The Straits Times, 11 April 1962

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    19 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1962 15 CENTS. KDN 036
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    $45,000 GEMS GRAB
    550 1  -  RODERICK PESTANA: A smooth getaway 'like gentlemen" By SINGAPORE. Tuesday Theory of raid by same 'thin wire' men AFTER collecting nearly $45,000 worth of jewellery and precious stones in a goldsmith's workshop today, the leader of a gang of robbers turned to his six men and said:
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    Quads – for a police —wife—
    112 1 Quads for a police wife— KUCHiNG. Tues. The wife of a policeman who gave birth yesterday to quadruplets, all girls, at the Miri general hospital here was doing well today. Salimah binte Abdullab. 23. has four other children. Hospital authorities said the quads were born prematurely. They weighed at birth
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    Lock icon LONDON TOBACCO SHARES ROCKET
    148 1 ONDON. Tues. Tobacco shares rocketted on the London Stock Exchange today while sweets and soft drinks dropped in reaction to Mr. Selwyn Lloyd's Budget measures announced yesterday in the House of Commons. Tobacco shares put on £25 million before midday as fears of heavy new taxes
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    Flare-up in Katanga
    49 1 ELISABETHVILLE, Tues.— United Nations troops and Katangese gendarmes exchanged fire briefly and without casualties yesterday for the first time since Katanga President Tshombe left for Leopold^lle last month. The exchange, which took place in a residential neighbourhood, was the latest sign of increased tension here.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon The secret congress
    52 1 PEKING. Tues.— The Chinese National People's Congress tonight completed two weeks of its 1962 session, and official sources .said it was still not known when it would end. There has been no news or announcements about the subjects of the discussions, which are taking place behind closed
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    Wonderful, wonderful
    169 1 says Sophia SANTA MONICA, Tues. Italian dim star Sophia Lorrn. whose fear of losing kept her from appearing at the scene of her greatest triumph, today was acclaimed by Hollywood as the best actress of 1961. Sharing her victory was German-born Maximilian Schell, who won the "best actor"
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    Deposed Syrian Govt. for trial
    41 1 DAMASCUS. Tues.- Syrian Army Chief. Maj-Gen. Abdel Karim Zahreddin, said last night that ex-President Nazem Kudsi and 20 members of the former civil Government would be sent before a jurists commission which would "decide their fate."
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    UK trade gap
    29 1 LONDON. Tues. Britain's trade gap the difference between imports and exports widened to £52.000.000 more in Imports last month, the Board of Trade announced here today.
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    Lock icon A 'THANK YOU' FOR SHY BARONET CHARLIE
    110 1 f OXDON. Tues. Britain's Ld shyest Baronet, who has enjoyed relative obscurity for 25 years as a £12-a--week coal plant labourer, has been suddenly thrust into the limelight. He U> Sir Charles Burnett Buckworth-Herne Soame known to his workmates as "Charlie" who was
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    MR. SHAH REFUSES TO JOIN NEHRU'S CABINET
    176 1 YEW DELHI, Tues. Prime Minister j Jawaharlal Nehru's I new Cabinet was sworn In today, but for the first time in the* history of this 14-year-old nation a Ministerdesignate refused to take office.* Outgoing President Rajendra Prasad administered the cath of oflce to
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    Lock icon New Unesco plan
    47 1 UNITED NATIONS, Tues.— An official of United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco 1 presented to the Human Rights Commission yesterday a U553,400,000,000 p*lan to build up newspaptrs. national news agencies, radio, film and educational television in Asia. Africa and Latin America U.P.I.
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    Lock icon N-tests: Russia told 'decide'
    206 1 WASHINGTON. Tuesday. ORITAIN and the United States made a new joint appeal today to Mr. Khrushchev to accept a safeguard in a nuclear test ban treaty. In the joint appeal delivered to Moscow last night. President Kennedy and Mr. Macmillan said that in the absence of
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    Lock icon Jomo is sworn I— in
    75 1 Jomo is sworn I— in NAIROBI. Tues. Jomo Kenyatta ffM today sworn in as Kenya"* Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs and Economic Development. The constitutional conference in London, which ended last week, agreed that the Kenya African National Union (Kanu). which Mr. Kenyatta leads. and the Kenya African Democratic
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    Lock icon Bride for Habib
    26 1 TUNIB. Tues. President Hablb Bourgulba of Tupisia. 59. will marry the 50-year-old sister of one of his Government Ministers here on Thursday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Russia aids Bolivian tin
    173 1 Russia aids Bolivian tin I A PAZ. Tues.—Nego- tiations are afoot for an aid agreement under which Russia will lend Bolivia U. 5.5150 million ($450 million) 'in goods and cash, principally to develop the tin industry. Russia will also liutaJ lumber of smelting furnaces, according to statement Issued »y the
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 JAKARTA TufS I will be read? CMime talks on West iuiaea with N it md of this m< Ided Put* h aciept t S >ropos.ils MMlly iahle Ci(»\t"Tnment so> tfT
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    Lock icon New Ambassador
    33 1 MANILA. Tues. Malaya s first Ambassador to the Philippines. Inche Zalton Ibrahim bin Ahmad today presented his credentials to President Dlosdado Macapagal at formal ceremonies In the presidential Malacanan Palace. UPI.
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      'PERFECT IMPASSE'
      346 2 GENEVA. Tuesday 'Not a ray of hope' says Russia's man at N-talks: Red approach 'fantastic' says UK delegate 'I'HK United States, 1 Russia and Britain have reached a "perfect impasse" in their efforts to break the deadlock in their negotiations to ban nuclear weapons tests. Mr. Semyon Tsarapkin,
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      US expects greater Communist pressure
      152 2 US expects greater Communist pressure WASHINGTON, Tues.— Mr. Robert McNamara, the U.S. Defence Secretary, told Congressmen yesterday there was no prospect of a thaw in the cold war during the coming year, and said that Communist pressure was more likely to Increase. He was urging Congressional support for President Kennedys
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      Lock icon AMERICA WARNS OF NEW TEST DANGER AREA IN PACIFIC
      192 2 AMERICA WARNS OF NEW TEST DANGER AREA IN PACIFIC WASHINGTON, Tuesday. rpHE United States yesterday established a second A nuclear testing area in the Pacific and warned ships and planes to keep outside it from April 30. Notification of the area was made in communications from the Atomic Energy Commission
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      Lock icon Potato famine hits Europe
      39 2 LONDON. Tues.— A Europe, wide potato famine has pushed British prices up to £30.32 a ton. double last April's price. The shortage has been caused by a long, hard winter over most of Europe. UPI.
