The Straits Times, 2 August 1958

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    23 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SAILS EXCEEPS 110,000 The Straits Times Net*"* 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST t, 1958 if if if is cents
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    MORE U.S. TROOPS LAND
    307 1 REINFORCEMENTS FOR 10, OOP ALREADY IN BEIRUT Leaflet warning as they go ashore: 'Americans get oat or revolt goes on 9 Another Govt. crisis looms BEIRUT, Fri.—American troops reinforcements began tending by sea near Beirut today. There weu no immediate indication of their identity or strength.
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    Lock icon BAGDAD CROWDS PANIC AS OIL TANK BURNS
    187 1 BAGDAD, FrL— Crowds ran screaming through streets here yesterday when two explosions occurred in an oil depot A tank burst into flames at the same spot on Wednesday. Reporters going to the scene yesterday were turned back to prevent trouble with the crowds,
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    Lock icon Hussein attacks Nasser and Reds
    311 1 NOW A DAG PLAN TO AID JORDAN WII7 IT hM. x, NEW YORK VrtfoY' THE United Nations secretary-feneral, Mr. Da* Hammarskjoeld, is reported to be workin* !MLf n" U nntee Jord «n's independence •o thai British forces can be withdrawn from the troubled country. week
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    COPTER IN SWAMP: CREW OF FOUR SAVED
    99 1 SEREMBAN. Fri An RAF Whirlwind helicopter with a crew of four made a forced landing in a swamp at Cbuah. 25 miles from here, this afternoon. No one was hurt. It had developed engine trouble on a flight from Malacca to Kuala Lumpur.
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    25 1 LONDON. Fri.— Cambridge University is to have Britain's first Institute of Criminology to study the problems of crime and treatment of offenders.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Thor' launching called off
    41 1 CAPS CANAVERAL— Florida). Fri.— The UJB. Air »orce called off a scheduled launching yesterday of an intermediate Thor I.SOO-mlle range missile which Is in the advanced stages of testing. No explanation for the cancellation was given U.P.I.
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    Lock icon EIGHT MORE DIE IN CYPRUS COMMUNAL WAR
    155 1 EIGHT MORE DIE IN CYPRUS COMMUNAL WAR NICOSIA, Friday. FIGHT Cypriots— four Greek* and four Turks— were killed yesterday as violence continued un- abated in Cyprus. Three of the dead Turks were beaten to death. The new killings brought the death toll la the last month to more than to.
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    Lock icon A-power station
    28 1 LONDON. Fri.— Britain is to build a £50 million atomic power station In Merioneth in the mountain area of the Snowdonla national park in Wales. Reuter.
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    30 1 KARACHI. FrL At least four people were killed and seven seriously injured when a goods train was derailed early today at Hyderabad, about 100 miles from here.— Reuter
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    Vote deadline
    17 1 IPOH. Fri. Registration of voters for Federal and State elections will close on Oct. 30
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    Bandit gives up with 3 hours to spare
    250 1 Bandit gives up with 3 hours to spare DENANO, Pll.— 1 terrorist gave up to i police party at Pula Betong here at 9 p.m. yesterday— three hours lefore Tengku Abdul Rahman'* merdeka iurrender offer expired He la Wong Wan Tins. 12. a former robber tapper md farmer, who bad
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    NEWSPAPER SUED FOR DAMAGES
    96 1 A writ of summons claiming damages for libel bag been nied In toe Singapore High Court by O. Saranrtpany. Thlaga rajah and N. Karupplah all of US, Serangoon Road, against the Sin Pon (BUr News) Amalgamated, the proprietors of the Singapore Standard. The alleged libel v
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    NO SPITTING CAMPAIGN GETS A BIG START
    135 1 NO SPITTING CAMPAIGN GETS A BIG START AOIANT poster— 39 fee* square -on the marb columns of the Stngapo City Coandl yesterda proclaimed the start o the councils antl-»plttln campatrn. The poster, smaller copie of which will soon be seen all over Singapore. Is d> signed to convey wlthou words
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    DA VID: I'LL TAKE UNION JOB
    182 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Mr. V. David said today that he has accepted the appointment of adviser of the National Union of Factory Workers, which replaces the banned National Union of Factory and General Workers, of which he was the former general secretary. I spokesman
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    14 killed in a mass break from jail
    181 1 pWELVE convicts and two warders weJe Wiled last r» n i g l ft a prison break in northern Israel rwelve other prisoners and two warders were in I Jured. nuuuretu or police were •»«Wn» tor about 70 escapees still at large
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    Border attack
    38 1 DAMASCUS. Fri. A Syrian Army spokesman rharged last night that an Israeli Infantry unit support Hi by armoured cars attacked uid destroyed a number of jlantations In the demllltarUid border region between the two countries.— UPX
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    Dulles for Brazil
    24 1 WASHINGTON, m The 'J.B. Secretary of State. Mr. rohn roster Dulles, will cave on Sunday for a brief rtslt to BrasU.—UJM
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    Lock icon A Royal 'yes' to self-rule for S'pore
    68 1 A Royal 'yes' to self-rule for S'pore LONDON. Fri The Queen today gave the Royal assent and the force of ■aw I*- a BUI paving the way for virtual selfgovernment In home affairs for Singapore. The BUI, which provide* for the Queen to issue an order-in-o*uncil containing the new constitution,
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    29 1 LONDON, FrL— Mr. Amlntore Fanfanl. Italian Prime Minister, arrived here today by air from the United States for a day of talks with British Ministers. —Renter.
