The Straits Times, 3 April 1958

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    24 1 The Straits Times "I AVKBACE DAILY fEBTIFIED SALE EXfEEHS 80,000 fat*"* 1 New*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1958 «V -jV 15 CENTS
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    CELEBES ALSO INVADED
    632 1 Jakarta troops seize towns JAKARTA, Wed—lndonesian Government troops have invaded rebel Central Celebes, the army headquarters announced today. This follows yesterday's announcement that Jakarta troops had invaded rebel West Sumatra. A communique today said that troops had seized the towns of Palu and Donggala In the Celebes.
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    Anti-tax riot at funeral
    47 1 LAGOS. Wed. Fourteen people were killed In demonstrations in the Ibadan area of western Nigeria which followed the funeral of a politician. Alhajl Adegoke Adelabu. who was killed In a road crash last week. Police said that the riots were an anti-tax protest.
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    EIGHT DID WORK OF 132 ON THIS SHIP
    265 1 All I want to do is sleep Captain "CLEEP— aII I want to do is sleep" were the first words uttered by Captain W. Vander Rest of the 6.324-ton Ophir as his ship dropped anchor in Singapore Harbour yesterday. It was the
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    Lock icon PTE PERFECT (Piara Singh) SAILS FOR HOME
    69 1 PRIVATE CLAUDE PERFECT, olios Pioro Singh, trots wp the gangway of the troopship Dilwara with an escort close on his heels in Singapore yesterday to sail home to England. For the first week he will bo under detention, serving the balance of 14-day
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    Students warned: I Don't abuse the law
    123 1 Students warned: I Don't abuse the law KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Kelantan State Government today declared it would not tolerate any abuse of the law whether it was from students or any other section of the public. In a statement issued in Kuala Lumpur the Kelantan Government referred to the
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    Lock icon The threshold
    29 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. The head of the National Cancer Institute reported yesterday that the US. Is on the "threshold of breakthroughs'' in treatment of cancer with drugs. UP.
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    Lock icon Toast to RAF
    24 1 LONDON. Wed. The Queen last night drank a fortieth birthday toast to the Royal Air Force at Fighter Command headquarters. Reuter.
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    BUSES STONED IN MALACCA: 9 HELD
    176 1 MALACCA, Wednesday. DOTTLES and stones were thrown by strikers this morning when the Malacca Omnibus Service— whose employees have been on strike for 48 days tried to resume services. Some of the company's buses were attacked at the central bus stand at Newcome Road,
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    Breadlines in U.S. i
    50 1 Breadlines in U.S. i HOUSTON, (Texas). WedFree food was distributed to the unemployed In this wealthy oil town yesterday for the first time since the depression days of the 1930s Welfare officials said they expected the distribution of food to last for the rest of this month and perhaps longer.
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    Lock icon Rest in Japan
    30 1 KOBE. Wed. The Malayan Minister for Justice and Interior, Inche Suleiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman, has arrived In Japan for a month's rest and recuperation tour— U.P.
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    Lock icon Girl dancer cut in two at theatre
    64 1 TOKYO. Wed. A 21-YEAR-OLD girl dancer was cut In half last night before an audience of 3.500 at the Grand Theatre at Takarazuka, western Japan, when her dress was caught between the elevating stage floor. Horror gripped the audience when her shrieks of
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    Lock icon Atlas launching halted again
    36 1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Wed. —A test firing of the Atlas lnter-contlnental ballistic missile was halted Just before take-off yesterday when trouble developed In th« engine after It had been started up. Reuter -t
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    Lock icon Suit for Mao
    37 1 ROME. Wed— Mr. Nikita Khrushchev's Italian tailor. Angelo Lltrico. said here today that he would present Mr. Mao Tse-tung with a Western-style suit when he visits China in August with other Italian fashion designers.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dag sees Mac
    37 1 LONDON. Wed. Mr Dag Hammarskjoeld. United Nations secretary general, last night had his first meeting with Mr. Harold Macmillan. the Prime Minister, since he flew here last Sunday on a four-day official visit. Reuter.
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    2 a.m. news roundup
    232 1 2 a.m. news roundup REBELS CRUSH A ..■BELLION BUKIT TINGGI (Sumatra), Wed. Indonesian revolutionary leaders announced today they have crushed a counter-revolu-tionary attempt by top military, police and political officials as well as Communists in this rebel capital city. The suppression of the counter revolutionary plot in Bukit Tinggi indicated
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    SHAWCROSS QUITS AS MP
    76 1 LONDON, Wed— Sir Hartley Shawcross. former Attorney-General and a leadIng member of the Labour Party, has resigned his seat in the House of Commons This will cause a by-election at St Helens. Labour is almost certain to retain the constituency since it is one of the
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      23 1 THERE will be no publication of the Straits Times and the Singapore Free Press tomorrow— Good Friday. Publication will be resumed on Saturday.
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    Troops are in Malaya 'by request
    296 2 BRITAIN REPLIES TO 'SOLDIERS MUST GO 9 DEMAND BY LABOUR M.P.S 'ALL WHO BELIEVE IN LIBERTY WILL AGREE THAT ARMS AID IS NECESSARY' LONDON, Wednesday. IRITISH (Government- made lear yesterday that British unmonwealth truops were (I in Malaya "at the request lawfully elected Federation
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    BODY IN THE RIVER
    60 2 KUALA KANGSAR. Wed— The body of a woman was found yesterday in the Perak River, about 10 miles downstream from here, by residents of Kampong Senggang. Police recovered the body, which has been identified as that of Puteh Peah binte Kuloplah, 80. of nearby Padang Rengas.
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    College classes in July
    102 2 KLANG. Wed. The Muslim College of Malaya here will start preparatory and main classes in July, the beginning of its academic year. These classes will prepare students for admission Into the college. GENERAL Sir Francis Festing m-< Far East Land Forces, chats with Pte. K. L.