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      Lock icon Rocket misfires
      25 2 CAPE CANAVERAL, (Florida), Tues. An Atlas missile, due to make 5,000-mile flight, exploded on the launching pad here yesterday. Nobody was injured. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Bardot threat man held
      72 2 PARIS. Tues. Police said here last night they had arrested a man who, they alleged, tried to extort 50.000 new francs 'about £3.570) from Brigltte Bardot by threatening her In the name of the Secret Army Organi- sation <OAS). They identified him as Andre Orslni. a
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      Lock icon Atom reactor for Thailand
      39 2 BANGKOK, Tues. The Thai Prime Minister, Marshal Sarlt Thanarat. has laid the cornerstone of a building to house Thailand's first nuclear reactor. The reactor, to be purchased from the United States, will cost (U5)5464.460— Renter.
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      Lock icon 17 sent to jail
      33 2 KATMANDU. Tues— A special tribunal here has jailed 17 people charged with committing acts of sabotage in the Katmandu valley md with plotting to "rescue" exministers from detention Reuter.
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      Lock icon Gussie— (husband put yachting first) gets a divorce
      155 2 Gussie (husband put yachting first) gets a divorce LOS ANGELES. Tues. Former tennis star Gussie Moran. 38. yesterday, won a divorce from attorney Frank Simpson. 35. after less than a year of marriage. testifying that they did not share the same interests in sports and friends. Miss Moran told superior
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      Lock icon Royal message
      28 2 WASHINGTON. Tues—President Kennedy yesterday received a lengthy written message from King Savang Va. thana of Laos on the political situation in his South-East Asian kingdom. Reuter
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      Lock icon $135 mil. aid
      28 2 BANGKOK. Tues. Thailand Is expected to get a US$45 (sl3s* million loan fro-' the World Bank for road construction. Finance Ministry sources said today. —Reuter.
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      Lock icon HUNGER STRIKE WIFE FROM SINGAPORE GETS DREAM HOME
      207 2 HUNGER STRIKE WIFE FROM SINGAPORE GETS DREAM HOME HONG KONG. Tuesday. A BRITISH Service wiffe who went on a hunger strike in Singapore for proper accommodation, not hotels and hostels, from the Army authorities has got what she wanted in Hong Kong. Mrs. Cynthia Mitchell. 18. from Durham, now has
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      Lock icon CHARLES (NO LICENCE) DRIVES HIS MOTHER
      93 2 CHARLES (NO LICENCE) DRIVES HIS MOTHER I ONDON. Tues Princ* Charles. 13. heir to the British throne, drove his mother. Queen Elizabeth, through Windsor Park yesterday, the Daily Mirror reported on its front page today. The newspaper Mid lh« Prince took over the wheel of a large estate car from
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      Lock icon Factory deal
      36 2 MOSCOW, Tues. Russia and Indonesia signed contracts in Jakarta yesterday for the building of a superphosphate factory In Chllachap. Central Java, with Soviet technical and economic assistance, the Soviet news agency Tass reported.— Reuter.
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  • FOREIGN NEWS DESK
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      Lock icon $791 mil, deficit in Canada Budget
      157 3 OI I \\\.V lues. A federal Budget deficit of 57!U.400.000 Canada's largMt ever in peacetime was estimated by the Finance Minister. Mr. Don. i Id Fleming, for the ]%!-<;•» fiscal year. Tin- drliiit was more th .in HI per cent higher than the MM
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      Lock icon Frondizi plea
      36 3 BUENOS AIRES. Tues. The Argentine Federal Court, yesterday rejected a habeas corpus application made on behalf of former President Arturo Frondlzi, who is detained at the Martin Garca Island Naval Base near here. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Gaitskell sees election motive in Budget
      530 3 I LONDON, Tuesday ]yjR. Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Opposition, suggested in the House of Commons last night that the Budget proposals savoured of electioneering. It was a largely "no change" Budget with one novelty "an election, or Budget, promise 'to be fulfilled before
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      Lock icon No Foreign Legion now, so youths seek other thrills: M.P.
      139 3 T ONDON. Tues. A ConLi servative M.P. has suggested a new explanation for Britain's juvenile crime wave. Commander C. FletcherCooke said present day Borstals (young offenders prisons) were full of healthy young men not fundamentally the criminal type at all
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      Lock icon Railway strike
      32 3 TOKYO, Tues. Twelve major private railways serving Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and other principal cities were Idled today when union workers walked out on a 24--hour strike for higher wages. —U.P.I
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      Lock icon 12 seamen jailed for desertion
      259 3 SYDNEY. Tuesday. rpWELVE of 16 men who walked off the British freighter Hannington Court here on Sunday refusing to sail to Communist China with a cargo of wheat were sentenced here today to 14 days' hard labour for desertion. All pleaded guilty to a charge
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      Lock icon OAS commando leader held in Paris
      428 3 OAS commando leader held in Paris PARIS, Tuesday J'HE police here last night announced the arrest of one of the top-ranking OAS leaders in Metropolitan France. They identified him as ex-Lieut. Daniel Godot, deputy, of ex-Capt. Pierre Sergent. the chief of OAS commandos In France. The police said Godot. 31.
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      Lock icon In English
      40 3 MANILA, Tues.— A total of 78 per cent of all scientific publications in the world is written In the English language according to Dr. Walter T. Lorch. a German scientific documentation specialist employed by the United Nation*.- UPI.
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      383 3 RADIO MALAYA RADIO SINGAPORE NATIONAL SHORTWAVE SHORTWAVE SERVICE: SERVICE: 41.7 M*tr«-s 41 metres AM. 6.00 Time Slgnial. Nesa-ra-ku. News Headlines: 605 MEDIUM WAVE SERVICE Mornlnp Melodies; 7.00 Render.- »etres vous With Music: 7.30 Time Sis- ana nai Th» i•« Breakfast AM< B(w Good Morning: 6.01 Tht National Language. Read- yews.v
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    A morphine addict tells court about Howe's death
    428 4 A morphine addict tells court about Howe's death SINGAPORE, Tuesday. r fWO men connected with the management of a morphine den suddenly turned pale when they discovered that a customer, a British soldier had died at their Muar Road premises, Jeswant Singh, a billcollector, told a court today. He identified
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    15,000 visit car show
    91 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. -More than 15.000 people have visited the Happy World exhibition- presented by General Motors dealers of Singapore, which was opened by the American Consul-General. Mr. Sam Gllstrap, on Sunday, and which ends tomorrow night. Among the many exhibits which fill up the Happy World
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    Ruler, Tengku at wedding
    96 4 Ruler, Tengku at wedding KCALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Sultan of Selangor, Tengkn Abdul Rahman and other distinguished guests attended the wedding here yesterday of Miss Carmenita Nesadevi Rajasooria. daughter of Dato and Datln R.P.S. Rajasooria. and Mr. K. Sandrasegara, 25. of the Singapore Customs Department The bridegroom is the son
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    EQUAL PAY FOR HOW MANY?
