The Straits Times, 27 August 1960

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    17 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1960 15 CENTS.
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    Lock icon TIN CONTROLS GO
    266 1 QUOTA SYSTEM TO END FROM OCT. 1 Chairman: Move shows the success of pact CONGO MEN WITHIN 30 MILES OF BORDER Drop of £7 in metal price LONDON, Fri. 'j 1 UK International Tin Council surprised the market today by lifting controls from tin exports from Oct.
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    Fojund: Oh kidnap gang hideouts
    459 1  -  EE BOON LEE By TWO HIDEOUTS used x by the "Oh Kirn Kee kidnap kongsi" were located today on the outskirts of Johore Bahru. One is a semi-detached house, the other a bungalow. Both were empty when searched by police from Singapore and Johore. SINGAPORE,
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    Space dogs Strelka and Belka attend a 'press conference9
    10 1 Space dogs Strelka and Belka attend a 'press conference 9
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    Lock icon THOUSANDS ILL AFTER EATING MARGARINE
    76 1 THOUSANDS ILL AFTER EATING MARGARINE 'THE HAGUE, Fri. x Ah oleomargarine crisis hit Holland today after an official admission that "several tens of thousands" of people had been taken ill after eating a new brand of synthetic butter. Professoi J. Muntendam. Director-General of Public Health, announced that the victims were
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    Lock icon Death at Games
    38 1 ROME, Frl.— Danish cyclist Knut Enamark. 23, died in hospital tonight after collapsing with sunstroke during an Olympic Games race this morning. He was taking part in the 100 kilometres (62 miles) road trial.— Reuter.
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    US or RAF planes for Congo lift
    243 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday FATHER United States army or RAF troop transport planes are expected to be used to ferry the 450--man Malayan Special Force to the Congo in a month's time. Disclosing this today, a Ministry of Defence source said the aircraft would
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    Lock icon Govt. troops near Katanga
    669 1 Govt. troops near Katanga LEOPOLDVILLE, Friday /*ONGO TROOPS advancing unopposed across a secessionist corner of Kasai Province were reported today to be within 30 miles of the well-guarded border of "independent" Katanga Province. ■The torce-ibf about -1.000 troops, flown into the area on Wednesday, met no resistance as they marched
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    Lock icon 'UN MUST GO AFTER BELGIANS ARE OUT'
    51 1 'UN MUST GO AFTER BELGIANS ARE OUT' T EOPOLDVILLE. Fri. *J Premier Patrice Lumumba at a Press conference here today declared that the "moment all Belgians have left the Congo" the United Nations must also leave. Mr. Lumumba said: "We don't want a new occupation, this time by the U.N."
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    King has restless night
    301 1 King has restless night K^ALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Yang diPertuan Agong, who has been seriously ill for the past 21 days with a virus infection, had a restless night and was weaker this morning. Four top medical men 1 examined the Paramount [Ruler and had consultations for more than two
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    STOP PRESS
    57 1 MALAYAN DIES IN VIENNA CRASH VIISICJ hi -Oar M. la: .in -MidtMU killed An<( fhr I'Micr.- iniutifl one Kfffenty in ctr-lerrj cd limoo May uc.*r >Mk ru-.y 111 fr..n KiiktM OflnnU r r- luuri dead fttid'iii Nj\.i.»ouiii Itagb RELATIONS CUT WtatONGtOM t I S tnc^y fir A- „fj
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    Medal for Gurkha
    61 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The C-in-C Farelf. Gen. Sir Richard Hull, will present the Durand Medal to Capt. Kalusing Llmbu. of 50 Gurkha Engineers, in their camp at Sungei Besl, near here, at 11 a.m. next Tuesday. The medal is awarded every three years to the officer or
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    Today's threat..
    29 2 MUAR. Fri.— The Chief Police Officer. Johore, Mr. C. V. Powell-Evans, will give a talk on "Today's Threat" to members of the Muar Rotary Club on Tuesday.
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    'Food prices up' warning
    304 2 THIS PLAN TO PROTECT LOCAL FARMERS IS UNTIMELY, THEY CLAIM Restrictions will raise cost of living further, say importers 1/X T ALA LUMPUR.i Fri. Importers j of eggs, poultry, cat-j tie, goats and pigs today warned th.it marketing will be much dearer if the Government carried
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    C-Plan studies
    29 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Two Malayans, Mr. Kon Kiew Leong and Mr. Kirn Liang Ch'ng, will leave next Saturday for India to study medicine under the Colombo Plan.
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    SINGAPORE to STAGE A BIG AIR SHOW
    229 2 SINGAPORE to STAGE A BIG AIR SHOW SINGAPORE, Friday. THE Singapore Government is to put on a giant one-week air show and exhibition early next year, to show the world the importance of Singapore as a civil aviation centre in South-East Asia. The show, wklch Is planned to be an
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    NZ airmen here to get lessons in Malay and Thai
    230 2 NZ airmen here to get lessons in Malay and Thai ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri. New Zealand airmen—in New Zealand. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur— are to be given a chance to learn Malay. According to a newsletter from the New Zealand High Commission here, th« Air Department has recommended the teaching of
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    Mile procession for birthday
    45 2 SEREMBAN. Prl. Thp Prophet Mohammed's birthday on Sept. 3 will be celebrated here with a milelong procession round the town. The procession, the first here since 1957. will start, from the town mosque at 9 a.m. and return to the mosque.
