The Straits Times, 1 February 1963

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  • 339 1  - 'LANDING' IN JOHORE GUNBOAT DRAMA JACKIE SAM Heavily armed Indonesians set fire to beached tongkang: Malayan police stop them from towing boat away By JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. AN Indonesian gunboat invaded MaJayan waters yesterday and set fire to a rubber-laden tongkang beached at Tanjong Piai, on the south-western tip of
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  • 331 1 Aza leaves Manila Jakarta first stop, then off to Cairo MANILA, Thurs. Brunei rebel leader A.M. Azahari left here today by ait* for Jakarta. He travelled by Garnda Indonesian Airways. Before leaving he said the Borneo revolution would continue. He was accompanied by bis wife, Hamidah, three-year-old daughter, Zaida, and
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  • 363 1 By FELIX ABISHEGANADEN: KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday SULTAN 1 of Brunei arrived here by plane tonight for what is believed to be talks of the terms under which his State will enter Malaysia. Officially, however, he Is here for a "short rest" and to spend some
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  • 38 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. No one would believe him. but two veterinarians at Louisville, Kentucky, yesterday confirmed Tanner Marion Gregory's report: Betty, a nanny t. ye birth on Monday to two goats and a cheep— black.
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  • 60 1 KUCHING, Thurs. The floods in Sarawak 'B First Division are receding and the Resident. Mr. O. Lloyd Thomas, this evening reported "considerable improvement." It was learnt today that two people have been drowned a 76--year-old man living alone in the Selalang area, near Bau, and a
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  • 76 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. Neither storm nor sleet nor gloom of night is responsible for the 2.000 mailbags piled up on the tropical isle of Ambon. The postmen have Just quit their appointed rounds for better jobs. The official news agency Antara here reported that due to
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  • 205 1 MANILA, Thurs. OPPOSITION party leaders urged in the Cdngress the recall of the Philippine delegation to the London talks on security problems of South -East Asia In the light of what they described as President Macapagal's "premature" pronouncements on the North Borneo question in his State of
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  • 136 1 |HE Philippine Vice President and Foreign Minister. Mr. Emmanuel Pelaez, in an exclusive interview with Hall Romney. the Straits Times representative in London, has listed what he regards as the reasons for the deterioration of relations between his rountrv and Malaya. Malaysia proposal he
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  • 998 1  - HALL ROMNEY I By -LONDON, Thursday- WHEN I called at his London hotel to see the Philippine Vice-President and Foreign Minister, Mr. Emmanuel Pelaez, leading his country's delegation to the talks here with the British Government on political and defence problems in South-east Asia, other members of the delegation were
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  • 537 1 Thant offer: A call for details UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. British and Malayan delegates yesterday conferred with U Thant, U.N. Secretary-General, who hinted on Tuesday that he was ready to offer his good offices if the situation over Brunei and North Borneo worsened Mr. Colin Crowe, deputy British representative, was a
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  • 30 1 SPACE WEAPONS BAN 1 CALL WASHINGTON. Dean Rusk, 8e cretin of Slite. today called for international ban on plating in orbit of poos of mass destru< I Keuter.
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  • AFRO-ASIAN DESK
    • 344 2 A bad year, but not for Malaya or S'pore LONDON, Thursday, 'J HE 15 South-East Asian member countries of the Colombo Plan were warned yesterday they must each mobilise their own savings in Increasing amounts to finance development programmes. The Colombo Plan's consultative committee, which met ln Melbourne last November,
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    • 109 2 TSHOMBE'S BANK IS HANDED OVER ELISABETHVILLE, Thurs. The former Katanga National Back was formally handed over yesterday to officials of the Central Congolese Government. The bank will now be known as the Elisabethvllle branch of the Congo Monetary Council. As the Congolese flag was hoisted on the bank building, Mr.
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    • 28 2 NEW DELHI. Thurs.— The. Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr. Subandrlo, will shorten his visit here by three days and now plans to return home on Saturday. UPI
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    • 102 2 V'EW DELHI. Thurs. A Joint mission of air force experts from Britain, the United States. Canada and Australia arrived here today to advise the Indian Government on the defence of Indian cities ln the event of air attack by the Chinese. India must decide whether
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    • 28 2 BEIRUT, Thurs. Twenty people died and seven were Injured when a condemned ftte-atorey apartment building collapsed at Tripoli. BO miles north of hertv— UPI
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    • 33 2 JAKARTA. Thurs.— The Unltsd States and the Soviet Union have both ottered to help develop Indonesian tin mining off the Sumatra coast the official b*™* agency Antara said today.— UPl
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    • 117 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Mr. Robert McNamara. the Defence Secretary, said yesterday that the situation in Laos was still "quite precarious". He said In testimony Defore the House Armed Service! Committee that the U.S. had withdrawn its military advisers and tralnlri" m\ff\nnf from Laos but had no assurances
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    • 46 2 BAIOON, Thurs.— a homemade grenade exploded Inside a packed town theatre, nine miles ouuide Saigon last night, killing the woman director of a Vietnamese drama troupe performing on the stage and taftr* Ing five spaotaton. Sertral children war* among those wounded.
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    • 174 2 No dates to break the fast in Jakarta JAKARTA, Thurs Indonesian Muslims are being denied the traditional dates to break their fast every evening. The religions Affairs Minister. Mr. K. H. Saifuddin Zuhri, and the Trade Ministry have agreed to cancel all dat» imports. Mr. Zuhri told the official Indonesian
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    • 68 2 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs The Indonesian shipping firm Pelni will begin operations in March between West New Guinea coastal ports and Singapore. A United Nations announcement from Hollandia. headquarters of the UN. administration of West New Guinea, said Pelni will take over from the Dutch
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    • 154 2 JAKARTA, Thursday. ESTIMATES or flood refugees here alone have risen to 40.000, according to a report Antara news agency said 9,700 tons of American rice I were due in today to supplement 20,000 tons shipped in from the United Arabic R* public during the past fortnight.