    394 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. OTOE Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will be asked at the next Legislative Assembly session to state how many women have benefited from the recent decision to give equal pay for equal work in the Civil Service. He will also be called
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    Photo-journalism
    38 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. A lecture demonstration on "Interpretation of American photo-Journalism" by Mr. Yolchi R. Okamoto will be given at the National Library lecture hall at 8 p.m. next Monday under the sponsorship of the Singapore Photographic Boclety.
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      287 4 WINNING OSCARS IS GETTING TO BE A habit yz WITH DM LAST YEAR THEY SWEPT H THE BOARD WITH 12 'OSCARS' and NOW this year UA AGAIN SWEEPS the BOARD by WJNNING 12 ACADEMY AWARDS!! "WEST SIDE STORY" 1. BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR 2. BEST DIRECTOR— Robert Wit* A
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      5 4 ai»*WJAM»JYOTI I A HINDI nCTUM
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      159 4 —NOW SHOWING— SIMULTANEOUSLY AT NEW iiAiKTir ODEON ALnAMbKA I M KATONG i.OO 3.30 11 om-1. 15-3. 30 I 7.00 &930 pm I 1.30-4.00 6.4519.15 pm J j 6.30 9.30 pm Starring £k AKIRA TAKARADA I j CA\A/ I I fly C.RA. Convair W-sa» I MieNTS host sxpe/f/eftao tioim J fVMWJI
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      356 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES HPHE following i« todays so he- 4.50 p.m.; from Penan*, Kuala 4 dule of civil aircraft move- Lumpur (ML 107) 6.50 pjn.; ments at Paya Lebar Airport. from Kuala Lumpur (ML 173) 8.30 p.m.; from Kuchlng (MA AMml A1 471) 4.15 p.m.; from Penan*. BO AC:
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    The Iron Butterfly
    1406 5  -  Peter Bloxham flMfll I •^.Jt y^X *^^^mI PART TWO EXAMINES THE LIFE AND GAY TIMES OF THE ENDURING MISTINGUETT By WAS SHE REALLY AS OLD AS THE EIFFEL TOWER? IN Switzerland, one day twelve years ago, the old lady was hurtling in her Buick along a main
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      3 5 TOMORROW: James Dean
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    $21,000 in 'special damages' sought
    696 6 Oft i^jfc COURT GIVEN DETAILS OF PAYMENT IN LIEU of NOTICE and OTHER LOSSES SINGAPORE. Tues A specific sum of $21,018.14 in special damages was sought by Mr. L. A. Marcus, former Superintendent ot the City Council's Markets and Hawkers Department in a libel suit
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    SARAWAK PETITION AGAINST A BILL
    214 6 I/UCHING. Tues. A signature campaign I has been launched I throughout Sarawak to dissuade the Government from passing the proposed Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill. The Bill, which was withdrawn from the last Council Negri meeting. Is to be pro. sented again when the iouncil mret.s
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    New municipal bureau opens
    54 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The new Commissioner for the Federal capital. Hail Ismail bin Panjang Arts, has opened a Public Relations Bureau so that the Municipality could keep contact with the public. The bureau is on the ground floor of the municipal building Mr. Kweh Eu Teck
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    MALAYAN OFFICERS NEEDED IN ARMY: QUICK PROMOTION
    205 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues TPHE Federation Army Ais ofTering young Malayans careers as officers with prospects of quick promotion. According to a statement issued by the Federation Armed Forces Public Relations Office today, applicants must be Federal citizens, between 19 and 24 years of
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      236 6 Impressive refinements 1 v/l lllv mt Choose from 2 models The new 1962 6-cylinder Vauxhalls are more 3 tr3nSmiSSionS comfortable, more exhilarating, safer than I ever before and these beautiful cars arc now offered ID COIOUrS with a very wide choice of alternative equipment Two models Cresta and Velox! Both
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      154 6 r#7 lhn<>r Hy Ai Capp #>#>/. irttvti Hy i li<>%li>r GauM fl^BH V\.V\VN r YOU'VE COT VOUt? NE»VE. r c awvEß OH NO LAA^VEt?, FvOu'D GIVE XXJ» RIGHT F!T!? xc .-.r> MOSA, HAVING ME V-PAVEO VOu'ffE JUST LIKE THE I EYE TO KNOW WKATiS Ln-,>«>i Stc Pi at VWILE I
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    Now judge praises a careful magistrate
    442 7 Now judge praises a careful magistrate INQUIRY RECORD AIDS JUSTICE, SAVES PUBLIC MONEY AND COURT'S TIME JOHORE BAHRU. Tu«S J|K. Justice Adams today praised a magistrate ior saving taxpayers' money and the time of the court and witnesses by conducting a preliminary inquir y with "great care.' He was referring
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    MEN WHO FEED 50 m. CHILDREN HAVE LOOK AT MALAYA
    163 7 MEN WHO FEED 50 m. CHILDREN HAVE LOOK AT MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Two officials of an American organisation arrived here today to study the possibility of introducing a school feeding programme for children in Malaya. They are Mr. Frank L. Goffio. deputy executive director of CARE (Co-operative for American
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    Headmistress
    22 7 SUNGEI PATANI. Tues Mrs. Chung Swee Wah has been appointed headmistress of the post primary school at Ibrahim School, Sungei Patani.
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    EVIDENCE IN CAMERA on EXPANSION PLANS
    1018 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Industrial Arbitration Court, hearing the wage dispute bet-* ween the Straits Times Press (Malaya) Ltd. and the Singapore Printing Employees' Union, went into private session today on the application of Mr. J. J. Rattray. representing the company. In making his request.
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    Miss Lai: $72,000 plus a fund at RAAF base
    748 7 I KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. DAAF and RAF men J serving at the RAAF base in Butterworth, Province Wellesley, have opened a fund to assist Miss Lai Yoke Huong, the schoolgirl who lost her arms as a result of a recent road
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    24 8 in Wor<U tlm iMinlmmm) CHNC TENO TNISJ pawed awmy peacefully on 10.4.62. Cortege l«*vton Road on Thuraday 12th April at 1 p m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    28 8 20 Ward, 114 (MMmmm) HRS. ONO KENO CNUAN and family thank retail res and Mends for their donations, wreaths, Attendance •■■i valuable assistance dating their recent bereavement.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    50 8 it Word, tit (HUUmmm) MR. CHAN SAI SOO: One year ago tod.iy a cruW fate robbed na of our fnele. Re I) gone but not forgotten. He 'shall not icrow old as we who ..re left grow old." Inserted in his mory by Chan brothers and Si ''TK.