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    Two die in quarry landslide
    89 2 Two die in quarry landslide BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wed.— Two labourers employed by the 2nd Airfield Construe- tion Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Butterworth, were killed yesterday in a landslide at the RAAF quarry. The men Teoh Poh Keat. 25, and Weng Ah Suan. 22, were rushed to hospital unconscious, but
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    Tax fine
    24 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Oan Cbong Ton was fined $100 here today for falling to submit his 1957 income tax returns in time.
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    Pte. PERFECT, IN BLUE TURBAN, HUSTLED ON TROOPSHIP
    249 2 Pte. PERFECT, IN BLUE TURBAN, HUSTLED ON TROOPSHIP DRTVATE Claude Perfect, the British soldier who turned Sikh in Kuala Lumpur in February and took the name Piara Singh, has been sent back to England. Private Perfect, who is still serving 14 days detention for being absent without leave, was hustled
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    999 WILL FIGHT THE LAST FIVE REDS
    107 2 999 WILL FIGHT THE LAST FIVE REDS IPOH. Wed.— The little villace of K.impoim Tasek on tbe Malaya -Siam border has formed its own good citizens committee to eliminate the five remainins terrorists in the area. Ninety per cent ef the village population of 999 are Siamese and the rest
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    New council president
    47 2 KUALA TRENGGANU Wed. —The Trengganu Executive Council today held Its meeting for the first time at the Secretariat room instead of at the Istana Badariah. This followed the withdrawal of the Sultan as its president in favour of the Mentri Besar, Dato Hajl Kamaruddin
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    Cyclist's death: Driver blamed
    61 2 PENANG, Wed. -The Penang Coroner. Mr. Au Ah Wah, today held that a van driver's rashness had caused the death of a cyclist Mr. Au gave this verdict at the inquest on Lee Tal Nee, proprietor of the Bayan Lepas airport canteen, who was knocked down
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    School fair
    29 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The Tengku Ampuan Muslim College for Girls is to hold a 10-day trade and fun fair in aid of its funds from April 34.
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    Lock icon $1,770,000 for $1 BRITISH MINERS HUGE WIN ON FOOTBALL POOLS
    202 3 $1,770,000 for $1 BRITISH MINERS HUGE WIN ON FOOTBALL POOLS LONDON, Wed.— The lucky Rileys 17 of them from grentgrandma down to the grandchildren went to London yesterday to collect a record football pools win ?i £209.079 ($1,777,000) The money was won by 58--year-old Thomas Rile/. £8- a- week mineworker,
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    Lock icon Space agency
    33 3 WAS H I N GTON, Wed President Eisenhower will recommend to Congress the creation of Government space agency to deal with outer space matters, including rocket exploration of the moon.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Cinema slump
    110 3 TV IS BLAMED FOR WORST ATTENDANCE YEAR EVER f ONDON, Wed.—Bri- tish cinemas last year suffered the worst attendance slump ever recorded, the Board of Trade journal stated yesterday. An article in the Journal stated: "To some extent the fall in admissions can be related to the growth
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    Lock icon Britons brainwashed to make them 'confess'
    791 3 THE INSIDE STORY OF A SENSATIONAL MOSCOW SPY TRIAL I ONDON, Wed.— The inside story of Russia's most fantastic spy trial, with Stalin's dreaded OGPU reducing British prisoners almost to brainwashed automatons, is told for the first time today by the British Government. Twenty-five
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      Lock icon Suez bill: Egypt 'no' to offer from Paris
      51 3 Suez bill: Egypt 'no' to offer from Paris CAIRO. Wed. FfGYPT has reject--1 ed a French offer of £8 million as her share towards compensation for damage during the Suez crisis The French offer was insufficient, a Government spokesman said. Egypt has demanded £72 million jointly from France and Britain.
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      22 3 NEW YORK: Tennis star Althea Gibson announced that she is punning to give up tennis to become a night club entertainer. Reuter.
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      20 3 DACCA: Mr. Ataur Rehman took office again as Chief Minister of East Pakistan after being dismissed for 24 hours— Reuter
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      24 3 LONDON: The Labour Party is organisine a mass demonstration in Trafalgar Square on Sunday. April 13. to demand the cessation of nuclear tests— Reuter.
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    Lock icon General's job
    20 3 LONDON. Wed Lt.-Oen Sir Cecil Sugden. comman-der-in-chief. Allied Forces. Northern Europe, has been appointed QuartermasterGeneral to the Forces.—Reuter
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    Lock icon Giant evacuation plan
    50 3 LONDON. Wed— The British Government said yesterday it plans to evacuate some 12 million civilians from London and other danger areas in case of war. The Housing Minister. Mr. Henry Brooke, told the House of Commons that the Government is working on details of the plan.— U.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    294 3 T ONDON. Tuee The highlight of London stock markets today was the marked strength of gilt-edged securities. There has been a good Investment demand throughout the day and with stock In short supply prices advanced sharply. Buying was stimulated by hopes of still lower Interest rates and by
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    RUBBER
    27 3 LONDON. Tues. Spot 23 ',d May 23Kd.. June 23>4d.. July-Sept 23Vid., Oct-Dec. 23'4d., JanMarch 23Ud.. April tit 22". d, May elf. 22\d.. Jun* 22\d. Tone: Steady.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON. Tues. Buyers £730. I sellers £730 'j. Forward buyers I £725. sellers £7254, Settlement ,£73o'i; MB. 280 tons. pja. 165
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    Lock icon TERROR WAVE AS EOKA CELEBRATES
    158 3 TERROR WAVE AS EOKA CELEBRATES NICOSIA, Wednesday. QIX bomb explosions, strikes, and the first killing in Nicosia's "murder mile" area for more than a year marked the third anniversary of the Eoka terrorist campaign yesterday. Fire broke out in an army i ordnance store near Fama. gusta last night. Furniture
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    Blaze ship passengers will now fly
    87 3 Blaze ship passengers will now fly SYDNEY, Wed.— The I.OBU passengers from the Norwegian migrant ship Skaubryn, which caught fire in the Indian Ocean on Monday, will be flown to Australia from Aden. This was stated in a cable today from the Oslo owners to the Skaubryn's agents here. The
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    Wife gets pity—but no divorce
    353 4 Wife gets pity— but no divorce PRETTY TYPIST TELLS HOW HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO STRANGLE HER ALLEGED CRUELTY DOES NOT AMOUNT TO LEGAL CRUELTY— JUDGE KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. ATTRACTIVE typist who alleged that her husband had tried to strangle her and had threatened to stab her with a pair of scissors,
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    TENGKU AT RIVER KWAI' PREMIERE
    65 4 1 UK FEDERATION Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman is greeted by mil. lionaire miner Mr. Loke Wan Vat repiesenting his brother, the cinema magnate Mr. Loke Wan Ttao. at the charity premiere of "The Bridge on the River Kwai." Proceeds of the show, at the
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    TUC rally
    22 4 The Singapore t rades Union Congress Is planning to celebrate May Day wifh a mass rally at Jalan Besar stadium.