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    The town where they kidnap for 10ve...
    108 2 ALOR STAR. Friday. 1/~IDNAPPINGS of young women were becoming too common in Bal- ing, a Kedah State Assemblyman, Inche Shane bin Haji Abdullah, said today. "Most of these abductions are carried out not by gangsters but by lovers." he told the Assembly. Inche
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    Varsity 'at home'
    30 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The University of Malaya here will hold a Visitors' Day for members of the public from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 3.
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    I-CARD PHOTOS: A WARNING
    43 2 SEREMBAN. Fri. Photographs with rubber stamp marks on the back will not be accepted for Identity card purposes, the Registration Office here warned today. A spokesman of the offlco said that such marks were liable to spoil the photographs.
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    BOAT CAPSIZES: TWO MEN MISSING
    109 2 BUTTERWORTH, Friday. TWO men were reported missing from a motor A boat which capsized in the Penang south channel this morning. The boat was one of three carrying labourers to the Caltex sea installation project about two miles from It is believed to have been
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    Dead girl in well
    41 2 KANGAR. Fri— The nude body of a pretty 15-year-old girl, Ramlah binte Hussain. was found yesterday in a well in Kampong Darat Beseri. seven miles from Kangar. The discovery was made by a villager. Police are investigating.
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    Art exhibition
    25 2 PENANG. Fri. The Penang Arts Council will sponsor the sixth exhibition of local artists which opens at the Penang Library on Sept 5.
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      370 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby The News; 9.40 Interlude; 9.45 RADIO SINGAPORE Rlrii Ranch; 1000 My Word; 10.30 Saturday Night Is Melody Medium Wave 476 mi-ire- Night; 11.00 Close Down. Short Wave: 62 metre* «w« from 9.90— IO.tO p.m. RADIO MALAYA A.M. 6.30 Good Morning: 632 Mornlni? Prelude; 7.00 The
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    Lock icon MOSCOW-PEKING ROW: A HUNT ON FOR LETTER
    413 3 WASHINGTON, Friday AMERICAN, British and other Western intelligence agents are searching for the text of a letter in which the Soviet Communist Party is said to have explained to world Communist parties its side of an ideological quarrel with China. State Department sources
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    Lock icon 10 Turkish ministers sacked
    61 3 10 Turkish ministers sacked ANKARA. Fri. The IX Committee on National Unity announced yesterday that 10 Turkish Cabinet Ministers had been "excused from their duties." The ministers Joined the Cabinet after the May 27 coup. The committee gave no reason for the dismissals. According to political observers, the ministers were
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    Lock icon Mail stolen
    43 3 LONDON. Fri. Seven mail bags were stolen from the guard's van of a Dartford (Kent) to London train last night while the guard and motorman were dealing with a smoke bomb which had been placed in one of the carriages. Reuter.
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    Lock icon MALTS CALL TO DAG: SEND TROOPS, HOLD COUNCIL MEETING
    414 3 MALTS CALL TO DAG: SEND TROOPS, HOLD COUNCIL MEETING BAMAKO (Sudan) Friday PREMIER Mod i b o Keita of the newlysplit Mali Federation announced he has asked the United Nations to send a military force to the troubled West African region. Mr. Keita who Is also Premier of Sudan, told
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    Lock icon India seeks more aid for its 5-Year Plan
    218 3 India seeks more aid for its 5-Year Plan T^EW DELHI. Fri. L Mr. Morarji Desal. the Minister of Finance, yesterday told Parliament that India's third Five-Year Plan may have to be readjusted unless other countries provide adequate financial aid. Mr. Desal said the Government was hopeful of raising both domestic
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    Lock icon 14 tremors
    27 3 SANTIAGO. Fri. Panic struck the Lebu area of quake-ravaged southern Chile yesterday when 14 tremors hit the region. No damage or casualties were reported. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Curbs by police,' so candidate quits
    246 3 'Curbs by police,' so candidate quits A CCRA, Fri. Mr. SoA lomon Odamtten, national chairman of Ghana's opposition United Party, announced last night he had decided to withdraw from a parliamentary by-election in Accra next Tuesday because of "restrictive" police measures against his party. Mr. Odamtten was standing as a
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    Lock icon A FIST FIGHT IN SOUTH KOREAN PARLIAMENT
    83 3 SEOUL, Fri.— A fist fight developed today at the first plenary session of the House of Representatives after the Inauguration of the first parliamentary government In South Korea, headed by Mr. John Chang. The fight started when an anti-Chang "Old Guard" Democrat struck
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    Lock icon Baseball as U.S. atomic sub crew land at the North Pole
    139 3 Baseball as U.S. atomic sub crew land at the North Pole WASHINGTON, Fri. American sailors have played baseball at the North Pole, after landing from their atomic powered submarine Sea Dragon. A radio-telephone message from Captain George Steele. the submarine captain, last night said the game between officers and men
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    Lock icon Lights out for Hammerstein
    50 3 Lights out for Hammerstein LONDON, Fri.— The *litterlng lights of London's theatreland were blacked out last night for a oneminute tribute to the late Oscar Hammerstein EL Mr. Hammerstein. who wrote the words to some of the world's best-known songs and musicals, died of cancer In the U.S. on Tuesday.—Reuter.-
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    FLYING CLUB DRIVE FOR MORE MEMBERS
    189 4 FLYING CLUB DRIVE FOR MORE MEMBERS SINGAPORE, Fri. The Royal Singapore Flying Club has launched a campaign to increase its membership from its present 150 to 500 members. It also hopes to raise some $100,000 which will go towards the purchase of two modern light aircraft and the engaging of
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    Girl Guides camp
    37 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Puan Noor Alsha. wife of the Yang dl-Pertuan Negara and Chief Scout. Inche Yusof bin Ishak. will open the Singapore Girl Guide Jubilee Camp at Jurong Park on Monday at 5 p.m.