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    23 1 LONDON. Fri. The British Government promised yesterday to recall Parliament from Its summer recess In case of an emergency.— UP J.
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      Lock icon U.K. INDUCEMENTS TO OVERSEAS OFFICERS
      169 1 LONDON, Fri.—Britain has offered financial inducements to encourage overseas officers (civil servants) to continue in the service of the Nigerian Governments, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, the Colonial Secretary, said today. It would take the form •f modifications of compensation schemes. The estimated cost I* the British
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      Lock icon FOOITS PLAN FOR CYPRUS
      93 1 FOOITS PLAN FOR CYPRUS NICOSIA, Fri. Th Governor of Cyprus, Sic Hngh Foot said today that opposing views la Cyprus were so stroagly held "that no final solution Is possible immediately." The Governor said. In a Sress statement broadcast y Cyprus Radio, that course should, therefore, be set for a
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      Lock icon DAVIS CUP
      43 1 MILAN. Fri. Britain and Italy won one singles each on the openinr day •f the Davis Cv i European cone final today. Mike Da vies beat Nicola Pietraneell 6-4. 6-3, fit an* Orlando Simla best Bl'«v *nlght 6-S, 7-5, «-l —Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE LOVELIEST FIVE ...
    58 2 THE LOVELIEST FIVE MISS UNIVERSE 1958, Lin Manna Zuloaga, of Colombia, (centre) with her court of honour after her coronation of Long Beoch, California. >Www q» was Mist •ro*il. Aookjita Colombo, (loft) ond third Miss Hawaii, Gori Hoo (second from loft). Mis. U.S.A., Eurtync Howdl, (second from right) was fourth
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    Chehab
    431 2 ALWAYS NON-PARTISAN, NOW HE IS TALKED INTO POLITICS AT LAST gEIRUT, Fri.— General Fuad Chehab, elected President of the Lebanon yesterday, is a rare personality in the Middle East a soldier who has always tried to remain above politics. A F nch-trained professional soldier, the 56-year-old general has been
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    Lock icon Cyprus peace plea unheeded
    199 2 Cyprus peace plea unheeded VIOLENCE RECORD IN JULY NICOSIA, Friday. pREEK and Turkish Cypriot leaders yesterday re- mained sullenly Impassive to the peace appeal by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Macmilian, as the island's death toll continued to mount in tta worst-ever month of violence. Ninety-four people were killed in
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      Lock icon CHURCHILL ON HOLIDAY IN SOUTH OF FRANCE
      22 2 CHURCHILL ON HOLIDAY IN SOUTH OF FRANCE NICE, Fri. Sir Winston Churchill arrived here lor a month's holiday on the Riviera. Reuter.
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      16 2 LONDON: The Stale opening of Parliament will be televised for the first time next October. —Reuter.
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      16 2 MOSCOW: The former U.S. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson had talks with Deputy Premier Anaskas Mike yan.—U.P.l.
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      20 2 WASHINGTON: The U.S. Army announced that Explorer I America's lint satellite— has travelled nearly l.»)0.--••0.0W miles in its sixmonth life.—U.P.l.