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    • 141 2 WASHINGTON. Thur&— Adm. Harry D. Felt (above), U.S. Pacific Commander, predicted yesterday that the American-backed Government of South Vietnam would win its war against Communist guerrillas within three years. He also told a news conference he did not think Communist China or
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  • U.S.-EUROPEAN DESK
    • 622 2 Britain and the nuclear blackmail by Macmillan ONDON, Thurs. Mr. Macmillan declared here yesterday: "It is right and salutary that a Briti s h Government, whatever the conditions of a particular dispute, should be in a position to make its own decision without fear of nuclear blackmail." He was opening
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    • 140 2 LONDON, Thnrs. A carpet of fresh snow awwd meat of Britain yesterday and weathermen predicted that freeslag temperatures would return to England and Wales after a four-day thaw. Starring magpies, prerenUd by snow and Ice from getting their usual food, have been attacking cattle In
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    • 328 3 Not a disaster says -Wilson- LONDON, Thurs. Mr. Harold Wilson, Labour "shadow" Foreign Secretary, last night praised Mr. Edward Heath, Britain s Chief Common Market negotiator, for his industry and patience and "not least his restraint in these very difficult past days." Then he told the House of Commons: "Now
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    • 607 3 8AD...8AD...8AD for Britain for Europe for free world LONDON, Thursday. J^|R. HAROLD Macmillan, in a nationwide broadcast last night on the failure of Britain's Common Market negotiations, said: "What has happened in the last few weeks has really revealed a deep division of beliefs between us and
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    • 206 3 Cabinet backs de Gaulle veto on Britain PARIS, Thurs. The French Cabinet yesterday announced Its full approval of Gen. de Gaulle's action in breaking off the Brussels Common Market talks with Britain, It did so during a three-hour meeting at which both Gen. de Gaulle and the Foreign Minister. Mr.
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    • 187 3 BONN, Thursday. /CHANCELLOR Adenauer and the West German Cabinet unanimously approved yesterday a statement regretting the failure of the Common Market Six to agree to continue negotiations for I Britain's entry. The Cabinet "noted with pleasure that Britain maintained its desire to enter the Market." The
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    • 87 3 PRE-MARITAL SEX PROBLEM AMONG U.S. UNDERGRADS WASHINGTON. Thurs. An Increasing number of American undergraduates are engaging in pre-mari-tal sexual relations, a group of professors reported today. "Crises are Inevitable, soulsearching routine and confusion rampant, as sex behaviour and sex ethics have become national problems, unacknowledged, unsavoury and unsolved." Professor Kate
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    • 230 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. MR. Robert McNamara, the U.S. Defence Secretary said yesterday there was increasing evidence that the structure of world Communism had been fractured, perhaps irreparably by the SinoSoviet rift. He said In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, that the West might
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    • 177 3 PARIS. Thurs. A Paris court yesterday granted a divorce to Brigitte Bardot and her husband, actor Jacques ('harrier, in a cross-petition in which each alleged "serious insults." Brigitte, 28, and Charrier. 26, were married at Louvecienne near Paris in June, 1959. A son, Nicolas, was
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 51 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby i^TUfN ALICE SAID TiUT"\ /'BUT SUE ALTERED we wad wad EXACTLY tub collar. ...and TUt OAM6 TOOUOLE J I I BOUGHT Tt,E MINK I \J*/irujJCJl coat V coat we gaw in \y~^ VseEDPoofevuNCtfW/ f^AH HA? I KMW VOcT\ WEC6NT LISTENIKJG TO \WMAT I WAS CAYINO,/
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  • 404 3 Spy probe told of rumoured flight of Vassall, Galbraith LONDON. Thurs A GOVERNMENT spy inquiry here was told yesterday about? rumours that Admiralty clerk William Vassall and former Civil Lord of the Admiralty Mr. Thomas Galbraith planned to "do a Pontecorvo" and flee to the East from Italy last year.
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  • 167 3 QUICK LOOK ROUND 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 > i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 JACKSON. (Mississippi), Thurs. Negro James Meredith announced yesterday he would continue for a second term at
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  • 130 4 Malay can be used in lower court I -Sheridan SINGAPORE, Thurs. The former Dean of Law Faculty, Universi t y of Singapore, Prof. L.A. Sheridan, said today that the national language could be used in the lower courts. But he cautioned that difficulties in the use of the Malay language
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  • 355 4 Simple methods of birth control could halt this tragedy, says Lee SINGAPORE, Thursday. fJHH Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has expressed concern over the number of incomplete abortions and the tragedy of unwanted children in the State. Mr. Lee referred to this in a message
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  • 29 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The final of the Koran reading competition in Singapore for this year will be held at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday, at 8 pjn.
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  • 423 4 Voting registers on display to the public OINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Government has announced that electoral registers for 1962 will be open to the public for inspection at 51 centres between Feb. 1 and 15 for the purpose of completing the revision of the registers. Between the same dates, and
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  • 290 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. rpHE United Nations SpeX cial Fund has approved about $1.5 million aid to Singapore to help set up of a light industries service unit, the Economic Development Board announced today. The board said the Singapore Government would put up about another $3 million to
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  • 264 4  - 'Sweetheart' Vera will sing for troops in SOH TIANG KENG By SINGAPORE, Thurs. As singer Vera Lynn, the darlinr of British Servicemen, stepped out of her plane at Singapore airport tonight, she rave a lone sigh, and exclaimed: "The beat and humidity here oh, how it reminds me of my
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    • 393 4 IN AND OUT BY AIR THE following Is today's sche- DEPARTURES dule of civil aircraft move- Cathay Pacific: To Kuala ments at Paya Lebar airport. Lumpur, Bangkok. Hong Kong. Singapore* Taipeh. Osaka <CX 730) 8 am. Qantas: To Bangkok. Calcutta, ARRIVALS Karachi. Cairo, Frankfurt. LooAir India: Prom Madras (AI don
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  • 388 5 Govt policy 'wrinkling our flesh/ says Lee PENANG, Thursday. •JHE chairmaai of the City Council's transport committee, Mr. Lee Kok Liang, said today the present government policy on the admission of Malay capital into the transport industry was "shrivelling our very flesh." "Its absurd to apply this principle to the
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  • 70 5 ALOR STAR. Thurs. A Kangar hospital clerk and his pillion passenger were robbed of $220 by four armed men at the 4» 2 milestone. Arau-Kan-gar main road early this morning. Syed Bulat bin Syed Alwl 33. was riding with Inche Ahmad bin Alias, 25. on the
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  • 132 5 Two held after robbery in Gardens KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Two men posing as policemen went up to a courting couple in the Lake Gardens here yesterday and robbed them of $35. The couple were walking along Swettenham Road when the two men asked them to show their identity cards. The
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  • 68 5 Waller pays courtesy call in lpoh IPOH. Thurs. Mr. E. O. Waller last nominated chairman of the lpoh Town Council before it was elevated to a Municipality in May last year, paid a courtesy call on the Municipal President, Mr. S. P. Seenivasagam, here today. He spent an hour at
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  • 38 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Acting Sub-Lieutenant Khor Tln.im Siew lias been granted a retfiilar commission in the Royal j Malayan Navy in the rank of sub- lieutenant with effect from July. 1960. a Government Gazette announced here today.
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  • 50 5 PENANG. Thurs. A butcher. Ooh Lye Choon. 48. woke up at 530 this morning to find his car. which lie hud parked outside his house in Magazine Road, missing Five hours later. Goh recovered it in a back lane nearby, but with spare tyre missing.