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    Court order on plea for a summons
    211 4 Court order on plea for a summons SINGAPORE, Frt. Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High court today made an order calling upon Mr. James C. Y. Loh, a Singapore Magistrate, to make further inquiry Into the complaint of Madam Simon Mary, who had applied for a summons against Mydin, chief
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    Dancers' party
    27 4 SINGAPORE. Frl. The Singapore Dance Hostesses' Association will celebrate its 22nd anniversary at Its premises at No. 19 Lorong 10, Geylang. on Sunday at noon.
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    Malayan culture: Top talks
    208 4 GOVT., LANGUAGE BODY OFFICIALS DISCUSS QUESTION OF WHAT SHOULD FORM THE BASIS SINGAPORE, Friday. A TOP-LEVEL meeting was held here today to discuss the Singapore Government's attitude towards the adoption of Malay culture as the basis of Malayan culture. The meeting was between officials of the
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    Students union officials
    64 4 SINGAPORE, Fri— Mr. Eruest Devadason was tonight elected president of the University of Malaya in Singapore Students' Union. Other officials elected were: Messrs. Stephen Tai Kuan Teck, vice-president; Lee Boon Siong, secretary; s. Jayakumar, chairman of the Students Council; and Wong Yang Jiang. Billy Lee. Bernard Khoo
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    Miri beauty: I'll be back even if it means marriage
    184 4 Miri beauty: I'll be back even if it means marriage A PRETTY young girl from Miri who came to Singapore three months ago to visit her married sist-r bade a sad farewell to "this lovely place" today, because sbe is not allowed to stay On board the Kiraanis, here, Miss
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    MAN DIES IN BID TO HALT A BRAWL
    207 4 MAN DIES IN BID TO HALT A BRAWL SINGAPORE, Friday. YOUNG LIGHTERMAN gave his life to stop a brawl on the Singapore waterfront last night. The combatants whom 18-year-oid Lee Li an Fatt tried to pacify knocked him into the Telok Ayer Basin and left him to drown. Dazed by
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    Prophet's Day
    28 4 SINGAPORE. Frt— Prophet Mohamed's Birthday will be celebrated by the Prophet Mohamed Celebration Committee. Fraser and Neave, on Saturday, Sept. 3, at F. and N. Pavilion.
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    Brilliant pianist returns
    168 4 Brilliant pianist returns SINGAPORE, Fri. Brilliant young Singapore pianist, Miss Loiabelle Wong, was given a warm welcome by her family at the airport this evening when she flew home after spending five years studying music ln London and Brussels. The entire family parents, sisters and nieces were there to greet
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    'TEC DID NOT REVEAL HIMSELF—COURT TOLD
    461 4 'TEC DID NOT REVEAL HIMSELF— COURT TOLD SINGAPORE. Frl. rvETECmVE Yap v Heng Yok, who Is charged with grievous-, ly hurting Ng Poh Leong, 24, by rashly shooting with a revolver, had not Identified himself as a police officer in his encounter with Ng, it was alleged today. Ng of
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    P.O. Guide
    26 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Malayan Post Office Guide for 1960 will be on sale at all Post Offices from Sect. 1, at $2.50 a copy.