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    Health shows
    23 4 Nine exhibitions in conjunction with World Health Day will be held at community centres In Singapore on Monday at 10 a.m.
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    JAYCEE to seek Aussie aid
    68 4 KUALA LUMPUR. WedThe president of the Australian Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Murray Pitt, will be asked for help to boost JAYCEE work here when he arrives tomorrow for a oneflay visit. The vice-president of the Kuala Lumpur chapter. Inehe Mohamed All. said today the
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    10 cases of TB
    31 4 KLANO. Wed. There were 10 cases of tuberculosis, one of diphtheria and on c of chicken-pox In Klang last month, the town council was told here today.
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    UNREST: A WARNING TO ESTATE MEN
    157 4 KUALA LUMPUR Wednesday. JHE leader of 320,000 Malayan plantation workers today warned estate employers that they would be responsible for any unrest among the workers because of yesterday's 30-cent "arbitrary" cut in wages. I Employers reduced wages because the price of rubber had fallen
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    IN TODAYBRITISH ENVOY
    69 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The new counsellor of the British High Commissioner'! Office here. Mr. James Duncan Fraser. will arrive tomorrow. Mr Fraser served In the British High Commissioner's Office in Australia from July 1955. He will act as the deputy High Commissioner here until Mr. R. C.
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    MINISTERS PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR I ANTI-VICE CAMPAIGN
    236 4 MINISTERS PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR I ANTI- VICE CAMPAIGN IPOH, Wed. Several Federal Government Ministers, have promised tc support the anti -vice campaign launched by the PanMalayan Islamic Moral Defence Organisation. The chairman of the organisation. Mr MY Hussein, tuld the Straits Times today: "We need official backing and support if
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    THE TROUBLES OF A CITY COUNCILLOR
    196 4  - THE TROUBLES OF A CITY COUNCILLOR Leon-Soh by Mrs. MRS. F. LEON-SOH, a Singapore City Councillor, yesterday spoke of the troubles of a councillor. Addressing 300 students of the Presbyterian Boys' School, she said: "I have not been able to go to bed before 1 a.m. There are so many
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    100 mine workers lose jobs
    129 4 100 mine workers lose jobs KAMPAR. Wed. About 100 workers of the American-owned Pacific Tin Consolidated Corporation in Kainpar have been discharged as the dredne here has stopped opt rat ions. The company has retained about 80 other employees for maintenance work. The discharged workers were paid off at the
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    TB protection
    31 4 TANJONG MALIM WedThe Perak Medical Department's BCO. vaccination team, which has been touring schools in the Slim River district for the past week, has Inoculated 1550 children against tuberculosis
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    Acquittal
    36 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed —A 45-year-old woman vegetable seller. Tan Foo Hing, of Petaling Jaya, was today acquitted on a charge nf allowing her housp to be used as a common earning house on Feb 19
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    TAX EVADERS, HERE'S WARNING
    182 5 TAX EVADERS, HERE'S WARNING IfUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Federation's Inland Revenue Department collected $7.300.000— "a substantial sum"— in back duties from income tax evaders over the past three years. It Included penalties and carries a warning to the public that the department ls continuously on the lookout (or evaders. The
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    Hospital posting
    32 5 ALOR STAR, Wed.— lnche Jaffar bin Zakaria, who recently completed a course in Penang on hospital administration, has been posted to the Alor Star General Hospital as its first administrator.
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    Court rejects plea to 'free9 two boys for exams
    299 5 Court rejects plea to 'free 9 two boys for exams CRIME TOO SERIOUS FOR BINDING OVER JUDGE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A SUPREME COURT judge today rejected defence counsel's plea that two boys originally charged with murder and later found guilty of causing hurt, be bound over so that they could
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    COUNCILLOR: DISMISSAL AD. SO EMBARRASSING
    256 5 A LOR STAR, Wed.— A Kedah state councillor was "embarrassed" when he read a newspaper advertisement announcing that he had been dismissed from a Job, he told the High Court here today. Mr. Karuna rcaran Nalr. a Justice of the Peace, was applying (or a
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    Tree kills labourer
    79 5 RAWANG, Wed —A 57-year-old rubber tapper on Kundang Estate, seven miles from here, was killed this evening when a tree he was helping to fell crashed on top of lyin. S Ramasamy, had gone out to cut down trees with another labourer, Varttaunanan, aged 40. The tree
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    Woman innate of leper home is gagged and robbed of $183
    110 5 Woman innate of leper home is gagged and robbed of $183 A WOMAN Inmate of the Trafalgar Home for Lepers In Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore, was gagged by three men and robbed of $123 In cash and Jewellery worth $60 on Tuesday night The woman, Loh Ah Poh. told
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    Driver blamed
    37 5 JOHORE BAURU, Wed A verdict of death due to negligence of a bus driver. Teng Kirn, was recorded at an Inquest today on Pang Kirn, 18. a cyclist who was run over by a bus.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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  • The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. Apr. 3, 1958.