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      19 2 DARWIN: The State secretary -gtnrral. Mr. Pope Saraain, arrived here for a tour of Australia and New Zealand. —Reuter.
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      25 2 CANBERRA: The chief of the Australian general staff, Lt-Gen. A R. Garrett, will leave tomorrow for a visit to Britain. Canada and the United States.—Beater.
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    Lock icon FIRM TO TAKE OVER MALTA DOCKYARD
    223 2 LONDON, Friday. 'THE Government had decided that the naval dock--1 yard in Malta should be transferred to a commercial ship-repairing firm, the Colonial Secretary, Mr Lennox Boyd, told the House of Commons yesterday A South Wales firm has agreed to form a company registered
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    Lock icon COUNCIL EXPATS: A PLEDGE by BOYD
    134 2 COUNCIL EXPATS: A PLEDGE by BOYD LONDON. Fri. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd. said yesterday, he was very ready, if need be, to use such good offices as he could to try to secure fair treatment for the expatriate employees of the Singapore City Council. Mr. Boyd, who
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    Lock icon Stump retires
    18 2 HONOLULU, Fri.— Admiral Felix Stump, commander-in-chlef of U.S. Pacific Forces, retired today. He is 63. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon RUSSIAN BID TO COERCE ISRAEL
    260 3 HTEL AVIV, Fri.— The 1 Soviet ambassador to Israel, Mr. Michael Budrov, told leftist Mapam Party leaders that "Israel will live forever If It depends on the Soviet Union," party sources have disclosed here. These sources said Mr. Budrov made the statement at a dinner
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    Lock icon Canadian gift to Ceylon
    56 3 OTTAWA, Fri. A gift to Ceylon of 5.000 tons of Hour, valued at (US) $400,000. plus a loan to purchase a further 25.000 tons, was announced yesterday by the External Affairs Minister. Mr. Sidney Smith. Shipments will be made in the first quarter of 1959. he
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    Lock icon ROYAL ASSETS TO STATE
    47 3 BAGDAD. Frl. Governnent committees have been j •rmid here to liquidate as- ets of the murdered royal imily of Iraq. The Finance Minister. Sayid Mohammed Hadid, said yesterday that the royal assets would be put under the control of the Btate Treasury. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Indirect aggression': Summit task No. 1
    699 3 NOW U.S. AGRESS TO AUG. Ml DATE FOR START OF TAnrq PERMANENT U.N. POLICE FORCE URGED DULLES HITS OUT WASHINGTON, Friday. jy|R. DULLES, the U.S. Secretory of State, said yesterday that a prime purpose of a Security Council summit meeting on the Middle East
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    Lock icon BRITISH AID FOR DESERT KING
    157 3 BRITISH AID FOR DESERT KING f ONDON, Fri. Bn- *> tain Is to help strengthen the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's armed forces, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, told the House of Commons yesterday. Rebels have defied the Sultan hi northern Oman for the last 12 months. Mr. Lloya
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    Lock icon 'Time' man expelled
    69 3 BANGKOK. Frl. Mr Yves Cerceull, correspondent of the magazines "Time" and "Life" hi Pnom Penh, arrived here by air last night after being expelled by the Cambodian Government. Mr. Cerceull. who had been living hi Pnom Penh for '12 years, said that no reason was Riven for
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    Lock icon Pirate attack
    31 3 MANILA. Frl. Pirates roaming the Sulu Sea have attacked a coastal town on Tara Island, in the southern Philippines, and looted 70 houses, according to reports reaching here.— Reuter
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    27 3 LONDON. Frl. Yvonne Arnaud. the stave actress was dangerously 111 In hospital yesterday after collapsing at her home at Gulldford (Surrey). She Is 62— Reuter
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    PRESIDENTS SON IS AWAY FROM IT ALL
    63 3 PRESIDENTS SON IS AWAY FROM IT ALL DANNY CHAMODN. son of the retiring PrcsMent of the Lebanon, Dr Canaille Chamoun, enjoys the warm sunshine with his wife Patti at Santa MargherHa Lißure. on the Italian Riviera. Pattl Is a British television personality formerly known as Pattl Morgan Danny Is an
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    Lebanon anti-West campaign goes on