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      512 4 f -|jt W>« J_ v-«l SINGAPORE lIUDDHIBT A Inc. 2 p.m.: Art Club and brass SOCIATION: Buddhist Dhama band class, 3 p.m.; boys' basket class at the Sri Lankaramajra ball and Chinese kun tow. 7 Temple, Si. Michael's Road. 9 p.m.; Y. Men's Club (Ladles' a.m. Night) at Hua Yew
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    BRITISH EXPORTERS WARNED: USE NEW METHODS
    412 5 BRITISH EXPORTERS WARNED: USE NEW METHODS Trade Commissioner on declining share of the Malayan market SINGAPORE, Fri. rPHE United Kingdom Trade Commissioner 1 in Malaya and Singapore, Mr. H.W. Woodruff, has warned British exporters that they must urgently review their attitudes and methods if they want to recover their previous
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    ANNOUNCER OFF TO U.S. SEMINAR ON RADIO
    225 5 ANNOUNCER OFF TO U.S. SEMINAR ON RADIO CHE JAMALIAH binte Long (above), Radio Malaya's first Malay woman executive to win a U.S. State Department award for a radio study grant, will leave tomorrow for the United States. A University of Malaya honours graduate, Che Jamaliah, who is a programme assistant,
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    Visit by 'Death Railway' chaplain
    138 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. Canon Harry Thorpe, an Australian former prisoner-of-war chaplain on the Siam-Burma "Death Railway," will visit Singapore next month. The Anglican chaplain is arriving on Sept 10 by the liner Arcadia from Sydney. During his stop-over. Canon Thorpe will lay a wreath at the
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    'Quit' order causes row in Sarawak
    243 5 'Quit' order causes row in Sarawak FU DEPORTATION CASE: PARTY HITS AT GOVT. KUCHING, Fri. THE Sarawak United People's Party today lashed out at the Government's decision to deport a Sarawak-born Chinese, Fu Tze Man. dlcial to the security of Sarawak." His continued residence In this country was undesirable, the
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    Driver not to blame for death crash
    141 5 Driver not to blame for death crash DATU GAJAH, Fri. Forty-three people were joking and laughing while returning home one night after a: circus show when the bus in which they were travelling overturned while negotiating a sharp corner. A girl was killed and nine other passengers were Injured on
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    HEAD LEAVES AFTER 11 YEARS
    86 5 HEAD LEAVES AFTER 11 YEARS SINGAPORE, Fri.— Mr. J. C. Hlckey, principal of the Singapore Junior Technical Trade School, left today on board the Klmanis on long leave before taking up a similar appointment In Borneo. Mr. Hlckey, 45, who has been In Singapore 11 years, Is better known as
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    Meeting is off
    29 5 IPOH, Fri.— The annual delegates' conference of the Perak branch of the Malayan Indian Congress, scheduled for Sunday at Teluk Anson. has been postponed to Sept
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    DEATHS
    100 6 it Word* lit (Minimum) D ROZARIO JANE CHARLOTTE beiovid wife of Nicholas Francis of 76S Mountbatten Road In Paris on 2i.~ 1960. MR. CHIA HOCK CHVE, retired P.W.I). Engineer, Alor Star, aged 64, passed away peacefully at 37 Jalan Kanchut, Alor Star, at 8 a.m. on 2j 5.60, leaving
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    31 6 :u Words Sit (Minimum) MR. AND MRS. AUSTIN RAJAMONEY Thank all relatives and friends for their valuable presents, congratulatory messages and attendance at their marriage In Seremban on 20. $.60.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    377 6 Word* tit (Minimum) THE COCKPIT'S Java RUattaf«l Is served every Saturday and Sunday lur.ch time LATEST DISION In Oostnm* Jewellery just received from Europe at Antomett*. 324, Orchard Road, (near C. K. Tang) B'pore. BE A OOOD Malayan— Raad Berlta Harlan, the National Newspaper In the romanlsed National Lantutge
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    The Straits Times Saturday, August 27, 1960. Protecting The Egg
    665 6 The Straits Times Saturday, August 27, 1960. Protecting The Egg The Ministry of Agriculture has given notice of the Government's intention to afford a measure of protection to local poultry and egg producers by restricting imports. That it is now possible to contemplate this step is a sign of progress
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    Another Round
    326 6 One year almost to the day since the Indonesian Government devalued its currency, the Finance Minister has announced another round of economic measures to combat his country's chronic inflation. Three interlocking groups of action are promised: regulation of trade, reduction of public expenditure and credit control in order
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    Tax On Copra
    214 6 The coconut oil millers continue their old cry about the export duty on copra which, they think, should be raised from five to thirty per cent so that instead of selling their copra on a booming world market the coconut growers will have to sell inside Malaya
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    Peking's offensive
    782 6  - Peking's offensive VERNON BARTLETT by SINGAPORE. Friday THE dispute between Mr. Lumumba and Mr. Tshombe has almost obliterated the memory of that other dispute between President Eisenhower and Mr. Khrushchev. Only three months ago we were all plunged In gloom over the possible consequences of the failure of the delegates
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    Saturday Study
    6 6 cture by GORDON WELLS
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    274 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO From tha Straits Times of August 25, 1910 OWING to the demand for labourers the n a n c municipality have raised their employees' wages as follows: coolies from 30 cents to 32 cts. per day; tin dais from SlO to $11 per month, other tindals from