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      PAP And The Utilities
      664 6 Comment by Singapore* Mayor and by the chairman of his party, Dr. Tob Chin Chye, on the control and the uture of the public utilities makes it quite plain that their ideas on this are not those ol the report on local government which Dr. Toh
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      Queen's Scholars
      300 6 The Singapore Government has made a major change in the award of Queen's Scholarships, the most coveted ol Malayan prizes. The Queen's Scholarship will now be restricted to students who have left school, not an innovation but a return to the spirit of 1885. The objects as then
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    Spelling It Oul
    237 6 The last has not been heard of the dispute over secondary education in the Malaj medium, or indeed of objections to the way in which Razak national policy is being worked. One of the unfortunate effects of these controversies is that they have dominated public attention to
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    NEW ALPHABET WILL GIVE MALAY GREATER PRECISION
    682 6  - NEW ALPHABET WILL GIVE MALAY GREATER PRECISION A STAFF WRITER by A special seven-man committee is touring the Federation to obtain the views of organisations and individuals on proposals for the reform of the Malay language. A SILENT revolution is being planned in Malaya a revolution which will ultimately reach
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    REFORMeD ALPHABET
    49 6 REFORM eD ALPHABET -0 I tmMi'l t Fof«it« -C I H K Mi N [ln.|. N«. 1.11. I* N Wai N,J Hi Ny 0 9 Q K.« r R E<-Ich N«» k Me. T Tj v r. v Vi V, w i.y, Wj X y Wi, Y< i Z
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      TUAN: Serious, dignified form of address
      471 6 rE Rev. Goh Hood Keng says the word "Tuan" has a tin- c of superiority complex and a 'taint of colonialism. because in Wilkinson's dictionary the meaning is given as master or lord. In a Malay book Laksamana Tun Tuah 'by Abdul Samad Ahmad).
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      Kampong-to-town
      247 6 I HAVE read with great Interest the article by Inche Hamzah bin Sendut on the drift from kampong to town. From what I have seen this urbanisation is not in resp~n.se to an economic need for large urban concentrations but because of the low level of rural Income or
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    GERMANY FORMS ELITE: BODY OF PATRIOTS
    541 6  -  I ANTHONY TERRY By BONN WITH their duelling scars covered by sticking plaster, several thousand West German university students fiom the "Fighting Student Corporations" have Just left their universities for an eight-week vacation. This may give a chance for a cooling of tempers which
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    KILLED OWN BROTHER IN CRASH
    188 7 KILLED OWN BROTHER IN CRASH 'rHE Singapore Assist- ant Coroner, Inche Ahmad bin Hussein, was yesterday told of a farmer's horror when he found that the cyclist ho had knocked down was his younger brother. Lim Chye Kirn said that on Feb. 10 about 7.30 p.m. he was driving along
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    Five pass B.Sc. exam
    70 7 The following candidates ol the University of Malaya have passed the third examination for the degree of Bachelor ol Science in en g.neering: Chen Hung. Chong Sim Chin. Lee Mun Thong. Lee Yong Siang. Ng Kirn Chua. Five others. Loo Yew Ann. Alexius Francis. Ng Kah
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    DEATH
    55 7 DR. S. C. YIN. J.P, «ged 82 \ean-. passed away peacefully, after prolonged illne&s magnificently borne, a* his residence, 16. Norfolk Road, on Wednesday, 2nd April. 1958. Funeral at Bidadart Cemetery on Thursday. 3rd April at 5 p.m "Death i< the end of life: ah. uhy Should life all
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    I won't challenge Tengku: Sardon
    118 7 I won't challenge Tengku: Sardon KL'ALA LLMPUR. Wed. Inche s.i i dim bin llaji Jubir, Minister of Works and leader of UMNO Youth, said today be had no intention of challenging; the leadership of the Prime Minister. Tengku AbJul Rahman. Inche Sardon was commenting on a call by the Bagan
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    Stall thief takes $159
    60 7 IPOH. Wed.-A thief who broke into a coffee stall at the central bus station here last night stole $H6 iii cash, a $30 watch and a $13 fountain pen from the counter drawer. The shopkeeper. Too Gee Kee. found a plank removed and the door opened
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    MCA purge of aliens soon
    465 7 150, 000 MEMBERS WILL GET 'BE CITIZENS WITHIN DEFINITE TIME LIMIT' ULTIMATUM KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. ABOUT 150,000 members of the Malayan Chinese Association are to be g iven a time limit difring which they must become Federal citizens or be sacked from the organisation. This
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    Warning of malaria epidemic
    121 7 KLANG Wed. The Klaus Town Council was warned today of the risk of a malaria epidemic and the necessity of having a malaria survey carried out. Dr. B A. Lamprell. nominated, said there were three separate outbreaks here last year. There was a greater risk ot
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    Variety shows
    31 7 IPOH. Wed. Chinese variety shows will be staged to raise funds to finance the Joint citizenship drive by the Malayan Chinese Association and the Chinese Guild* and Association* her*.