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  • 154 5 The pitfalls of studying in Germany envoy SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore students were today warned of the pitfalls of undergraduate study in Germany. The German ConsulGeneral in Singapore. Mr. Wolfgang Bente. said in a statement that local students would find It difficult to switch to the free study system In German
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  • 288 5 Malays: A 50 p.c. claim on pioneer jobs By TAN TOCK SAIK KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The president of the Associated Malay Chambers of Commerce. Inche Mahmud bin Ambak, today called on the Government to insist that at least 50 per cent of the staff of pioneer industries should be Malays.
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  • 55 5 KLANG. Thurs.— A schoolTirl. Thee Ah Lok. 12. was pored by a pig in Pandamaram new village today. She was iniured in the abdomen and has been placed on the danger list in the hospital here. A passerby went to her help when he heard her
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  • 50 5 BANTING. Ttiurs.— A total of 760 land owners of Kuala Lanßat District have been iniormed by the Collector ol Laud Revenue. Inche Sulaiman bin Oman, that their lands will be auctioned at the Telok Datoh Land Office on Feb. 26 to recover arrears of quit rent.
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  • 45 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— A former boxer. Allan Peter Bailey de Souza. ailaa Allan Peter. 31. who appealed against an Assize Court sentence of four years" Jail for carrying a revolver, had his conviction and sentence confirmed by the court of criminal appeal today.
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  • 85 5 rr»HE Minister of Trans X port, Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, drives a fork lift truck at the opening of the new transit shed of wharf No. 8 at Port Swettenham yesterday. The shed which has an area of 13,360 sq. ft cost $141,000. It is
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  • 168 5 KOTA BHARU. Thursday. Tf ORE than 2,000 families living in newly-built IIR wooden shophouses here will be asked to find other accommodation. Within the next few years millions of dollars will be spent on re-plan-ning Kota Bharu. The wooden shophouses will have to make way
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  • 168 5 Assault that was 'purely' private SINGAPORE, Thurs. A bank executive officer, who was punched publicly by a Junior colleague, told a court today that he considered the assault "purely a private matter." "It is correct to state It has nothing to do with the i bank." added Mr. V. A.
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  • 29 5 KLANG. Thurs.— The Pederaton Koran reading competition will l>held at the Stadium Negar.i on Feb. 10. Competitors will be state competition winners from all over the Federation.
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  • 148 5 From GILBERT WOODEN CEREMBAN, Thurs.— A van driver, Manan bin Aki d, 38, was stabbed to death today after a van he was driving knocked down a four-year-old boy. The child, Saidon bin Puteh, was admitted to the General Hospital. His condition is reported to be
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  • 82 5 I PENANG. Thurs. Fifty sacks of old clothing collected for the Sarawak flood victim.s will be sent from Penang oy RAAF transport tomorrow. Today, the Sisters ol the Penang Convent, assisted by several volunteers, were sortI ing out various bundles forwarded to the main
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  • 49 5 SEREMBAN. Thur.s.— A total of 130 people were arrested in Negrl Sembihin for gambling durum the Chine>e New Year, a police spokesman said today. Seremban district topped the list with 33. Port Dickson 30. Kuala Pilah 24. Jeiebu 22. Bahau 11 and 1 Tamoin 10
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  • 159 5 MINE EMPLOYEES, OWNERS IN TALKS ON BONUS IPOH. Thursday. rpHE National Mining Workers' Union began A negotiations here today with representatives of European tin mining companies on annual bonus or incentive pay. At the end of a two-hour meeting, Mr. Choy Kirn Swee, president of the union, said: "Our discussions
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 251 5 Straits Times Crossword ROSS 6. 1377-1485. a In BBC (3. 2, 5). 8. 9. Cave irrigation by Latin 7. Joined m duetv <6>. queen (8. 6). 13. One set I could mttke .th 10. 24 m. Gather fruit to show care < 1 0 once more <B>. 16. A text
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  • 29 6 _fO »*orda_ SifJWiiUiiuiisi) IN LOVING MEMORY of Madam rea Bel lint, wbe null away on L.2.60. "Goo* but never forgot tan Inserted by her i«M*an and grand•i.irfn.
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  • 665 6 The Straits Times Friday, February 1, 1963. Killing The Lie The recall of the Malayan Ambassador to Indonesia quite possibly can be interpreted as no more than a desire to follow Indonesia's example. The Indonesian Ambassador left Kuala Lumpur a month ago. But would it not have been much better
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  • 287 6 The National Iron and Steel Mills Ltd., till now the lone occupant of Singapore's Jurong industrial estate, will soon acquire its first neighbour. Work starts next month on a shipyard a $30-million joint venture by IshikawajimaHaiima Heavy Industries of Japan and the Singapore Economic Development Board. There is
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  • 253 6 There has been no lack of vigour in the Government's efforts to find for the Malays a larger place in commerce and industry. Malays serve on the boards of many important enterprises, and there is an encouraging number in executive and near-executive positions Nor can anyone be
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  • 417 6 2,000 famous voices go on record by GAVIN YODN6 NEW YORK, Thurs Mr. William Ewart Gladstone, Britain's grand old man of 19th century politics, was to be heard repeating load and clear this week what he said in 1888— in a hlgh-ceUinged apartment over Manhattan's Carnegie Hall His voice recorded
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  • 1199 6  - Problems that prosperity brings JOHN CAMPBELL THOUGH THE JAPANESE MAY NEVER HAVE HAD IT SO GOOD- from TOKYO Thursday JAPAN is discovering like Western countries before it that prosperity brings its own problems. There is a severe shortage of nurses, housemaids are becoming impossible to obtain, and service industries are
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  • LETTERS
    • 56 6 ADIBGUSTINO sight at the post office Is to see people licking stamps before sticking them on the envelope. This habit should be curbed, for It Is unhygienic. People with infectious diseases are bound to spread germs from their saliva. What's more, these germs may travel abroad through the
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    • 370 6 rE encouragement of house purchase will lessen greatly the burden of public bodies of providing houses for the people. It is i natural right for a man to own his own home and It Is quite possible by living frugally to buy one. But the State seems
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    • 181 6 ITtOR the past few years it m! has been customary for my mother to send presents from Britain to my cook's ten children for Chinese New Year. Included In the presents this year were three toy pistols. This involved a visit to the Customs Department of the Oeneral
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    • 83 6 Smoke at f^L Your Own Risk. Far more than lung cancer is involved. Recent American studies show that more cigarette smokers die of heart disease associated with smoking than from lung cancer. Many other illnesses from ulcers to pneumonia are aggraI vated by cigarette smoke. j The warning to smokers
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    • 1024 7 THE SKYSCRAPER AGE COMES TO AUSTRALIA NEW city skylines new suburbs new towns hundreds of thousands of homes hundreds of schools, hospitals, office blocks and factories these are some of the achievements of Australia's building industry during recent years. New trends. materials and techniques, the demand for lower costs and
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    • 634 7 Versatile Australian hardboard increasingly popular overseas A USTRALIAN hard- board, established as a versatile building material in its home country, is becoming increasingly popular overseas. Weekly shipments leave Australian ports for SouthEast Asian countries, where it is extensively used in schools, homes and offices In Australia, tough, easily-handled hardboard finds
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  • 349 8 PREFAB —THE HOUSE THAT COMES IN 'PACKET' DEVELOPMENT projects in Australia's inland areas have created a demand for a new type of building— the prefabricated building. This is a building which can be dismantled, moved and later erected on another site quickly and easily. Some of Australia's big projects, like
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  • 42 8 GONE ARE THE COLUMNS. OAKEN DOQRS THE ILLUMINATED facade of a modern suburban bank in Australia. The relative "freedom of design" in bank buildings offers great scope to architects and Australians have been quick to exploit this.