    164 3 —BUT REBELLION MAY BE OVER BEIRUT. Friday. OEBEL leader Saeb Salem said last night that "our movement will go on" despite the election yesterday of a "compromise" candidate, General Fuad Chehab. as the new President of Lebanon Balem's announcement was regarded here as an indication
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    Lock icon 'Little infiltration'
    100 3 NEW YORK. Frl. The United Nations observer group In the Lebanon reported yesterday that Ulegal infiltration of arms into that country was on a limited scale" and was largely confined to small arms and ammunition. In a formal report to the Security Council, the group said that In
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    LONDON STOCKS
    293 3 1 ONDON. Thurt— Quietly flrm KJ conditions prevailed In London stock markets today. Sentiment was favourably Influenced by toe British Government's plans to spread Industry and assist new projects In areas where unemployment Is high. Wall Street's overnight advance was also a helpful factor but bustnest was still
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    MENTAL HOSPITAL CHIEF MOVES LN
    160 4 IPOH, Fri. Dr. A. S Johnson, 56, former professor of psychiatry at the Madras University, today took over as the new superintendent of the Central Mental Hospital at Tanjong Rambutan. He succeeds Dr. J L. Devadason, who has been transferred to Selangor Tbe hospital, which
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    10,000 invited
    22 4 The Chinese M4.C.A has sent out 10.000 invitations to 264 Singapore school.- to its "Students' Week" programme beginning Aug 23
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    Sweetest voice on the telephone
    76 4 Sweetest voice on the telephone MRS. CYNTHIA LEKMBRUGGEN or tbe Singapore Telephone Baard became Miss Golden Volte 1958 wbea she via announced winner out of 22 finalists from all over tbe Federation and Singapore T hi* Is the second time Mrs. I eembruKKen has won the title. She last won
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    926 new T.B. cases revealed
    441 4 FIVE PER CENT OF 18,000 Oi X-RAY PKOBE FOUND TO HAVE DMSEASE MEDICAL CHIEF SAYS: THIS IS A HIGH RATE FOR SINGAPORE* ANALYSIS of the X-rays of 18,258 people in the first of the four areas included in Singapore's pilot X-ray survey show that U26
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    LOCAL MAN TAKES OVER ON AUG. 25
    76 4 LOCAL MAN TAKES OVER ON AUG. 25 PEN AUG. Prt. Geonte Town's City Council Secretary, Mr. S. V Adams wUI hand over to tbe present Assistant City Secretary (Administration) Mr. One Hock Chuan from Aug. tS. This was decided last night by the cwroeil which also agreed that tbe fln
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    'Postpone central cooking' plea to Govt.
    136 4 'Postpone central cooking plea to Go vt. IPOH, FrL The Ipoh 1 area sub-branch of the MCA. will appeal to the Mentri Benr of Perak, Inche Mohamed Ohazall bin Haji Jawl, to postpone for three months the introduction of central cooking in Sungei Siput. At tto tint annual meeting here
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    Indian fish finds itself at home in Malaya
    52 4 Indian fish finds itself at home in Malaya PCNANO. Fri —Ad rdlbtc rfeer lma*rte« lorn India ky the Fe«ersUon Fisheries Department Is keiag bred saecessfmllv Id Pataya. The fisb— thr cajla a»la— ba. In— i as •.■alar inoai cultivator* as the Chinese carp. It Will be distributed free U> »M
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    Police gambled and lost, court told
    206 4 PENANG. Friday. A POLICE officer and a detective were handed $200 and instructed to "play and observe" Uleged pin -table Rambling in a shop in Penang MM Two weeks later, the officer. Inspector Nagaratnam reported he bad only $87.60 of the original $200 left
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    'POLITE PAT TALKS 5 PARENTS OUT OF $100
    260 4 'POLITE PAT TALKS 5 PARENTS OUT OF $100 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A HANDSOME, well dressed youth, calling himself "Mr. Patrick Wong, a teacher" has been visiting h >me.- in the Pasar Road area here and collecting money from parents "for damage done to school property by your children." The Selangor
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    Grab' bid fails
    50 4 KUALA LUM^UK. m An unsuccessful attempt was mad«> last night to "municipalise" the transport service within Kuala Lumpur town. Alliance Councillors voted against a motion by tbe lone Labour Councillor. Mr V David, who received support only from former Alliance representative Tuan Ha]l Yahya bin Sheikh Ahmad
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    Getting to know you...