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    $250,000 GIFT FOR ART GALLERY
    177 7 $250,000 GIFT FOR ART GALLERY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaya is to have an Art Gallery in the grounds of the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall. This was announced today by the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, when he opened the third national art exhibition at the hall. The Tengku said that
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    Court of inquiry appointed
    59 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, has appointed a three-man court of inquiry to look into a dispute between the StandardVacuum Oil Co. and the National Union of Oil Workers. The court will be headed by Mr. Justice Chua assisted
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    Restrictions imposed in North Malaya
    104 7 KUALA LTTHPIR, Frl. A restricted area in North Malaya in which people cannot live, work or enter, was gazetted by tbe Government today. The gazette, under an order from tbe Minister of Defence, Tun Abdul Razak, says the area will be known as a "controlled
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    503 7  -  ANDREW FANG, LAST WORD ON MAN WHO 'MADE' HALF A MHJJON—AND LOST IT IN A RAIN OF BULLETS By SINGAPORE, Frl. KIDNAP MASTERMIND ABANDONED HIS PREGNANT WIFE AFTER $300,000 SUCCESS OH KIM KEE, the kidnap "mastermind" shot dead by the police on Wednesday, abandoned his
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    Lightning death
    57 7 SINGAPORE. Fri.— A verdict of misadventure was today recorded at the inquest on Corporal Allen Ernest Cotton, of the Royal Army Services Corps, who was killed by lightning on May 9. Mr. N. A. dHozarlo, the coroner, was told that Cpl. Cotton was riding his motorcycle alonjr Thomson
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    $40 for crippled policeman
    55 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Donations totalling $40 have been received for crippled Singapore policeman. Inche Abdul Wahid bin Baba. who has been Invited to compete in the 1962 Paralymplcs ln Melbourne, but cannot afford to pay his passage. A Singapore sports official. Mr. Chew Keng Ban. and a
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    Citizens who hold British passports: A warning
    91 7 Citizens who hold British passports: A warning SINGAPORE, Frl Singa- pore citizens who hold British passports were advised today to get them endorsed toy the Immigration authorities here before leaving the State. The special endorsement would enable the holder to re-enter the state without any let or hindrance on his
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    Jap MPs leave
    41 7 SINGAPORE, Fri.— The fiveman delegation from the House of Councillors of the Japanese National Diet, who arrived on Wednesday for a brief goodwill visit, left by Thai International Airways for Bangkok this morning to continue their seven-nation tour.
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    Malayan Aiaways talks on Hong Kong service
    194 7 SINGAPORE, Fri.— The chief executive of Malayan Airways, Capt. R. P. Mollard, is now in Hong Kong for talks on renewing the licence for the service which the airline operates between Hong Kong and Singapore. An airline spokesman said this today when asked
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    SACK WARNING TO CURIO SHOP STRIKERS
    424 7 SACK WARNING TO CURIO SHOP STRIKERS THE management of C.K. Tang Ltd., "The House of Tang" curio shop in Orchard Road, today warned 52 of its employees that they were liable to be sacked if they stag- Ed another strike. Those who struck on Wednesday would receive no pay for
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    $160 STUDENT NURSES ARE WELL OFF AND FORTUNATE, SAY MINISTRY MEN
    353 7 SINGAPORE, Friday STUDENT, nurses in Singapore are "well off" and "fortunate." according to Ministry of Health officials. They were replying to a complaint made by the father 6i a student nurse working at Tan Tock Seng hospital. The father
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    Reds and gangs are biggest threats—Police
    450 7 Reds and gangs are biggest threats Police DETENTION LAWS HAVE HELPED TO REDUCE DANGER, SAYS REPORT SINGAPORE, Fri. fiOMMUNIST subV^ version and secret society intimidation remain the two most dangerous threats to the security of the State, according to Singapore Police Force's annual report for 1959, released here today. Stressing
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    516 8 I WOULD refer to the letter by "Planter" (S. TAug. 20) in which he expresses surprise that a spokesman of the Department of Agriculture should refer to stylo as a weed. I am in complete agreement with the views which he expresses on
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    79 8 The cure for litter louts VOl'R Page One picture on Aug. 24 showing the punishment the authorities in America mete out to litter louts indicates the great attention the U.S. pays to the cleanliness of her highways. Why cannot something similar be adopted here? Our roads are littered with rubbish
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    86 8 MUCH has been said and done about rural development. But the residents of lorongs on the opposite side of Jalan Eunos are still waiting for measures to control the continuous floods. The Rural Board has created a number of bottlenecks along the drains by installing concrete culverts. The
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    Tipping racket
    108 8 OVER five months ago you published a letter In which I referred to the view expressed in 1907 by the late Lord BadenPowell that tipping was bad, and I asked what yesterday's and todays Boy Scouts hud to say about it. I have waited In vain for an