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    The Straits Times Wednesday, April 11. 1962. New Guinea Rock
    664 8 The Straits Times Wednesday, April 11. 1962. New Guinea Rock II President Soekarno's aim is to keep the New Guinea crisis going as long as possible then it is time to congratulate him. He is doing very well. The Dutch, he now says, have eight months in which to get
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    Aid For Pilgrims
    329 8 The Federation Government is to be commended for its decision to set up a statutorysavings corporation that will help Malayan Muslim pilgrims. Each year some five thousand make the journey to Mecca, most of them paying their expenses out of funds accumulated in ways wasteful to themselves
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    Bland Budget
    261 8 Britain's new budget does not give the Government's critics much opportunity. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd has played safe, and while this is not necessarily a virtue it leaves the Labour benches with little to say. Indeed Mr. Gaitskell was reduced to taunting the Chancellor for having at least one
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    Lock icon Vietnam's war against shadows
    1202 8 Vietnam's war against shadows THE ESSENCE OF THE BATTLE AND THE SPECTRAL ENEMY OF 22,000 From DENNIS BLOODWORTH SAIGON. Tuesday (The first of two articles) THE South Vi&tnamese colonel clung to the wheel as the little launch bounced its way along the Mekong Delta waterway not ten yards from the
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      Quest for knowledge in the East Coast
      236 8 IN this part of Malaya (the East Coast) where the educational standard Is far below that of the West Coast every effort apart from Improvements In schools should be made towards better educational facilities. Why must learning be confined to schools alone? What
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      A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES?
      248 8 VOW that the fun has gone out of the life of the traffic branch here with the Installation of parking meters, is It not time that they turned their attention to clearing the oddly named "footways?" These have for years been used for various trading activities,
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    THE WEAVERS OF PERSIA ARE ON THE CARPET
    340 8  - THE WEAVERS OF PERSIA ARE ON THE CARPET MICHAEL ROWE by rpEHERAN, Tues— Persia** L oldest and most famous craft, the carpet Industry, is facing a crisis. So serious has become the Industry's fight for survival, that unless urgent action is taken, the traditional handwoven Persian carpet may soon become
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    INCIDENT AT CAMP IN CONGO WAS MUTINOUS, SA YS SERGEANT
    2902 9  -  JEFFREY FRANCIS VIC NAYAGAM THE HARUN llllllllllllllllllllllllllll'llllll COURT MARTIAL: Second day iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Ruling is made that accused soldier must make his defence to 'striking officer' charge -By— and 7 TOLD THEM THIS MUST NOT GO ON BECAUSE IT IS A
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    Mahjong 'fraud' acquittal
    138 9 17-UALA LUMPUR Tues. Two men. Loh Peng Fatt, 39. of Dakota Crescent. Singapore, and Tan Teong Chin. 30. of Sungel Pelek. Selangor. were acquitted and discharged in the Sessions Court here today on a charge of having cheated former estate contractor, G. H. Thagiris. 55. of Port
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    $38 MORE RECEIVED FOR JOHNNY'S 'POSSUM' FUND
    112 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Four more donations totalling $38 were received by the Straits Times today for Jonny Ang, the Singapore schoolboy who lies paralysed at Mt. Alvernia Hospital. Johnny's ambition Is to own a "Possum"— a machine which has helped polln victims to perform
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    5 hours' talks on pay claims
    143 9 pENANG, Tues. The joint council of the Penang Port Commission and its 1,450-strong employees' union met today to negotiate on the workers' claims for a general revision of salaries. The meeting, held in the commission's board room at Tun Raja Uda Pier in Penang.
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    Malaya's trade
    49 9 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. Malaya had a favourable trade balance of $38.6 million in the iirst two months of this year compared with $16.6 million during the same period last year. Total trade in January and February this year waa valued at $799.2 million. Exports totalled 5418.9 million.
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      138 9 TONIC 11^ A Quoliry Product from /y^\ MIR of 6IRMANY THE SINGAPORE DRUG HOUSE 105, Tonicng Katong Rood, Singopore-15. Tel: ***** heals skin sores pf J Whatever your skin trouble, use Zam-Buk k tb« world* greaceit healer. Ita medidnaJ oil* •eoth* the aore, infected parta and healing WSllL^ begtna at
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    SIAMESE CAT IS THE WINNER
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    The overseas list
    286 10 Penny Noris. aged- 16; 7. Chapel Street. Clenorchy. Hobart Tasmania. Australia; general. Pauline Davey. aged 14; 7, Pickard Street, Lenah Valley. Hobart Tasmania. Australia; general. Irene Sewart. 73. Orovefinor Crescent. Dartford. Kent, EngI land: general. Linda Staeey. 84. East Hill i Dartford. Kent. England; genI pral. Karin
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    FILM CHIEF PANICS
    1168 10  -  KATHLEEN HICKLEY By Ah Chong s father Mr. Lee has a purtner who is threatening tc take over his share in their tin mine unless Mr. Lee can find several thousand dollars icithin a few weeks. Tubby has the brilliant idea to film the story of the
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    353 10 Malayan pen friends Kirn Lrng l.au, a«ccl 15: 46. Main Road, Batu Petvik; stamps. sonc>. Noor Aidi. terd IT: SekoUth Tuanku Abe. Rahman. Tiner Lane. Ipoh. Pcrak; rcaduiftKddif Tan. >l 16; 340 A. Off Wise Ro;id. Sembilsn; stamps. Richard Yong. ftged 17: 3C. Jalan Sungei Ci;..' Johore Bahru. Johore; stamps.
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      106 10 (WejoveKeilUrs) This is Holy Wcik lor a±m Bl ';3e. millions of Christians »ll over JBB^*l V *«sfc rhe world. And Holy Week in J^-1~"H B =P Seville. Spain is indeed j miracle 'j j^Hk I which has survived into the fc^-*"jH present century. BS <^ ir fll Magnificence and humility
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      412 10 THE CHOICE IS DIFFICULT CLUES ACROSS— 3. A lobster has a hard one. 6. An English gold coin. 7. fHM M II Gabriel was the one who |r~^T~~^^~~TIBr~~IBI told Mary she would be I I I *«if the Mother of Jesus. 8. [~M MMi I I I I Oround of
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    EAT THIS FISH, PUBLIC IS URGED
    255 11 EAT THIS FISH, PUBLIC IS URGED IPOH, Tues. The nax tional vice-president of the Malayan Chinese j Association and Perak State Legislative As- semblyman. Mr. Liew Why Hone, today made an "eat more flsh" ap-| peal to the public." The particular type of fish lie recommends Is the lkan itembong.