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Forty Chinese school heads are attending a three-day "get-to understand each-other-better** course, organised by the Municipal Local Education Authority here. The course, the first of Its kind, is also to help the school heads to pool ideas to improve the methods of teaching
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    MORE PLANES CALL -GREATER PRECAUTIONS
    120 4 MORE PLANES CALL -GREATER PRECAUTIONS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Greater safety precautions are being Introduced at Kuala Lumpur airport because of tbe increasing number of overseas airliners which now call here A new signalling system v being installed at the railway line bordering he south end of tbe airport to warn
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    Navy C-in-C to visit Borneo
    35 4 JESS ELTON. m. Th* Commander In Chief Far East Station. Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, will "Hit North Borneo next month. He will be accompanied ay Lady Gladstone and their daughter
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    STATES CAN ELECT MENTRIS BESAR
    196 4 Free hand to Executive Councils KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. State executive councils are to decide whether they will have a fully-elected state council and an elected Mentri Besar or a par-tially-nominated state council with a nominated Mentri Besar. The executive councils were given this power by
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    Pahang UMNO
    37 4 BENTONG m. Inche Yussof bin Muhammed has become secretary of the ?a hang State UMNO Division taking over from Inch*- Abdul Aziz bin Sahmad who gave up the post because oi pressure of other work.
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    Week-end fair
    27 5 BENTONG, Fri— The UMNO division here will start a week-end fair on a one-acre site at the Bentong Bridge from the end of the month.
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    Pensioners' chief dares temporaries to exam
    200 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. OE EMPLOYED government pensioners are angry because permanent and temporary officers want to oust them from their jobs. Today the president of the PanMalayan Pensioners Association, Mr. M. W. Navaratnam, challenged the temporary officers to sit for an examination with reemployed
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    Buffaloes chase boy to death
    61 5 Buffaloes chase boy to death BUKIT MERTAJAM. Frt. A schoolboy, chased by buffaloes, dashed across a road and was knocked down by a motor cycle, a coroner's Inquest was told today. The boy, Koay Soo Heng, 13, died the same day In hospital. Customs Officer Jusutass, the motor cyclist, said
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    Mi men will draw up Alliance manifesto
    102 5 Mi men will draw up Alliance manifesto KUALA LUMFUR. Fri. The Alliance National Executive Council last night appointed a committee «f 11 to draft the Alliance manifesto for the State and Federal elections. The committee Is headed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Dato Abdul Rasak bin
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    MAYORAL MANSION SOON A SCHOOL
    138 5 PENANG. Friday. 'TWO hundred children of Royal Australian Air 1 Force families here will go to school next month in the Mayor's official residence, which has been leased to the RAAF for $800 a month. The contract hag not yet been signed, but an RAAF
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    Appointed to 'poly' board
    33 5 Mr. M. N. Menon, a committee member of the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants < Malayan branch), has been appointed to tne board of governors of the Singapore Polytechnic.
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    Off to Ceylon
    26 5 Mr. B. P. Wilson, manager of a Singapore Jewellery firm, left Singapore for Ceylon yesterday In the Victoria. He Is on long leave
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    Police patrol fire at Reds
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A police area security unit patrol exchanged fire with an unknown number of terrorists in the Bukit Katong area of Central Kedah last night. The terrorists fled. There were no known casualities.
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    Segamat dance
    26 5 SEGAMAT. Fri.— A charity dance in aid of St Phillip Church parish building fund will be held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall here tomorrow.