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  • 300 8 IN the vigorous economic and social climate of Australia, banks are leading other sections of the business world In a revolution in commercial and industrial architecture. With new bank premises being built throughout the country to cope with the
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  • 256 8 The suspended ceiling that's easilydemounted A NEW, fully concealed suspension system for rx ceiling panels, in which every panel is easily demountable, has been developed by an Australian company. The system is attracting great interest among architects and manufacturers of building materials. i It has great simplicity combined with high
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  • 134 8 PILE-DRIVER WITH THE MIGHTY PUNCH AUSTRALIAN firms A have designed and built what Is believed to be one of the most powerful pile-drivers in the world. The pile-driver was developed to drive the foundations for Melbourne's new art gallery and cultural centre. The foundations, 1,400 18-inch prestressed concrete piles which,
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  • 200 8 Pre-drying timber scientific way T ARGE, low coat ttrober pre -dryers, dere. loped by Australian scientists, enable timber to be dried in as little as one-tenth of the time required in natural air drying. Heated air is forced through the stacks of timber to reduce moisture content to the required
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    • 351 8 x££^ no. 22sb ■■■ftBHlRtaH ff^ m^"^T\ IMP ifaJi e very purpose! elfin* No. MSB P»dlOC> /JSvX Safe, inexpensive 5-disc A^x\ m I tumbler padlock. Solid dre-ca»» Iff case. Brass shackle. 900 key Ho. MJ Padlock Solid extruded brass caw. /tfrnfts s' Steel shackle. 4pm lumbur /£?£II!WV mechanism. 2,100 key changoa.
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  • 214 9 4 I STRALIAS fine hardwood timbers, already in considerable demand in many countries for railway sleepers, bridges, buildings, harbour works and many other uses have been made all the more attractive by the installation recently of a new big preservation plant. The plant,
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  • 383 9 VERSATILITY KEYNOTE OF CONCRETE /\NE of the main reasons for the extraordinary increase in Australia in the use of concrete for building construction Is the technical research that has gone on for years on the formulation and production of additives. n^ facturers of concrete The progress made in this field
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    • 423 9 i^^ \?\J vAli/«Jf I\f+Lm) MANUFACTURES \WS^^\ WELDING ELECTRODES »aiy) V-. jmifl Lincoln manufactures a huge range of electrodes and welding I\ r^ ♦> f machines to suit any requirements. A wide selection of electrodes, including the renowned Fleetweld and Jetweld types, is available in the correct type and size for
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    • 439 9 \jff CUPBOARDS FOR LINING WALLS FOR ROOM DIVIDERS TIMBROCK THE BUILDER'S BOARD White-ant Proofed Timbrock is a dark hardboard made from quality Australian hardwood. The large range of sheet sizes, from 6' to 12' lengths in 4' and 4' 6" widths, reduces wastage. Standard or oil-tempered boards available. ■WO^NmSJH SO
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  • 425 10 VISITORS to practically any part of Auslra lia remark on a national characteristic ol houses their red tiled roofs. Behind the millions of terra-cotta tiles which make up those roofs lies the story of an Australian industry which has become as diverse as the country
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  • 380 10 A USTRALIAN archlteci\ tural know-how mil Australian materials have combined in a revolutionary approach to* the problems of tropical living. They have produced a family home which is as cool and sturdy as it is unconventional and futuristic. Since its erection recently in Darwin, Australia's northernmost
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  • 469 10 ALUMINIUM CAUSES A BUILDING REVOLUTION r[OUSANDS of new applications for aluminium have been found, at a breathtaking rate, in less than a generation. Perhaps the most dramatic example of the metal's swing to popularity is in the building industry where it has caused a revolution in design. It is now
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  • 274 10 AUSTRALIA'S first speA clalised selling Mission, —the Building Materials Mission to Malaya and Singapore had won both Immediate and long-term successes, Australia's Minister for Trade. Mr. J. McEwen. said recently. The Mission leader. Mr. Henry Wllckens. President of the Master Builders Federation of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 203 10 JULY JtL jQmiJkdMf «H| E?l?\j d H\ mma\ a^a^a\.t^*ti* 9v<^~MiMMi Pl^^^^^j^MMl Hl IIIL A C»V*^^^*R^ a^^ ''^^^E l&tota^a^Baa^. S^jL**-"* f "wr^w vB^K Bfe *> From MASSEY-FERGUSON Australia... quality-built farm equipment for world farms The Massey-Ferguson Sunshine plant system of mechanised sugar cane har- For complete details of Massey-Ferguson is the
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  • 316 11 SHOPKEEPER IS PULLED FROM TAXI INTO CAR BY TWO MEN AND ROBBED OF $1,600 SINGAPORE, Thursday. 'J'HE immediate temporary alarm rang in all police stations at 9 a.m. today and within minutes more then 3,<MM* policemen were manning roadblocks to try to track down a gunman
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  • 83 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— After negotiating a corner at 10} mile, Upper Changi Road, a city-bound car wobbled and collided with an on-coming bus, an inquest was told today. Both the driver of the car. Lim Ba Ba. 23, and his passenger, Ang Teng Guan. 44,
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  • 63 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The British Ambassador to South Vietnam, Mr. H. A. F. Hohler, said here today that the South Vietnam Government was tight ing "a winning battle" against the Communist Vietcong. The Ambassador, accompanied by his wife, flew into Singapore by a Pan-American Jet from
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  • 46 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.—Professor J. S. Bastin, former Professor of History at the University of Malaya, left by air for Penang today on his way to Britain to take up a teaching lob at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Unnersitv of London.