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    282 7 Many times I thought we'd never get through By DENIS WARNER OINGAPORE, Wed.— The Central Government's military net is closing round the rebels in Central Sumatra. It was thrown with speed, dexterity and remarkable weight. And though there are still loopholes In It and the
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    774 7 sed from exhaustion and was snoring with my head rolling back when the next check post brought us to a halt. "Don't worry about my friend." said MacGregor "you will never move him. He is dead drunk." And at this most vital point still
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    Classes for 880 by May 5
    218 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. TPHE Federation Government will set up between 1 20 and 22 Malay secondary classes next month for a maximum number of 880 students. These classes, attached to English secondary schools. will begin on May 5. when he schools re-open after the
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    Mr. S makes it clear
    82 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The leader of th c Peoples' Progressive Party. Mr. D. R Seenivasagam, explained tonight that his speech in Penang last Monday was directed against the Alliance Government and not the Malay community. In a statement issued here, he said: "I want to
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    PINUP VERDICT: I'VE SEEN WORSE
    221 7 tfALACCA, Wed— The Malacca Magistrate. Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, today studied several magazines and newspapers containing pictures of pin-up girls and nude women and declared: "I have seen worse." The magazines and papers were brought to court by shop-keeper Tan Kee Ke, aged 66. who had
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    Hunter fined
    40 7 BENTONO. Wed— Sam Ah Kow. 25. a hunter, of Bukit Tinggi, was fined $100 In the magistrate's court here yesterday for killing a deer without a licence and for killing it out of the -season He pleaded guilty
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    Cheng Beng traffic plan
    76 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Traffic arrangements for visitors to the Chinese cemeteries in Airport Road during the Cheng B«-ng festival on Saturday and Sunday were innoum'fd today. Cars must travel from Loral* Road atone Taylor Road and Bellamy Road. entering tbe cemetery by Kcrayong Road. On the
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    446 8 Good English gives you CONFIDENCE Hundreds of ambitious men and women, drawn from all occupations, have discovered a fascinating, simplified way to improve their English, gain self-confidence and develop their personality. They tell how this unique method, studied in the odd minutes of the day, has enabled them to speak
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    Kuala Lumpur rates may go up 10 p.c. next year
    277 8 MUNICIPALITY FACES MOUNTING COSTS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. JgATES in Kuala Lumpur are expected to go up by about 10 per rent next year to meet the mounting financial commitments of the Municipal Council. Sources close to the council explained today
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    A-science study grants
    140 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany offering four scholarships to Malayan students to study elementary nuclear science and other scientific subjects In West Berlin. Two of the scholarships are for elementary nuclear science. The scholarship*, carrying allowances of about $230 a month
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    Tatjana is dancing her way round the world
    114 8 Tatjana is dancing her way round the world TATJANA, a vivacious Tahiti.™ dancer, is now in Singapore to open a season at the Capitol Mandarin Room. Wearing a real grass skirt, an orchid in her hair and a shell neckUrr round her neck, Tatjana her vital statistics 34.21-34 yesterday gave
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    Sewerage works
    110 8 EDUCATION: With the! Municipality taking over primary education in the town, the cost must be borne by the rate payers. The Gov-' ernment may grant loans but these will have to be repaid. Staffing expense* of the schools will be paid by the Municipality. If it Is decided
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    'GIVE UP' LEAFLETS RAIN ON BANDITS
    147 8 'GIVE UP' LEAFLETS RAIN ON BANDITS IPOH, Wed.— News of! the Government's final extension of the merdeka surrender offer till July 31 has been conveyed to the Communist terrorists through a gigantic leaflet drop in Perak. Nearly 1500,000 pamplets have been showered over an area of 2500 square miles in
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    51 8 KLANG. Wed. The labour exchange here is finding more difficulty in providing "white-collar" jobs than manual labour for the many people registered with it. The assistant Commissioner for Labour told the straits Times today that 80 people on the exchange lists were waiting for desk
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    DPP: HE TOLD LIE TO GET PAKISTAN JOB
    427 8 ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed The D.P.P. submitted in the Supreme Court today that the! president of the Sessions Court here had wrongly acquitted an assistant passport officer with the Malayan High Commission in Pakistan. The officer. R. Munusamy. 29, a former Penan* and
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    ROBBED ON DAY OF DEPARTURE
    149 8 AN Indonesian Consulate-General official and his A wife lost jewellery worth $2,000 to housebreakers early yesterday— a few hours before they were due to leave for Jakarta. The official. Mr. R Soeprapto Partodipoero, a viceconsul, told the Straits Times about the theft at his Maryland
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    Two dawn intruders are routed
    108 8 Two dawn intruders are routed KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A 50-year-old coffeeshop owner, Wong Hong Chin put two masked and armed men to flight after a ten-minute scuffle with them In his shop at Ampang. five miles from here, early today. Wong said he woke up at 4.30 a.m. and was
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    This is a QUIET town...
