800 in 2 years
    65 18 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Catholic Social Guild has appealed for contributions from the public for its relief services to assist unemployed and destitute people. These should be sent to the guild at 96 Bras Ba.sah Road. The guild's distribution scheme gave food and clothing to 2.745
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    126 18 LONDON, Fri. Douglas Goodall was so obsessed with American film star James Dean that he lived like him and said that he wanted to die like him. After seeing "Rebel Without a Cause," in which Dean starred. Goodall legally changed his
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    444 18 I LONDON. Pri— lnterest in the stork markets today was selective. There were some Irregular price mo"emenUs but the undertone remained firm. The best features of the day were a further sharp advance in tin shares in response to the rise In the price of
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    Police seek your help
    89 18 SINGAPORE. Fri. The police have received some Information on the accident which occurred last Sunday killing a police constable, Michael Fuhrmann. at Chltty Road, oft* Serangoon Road. Police Secretary Mr. Lim Seng Huat. however, has appealed for more eye-witnesses to come forward and furnish i more
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    Union adviser is acquitted
    302 18 SINGAPORE. Friday. ¥\OMINIC Puthucheary, an adviser of the Singa--17 pore Business Houses Employees' Union, was today acquitted on a charge of "wrongfully and without legal authority" intimidating Patrick Ngoi Ngie Huo. a non-striking salesman of Roneo Ltd. in a strike incident on Feb. 7. According to
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