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    Music festival plans
    79 11 SINGAPORE. Tup.n Singapore Impresario Mr. Goh Soon Tloe U by air tor Tokyo today to finalise arrangements for a proposed week-long Far East Music Festival to be held in Hong Kong in August. The festival will be spon>ored by the Far East Impresario Association, formed in Singapore
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    EQUAL PAY: UNION MEETS NEXT WEEK
    154 11 PENANG. Tuesday. 'rHE draft ol the National Union of Teachers' memorandum on equal pay for women teachers v.- ill be finalised at a meeting to be held in Kuala Lumpur next week. Representatives ol the union's women committees from various branches and the NUT
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    Student team in Australia
    44 11 PERTH, Tues. A delegation of four Malayan students have arrived here on a tour of Australia. They are Rommel Joset. 20. Mr Hakam All. 22. Mr. Chong Foong Hln. 21. and Mr. AJlt Singh. 23 all final year university students.
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    Probe ordered into drop in petrol tax haul
    385 11 Probe ordered into drop in petrol tax haul MORE VEHICLES REGISTERED, BUT FUEL DUTY COLLECTION LESS KUALA LUMPUR. Tues T<HE Minister of Fin--1 ance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin, has ordered an investigation into the fall in the collection of import duty from petrol despite an increase in the number of
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    UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HELPING TO DIG A FISH POND
    159 11 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HELPING TO DIG A FISH POND OINGAPORE, Tues.— A group of 50 University of Singapore undergraduates this morning put aside their text books and lecture notes to start digging a flsh pond for boys of the Gimson School in Clemen i Road. The pond is this years work
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    Visit to Penang
    19 11 PENANG. Tues. A delegation from the Blames* Association of University Women will visit Penang next week.
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    Visitor with tape-recorder
    42 11 PENANG. Tues. An Australian M.P. Mr. Murray Byrne, is now In Penang to visit parents of Colombo Plan students from Malaya. Mr. Byrne will call on the parents tomorrow morning and play to them taperecorded messages from their children.
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    A 'Friday the 13th' challenge accepted —on the spot—
    421 11 A 'Friday the 13th' challenge accepted on the spot PORT DICKSON. Tues I •JHE case oi the hotel dishwasher who wouldn't take a bowl of milk and eggs to a lodger will end on Friday the Thirteenth at a Hindu temple here. On that day the proprietor of the SI
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    TALKS PROGRESS, SO STRIKERS GO BACK
    100 11 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. FORTY striking employees of the trading firm of 1 Sandilands Buttery and Co. in Chulia Street went back to work today. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union. representing the workers said progress had been made in negotiations yesterday with the management
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    37-mile circuit of danger— and often death...
    1614 12 37-mile circuit of danger and often death. THE HISTORY OF THE HAIR-RAISING ISLE OF MAN TT RACE EACH year in June. 100.000 people flock to the Isle of Man to see one of the most breathlessly exciting spectacles in sport the TT motorcycle races. Death lurks on each of the
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      61 12 ABOUND THE WORLD ON MALAYAN AIRWAYS 1272 000-001 PASSENGER TICKET AND BAGGAGE CHECK ISSUCO IV MALAYAN AIRWAYS- AIRWAYS HOU»C-«»rTLCT PUkCCSINOAPOftC. I MCWMM Of INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION NEW PASSENGER TICKET nsrow:.. THE NEW MALAYAN AIRWAYS PASSENGER TICKET ENABLES YOU TO TRAVEL ON ANY AIRLINE ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. CONSULT YOUR
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      1469 13 mmmK^mmmmmwrnm-m 10 UVIBPOOI t wEST COAST UJk u»» vwi Mm ma*> '•"n AIU Li**rp*M I* Pt/TaOay Apr 12 'ATtttUa lutriMl. DutH.n, disgow Apr 12 Apr 14 Apr 14/11 Apr 17 mbmbn msiiiin, I'paal. rxum ah n Ar il An w/a at ti (LPfNOI Kavri. LinrpMl. Glasgow Ar It *r 21
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      1604 13 li:e ben line steamers ltd. •■lO* IBIIOINC SIMCAPORI tfi *UV% IXPWSI St*»ICI I* IBUBBN LIVEBPBBI A CBNTINtNtIL PIRTt i i'M'i I'll* -mi| <- M i af lih r-a.-i A'tap BBja i|<l> apt 14/21 Aat U/ I tMuukAN .t L*. i peal. Roam. Hull. H'oui| Apr 21 2 Api 25 21
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      1298 13 w. McALISTER <Sc CO.. LTD V^X TEL, M* UI3I yuSik tIXIRNAN LIMB Hi KLAVBMESS LlMfc ia*wiN MiMiuit loniiOAM 10s ancelis. San manci^lu HAVRE I NULL SiAITIE. VINrOUVER I PORTLAND eat m mmmv e>ri u;V,c. c St<tl WS+ »P. 3 Ma, 21 3l\.r HINCAONt »0«k lISAM NAGOia 21 21 May 4
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    KUALA LUMPUR RUBBER PRICES
    214 14 APRIL first gra«* rubber •wyar* f.e.b. closed at 5 p.m. In Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 77! cent* per lb. down half a cent on Monday's closing price. Tbe tone was quiet. FEDERATION OF MALAYA RUBBIR CXCHANCI closim; prices in cents per lb. yesterday: Int. 1 R.S.S.
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    SINGAPORE'S RUBBER PRICES
    228 14 APRIL Urst grade rubber buyer* f.e.b. closed at p.m. In Singapore yestoday at 771 eenta per lb. down threeeighths ot a cent on Monday's closing price The closing ton* was very quiet. t.C C..R.A. cloatnn prices In cents per lb. 'yesterday: Int. 1 R. 8.8. prompt buyer*
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    120 14 CNINItB Produce Biohange tlngasera mm ariaM per picul yesterday: Cecenvt ell: trulk $40 sellers, drum $43 Mllers, Ceava: April TTK/Contlnent $2* buyers, $29 seiieni, ■>*a>per: Muntok wblte $162s sellers. Sarawak white $160 aellera, apeclal Sarawak black $122t seller*, garbled Lampong Mack $122 i sellers, ASTA $132t sellers 6inga#ere
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    MALAYAN TOBACCO OFFER: ALLOTMENT OUT TODAY
    362 14 Prom Our Market Correspondent rE eagerly awaited basis of allotment for stock in Malayan Tobacco Ltd. can be expected to be announced this afternoon. It now appears that ."><;. 000 applicants applied and that they have subscribed an amount little short of S7O million.
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    STOCKS INDICES
    23 14 Malayan stork Indlrr* April 9 April 10 Industrial*: 174.46 174.89 Tim: 317.06 316.93 S rubbers: 193.54 193.84 .lan. 1 1958 100.