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    33 6 It t»or*. fit (mmimmm) RE LIM KIM LIAN who passed away on 31.7.58 Mr. Jacob Chua and son. Chua Kirn Tiong Thank all friends and relatives for their wreaths telegrams and attendance
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    54 6 M Wordt $1» (Mast FOX THOMAS LAURENCE passed away August 2nd 1954. Midlv missed. Joyce and George Woods. TAN SWEE HOCK died 2nd August 1955, car accident, gone but not forgotten by his mum. brothers, sisters and uncle. POX THOMAB LAURENCE passed away August 2nd 1954 Sadly missed
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      Investment In Industry
      688 6 Investment In Industry Any misunderstanding oi tear of the steps the Federation Government is taking to attract fresh loreign investment should be dispelled b\ the useful debate which preceded the Legislative Council's approval of tax relief topioneer industries. This relief is not the special privilege of overseas capital It applies
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      New Riles
      311 6 Foi tii«. in. si nine the University ol Malaya's new academic year has not been prefaced by the infantile horseplay called ragging. For nearly fifty years newcomers to Raffles College and the University were submitted to indignities and humiliation.^ which, it was claimed, helped to break the ice
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      Burmese Amnesty
      142 6 The general amnesty which the President of Burma has offered to all insurgents i« aimed mainly at the Communist rehels. There have been three or four other little revolts, in the Shan States, the Kachin hills and the Arakan, but only the Communists are still a serious threat
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    237 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO (From the Straits Time* of August 6 1908) —On (he current vexed question W z who la the tallest man In iht S Far Cast, the Slam Obsrrvrr 5 boasu that Slam poi*m*e* S man. Mr. R. »Vat»on, m»na|tr of a wolfram mine, who styiida ill. -'i.i
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    1225 6  -  CYNICUS by UUHEN tile Federal legislature receives quite dispass.onately the trenchant criticism of Federation accounting made year after year by the. Auditor-Gone: al it is hardly likely it. will be moved by the fraud and inefficiency which Mr Watson uncovers in State accounts with equal regularity
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    HAWKINS RETIRES TO HIS ORCHARD
    166 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —Mr. Gerald Hawkins, an expert on Malayan history, retired yesterday from Government service after spending more than half his life in Malaya. Mr. Hawkins. 67, has been a supervisor of elections since 1946. He organised elections from town council to Federal level.
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    Councillor to be disciplined
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Alliance executive committee has decided to jrder disciplinary action against the former secretary of the Bukit Mertajam Malayan Indian Congress, Mr. A. B. Shalk Dawoou. for standing as an Independent candidate in the Buklt Mertajam Town Council elections last December. Mr. Shalk
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    Mrs. Dowse: £4,000 would have ended matter
    1397 7 COUNSEL: 'ALL YOU WANT IS MONEY, ISN'T IT? 9 DOCTOR'S WIFE TELLS OF RUDE REMARK' ABOUT PICTURE PENANG, Friday. jyfRS. MARY ANN DOWSE denied in the High Court here today that she had held her husband, Mr. Sydney Dowse, a former Penang Assistant
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    60 DAYS AND NEW VARSITY BUILDING IS READY
    216 7 60 DAYS AND NEW VARSITY BUILDING IS READY ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri. An Asian speed record in building construction may have been set in the erection of the University of Malaya's $1.5 million Faculty of Engineering in the Pantai Valley. This morning more than 100 students settled at their desks for
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    Pahang women's leader quits
    41 7 BENTONO, Fri. Che Mahumon blnte Haruf. the Pahang State UMNO Kaum Ibu leader, has resigned for health reasons Pahang UMNO will meet soon to discuss her resignat lull Che Ramlah binte Dahalan. is now the acting leader
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    34 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The Royal Federation of Malaya Police band on Its tour of the east coast yesterday entertained about 2.000 people with popular and classical music at the padang in Kuantan.
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    Tracker dog trails Red for 4 hours
    161 7 Tracker dog trails Red for 4 hours PATROL LED TO HIDE-OUT IPOH, Friday. piM, a tlree-year-old black labrador pointer, helpea a patrol of the 1st. Bn., New Zealand Regiment, in killing a leading tenorist in the Operation Guvei area on Monday. The patrol, led by Lt. Peter A ii u
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    Battalion marks a year in Malaya
    74 7 Battalion marks a year in Malaya IPOH, Kri— Hit Ist Bn the New Zealand Regiment, the newest serving in anti- terrorist operations, today celebrated its first anniversary in Malaya. Commanded by Lieut.-Col. W R. K. Morrison, the battalion was posted to north Perak last March and since then has eliminated
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    31 7 KOTA BHARU. Ptl. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will arrive here on Sunday to lay the foundation stone of the new $106,000 Nairn Religious Girls' School at Langgar.