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  • 199 11 Interdicted Singapore police officer now -sacked SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Assistant Superintendent of Police Cecil Cheng, 38, former chief of the Cantonese branch of the CID was sacked today a year after he was interdicted from duty. The Police secretary, Mr. T. Chelliah tonißht confirmed that Mr. Cheng had been dismissed "as
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  • 34 11 KUALA LUMPTJR, Thurs.— The appointments of Mr. Chan Peng Khuan, chief mechanical engineer and Inche Wa'ad bin Jamaluddin, staff manager, as deputy general managers of Malayan Railway. were gazetted here today.
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  • 84 11 TT'S play-time and Singapore's Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nynk Lin, joins the fun by rocking little Lim Seng Hnat on his toy horse. Mr. Yong was making an inspection tour yesterday of the Singapore Spastic Children's Association centre in Gilstead Road, where five-year
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  • 73 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Salvation Army commissioner Mr- Frederick W. Harvey, a well-known welfare worker for 20 years in Singapore, Is back on a sentimental Journey after an absence of eight years. Now head of the Salvation Army in South Korea, he sailed In two days
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  • 96 11 Eggs ban: Fourth bid to get it lifted SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Minister for National Development. Mr. Tan Kia Gan. flew to Kuala Lumpur today in another bid to persuade the Federation Government to lift its restrictions on the import of Singapore chicken, eggs and pigs across the causeway. He told
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  • 111 11 Mr. Tan, who was accompanied by Mr. Bim Kee Boon, the acting director of the Trade Division. Ministry of Finance, will hold discussions with Tengku Abdul Rahman, which he hoped "may lead to an early settlement." He hoped that agreement would be reached whereby Singapore would lift its
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  • 41 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— A course on "introduction to social work" will be held at the University of Singapore, lecture theatre 2 every Wednesday evening at 7.30 p.m. The course consists of 10 weekly lectures, the first of which began yesterday.
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  • 261 11 Birds and orchids on new Singapore stamps SINGAPORE, Thurs. First it was Malayan fishes. Now Malayan birds and orchids will grace the new postage stamps of Singapore, replacing all those with the Queen's heads issued in 1955. Pride of place goes to the hallaeetus laucogaster, a white-bellied sea eagle so
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  • 75 11 ANTI-TB WORKERS TO STRIKE SINGAPORE, Thurs. Employees of the Singapore Antt-Tuberculosis Association decided at an emergency meeting today to go on strike unless a "fair" settlement of their claims for improved salaries and working conditions is reached. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union, which represents them, had earlier served
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  • 50 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Police today appealed for information about the death of a man in Serangoon Garden Estate. The man, identified as Soune Rajoo Balasundram. unemployed. was found drowned in a drain in Serangoon Garden Way near Walmer Drive at 2 a.m. on Dec. 23 last year.
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  • 134 11 The 'I was poisoned' judge dies, 82 J(uala lumpur, Thurs. Sir Fiennes Barret t-Lennard, a puisne Judge in Singapore from 1920 to 1926, before becoming Chief Justice of Jamaica, has died in London aged 82. Sir Fiennes caused a sensation in 1932, when he retired from the Jamaican Legal Service,
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  • 117 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— A woman sentenced to three years' Jail for possessing a revolver and seven rounds of ammunition was released on appeal today. The Court of Criminal Appeal ordered that the sentence on the woman, Cheng Yoke Lan. should be reduced to the period she has
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  • 17 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federation Government has deprived another 270 people of their citieenshlD.
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  • 134 11 T7XALA LUMP I R. Thurs. IV The president of the War Department Civilian Staff Association, Mr. S. J. H. Zaidi. left today for Johore Bahru in an attempt to avert a threatened strike tomorrow by 400 of its Muslim members who have not
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  • 260 11 Contract work under fire from union SINGAPORE, Thurs The Singapore General Printing Workers' Union wants all printing firms to do their own printing Jobs and not farm them out to contract workers who work at lower rates. He claimed that contract workers would thus be exploited by taking work from
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 302 11 c LABORATORY CHEMIST Shell (Eastern) Limited require a CHEMIST to take charge in due course of their Laboratory on Pulau Bukom. It is not a research post. Applicants should have an Honours degree in Chemistry and 3 5 years Laboratory experience. Some administrative experience is desirable. Age should preferably be
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 193 11 RADIO MALAYA NATIONAL SHORTWAVE SERVICE 41.7 metres AM. 6.00 Time Signal. Nega-ra-lcu. News Headlines; 6.05 Morning Melodies; 7.00 Rendezvous With Music: 7.30 Time Signal, News; 7.35 Breakfast Club: 8.00 Time Signal. News In The National Language; 8.03 Top Of The Mornlne; 8.30 Housewives' Selections; 8.56 News Headlines; 9.00 Close Down:
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    • 192 11 And About: 900 Close Down: 11.00 Programme Summary; 11.03 Concert Pops; 11.30 Science Makes News; 11.45 Organ Caprice; P.M. 12.00 Midday Serenade; 12.30 Friday Pare; 1.30 News; 1.40 Perry Como Sings: 2.00 San Salvatore; 2.15 Calling The Housewife; 2.45 The Right To Happiness; 3.00 Close; 6.00 Programme Summary; 5.03 Harlem
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  • COMMERCIAL NEWS AND VIEWS
    • 397 12  - Tasek Cement now made public company HENRY PAUL RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED AT IPOH MEETING By AN extraordinary meeting of shareholders of Tasek Cement Ltd. in Ipoh, has unanimously adopted a resolution converting the company from a private into a public limited company. The authorised capital of the company is $20
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    • 48 12 The Japan Automobile Industrial Association announces that Japan's production of motor •.-•hides In 1962. of 990.705 units. hit an all-time record high. This was 21.7 per cent more than in tIM previous year. Of the output. 2G8.7*: were pass*- Tiger cars. 710.715 trucks and 11.206 buses.
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    • 151 12 MORE than a hundred produce merchants, business associates and their friends attended a corktail party given by the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange on Monday to mark thr traditional opening day of business after the Chinese New Year holidays The party also marked the 52nd anniversary of the
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    • 105 12 rpHE managing direc--1 tor of Beecham Overseas Ltd., Mr. D.F. Corbett, arrived in Kuala Lumpur last weekend for a short Malayan visit in the course of a tour of Beecham's Far East markets. Mr. Corbett. who arrived at the height of the Chinese New Year festivities,
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    • 49 12 France booned her tyre production last year by lour per cent, output totalling 275.000 tons compared with 264.906 tons in 1961. according to figures released in Paris yesterday. Exports roue slightly to 61.628 tons from 61,332 tons, and imports increased to 12.190 tons from 11 940 tons.