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    766 14 BUSINESS on the Malayan Stock. Exchange. Federation section yesterday with the number ol deals in brackets: Industrial*: Boustaad (1,000) $1.60; Dunlops (1,000) $1.63 ON, $1.64 OL.: Kaar Smelt (5.000) $3.03. (1,000) $3, $3 OL. $3 BL. (1,000) $3.02: F. and M. ords (1,000) $2 SO cd: Cammon
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    Tin at lowest level for one month: Rubber easier
    196 14 'PIN touched its lowest level for over a month on the Malayan market yesterday, a drop of a dollar for the second consecutive day taking the price down to $478.25 on an offering of 230 tons. In London overnight although business
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    CLOSING PRICES
    34 14 April 10. RUBBER PRICES SINGAPORE: 77} cents (down three-eights of a cent). K.L. cents (down half a cent). TIN: $478.25 per picu) (down SI). Estimated unofficial offering 230 tons (up 5 tons)
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    131 14 re Malayan firttani* Banac At•*«lati*n mad* th»n chaoses In lit rate* to meirhonta yesterday (all ratet to $100) New T*rk: nuytng TT 321. alrmni! OD SS, 90 d/at 431 credit bill*. .131 trade hills Canada: buying TT 34 9/10. airmail OO 34 11/16. 90 d/«t Ut credit bill*.
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    Aokam Tin
    15 14 Aokaaa sold 3.500 pleuls of tin concentrates In the quarter ended March 31.
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    SHIPS IN MALAYAN PORTS
    194 14 SHIM lying aUnind* t»M Kinga»or« wharvii t*day arai Boaalaw Bt*mt 44. Hunstetlum 1/2, Hoafb Dane IS. Krtntto Bakk* 6/7. Norway Maru 3539. Coromandel 45. Busamat "W. 2. Palao Kldjane NW. 8. '*rnt NW 3 Outtr r*ad>: Uafrta, Ounnot ReHntjl. *tv. Prstoria. Kuala Lumpur. Bmp O«nn*t. Tidra.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    91 14 MELBOURNE. Tues INVESTMENTS continued firmer. Oil* were steady with 4..0. G. movin? down Is. to *795. rod riuhu to 645. Base metal* wprr steady. \vhU« loans were steadier. n.b Bin in/ns MaaM isa ;r Ampol 1? '2s Con. BJaje, A Ct 71 10» lUr.ilii A.P M. 2« lua
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    OPTION PREMIUMS
    107 14 April 10 Trim- months (UNOFFICIAL QUOTATIONS) INDUSTRIALS F. N. 13 > -.3 CoM s-tiru -4. M. J3ox I? eta BtjasiaasilM m eta. Brfwerirs 27 fts. S Tlmrs v Rohinsoa 9 ct*. i*. Tiaaai* 8. Darby Sd I'nlimj 1.1 <it W Jarka B ct* MININGS A. Amal 2/: i
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    Guthrie results
    61 14 Output from the states »nd mines in the Guthrie Acencv iMalara) Ltd.. Group tor March and for 1962 toriato in brackets I nre n.« follows:— I Rubber 6 370 000 Ib. (23.179 o<>o lb.): tea i black 158.000 n>. (440.5001 b >; palm oil 3.156 ions <8.362 tOM):
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    Rubber crops
    36 14 March crops notified by H.irrlsons Cra^rleld (Federation of Malaya) Ltd. were H follows: BenU 123.500 Ib.; .lerum Kuantan 65.0001 b.; Kundone I'.in.iong Pao 144.7401 b.; Mentakab 77.0001 b. and Sangei Baean Ltd. 153.000 !b.
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      814 14 TO AUSTRALIA S.S. "ORCADES" (28,000 torn fully oircondrtions* rittad with stobilisars) departing PENANG 21st. Apnl 1962. SINGAPORE 22nd. April 1962. toi framantla 27Mi April, Atialoid* 30th April, Mclbourna Ist. May. and Sydrtay 4th May. Limitad FIRST CLASS AccewaiisiaMeii Avoilobla apply to your Travel Afant fJtaa* SLAY KERR A CO. LTD.,
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      460 14 CORRIGENDUM Reference Noticr of Life Insurance Corporation ol India conrrrnins; the loss of Polii-v nuinlM r«-<l 2 1790 b on the hi. of .Mr. U T. N'ambiar published in the Straits Times of April 3. "on the life of Mr. O. T. Nambiar" is corrected to read, "on the life
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      2047 15 FEDERATION OF MALAYA GOVERNMENT VACANCIES 1. Applications sre Invited from Federal Citizens. (If women unmarried), and from permanent serving Government officers including those on probation, for appointment to the FEDERAL GENERAL CLERICAL SERVICE. Salary Scale: Men $137.50 x 7.50 162.50/ 199 x 14- 227/254 xl 4 -394/408 x 14- 478
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      987 15 (Continued from Pase 8) SITUATIONS VACANT tit Worda U (Mm.)— Box tt < I*, txtrm STIAM AND MECHANICAL nnru required full and part time employment. Box A69SO S.T. (Spore). COOK QiNIMAL AMAN required Immediately Canton*** preferred for ■mall Enjcllsa family aoUaad Village Tel: (B'por*) eOSW. A MALAY INGUSH Ptibllostloas Singapore
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      846 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT If Word, tt (Min.)— Sox it eta. extra ■PJANCOON CARDEN tally furaisbed s*ml-4etacbed Garden Tvrraoe, with servant* room and porch. Available from 1-5-62. Pleas* pbooe (B'pore) sIIOS. FULLY FURNISHED FLAT, two bedrooma, dinlac/sltting room, reraa> dah, servant* quarter refrigerator, m.a, Ulepboor. Cairn lull Road. B'por*. Plea** phone 233V4.