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    THAT BAN ON SODIUM ARSENITE
    364 8 JT is with regret that I heard of the ban on sodium arsenite. This weedkiller is poisonous, but yerv cheap and effective, especially against lallang, and a substitute as cheap and as effective has yet to be discovered. Of course, there are many other weed-
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    THE HIGH COST OF MEDICAL TREATMENT IN SINGAPORE
    385 8 T HAVE just completed an eight-month stay In Singapore as a visitor and would like to place on record an appreciation and a criticism of this city. I have been Impressed by the clean, wide thoroughfares with a traffic control that compares
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    DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE UNEMPLOYED
    238 8 T "UNEMPLOYMENT is no LJ respecter of persons. Therefore there is no fundamental difference between an unemployed industrial worker, clerk or unskilled labourer. Consequently when an unemployment Insurance scheme covers only industrial workers the question which automatically comes to mind is: Does this mean industrial peace
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    A brighter sentiment in rubber
    338 10 AFTER the recent sharp decline the week has been quiet with fluctuations much smaller, report H.C.B. and Co. Ltd. in their current rubber survey. Although the statistical position has not shown any encouraging changes, there were indications that sentiment was improving. Overseas markets lent a
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    140 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent Aug. /Sept. shipments $30 H buyers, $31 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $44 sellers, drum $48 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Montok white $305 and Sarawak $300 (both down $5), special Sarawak
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: Aug. 26 Aug. 25 Industrials: 125.99 125.25 Tins: 195.09 194.63 Robbers.: 226.40 226.40 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    TINS MARK TIME AWAITING EXPORT QUOTA DECISION
    590 10 By Our Market Correspondent AN THE Malayan stock exchange yesterday, industrials were selectively better. Tins were irregular and there was some bargainhunting in sterling rubbers, which were generally quiet Business in tins was overshadowed by the meeting in London of the International Tin
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    CLOSING PRICES
    36 10 SINGAPORE, AUG. 26. RUBBER: 95% cents per lb. (down seveneighths of a cent). 5 pjn. close: 9574 cents (quiet). TIN: $400 per picul (down 12V- cents). Estimated unofficial offering 265 *ons (down 5 tons).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    177 10 MELBOURNE, Fri. INVESTMENT shares closed the x week on a firm tone here today. Elder Smith eased Is. lid. to 365. id. and Homes eased 4s. 3d. to 84s. M, Base metals and the oils traded along steady lines, while Commonwealth Bonds held a firm tone. G. J.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    213 10 SEPTEMBER first grade rubber buyers i o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 95% cents per lb.. down seven-eighths of a cent on Thursday's close. The tone was quietly steady. S.C.C.R.A. closing prim In cents per lb., yesterday were: Int. l R.S.B. Spot f.o.b. buyers 96%. sellers 96«k (N);
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    74 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks' x Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Swiss Francs 141 Belgian Francs 1634; Holland Guilders 123 Mi Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange market In Hong Kong, the U.S.
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    704 10 SINGAPORE members of the Malayan Stock Exohange reported the following business at their 3.30 p.m. call yesterday. (Bargains are given before prices unless only one was written). Industrial!: Fed. Dispensary $1.38 and $1.36; Fltzpatrlcks $1.33; Fraser and Neave ords $1.97 to $2; Gammon (2) $2.10, $2.12; Henry
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    113 10 CHIPS lying alongside the Singa- pore Harbour Board wharves this morning are: Zamenhof 1/2, Pres. Taft 4/5, Eskbank 6A, Gorgon 6/7, Bombay Mara 8/9, Karlmun 10/11, Ampenan 13/14, Bradeverett 15/16, Slamat 18, Nlkko Maru 19. Sumpltan N.Wall 1, Auby 21/23. Musi 24, Karossa 26, Polydorus 37/28, Olinda 29/30,
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      202 10 EVERETT ORIENT LINE -mw*&?T+.*rr. ttOßb p ham ninl "DOIPHEVERETT" 21 Alt 21 Atg In Ptrt "OONEVERETT" II Stpi 7 Sipt 5 Sepl Fir Rangtia, Clittatttf, Calcutta:— "LENEVERETT" Ml. IS/31 21 Atg Bulk oil/latu space available. JOHNSON LINE Ftr Hitgktag, japai:- Spore P. Sham Ptnang "STAR ARCTSRUrT. lfltpt 14 Sipt 12
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      124 10 SHIPPING NOTICES M.S. "SUNNYVILLE" FROM CANADA, U.S.A. AND HONG KONG The above vessel is scheduled to arrive In Singapore on 30th August 1960 and will discharge cargo alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves. The General Survey will be held on 7th and 9th September 1960. No other survey will be
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      825 10 NOTICES THE PENANG TURF CLUB AUTUMN MEETING. 1960 llth. 15th And 18th September, 1960 NOTICE FREE GIFT TICKETS $1/- UNLIMITED SWEEPS BIGHT Tickets will be given free for every 100 Tickets ordered at one time for each day's Sweep. All the free tickets will participate iii the draw. LDI THIAM
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      603 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS Work in connection with electrical extensions In Denmark House Substation will necessitate the interruption of electricity supply from 8.30 am to 6-30 pjn. oa Sunday 28th August, i960. The following commercial buildings will be affected:--1 Denmark House, 2. Commercial Union Building 3.