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    • 36 12 General Motors reports record sales and a net Income for 1962 at $4,377 million. $810 million more than the previous record figure in 1965 Sales reached $43,800 million compared with 38.100 million In 1960.
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    • 156 12 r[E demand for office equipment in Singapore and Malaya has increased enormously in recent years, according to Mr. J.G.F. Bylmer, managing director of Geo. Wehry and Co. (Ma- laya) Ltd. "The Increase in demand is three to four times more than that of a few years
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    • 88 12 United Traders Ltd.. the Penang firm of sharebrokers, gave a dinner for their clients at the Heong Kong Restaurant last week. Mrs. T. P. Khoo. Malaya's first woman feharebroker and a senior director of the firm, welcomed the guests in a brief speech. Replying on their
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    • 141 12 Local tour to boost paint sales MR. NEALE Cartwrlght. general manager of Ormonoid Roofing and Asphalts Ltd.. Australia's leading manufacturer of bitumen products and bitumen paims. visited Singapore last week to dlscu.vs the further expansion of the sale of Ormonoid products in Malaysia with the sole agent*. Chop Tlong j
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    • 391 12 rpHE extremely strong dul crepancy between cap*- j city and demand. which; turned 1961 into a year of critical development, not. only for Lufthansa German Airlines but for the entire air travel industry, was re-; duced last year, according to Lufthansa's Singapore office. For the German
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    • 103 12 CATHAY Pacific Airways U considering starting a second service from Hong Konc to Borneo to cater for the growing number of tour proups visiting that territory, according to a spokesman in Singapore. The spokesman said that this proposal was discussed at a sales conference
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    • 50 12 The English Electric Co. Ltd. and Wickjjan Ltd. announce that the board of their jointly owned company. English Electric-Arc Welding Co Ltd. of Glasgow now comprises Mr. G. A. Rtdaell. chairman. Messrs. J. Collins. E. A. Hyde and H. B. Moms, and Mr. A. W. Wheeler, general manager.
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    • 190 12 r r O hundred tons of scrap iron was raised from No. 3 hold of the new Ben Line cargo liner Benarty at a Scottish yard, recently. This represented the heaviest load ever lifted in Britain by a British ship's own
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    • 246 12 N.Z. trade envoy in Singapore arrives tomorrow ritHE New Zealand assistant Trade Commissioner -I and Commercial Attache in Japan, Mr. C.A. Paul, arrives in Singapore from Tokyo tomorrow to become Trade Commissioner here. He succeeds Mr. H.W. Shepherd who has been reassigned to the head office of New Zealand's Industries
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    • 135 12 Ford Malaya appoints two new executives rMDRD Motor Com- pany of Malaya Ltd. announces two management appointments. They are those of secretary-treasurer and general manufacturing manager. The n c w secretarytreasurer is Mr. Raymond MR. CHEN Chi-Kan Chen who, before his Malayan appointment, was attached to the company's international staff
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    • 131 12 m■■ ■Jl #fe tffe^#sfk 1% TA|M| 1 fl| »m wm arm fIUU L^lll/ afcV^^TP^ Iflfllcljtlll IclllllllvO Uu II llUff Mll|^iPulvf World famous pharmaceutical remedie^ IYAL Baby Cough Syrup, 6 oz. 3 oz. Dottles jgaf^ IYAL Cherry Cough Syrup, 6 oz. 3 oz. bottles IYWLCorn Remover MYAL Toothache Drops IYAL Fluoride
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    • 91 12 MALAYSIA'S MOST BRILLIANT CAR All Cl 1 1 jll RENAULT'S SUPERLATIVE R8 TEST DRIVE IT YOU'LL WANT TO OWN IT: progress Mom £w/to/ WEARNE 0 BROS. LTD. 109, Pudu Read, Kosta LiM*»*r For SALE or HIREa eonplcte set of wexxrworking awl jobery madiiacry comprising oi PLANER. JOINTERS. CROSS-CUT SAW. TENONER.
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    • 1487 13 TOIjnRMO^SWESTCOASTUK^ Due Sport Sails P. Sham Penanf CYCLBPS Mart.. A mouth, li.erpeal ttPt/FM2 Fek 1 AIRASTUS LiverpMl. Glasgow Sdt- 11 FM 2 Frt 1 ACHILLES LittrtMl, Havr« FM 9 Fek T Frt 1/10 Frt 11 PYRRNUS LinrpMl. Out Glasgow Frt 11 Frt 11 Frt 14/10 Frt IT POLYDORUS Liverpeel Dublin
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    • 1335 13 MeAUSTER <$c CO^ LTD. >^ lie ttii Httsnn Hgjfh BIXBBMAM LOOK Ojt BXATBMBSS LOCK l^^ 8 em of carusu lbs abkuj. ban fianciscb, UWOON. HAMBURC ROTTERDAM SEATTLE. VAN btIVER S POtTUNt HAVRE. HULL I MIBBUSBIOUSH AxctpLiat Mrgt Im Cattral S Stalk ■Vat,, v V'Pmmb S>ata»aaoka> W|)nCa). I.PtrV2F.k i7n.k tm% T""™"
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    • 1092 14 «sM>\ *C\^. AV^fl assa^aassss^ssM^^^iafS *as*V\ sssbbbbbbbbbsbml ss*ass*sssssssMMMMMMks*aMt [v ytV"^ KAMo^AKI KISENKAISHA..LTD. Exprtit O.B^k>. PacUie AttaMto Coati «*jrvl«t) ETA EU EU tIA S'pori r S'tttnt H'koat frmcitco i Angtits a Too "Kiaiktwi Man" Ii Ptrt 7 FH 2) FH 25 FH 14 Mar •l.tuni Mart- 17/20 FH 21/22 FH 20 FH
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    • 1151 14 Atctitieg cargs us* Caaaaa. Attaati* aaa o^ tacit*. asaaa/Rwt KMgvkMiaK. tt SMppsn aa* »irt Swtliif 5.1.A./rAI £A» URfICI "~™"Tsl!a3eiphi» N«*r«n Lm*«c*Wi S. Franeiicu Poor* P. S*iu»* •Pttii Miarsk 1/ 2 Fi* 1/ 4 Fak 1/ 4 Mir •J.sMWi Matrsk 1 Ftl 11/11 Ft* 17/11 Ftk 11/11 Mar lica Maertt 11
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    • 1967 14 MORE INTEREST SHOWH IN TIN SHARES ON EXCHANGE From Our Market Correspondent rERE was a (air tarn- merchants are now selling The profit for the nine over on the Malayan TT 2s. 3 31/32 d. and buy- months ended December Stock Exchange yesterday ing 2s. 4 3 32d. The dol-
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    • 935 14 CLOSING PRICES January 31. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 80 r tents (down half a cent). TIN: $427.37} (up $1,50). Estimated unofficial offering 240 tons (down 10 tons). RUBBER PRICES I, IBRUARV first (rids rutjksr buy. 1 tri r.s.k. closed at b p.m. in sncapore and Kuala Lumpur MMtl at SOi cents
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1041 15 j PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS r~ RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VACANCIES PHARMACEUTICS ONLY candidates with stipulated rnruurwwiuiiw qualifications need apply. AppliAppllcatloDs are invited for two cants should satisfy the usual cltlrrsearch asslstantshlps in the De- zenship and residential quauficapartment of Pharmaceutics. tlons. Applicants should possess an
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    • 883 15 (Continued from Pace Si SITUATIONS VACANT it Word* SS (Mlm.)— Bos it et*. astro P.O. BOX 2446 Singapers Position Filled. Applicants thanked. COMMERCIAL ARTIST required by Advertising Agency. Only those with practical experience need apply to Box A 4992 B.T. Spore. SALESMAN with previous experience of chain saws wanted by
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    • 890 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT it Word* Si (Mtm.r—Box it tt: txtro ONE UNFURNISHED ROOM to let at 53-A Zloa Road. Near to Great World Park. Couple without cooking, single are preferred. CENTRALLY SITUATED FLAT available now until mid-April two airconditioned bedrooms Ring (Spore) ***** before 11.00 a.m. after 2.00 p.m. Specially For
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    • 954 15 EDUCATION M Word* SS (Him.)— Bos M rfs. tstrm MALAY LANCUACE: Standard l/H August Exam, preparation commencing 6-2-63 morning. Literature notes provided. Chinese TMCA Selegie Road. Phone ***** Singapore. ENROL Mathematics and Science coaching classes by experts 1968 Cambridge Examinations. Apply Prlncipil Amalgamated Technical School, 711 East Coast Road, B'pore.