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      1054 15 TUITION I* Word, U (Min.)— Box It eta. txtrm ASIA OHIVINO SCHOOL Matraaoer UMua* S2O/-. Complete S5O/-. Ooarante*d 575-. Dual -coorrol lad cars. qualibed instructors 6< Orchard Roa4. M'oar* Pboa* 3z?w» TAYLOR STUDIO holda RAD Ballet claase* dally. Mornings— Afternoons. Also Tap dancinK. Telephone 292H3 V M.C.A. Tennis Pavlltoo Bra*
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      1007 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 2* Word, ti (Min.)— Box St tta. txtrm M.C.T.O. 1953 Vanguard '32 (K. Prefect '99 $1,400 only). All tn excellent condition. Views: Auk's Motors, 63 Tsnclia Road (B'por*). Tel. *****. LATE 1953 DECEMBER Ford Popular, one owner with Insurance tt Tax. View at 794. Mount bat ten
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      943 15 FOR SALE It Warda ti (Min.)— Box tt tta. txtro HICKORY "DARE" tb* Bra wltb th* i- ib that* young! Right Wildly Glamorous! Vanity. 32 Raffle* Place. Spore. MARKLIN MODEL TRAINS, Ace**- sories and Lay-outs available, or made to order. Btarllt* 13-3 Clifford Arcade. Tel: ***** B'pore. f FOR ORCHID
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      355 15 WHERE TO STAY (Fed.) It Wordt tit (Minimum) Dmilw 1 month. It Wordt SI.SO (Mm.) STRAITS VIEW MODERN ll.'-l room (12.00, air-condiuonao plu* (ZOO. Pdoo* J.B. 2133/4. JOHORC HOTEL! JB. BnKltsn. Cantonese rood AircooditioDtd Kooma. PDOO* V.tt.5,8. WHERE TO EAT (Spore) tt Wordt $10 (Minimum) Dmilm 1 month. It Wordt
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      USAHA-SETIA IS PICK IN PLATE SPRINT
      839 16 MICKEY'S MOUNT TO SCORE TODAY gEVEN-YEAR-OLD Usaha-Setia is my choice against a formidable field in the Manchester Plate (Race 5) over 6f at Bukit Timah this afternoon. His trainer. Eddie van Breukelen. has brought him back to peak form. He has been going like
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      1468 16 ACCEPTORS and riders for the rz. A second day of the Singapore F °c"«-©n Derby meeting at Bukit Tlmah this I orm afternoon: Race 1: 2.30— Cl 4 IMv 4-6£ 1 09 Nocturne (Gilfillan ii Ue St.) R. Breuk., 3 9.0 1 'Urn 3 0427 Director II
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      117 16 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY HOLNTER Rac« I MARCHESA Roll-In Rilnhow'i End RAFFLES SQ. MarchesA Roll-In MARtHESA Rainbow* End Roll-In B*ce t KAI TERE Part Piku Bellehi ARINA GOLD Kal Tere Pan Pun PARI PABSC Kal Tere Anna Gold IftM S NAZAREH DUna's Pride Chor-PATong CHOR-PAVONG N'azareh IVrfumr
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      687 16 JABATAN KERJA RAYA. PERAK Tenders tor bitumen surfacing of the following rural roads in :he Larut and Ma tang Dirtrict will be received at the office of the Jurutera Negeri. Perak, Ipoh up to 3.00 p.m. on 19th April. 1962 from Contractors in Classes as mentioned against each of the
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      685 16 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT PERAK GOVERNMENT VACANCIES. Application? are invited Ironi Storekeepers servint? m Stale and Federal Departments In Perak to fill the post of Senior Storekeeper in the Public Works Department 'Perak on a salary scale of $310 X 14 422 per mensem plus allowances at current rates. 2. Only Storekeepers
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      303 16 Straits Times Crossword P7| 120 I l~"~^ ACROSS dropped by the customer per9. Might oral analysis be an aid <•>• to calculation' <9> And n th* l th» health 10. Private holiday? <s>. 'Dy*r> 11. Glossy coat appears to fade 14 Can u;»cked by th* cape, away without right ingredi-
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      Peruvians stoned by crowd
      468 17  -  TEOH ENG TATT CRISTAL TWICE HAD 12 MEN ON FIELD IN MIDST OF CHANGES By Singapore, Tues REFEREE STOPS GAME WITH 4 MINS TO GO r |HE return soccer match between Singapore Joint Services and Sporting Cristal was abandoned four minutes from time tonight when a
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      Perak girls ready to meet S'pore
      149 17 Perak girls ready to meet S'pore TPOH. Tues. Perak women are 1 all set to play their first match in the Straits Times Cup Interstate soccer competition against Selangor. the holders, here on Sunday (5 pjn.). The Perak players had four practice matches last week. Twenty-one girls are in training.
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      Lock icon He hits the winning run but is dropped
      281 17 He hits the winning run but is dropped TEST SHOCK FOR NURSE pORT OF SPAIN, Tues. Yesterday was a day of mixed fortunes for West Indies batsman Seymour Nurse. First he heard that he had not been named for Friday's Fifth Test at Kingston, Jamaica, and later he made the
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      Lock icon Ceylonese team withdraw
      194 17 JUNIOR ASIAN CUP BANGKOK, Tues. Ceylon have withdrawn from the fourth Junior Asian Cup soccer competition which, opens here on Saturday. Vietnam, who were previously drawn in Group B, move into Group A to replace Ceylon. The teams now In the two groups are: Group A Malaya,
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      Lock icon Pereira wins tussle with ' attacking Greaves—
      55 17 Pereira wins tussle with attacking Greaves pEREIRA, the Benflca goalkeeper, snatches the ball from 1 Jimmy Greaves, the Tottenham Hotspur inside-left, in the European Cup semi-final second leg in London on Thursday night. Spurs won 2-1 but failed to stop the Portuguese champions from going to the final on a
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      FMAAU LIKELY to CHANGE DATES FOR'OPEN'
      182 17 FMAAU LIKELY to CHANGE DATES FOR 'OPEN' LTUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The dates for the Federation of Malaya AAUs open championships are likely to be changed from Aug. 16-18 to Aug. 9-11. This is because several of the 23 countries invited by the AAU have written to say that they considered
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      Malaya's chance to settle score
      330 17  -  NORMAN SIEBEL By Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday yyORKING on the entries received for the Asian Badminton Confederation team and individual championships to be played at the Stadium Negara here from April 21 to May 4, there is every possibility that Malaya will meet Thomas Cup champions
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      SPORTS SUMMARY
      139 17 SOCCER KIIIR CLP ■emi-nnais (XL): Kishan Dial 6 Cochrane 0; Jubliee, KlaMg 3 FMC 2. LEE CL'r FINAL (Klanß) Klang Police 3 Field Force. Dusun Tua 2. PENANG DIV. 1: Chinese Wanderers 3 Teachers College 2. TAIPING DIV. 2: Persatuan Melayu B 3 Thenavpn 1. IRIENDLY (Bentong): MES
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      ITS PALMER AGAIN IN MASTERS PLAYOFF
      249 17 ITS PALMER AGAIN IN MASTERS PLAYOFF AUOUBTA, Tues.— Arnold Palmer (U. 8.) won the American Masters golf title for the third time here yesterday with a four-under-par 68 In the 18--hole playoff against Gary Player (South Africa) and another American Dow Finsterwald. Player had a 71 for second place and
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      Winner by Renga
      47 17 MALACCA. Tues.— A goal scored during extra time by Q. Kengasamy enabled 6t. Francis Institution to beat Bandar Kabar Malays 3-1 In a semi-final of the Malacca Hockey Association's knockout competition here today. St. Francis will meet High School In the final on Thursday.