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      1455 11 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT VACANCIES Only candidates with the stipulated qualifications need apply. Applications for permanent appointment must satisfy usual birth and residential qualifications. (1) MEDICAL HEALTH OFFICEKS SALARY: 1820 x3SA- 1030/1.100 x4OA- 1420 p.m. Plus professional allowance at current ratesQUALIFICATIONS: Medical qualification* retistrable in the i United Kingdom with one year's
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      830 11 NOTICES NOTICE Is hereby given an behalf of Amir Mohammed Khan s »c proprietor of Amir Sons 276 Orchard Road, Singapore that he has disowned his son Zaffar Mohamed Khan alias M. K. Zaffar Amir on the Ist August i960 and will accept no responsibility for anything done by the
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      1035 11 (Continued from e*sge 6) SITUATIONS VACANT tt Wordt U (Mlm.)— Bex St ttt. extra QUALIFIED OR EXPERIENCED primary mistress for private school Tanglin district Box ASS3O s.T. B pore. WANTED several speaking English waitresses please call at Corner House Bar ft Restaurant 110-L, Changl Road, llim.s. Spore 17. Tel: *****.
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      1053 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT tt Wordt SS (Min)— Boa St ett. txirm Alexandra near sj.M.M. modern fully-furnished one bedroom flat with longbath hot cold water. 1250'- p.m. inclusive. Please Tel. B'pore *****. rURNISHEU ROOMS. District 3. s.H.B.A. Vicinity with breakfast and dinner for working slrls. bachelors, couple $150 p.m. Ring ***** Singapore.
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      1031 11 HOUSES b LAND 'Oft SALE tt Wordt SS (Min)— Box St eft. txtra SINJAI RISE LOT* 11 13. 14.000 and 17.000 sq. ft. All at 80.40 a eg. ft. Apply Credit Fooder, TeL Bpore 7SBSS. ONI HOUSE In Imbl Road, Dear Embassy Hotel and one business house at Batu Road.
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      884 11 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES tt Wordt Si (Min.)— Bom St eU. txtrm FOR SALE: Medical Practice in Singapore Reasonable price. Apply Box A 5852 S.T. Spore. PARTIES INTERtSTSD in the Manufacture and Commercial exploitation of our afultl-Vltamin and Mu.' Ulneral Baby Milk Food. (2) Fat Free BuppllmenUry Milk Diet. (I) Fruit Sugar,
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    WHIZ PAH FOR the 'WILLIAMSON'
    1134 12 WHIZ PAH FOR the 'WILLIAMSON' CAPTAIN PIL A SAFE BET EPSOM JEEP'S best bets are Captain Pil (Race 4), Coleman Street (Race 5} and Whiz Pah (Race 6). CALL BOY's double is Kaboo (Race 5) and Cheers (Race 7). The going is good. Smart 6-year-old can prove topclass today FSWhiz
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    SELECTIONS
    123 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER D. OF MANTUA Sandman Dilruba D. OF MANTUA Film Goer Sandman SANDMAN No Flake Knifhtsbridce W. PLAINS Wonder Hawk Kinr's Scholar ROC Prediction Speedy Socks MORI Western Plains Roc EXHIBITOR Movieland Waitangi ALOHA Spanish Prince Exhibitor WAITANGI Spanish Prince Exhibitor CAPT. PIL Songkhla The
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    Jockey Club's new move on doping
    199 12 Jockey Club's new move on doping T O^*~ 3N, Fri. Britain's Jockey Club has sent a letter to all licensed flatrar: trainers asking them to communicate immediately with the club If they are able to give any Information from their own Inquiries Into alleged doping of racehorses. This follows investigations
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    Hope for Abdul Wahid
    125 12 SINGAPORE, Fri. Abdul Wahid bin Baba, a crippled Singapore policeman, may realise his ambition *o compete In the 1962 Melbourne Paralympics the "Olympic Games" for crippled people in the British Commonwealth. A Singapore sports official. Mr Chew Keng Ban. has offered "to start the ball rolling"
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      289 12 THE LYNX The 'Lynx' is now established a* the most popnl»r cistern for evwy use. whether for replacement or for new installations. Its merita are acclaimed equally by the architect w'ao specifies it. the builder who installs it and the customer who uses it. The well-desifrned shell is clean and
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      135 12 EAST COAST APARTMENT MODERN PROPOSED FREEHOLD FLATS FOR SALE (at Telok Kurau near sea-side) $12,800/- upwards (cash? special discount) EASY MONTHLY INSTALMENT $109.90 Accommodations: 3 bedrooms, living room, dining roomy, kitchen, bathroom, W.C., 2 balconies modem tonitoiy installation. Gorden in front of and car park under building. 1. Still Lone,
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    Lock icon S'cow Jit out in Round 1
    418 13 HE FINISHED 7th TO DEVITT German girl clocks Games best pX)NG Scow Jit of Malaya was eliminated in the first round of the Olympic Games men's 169 metres freestyle swimming event here today. Scow Jit finished seventh of eight starters in his heat which
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    Lock icon First 'gold' to Italy