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    ASSOCIATION OBJECTS TO REMARKS
    71 7 ASSOCIATION OBJECTS TO REMARKS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.The Malayan Manufacturers Association has taken strong exception to remarks made by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Mr. Tan Slew Sin. In the Federal Council yesterday. The secretaries of the association told the Straits Times today that the association deplored the Minister's reference
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    Haji, 65, sent to jail for theft
    179 7 SEREMBAN. Frl. Ha]i Ahmad bin Hajl Salleh. 65. was yesterday sent to Jail for five years for theft and housebreaklng. The President of the Sessions Court here, Inche Abdul humid bin Omar, told him; "If. at your age. you ran still resort to
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    50,000 MEN IN GOVT. ARE HAPPY DESPITE WAGE FREEZE
    203 7 KUALA I I MII H. Friday. \|OKK than 50.000 Government daily-paid workers lV are happy that the Government's wage freeze decision will not delay the establishment of a commission to inquire into their pay claims. A Government spokesman told the Straits
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    Produced in Malaya now
    61 7 KLANO, Fri. Japanr-,* multi-coloured fishing nets have become so popular 2.500 fishermen here are using them that local firms have imported machines to make them. There are now three machines for manufacturing the nets in the Federation one in Klang and two In Penang. Each of
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    Pretty Lalita. beauty contest runner-up
    72 7 Pretty Lalita. beauty contest runner-up MELBOURNE. Fri— A pretty 22-year-old Malayan eirl was runner-up in the recent "Miss University" contest held at Melbourne University. She is Lalita Rajasoona. of Kuala Lumpur. eldest daughter of a lawyer, Dato R.P.S. Rajaso>ria. About three months age Lalita was elected "Miss Brains and Beauty"
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    60 years old
    21 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Methodist Boys' School here today began a nine-day celebration to commemorate Its diamond jubilee
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    Sports centre may ask the Govt. to take over
    343 8 HIT BY CASH CRISIS, DWINDLING MEMBERSHIP THE CHAIRMAN of the Singapore Youth Sports Centre, Mr. Loke Wan Tho. believes the Government may soon have to assume control of the centre at Kallang. Mr. Loke told the Straits Times yesterday that the
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    267 8 Those big brown eyes that inspire trust... yHERE must be some--1 thing about John Joyce's big brown eyes that makes people trust him. In Singapore yesterday thi Canadian hitch-hiker said that strangers in 17 different countries including Malaya— had befriended him and given him free accommodation.
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    Feast for 2,000
    68 8 ALOR STAR. Fri. About 2.000 gue.sts. Including government and military officers, attended a kendurl feast held last night to celebrate the marriage of a former Sandhurst cadet. Lt. Mohamed bin Yusoff. and Che Natun. daughter of the I Assistant Director of Lands, Kedah. Inche Mohamed 80fte. The
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    Three rob clerk of his salary
    43 8 IPOH. Frl. Three Chinese, two armed with daggers, robbed a clerk. Mr. Vincent Joseph, 28. of $170 his month'.s salary and a wris'.watch worth $20 at the junction of Tambun Road and Tiger Lane Mere last night.
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    $100,000 PUBLICITY DRIVE
    71 8 $100,000 PUBLICITY DRIVE KUALA LIMPI R. Frl— An intensive publicity campaign costing $1»« QM Is to be Uunrhrd in the Federation to vr t r smallholders replant their "uneconomical" rubber. Detail* of the drive are beinc finalised by the Rubber Industry Replanting Board Ttv campaign will be spread over two
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    CHEAP HOUSING PLAN IS OFF
    262 8 Shortage of funds, water blamed IPOH, Friday. rpHE IPOH Town Councils $500,000 low-rental housinp scheme in Kampong Simee Road has been shelved, because of lack of funds and inadequate water supply. In reply to questions by Alliance members at the council's meeting last night, the
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    Safety week
    19 8 IPOH. Fri. A road safety week, organised by the Town Council. will begin in KamDar on Monday.
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    Hidden guns found
    61 8 TANAH RATA. Fri. The weapons of the four terrorists who surrendered here last Monday have been recovered. Two carbines, one pumpgun, one pistol one rifle. four hand grenades and about 300 rounds of ammunition were found where they had been bidden by the terrorists before they came
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    Parents' day at M.G.S.
    42 8 PENANG. Frl -The Methodist Girl School here will hold Its annual parents' day and school exhibition from 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on Aug. 5. The Governor. Raja Sir Uda. will address parents and students at 9.15 a.m.
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    School theft
    28 8 IPOH. Frl. Thieves broke Into a Malay school in Connolly Road last night and stole a sewing machine, seven pairs of scissors, and seven measuring tapes.