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    • 1006 15 TUITIOH Worda SS <Mt*.)_-Boa It et: astro LEARN ORtSSMAKINO, DESIGNING, and cutting by qualified Instructress. Classes startrag on 1.2.63. Man Chang, 64 LJoyd Rd.. B'pore 9. ASIA DRIVINO SCHOOL experienced English speaking Instructors Dual-Controlled cars Complete Course ISO/-. Guaranteed (78/-. 67 Orchard Road. B'pore. Phone *****. BALLROOM DANCING Quick Easy
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    • 941 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE Worda U (Htm.) Bma U tt*. awtrm ROVSR "OB" flrrt leajistoiod 1959 Oa* Europeaa owner. Exceptional oaadltloa. bodywork, upholstsry carpets a* new. Telephone Johore Bahru 2555. FONQ A MANSOR 30 Kratnat Road. S'pore has a wide range of good and reliable used can All ears sold are
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    • 556 15 curios 3; it Word* Sf (Mtm.y—Box tt rts. »xfr« fJH FOX MORITAKt C MIN AWA P. t s2j Carlos, Ivory. Jsdt. Visit Bhsmba^S Arts Purnltur* Co.. 402. Orcbsrdy Rosd. (8 pors). PN>n* *****. SHOPPING GUIDE (Spore) *9 tt Worda SS (Him.)— Box tt eta. astrmfM •AftAMOt for rour lasts tbs
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  • 56 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— The Johore Bahru Chinese Association will hold a Chengay procession from Feb 13 to 15 for the Chinese New Year. The procession, which will be held during daylight hours, will start from the Chinese temple at Jalan Trus Three open-air wayangs will also
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  • 28 16 After 30 months— the last-minute rush The last-minute rush to apply for new Identity cards at Jthe Suleiman Building registration centre in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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  • 201 16 Port congestion 'will end after this year 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. CONGESTION in Port Swettenham will end after this year, the general manager of the Malayan Railway, Dato Ahmad Perang. announced today. Dato Ahmad Perang was speaking at the opening of a $141,000 transit shed for Wharf No. 8. The
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  • 182 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The 36-month period for changing old identity cards for new ones ended today with a warning by the Commissioner for National Registration, Inche Ibrahim All. who said: "Those who did not apply for new cards by today
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  • 33 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— A wage dispute between the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union and Boustead and Co. (I960) Ltd. will be heard before the Industrial Arbitration Court at 9.30 a.m. tomorrow.
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  • 267 16 Students told: Promising time for Malaya LONDON, Thurs. MR. F. S. OVERTON, London manager of Malayan Banking Ltd., spoke of Malaya's "most promising future" in a speech at the Malayan Students' Union's annual dinner. The dinner, at a West End restaurant, was attended by more than 200. Mr. Overton said
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  • 106 16 India Govt thanks Tengku for —support— NEW DELHI, Than. Professor Humayan Kabir. India's Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs, said here yesterday the Indian Government was thankful to Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Malayan Prime Minister, for categorically supporting India in the Sino-Indian border war. Addressing members of a cultural
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  • 38 16 PENANG. Thurs.— Ng Kirn Book, 32. was today fined $25 for letting off firecrackers in Penang Road yesterday without police permission. Charged with Ng was a 13-year-old boy, who was fined $10.
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  • 42 16 MERSINO. Thurs.— A branch of the Malayan Indian Congress has been formed here with Mr. R. Kalimuthu, a Mersing businessman, as president. The inaugural meeting was called by Mr. M. P. Kumaran. member of the Johore Legislative Assembly.
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  • 50 16 TANJONO MALIM, Thurs A six-foot snake got into the sick bay of the Sultan Idris Teacher Training College here last night. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Arrop, the only occupant of the ward, raised the alarm. His colleagues, who came to his aid, killed the snake.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 912 16 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I. TANG CHING YUNO of No: 130-L Cairnhul Road. Singapore has applied for a transfer of a First Class Public House Licence in respect of premises. Cathay Restaurant Cathay Biuldmg. Singapore 9 to Mr. LONG YOKE HOE and that this applU '\ition will be
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    • 574 16 AUCTION SALE OF Office writing desks, chairs, steel filing cabinet, typewriting machine e'ec. ran. S.R. sets etc., etc., at No. 204 Brewster Road. Ipoh. on Sunday 3.2.63 at 10.00 am. JAMES SIMON. AUCTIONEER PENANG PORT COMMISSION PEN ANO /BUTTERWORTH FERSY SERVICE QURAN READING COMPETITION Saturday Night. 2nd February 1963. A
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    • 836 16 NOTICES NOTICE This U to Inform the public that Mr. Johnnie Llm Kirn Hock Is no longer employed by us as from Ist February 1963 and has no authority whatsoever to transact any business and/or collect any monies on our behalf. BANTO6 FAIRBAIRN CO. LTD. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN
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    • 8 16 ANACIN STOPS HEADACHES FASTEST-LONGEST «oct»r't prescription agalMt 37/2
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    • 199 16 1 Hoy o*f» B n V. F. Bamtim VEZZie .COOLA,> V AAE TOO.'YKNOW, OOW/ BUT ALLEY, VOU~| IyEH-BUT I WORKEOI I KNOW^H "vJ I "*>v I PEEL UKE A Al'M ABOUND CABBYIN' CXONT H«^E A AT IT/ I REALLY YOU /AN* YOU \l A f KIO AOAIN I A GCAO.'