    59 8 K .VMPAK. Wed.— The town council has banned the plarin* of juke boxes from street stalls in a bid to make Kampar a quieter Councillors acre** that the three. Jake boxes affected were making to* much noise. Juke bex licences will -till be issued to
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    232 9 child and neiress ot the third Duke of Somerset, grandson or John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, and son ol King Edward 111 While wretched Henry VI lived the Beauforts were only a Junior branch of the Lancastrian line Hopes crushed In 1461. when Henry Tudor
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    1169 9 Exiled prince ushered in the Golden Age in England END OF A GENERATION OF RAVAGING WARS iiimiiiiiHimmmiMimiiMiiiimmmiiiiiiiiiiiitiiHiMMiiiimmmiiM IT had been a hard day's fighting by the ri*m vulet outside the little town of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire. The body of the last Plantagenet King of England, crookback Richard 111, lay
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    PREVAILING TRENDS STILL UNCHANGED ON LOCAL MARKETS
    409 10 PREVAILING TRENDS STILL UNCHANGED ON LOCAL MARKETS By Our Market Correspondent yyiTU the approach of the long Easter holidays Malayan markets are showing no reversal of the mood which has characterised them for the past week or two. There seems today very few Incentives to boost markets and any factors
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    22 10 SINGAPORE. April 2. RUBBER: 77% cents per Ik. (up s quarter of a cent). TIN: $358.25 per picul (down $2.25).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    466 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "All •actions on the local share market were easier and barely steady at the lower levels. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Fed. Dispensary $2.30 cd cci. Praser Sc Neave ords $2.65 cd (and
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    138 10 MELBOURNE. Wed INVESTMENT shares recorded a firmer trend with British Tobacco up lid. and General Industries up 6d providing the main movements. Mining stocks maintained a quiet and steady tone. Commonwealth loans were active on an easier tone Loans 3>*% 1956-59 £98 ss. 6d. Loans 3 1 "V
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    RUBBER PRICES
    160 10 April Hrst grade rubber buyers f.e.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 77 cents per Ib. up a quarter of a cent on Tuesday's closing price. Closing lone: Very quiet. Closing prices in cents per Ib. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. I R.S.S Spot f.o.b. buyers 77 4. sellers 77%;
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    107 10 1 Siniaporr hineae Prmliirr Xx change: noon p^lues per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK Continent April/May $30 buyers. »31', sellers. Coronal oil: quiet, bulk $46 sellers. drum $50 sellers Pepper: steady; about 30 tons of business reported done: Muntok white $126. Sarawak $125 (both up $5). special
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    94 10 I The Malayan Exchange Banks' I AsMK-iatlon made the (ollowing changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rate* to $100) Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 1/16. OD 32 3/16. 90 d/st. 33 H credit bills. 32 trade bills. Selling T.T- or OD. ready: French Francs *****; Belgian
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      1508 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCIES IN SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS 1. RAFFLES LIBRARY: LIBRARY OFFICERS. Salary scale: *225x 15-255/295x15-385/425x20-505 555x25-655 p.m. Chartered Librarians or Holders of the pass degree of the University of Malaya with equivalent will enter the scale at $355/- p.m., Holders of an Honours Degree of the University of Malaya
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      786 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL I.O< \L EDUCATION AUTHORITY APPLICATIONS are lnvrtted for the post of Junior Stenographer In the Municipal Education office at a Salary of $253 Basic per Month on a salary Scale $253x14--351/366x14-422. Candidates should possess either the L.C.C. or the Government Stenography exam. Certificate of
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      1080 12 STEADY PROGREISS 'T'HE chairman of Singapore's Family Planning 1 Association, Mrs. Goh Kok Kee, reports this week that the association's recent fund-raising effort a buffet at the home of the president, Sir Percy McNeice, and Lady McNeice, brought in the creditable sum of $2,060. This will be welcome
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      279 12 When your child Is In pain -I^^j| You ca° now, at last, give aspirin sa/ely special |T Children's aspirin. Doctors know that aspirin B _jfcfl( )cst r lreat 'ng fever and relieving pain in Jl W^^^^ Children, but only in small, exact, safe doses. That j ]j^^K| wn y doctors
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      436 12 K«*l, Wv«. ytHo* or 7 p*CM 1 I II Itmall diiDN. on* Urga bowl ready packed :..:..--ipfc I I B I Tnr«« to chooif from "Iftfts,^^^Bß^.^l ready to give! z-izzi^tmM The bright scarlet and yellow Pyrex gift packs are <^Lff full of all the Pyrex every V»* €2^ housewife would
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      337 12 Straits Times Crossword i ja r -«TL* -3 13 about to help her (6). KSSSJ3 K^s tsS^4 fcS^ 5 l^b^s fcs^7 k^Jn 3 Wom en'» service offering inj iJ| H H aide characteristics (10). 9 !|sS io The soldier returns rumour j about nothing? (7). H v!l 111 H I^l
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      598 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE M *trd, I* r •>«">—»•* M tit mxtrm. 9.000 SQ. FT LAND Frankle Estate. No encumberances. Price $1/30 per aq ft. 0.n.0. Ring ***** j BOILDIMO SITE At Lasalle Street. Area. 11.654 KjJt. Freehold, Uood Locality, Reasonable Price. Principal* Only. Box A 7834 ST. MODERN DETACHED
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      857 13 TUITION tt Word, U (Mim t-Bmx M cl« ntfa DRAUGHTSMAN and Surveyi ors earn liifh saJarlesl Learn these j art« and Bnj luh under expert i European tutors. Enquiries S S.A. I P.O. Box 2774 Singapore. EDUCATION tt Word, It <Mi*.)-Bi M rt.. txlrm. IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH I Spoken and
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      868 13 VEHICLES FOR SAl.fi U 1 Mia 1 Urn, M ,1, nfn OAR VALUE INCREASED wltb new car performance for as little as 1 Cent every 10 miles using American Motor-Cure $7.00 per Un from Halyen Trading Co., 8-B (Top Floor> Change Alley, Singapore Phone ***** SINGER BPORTS. 1952 Registered 1(63
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      855 13 NOTICES THE UNITED CHINESE BANK LIMITED SINGAPORE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholder* of the above Company will be held |at its registered office No. 2 Chulia Street, Singapore, on Tuesday. 15th April. 1968 a* I 1130 a.m. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN
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      662 13 TENDERS SWGAfORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST Tenders are invited for the concrete paving of backlanes and relaying of minor (Trains at Lorong Tiga Estate. Geylang. Tender form etc. may be obtained from the Archts' Dept on payment of a deposit of $10« which will be refunded if a bona fide tender Is
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    Distine is too good for rivals
    128 14  -  EPSOM JEEP By TRAINER NEAL HOBBS SADDLES THREE WINNERS M R. W. MacGREGOR WATTS crack sprinter Distine, With Mickey Donnelly astride, chalked up yet another triumph on his pet course of Bukit Timah yesterday. I Defying a punishing burden of 9.12, the champion proved
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    149 14 LOS ANGELES, Wed— Hogan Bassey, of Nigeria, retained his world featherweight championship here last night by knocking out Rlcardo Moreno, of Mexico, in the third round of their fight here. Moreno, who had never been knocked out before, was felled by a tremendous
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    TOUGH TEST FOR' GAMES BOXERS
    230 14  - TOUGH TEST FOR' GAMES BOXERS By LIM KEE CHAM SINGAPORE'S eight Asian Games boxing candidates will have their final test at the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's open championships at the Great World tomorrow and Saturday. The eight in line for the trip to Tokyo are Austin Dunsford, Koy.ston Lasaroo, V.