    147 13 ROME, Fri.— ltaly, the host nation, won the first Olympic gold medal here today with a team victory in the 100 kilometres team time trial cycling event. The Italian cyclists overcame strong opposition from the German and Russian teams. The German team came second to win
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    ALL THE GAMES RESULTS
    701 13 BOXING FIRST DAY'S RESULT Flyweight— P. Curcettl (It) outp'd F. Kesekka (Uganda), Bantam J. Armstrong (US) outp'd S. Piikov (Bulg). Light J. Bteyn (SA> outp'd S. Prior (Aust). S. Lopopolo (It) out pel J. Bolang (Indo). Light-middle B Duivenbode (Hob outp'd C. Barrora (Sp), W. Fisher
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    Cycling meet postponed
    71 13 J£UALA LUMPUR, Frl— The Malayan track cycling championships, due to be held on Sunday. Sept. 4. have been postponed. The decision was made by the Selangor Cyclists Association last night. The postponement was decided primarily in the Interests of outstatlon competitors. The new date for the meet
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    PAKISTAN EAGLETS PROMISE BRIGHT CRICKET
    179 13 KUALA LUMPUR Fri.— The Pakistan Eaglets crickrt team flew into Kuala Lumpur last night with the promise to play delightful cricket for Malayan fan% The captain end assistant manager of the team, Mr. Mian Mohamed Saeed. a former Pakistan Test captain, who arrived earlier by
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    S'pore too good for Kelantan
    143 13 S'pore too good for Kelantan l/^OTA BHARU. Pri. Singapore easily beat Kelantan 4-0 in the first leg of their Malaya Cup soccer inter-zone final here today, after leading 2-0 at half-time. Kelantan did well to hold Singapore to 1-0 until a minute before the Interval when Singapore scored again. Singapore
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    Goalie Rita in tour XI
    108 13 SINGAPORE. FrL a woman soccer player will be seen in action for the first time in Malaya when the Putra Parahla Usul team of Bandoeng play In Singapore next month. She Is 24-year-old Rita Za. hara. who Is goalkeeper and one of the star players
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      403 13 SPORTS SUMMARY SOCCER FRIENDLY (Penang): PSC 3 (Thomasr 2. Coxj Prisons 2 MALAYA CL'P: (K. Bharu) lAvtar Singh, Rahman). Kelantan o Singapore 4 (Quah tpmmic Kirn Swee 2, Rahim Omar. Ibrahim tNrl Hauan; MUAK open championships: SLLTANS GOLD CLP (Kan- goon j, t sinthamonev 6-2 6-0- K tmr): Peru, 3
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      81 13 CRICKET TOUR MATCH: North Malays v Pakistan Eaglets (Ipoh li a.m.). ATHLETICS Malayan Postal meet (Merdeka Stadium 2 pm i; Spore Civilians v Spore Services (Parrer Park 2.30). TENNIS Muar District open championships (Muar) Talplng CRC championships (Tatping CRC Club). BADMINTON North Perak championships (Tsuping K.E. VII Hall). SOCCER SULTANS
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    More Army civilians to go
    218 14 THE REASON: SOME ASPECTS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY ARE BEING REDUCED 750 WORKERS MAY BE AFFECTED IN THREE STAGES, BUT SOME MAY GET ALTERNATIVE JOBS SINGAPORE, Friday. ABOUT 750 civilian workers employed in British Army establishments in Singapore are to be declared redundant. An army spokesman,
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    Talk by woman economist
    58 14 SINGAPORE, Fri. Miss Pnyllis Deane. secretary of the International Association for Research into Income and Wealth, will give a talk to members of the Malayan Economic Society. Her address. "The Mechanics of Industrial Take-Off," will be given on Monday at 8 p.m. in the New Lecture
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    Soviet sack U.S. attache
    42 14 MOSCOW. Fri.— The Soviet Foreign Ministry has asked the United States Attache in Moscow, Mr. J. P. Winters, to leave Russia. Tass. the Boviet news agency, announcing this, alleged that Mr. Winters was involved in an espionage case.
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    Lock icon 'INCOMPETENCE9 REPORT IS CONTRARY TO FACTS
    132 14 'INCOMPETENCE 9 REPORT IS CONTRARY TO FACTS rpOKYO, Fri.— The Director I of the Public Information "and Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Mr. Shinichi Kondo, said in a prepared statement today: "A recent report from Tokyo by a foreign news agency stated that a Japanese Government official
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    233 14 20 Words $10 (Minimum) THE CMILORENS AID Society sincerely thanks the anonymous donor who contributed 1200 Uii» week toward* its work. DOCS. PETS. ETC. tt Word* Si Mim Box St el». sxtrm FOR SALE 4 month old Siamese Kittens. Pleas* ring s pore *****. DONATION OF MO'- for RSPCA
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    RUBBER
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    TIN
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    Water shut-off
    26 14 SINGAPORE, Fri— Water will be cut off along Radin Mas between house No. 59 to Postmen's quarters, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow.
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