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  • 443 17 Veterans may make this a Vintage year' Kuala Lumpur, Thursday may well be the "vintage ye ar" of Malayan racing. Three veterans, On Parole, Happy Melody and Pinkson, dominated the feature races on the first two days of the cur rent Gold Cup meeting here. The successes of these old
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  • 348 17 Weights for KL races on Sunday KUALA LUMPUR. Thars. Weights for all seven races here 1 on Sunday. TENGKITS GOLD CUP CLASS I— lOF. Bon VI vent a.OO Pinkson 8.13 National Joy 8.11 Krpulv Bay B.o* Timberlane 8.09 Dark Romance 11 8.06 Lost Horizon 8.04 Summer Wine 8.03 Ajnos 8.01
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  • 157 17 ON THE TRACK KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.—Trigger II and Wee Wonder did iisAfiii trials on a firm useiui triaison a nra track here this morning, reports Epsom Jeep. n nna.r (MntM tw> Wee »\on aer (Moses L>ee ud) ran 3f In 39 1/5 while
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  • 927 17 h BUKIT TIMAH ENTRIES SINGAPORE, Thurs. A total of 202 horses 83 in Class 1 and 119 in Class 3— has been entered for the February meeting at Bukit Timah. The three-day meeting will be held on Feb. 10. 13 and 17. with
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  • 237 17 Benaud gets bigger stick for 'blow to Test cricket' MELBOURNE. ITI Thurs. Test captains Ted Dexter and Richie Benaud are being blamed with Benaud getting the worst of it for the Fourth Test at Adelaide ending in a tame draw yesterday. In the Melbourne morning paper.
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  • 120 17 SELETAR 'A' JOHORE ASIANS WIN EASILY SINGAPORE, Thurs. RAP Seletar "A" registered the biggest win in today's SOC seven-a-slde rugger matches on the Padang here. Seletar slammed Johore Bahru United 28-0, after leading 10-0 at half-time. Seletar scored six tries and five of them were converted by Bailey. Tries were
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  • 27 17 KUALA LUMPTJR, Thurs. Johore have withdrawn from the hockey tournament at Seremban this weekend. Nefrt Bembilan, Malacca and Selangor will now meet In a "triangular.''
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  • 181 17 Govt soccer men thank SAFA SINOAPORE. Thum. The Singapore Amateur Football Association today received a "grateful thank you for past assistance" from the Singapore Government Services FA. who held their annual general meeting. SGSFA vice-president, Mr. M. Ponnusamy. who chaired today's meeting In the absence of the president. Dr. Owee
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  • 79 17 RIGGER Sport youth taar-j ■lament q-flnals: Combined schools 'A' 7 Sukaramat 0: Windsor Rovers 'B 3 AAA 0: Halkowyu 'A' S Combined Schools "D 0: Blue movers 'A' 0 Sukaramal 'B 4. ATHLETICS Malayan Estates U-MUe ■intfcen (Pt ham i. 1 K. KrUhnan (Pt. Bwettenham) lhr 59m.. 2
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  • 192 17 Bowles is back as civilian SINGAPORE, Thurs. ftOGER BOWLES, the former Army cricketer, has returned to Singapore as a civilian. He is now employed in the local branch of a British commercial firm and expects to turn out for Singapore Cricket Club in the SCA league tournament this year. A
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  • 357 17 Entries for F-E circuit now 75 By LIM KEE CHAN SINGAPORE, Thurs. Entries for the FarEast golf circuit, which begins with the PhiliDpines Open from Feb. 11, have increased to a total of 75 from 15 countries. The latest list shows 11 entries from Japan, four from Formosa, three each
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  • 191 18 JAKARTA, Thurs TH E Indonesian Herald, regarded here as the unofficial voice of the Foreign Mibss t r y, in an editorial yesterday lavished praise on President Macapagal for his condemnation of the Malaysia plan. "Indonesia's views about Malaysia have been made known earlier, clearly and emphatically,"
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  • 135 18 FOUR HARDY POLITICAL NEGOTIATORS FROM DEEPEST AFRICA THE temperature has soared, but these hardy African political figures seem to have gone to extremes or else they have the utmost faith in the Colonial Office heating system. One man makes a concession to London's climate with a
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  • 25 18 TAIPEH, Thurs.— Hsu Chlen, an aborigine, has died here at the age it 112. He was survived by his widow. 109.— UJM.
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  • 96 18 by one of the Malayan patrols, into open sea. The Indonesians were last seen making for a small Sumatran island. Later in the day. the four owners of the tongkang Identified themselves as Indonesian nationals. They said they were on the way to Singapore with 20
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  • 28 18 ATHENS. Thurs. The Greek Ministry of Communications has asked Scotland Yard to investigate an illegal issue of Greek postage stamps which was advertised In England.— Reuter.
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  • 396 18 LONDON, Thurs. It has been another good day in London stock markets. Conditions were very similar to yesterday and after a very cautious start, selective buyIng of equities steadily expanded and by the afternoon a long list of gains had been established. The highlight of the day was
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  • 178 18 ONDON. Thurs. Queen Ju Elizabeth and Prince Philip left here by air today on the first leg of their Royal tour of FIJI, New Zealand and Australia. Their special BOAC Boeing Jet left at 1013 GMT for Its first stop
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  • 39 18 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— An interachool talentime competition will be held in March this year. The competition, sponsored by Nest If 's is organised by members of the scholarship fund sub-com-mittee of the Boys' Town Old Boys' Association.
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  • 185 18 LONDON, Thursday. A CROWN jewel is missing from the super-secure Tower of London, police said today. The missing gem, an emerald worth £50, was a minor bauble compared to the priceless diamonds and other stones that glitter from burglar-proof cages in the Tower. There
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  • 47 18 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. About 40 policemen and a police dog dispersed a crowd of screaming, yelling fans of British "pop" singer Cliff Richard, who gathered outside his hotel here. The singer earlier greeted about 8.000 fans from the balcony of the hotel. Reuter.
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