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      Lock icon Simpson scores 76 not out
      75 17 KARACHI. Tues.-A fine lnn£i(ts of 76 not out by Australian Bobby Simpson helped the Commonwealth cricket team beat the Pakistan Cricket Board of Control XI by nine wickets here today. Colin Cowdrey, who made 83 In the first Innings, scored 33 not out and was
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      Lock icon Burnley v Spurs in Cup Final
      298 17 Burnley v Spurs in Cup Final T O ND O N Tues. Burnley. First Division leaders, beat bot-tom-of-the-table Fulham 2-1 at Leicester last night in their English F.A. Cup semi-final replay to qualify to meet Tottenham Hotspur in the final at Wembley on May 5. Burnley, showing more skill in
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      Lock icon Dutch ban on Feyenoord
      84 17 THE HAGUE, Tues. Dutch soccer champions Feyonoord. who were knocked out of this season"! European Cup by Tottenham Hotspur, will not be allowed to compete In the European Cup next season if they retain the Dutch championship. Feyenoord players will not be considered for the Dutch
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      28 17 SWANSEA. Tues. The EngUi* Second Division football match between Swansea and Liverpool on Saturday has been postponed because of tie outbreak of smallpox in South Wales. Reuter.
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      140 17 SPORTS DIARY SOCCER SPORE BUSINESS HOUSES DIV. 1: Cold Storage v HK Bank: Eyeready v Spore Glass; Mercantile Bank v Wearnes (all matches at Farrer Park). DIV. 2: NTS v Shell (Farrer Park); Traction v Metal Box < padang). DIV. 3A: Wearnes A v Bramtoco (padang); Sime Darby v Bata
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    Top Govt. men have changed outlook: Aziz
    219 18 HHHK President of the A Malayan Civil Service Association, Inche j Abdul Aziz bin Veop. said in a statement today that there had been a change of atti- tudc and outlook on IIM part of senior Government officers since Merdeka. Inche Abdul Aziz
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    Speed the rural uplift plan —Razak
    366 18 Speed the rural uplift plan Razak JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday. THJN Abdul Razak. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural Development, today told heads of Government departments in Johore to hold "morning prayers" every week. He said they should ensure close co-ordination between the Federation Government and the State Government to
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    Kennedy film
    37 18 HOLLYWOOD. Tues. Actor ClifT Robertson will portimv President John F. Kennedy in "T-109." the movie version of his exploits' as a naval officer during World War Two in the South Pacific, it was announced today.
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    DEATH
    17 18 PAfENFUS on April «>t, 1962. Hendri k Ix)in« Nidiolai Pai<enfun of Buk'.t SrrempanK R*tate Tan*kak. Jabore
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    DEATH
    46 18 COH IWEI LONG alias Gob All Kow age 64 of 14 Recrration Road, Singapore paiMd away peacefully on 6/4/6J leaving behind 2 widow*. 4 son*. 1 daughter. 3 daughtem-ln-law, 1 ton-in-law. 1 grand aon-in-law and 16 Krandchlldren. Funeral from Teochew Funeral Parlour, 15/1/62 10.30 a.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    53 18 THE FAMILY OF th» late Dato Kumia Saktl Toh Enc Hoc (hank all lr..ndi- and relative* for the many t-xi'fi ncion* of lympathy. generous donation- to the frrr trxt book* Lendidc Library Trust Fund and the Hua I.lan High School, attendant at the funeral and valuable amlstanc^ r»-n--irrr<t during
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    Lock icon Education target for Asian nations
    176 18 Education target for Asian nations npOKYO, Tues. The x first Asian Education Ministers conference here today unanimously approved a statement which reaffirmed member nations' efforts to i enforce seven years of primary education by 1980. The statement requested that the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization <U:iescoi put together
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    'My Job' talks at YMCA
    68 18 SINGAPORE. Tues—A series of talks on vocational guidance every Wednesday will begin at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Young Men's Christian Association in Orchard Road. At the meeting. Mr. Lawrence Lav will speak on "My Job as a Soldier". Mr. Llm Guan Sock on "My
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    31 18 NEW YORK. Tues. The State Supreme Court last night temporarily blocked a strike by 15.000 of the city's 40.000 teachers by issuing a show-cause order against the teachers. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon I can't believe it,' says Oscar -winner Rita
    124 18 - HOLLYWOOD. Tues.— Rita Moreno, a Latin beauty with flashing eyes who won the best supporting actress Oscar last night for her performance in "West Side Story," said in her acceptance speech: "I can't believe it. Good lord!" Miss Moreno had flown from
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    PAP FEAR OF COLD RECEPTION FROM THE PEOPLE: BARISAN
    206 18 PAP FEAR OF COLD RECEPTION FROM THE PEOPLE: BARISAN SINGAPORE. Tuesday. T<HE BARISAN Sosialis today said that fear of a A cold reception from the people in the State was keeping PAP leaders "locked up in their air-con-ditioned rooms." The PAP leaders' only way of meeting the people, said a
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    WORK ON NEW CAR PARK BEGINS
    147 18 WORK ON NEW CAR PARK BEGINS CINGAPORE. Tues. Construction began today on the city's first multi-storey car park a Government project in the heart of the town. The $2 million, six-storey building will go up on the car park bounded by Cecil Street. Market Street and Cross Street. The car
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    Inche Yusof at photo show
    52 18 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Yang dl-Pertuan Negara.' Inche Yusof bin Ishak. will declare open the Singapore Photographic Society's second* colour international salon at the Victoria Memorial Hall on May 4. A selection of 270 slides from 1.359 submitted by 349 participants from 33 countries will be
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    Lock icon Medal for Glenn
    46 18 WASHINGTON, Tues. Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. yesterday became the 21st person in more than 50 years to receive the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal. The first one was presented to Adm. Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole In 1906.— U.P.1.
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    Two planes down in Channel
    88 18 Two planes down in Channel rE HAGUE, Tues. Two aircraft were reported down in the English Channel 15 miles from the Lizard, a Cornish cape, early today according to a signal from Lands End radio heard here. The signal said that there were three crew members In each aircraft. Lands
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    LONDON STOCKS
    383 18 LONDON, Tues. There was an early widespread advance in industrials on the London slock exchange today in response to the Chancellor's Budget proposals. However, the new tax on speculative capital gains had a restraining effect on business and a reactionary tendency developed later but the general tone remained
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    PALACE ON A HILL TO GIVE WAY TO MONUMENT
    365 18 PALACE ON A HILL TO GIVE WAY TO MONUMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A PALACE standing on a 230 ft. hill in the Lake Gardens here will be pulled down lo make way for the national monument. The palace is the Istana Hinggap Negeri Bernbilan, the Kuala Lumpur residence of the
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    Lock icon Dockers in Australia v stop work for a day
    137 18 MELBOURNE. Tues. Australia's 22,000 dock workers began a 24-hour stoppage at midnight in prot c s t. against the penal provisions of the Australian Stevedoring Industry A v t h o r i t v (Amendment) Act. The workers will lose
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      43 18 The Weather UIGHEST and lowest tempera tures lor Malaya and Singapore for the period 8 p.m. Monday to 8 p.m. yesterday Highest Lowest Kuala Lumpur M 72 Kota Bharu 00 73 Penang 88 73 Ipoh 93 II Malacca 90 72 Singapore 88 73
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