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    Bukit Timah race results, dividends, cash sweeps
    2304 14 Race One CLASS DIV. 4 6 FUBS. Metropole Stable's (11) JAMITO 8.11 (1107-330) Franklin 1 (1) Lady Jambo 90 carr 8.9 (721-312) Khamls 2 (8) Slara'a 8 5 966-359) Donnelly 3 (4) Her Higbnes* II 8.0 (178-141) Jones 4 (2) PALIO 8.13 (175-127)
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    155 HORSES ENTERED FOR S'GOR APRIL MEETING
    631 14 ZUALA LUMPUR, Wed —A total of 155 horses— BB In lass Three and 67 In Class Ftve has been entered for the elar.gor Turf Club meeting on pi 12, 16 and 19. Entries are: Class Three Ist run 2nd run SHI If 6(1
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    SCRC SCORE FIVE OFF WEAK TPCA DEFENCE
    142 14 SCRC SCORE FIVE OFF WEAK TPCA DEFENCE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. -Selangor Chinese Recreation Club took full points in their F.A.B. Dlv. l league fixture when they beat Tamilian Physical Cultural Association 5-1 at Princes Road today. SCR C. the defending champions, made two changes in their side that narrowly beat
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    Sharuddin can still join Fed team
    227 14 Sharuddin can still join Fed team DENANG, Wed.—Six--1 teen-year-old Sharuddin, of the Federation Military College, can still Join the Asian Games athletics teamprovided he qualifies. Mr. Oh Boon Tat. chairman of the FMAAU's selection committee, said that arrangements were being made for Sharuddin to run at Kuala Lumpur durine the
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    APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THOMAS CUP TICKETS
    113 14 ARRANGEMENTS for the sale of Thomas Cup tickets have been completed and applications are now open. Tickets will or.lv be sold on application which must be made on special forms. Prices are $10, $4 and $2.50 for 'he Inter-rone semi-finals and final and $20,
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    • Title Section
      Masthead
      6 1 TIMES HOUSE SUPPLEMENT APRIL 3, 1958
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      The Times marches 0n...
      3703 1 TODAY the Straits Times, publishing from its new head office, Times House, in Singapore, is both the popular and the quality newspaper of Malaya. It has not reached this position an anomalous one to those who preach that a quality newspaper must cost more than a
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        383 2 life jltaite ISIM new Crabtree Press This Three Unit High Speed Balcony type „m ,tn^ml ^^^^Wtf9r^tF^P^SF^^^^m Rotary Newspaper Printing Press, with a (j^^^^^^^^^^^^L T|w s Bil^ 111 |l v Single Former, Single Delivery Folder and MAl^^^ Bfl HMffiFxrP also equipped with a Lute News device, is P^^te^ l^^^^^^. 4^^9^^. TLIM
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        123 3 I Managing Directors* Office at TIMES HOUSE' the new Straits Times Building The elegant furniture, wall panellings, etc., I in this smartly designed modern office are manufactured by DIETHELL/TS ■■^J produces all furniture locally, are ....Tn^r- *JiP designers of fine furniture. In &*>- Jii«r whatever price range you choose Mp<«|*MWP
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      Times House
      1317 4 f|XE July morning v in 1845, a tallhatted young Singapore lawyer who relished the smell of printer's ink, turned the key in the door of a modest little ofiice at No. 7 Commercial Square, now Raffles Place. The key opened, too, a dynamic newspaper story which is still
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      Three miles of electric wiring went into the new printing press
      1040 4 an exit into River Valley Road. The first floor houses the public, business and managerial offices, and the editorial offices of The Malayan Monthly and Majallah Bulanan Malaya its romanised Malay language counterpart. On the second floor are commodious.
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        82 4 LIGHTING IN TIMES HOUSE BY LIGHTING IS OUR BUSINESS Advertisement of: THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. (MALAYA) LTD. Representing: THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD.. OF ENGLAND. ■HI^^MiHHHHfH Hlnstonft Nfwsink. Fundiior hiinarrv Bk lllMll v P r MinhJiMv 1 uiilow jijiiipnicni. BH| K^ liltlcjohii Cameras. llrod Machines. IP\VOnul '^R* jM^b. <lri;;illfl1 H
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        143 5 A BIRD^S EYE VIEW OF THE NEW HEMQUARTERS OF YOUR MMllilllllllllllllllillllitlllllltll ||(|||lllllll|llllilllllllllIlIIMIII1lllltlllMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIli<ili:illtlli:i'IIIIIIfill..|-lllM>]llllllltl««'l!:illll tlllltilllirillllllltMllllllMlllltlllllllflilillllfllllllllillllflMl \*lllltllllI'IIHIII1IIIM.i:M!l Ik jPACKING AND DESPATCH I k-^ *^iM^^^^mmhjWbl^^^^hß^^^B^^^^M^^^^Bl^^^B LUnirUwlHu ROOM J>|" r B|vH rnuiu tnunHfinu *<pr^^W j^^ pp^ jig &&KKMKKI^^ y RECEPTION y W^ ROOF GARUfcff vliiwlllllr *W^j? 4 RESIDENT -M MM [PRESS ROOM j AND CAFETERIA
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      Stage by stage the
      197 6 GETTING OUT YOUR STRAITS TIMES.... NEWS GATHERING is a 24-hour job. From the reporters comes a steady flow of copy through all hours of the day and night. Copies of all stories go to the editorial executives who are thus kept informed of what goes into
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        215 6 W V I l *M^^bl vfl^K l *V ßa l^P* l |^Hf l^ V 111 l iili^^^^s^^''ij Blflßflß^. -^Bflflß y TTTTi TTTTTTITTTT 1 1 1 1 1 Ii 1 1 BE* gjgjMp^'^MMj H^>Bhßl_ BttBBBWP H^ BJBBBBJBJ 8888 nBBBBBBJ **********8881 Brßi k '^BMBPskb. f V^BJBJBBBJBBBBBBBj PBBBBMB»*Ww'^ W'P*VW*^~^^^^^^^~~^^^^^^Bßßßßß^^^^^^^^~B^^~~^~Bf.BJ H I ■^■^■h WJ.
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      paper takes shape
      237 7 I Cm I I V»^ I V^ I\ fc^wJ «<^l STORIES already subbed and headed go to the foreman in the composing room. He distributes them to the linotype operators and ludlow operators for setting. PICTURES and illustrations sent by the art department go to the process
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        97 7 Another, Operation A i with i i by CLOLJET of course I EX JOY. COOL, (00/>^^ AMH-COXMTiOXMXG t at ___jjjH 111 W I Wt J C^S g| i» mm f .-.....^a Sltifr TT/\T TOT/ Editorial Department ■My General Office WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO AIRPH CONDITION YOUR BUSINESS? jH
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      newspaper office begins in this page...
      57 8 THE CIANT three-unit Crabtree press on which the Straits Times is printed runt at full stride in the middle of an addition. The foreman pressman examines a copy of Hie paper to see that all is going well. On the ground a crew makes
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      There's no stop to work on a daily newspaper
      1775 8 There's no stop to work on a daily newspaper pHODUCTION ot the Straits Times and its associated newspapers is a highly complex yet ordered process in which numerous .uid varied categories of workers play a part. In Times House are concentrated the efforts of considerably more than 1.000 employees in
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        83 8 THE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO. LTD offer their Congratulations and Best Wishes to THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS LTD on the completion of their new building In business, as in private life, insurance protection is essential consult an Insurance Company having sound financial backing, a reputation for prompt and generous claim
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        57 8 ****************************************111 l Congratulations to the Straits Times on the Completion of the $2nu Modern Times House From: HENRY CO we also take pleasure in announcing that we supplied their new furniture REMEMBER H E N R V FOR FURNITURE HENRY CO 35. Sumbawa Rd.. Singaooro-7 OFFICE Tel: ***** Kowan Road.
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      The general office, where 100 men and women work in air-conditions comfort...
      268 9 SECTION of the geneiiil office. Here members «X the staff attached to The Straits Times Directory of Singapore and Malaya tsnk.ii Merah) are engaged in revising and cl-Mrifytag the detailed, indexed information contained in the directory. The directory
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        76 9 /AQU ATHENE J TUBE for COLD WATER ~^Z^ SERVICES Compression Sleeve Joints Aquathene" tube, is the i brand of polythene tube manufactured by Hume f" ""™"'^r^l'^ !==^r"™""""] I Industries (F.E.) Ltd. It \__a___F^wpi£_-M-J Butt Welding sed principally for fi,,. conveyance of cold V _>^ if /f\__Ax^^& iCMier wvices and for
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      The production department NEWS STORY TURNED INTO METAL PLATE
      263 10 The production department NEWS STORY TURNED INTO METAL PLATE WHERE WORK GOES ON ROUND THE CLOCK TO PUT IN PRINT THE NEWS STORIES AND PICTURES FOR YOUR READING iW the spacious new composing room there is no iostling. no confusion as the stone men and lockers up work on the
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        38 10 Congratulations to the Straits Times on the Opening of your New Building from UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED WHO SUPPLIED, FABRICATED AND ERECTED THE STRUCTURAL STEELWORK FOR YOUR PREMISES. I Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Ipoh, Penang, Sandakan. s=. iiiiitititic3iiiiiiiiniic3iiiiiiiiiiiic3iit iiticaciiiitaJtiiicaiaiiiiiiiitittcsiitiiiitiiiicziiiiiiiiiiiicjiiiiiii^iiticaiiiittiiitticaiiiiiiiiuiicaiitiitiiiiiicaiitiiiiitiiicaiiiiiitiiiticaiiiiiini^
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        49 10 PRIVATE AUTOMATIC EXCHANGES TIMES HOUSE it equipped with an Ericsson 50-line Private Automatic Exchange with manual conference and staff call facilities. Supplied and ln*talled by the Sole Agents: £»n£o H. A. O'CONNOR CO. LTD. T $BT LAIOLAW BUILDINC. SINGAPORE MKINOMt LONDON I W YEARS WARWICK WORKS EALING LONDON- WS
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      KEY MEN WHO HAVE WORKED TO THE TOP
      972 11 .vn. >. i. > i»r. ,-mh Times House senior composing room foreman, has been with the Free Press and Straits Times for 37 years. He has been foreman— one of the most important positions on the production side the whole of that
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        67 11 CONGRA TULA TIONS TO The Straits Times Press Ltd. ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF ''Times House" FROM Singapore's Pioneer Laundry LAUNDRY DRYCLEANING CARPET CLEANING DYEING P.O. Box 279 1 8. Alexandra Rd. Spore 3 Tel: ***** PRINTING INKS ARE EXPORTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD STRAITS TIMES PUBLICATIONS ARE PRINTED
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        49 11 Electrical installations of the new I times HOUSE I carried out 1 by I R. E. MORRIS I I CO. LTD using 1 SIEMENS I EDISON SWAN 1 1 C.M.A. I 1 CABLES I ACENTt I R. E. MORRIS CO. LTD 1 18 Battery Road, Singapore. Tel: *****. rtiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiitiiiitiiMiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih?
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        58 12 (l^^!!^!^^/) N.ORGE union wmm AKSJESELSKAPET CO., LTD. FOLLUM PAPER FABRIKKER NORWAY NORWAY ANNUAL PRODUCTION suppliers of Newsprint 220i00U TONS to Newspapers OF NEWSPRINT a "7T published by j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Straits Times Press Ltd. Exclusive Agents: I ARNE VINSDAL, OSLO I and I CELLUMAT (SINGAPORE) LTD. I SINGAPORE I 25 Ngee Ann
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