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    Game warden of Penang
    50 8 1 PENANG. Fri.— Mr. Dara Singh, a former colonel in the army, today assumes duties as Penan.<? State game warden. He was Assistant Protector of Aborigines. Perak. He succeeds Inche Abdul i Rahman bin Samsuddin. who has been transferred to the same warden headquarters in Seremban.
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    MCA chief declines a PPP invitation
    235 8 PENANG. Friday. THE PRESIDENT of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, has declined an invitation by the People's Progressive Party to attend its Penang branch rally on the Esplanade here tomor- row night. The PPP branch secretary, I Mr Khoo Vat See,
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      258 8 f -p. a 29 Love a friend In the East like Straits Times Crossword a vrtcio^ n (7) -.^.x. »»».v>. u»>m 1 A course to anandon. as one I j |J|^ j I I 3 Characteristics of correct dBB— J— J»_ I mt b— 6 Only sappers follow me (4).
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    Malays in Ceylon face gradual extinction STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    1701 9 Malays in Ceylon face gradual extinction STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Their travails began with the winding up off the Malay Corps off Ceylon in 1873 WITH THE presentation of its colours in 1802. the Malay Regiment attained the full status of a recognised military corps within the armed services of
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    ALL MALAYAN MARKETS CLOSE QUIET FOR HOLIDAYS
    420 10 By Our Market Correspondent THE local tin price continued to decline in Singapore yesterday, dropping by 50 cents to $372.50 per picnl before the closing down for the August bank holidays. Yesterday's price was nearly three dollars less than the price at the
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    119 10 MELBOURNE, Fii INVESTMENT shares maintained a firm tone on generally light trading. Leader stocks were variable. AWA gained 6d. In a strengthening electrical section. Commonwealth bonds remained steady. Loans 3K% 1956-59 E99 17s. 3d. Loans 3V, 1955-58 £100 17s. 3d. Bank of NSW £35% Con. Zinc 58/6 Mount
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 10 SINGAPORE, AUG. 1. RUBBER: 81 > 2 cents per Ib. (down threequarters of a cent). TIN: 5372.5* per pirul (down 50 cents). Unofficial estimated offering 13* tons.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    310 10 The MaJayan Share Broferr AseeeUlisa reswrted: 'All sections on the local share market were dull and featureless. The turnover was small." Slngavare and Federation brafc S*a report** the faHswlag kstfanesa dooe y sat i lay: Praser tc Neave ords $2.51 Oammon $1.43 to $1 45. W Hammer $1.60;
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    20 10 Malayan Share Market: Aagvst 1 Jaly SI laataatraala: 87 M 87.M Tina 79.25 78.M Jaa. 1 IMB— lt*
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    Russia reverses trend
    279 10 Russia reverses trend AFTER opening the week at around previous levels the rubber market continued quiet. fluctuating' within narrow limits, report Holiday, Cutler, Bath *V Co. Ltd. Although well above overteas parities there was a marked resistance to any decline, but London, with afloat* overhanging the market. showed little Inclination
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    89 10 Singapore Caiatss rrWirr Exchange noon prices par plcul yesterday ware: <»pra: quiet; UK/Continent August /September $31', buyers, 532 sellers Caea— t ail: quiet, bulk $48 3/4 sellers, drum Ml 3/4 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no buatnaas reported done; Muntok whit* •111. Sarawak iiso apacial Sarawak black $74 (all down
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    RUBBER PRICES
    143 10 Aagast first grade rubbec bwyera fob. closed In Singapore yesterday at ll<4 cento per lt>. down three-quarters of a cent on Thursday's closing price. Cttasag taoe: Quiet and easier. Caaasßg prises m cents per Ib. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 RSS. Spot f.o.b. buyers 814. sellers 81%; Int.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    65 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' AaeeciaUon made the following change in Its rates to merchants yesterday (the rate is to $100): getting T.T. or on ready: French Francs *****. On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the I'.i*. dollar was quoted at 5.80% for cash, and 5
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      204 10 NOTICES KAMPONG LANJUT TIN DREDGING UNITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malay aj NOTICE OF MEETINO NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that the Thirtieth Ordinary Oeneral Meeting of the Members Of fCAMPONO LANJUT TIN DKKDOINO LIMITED will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, 16 Barrack Road, Kuala Lumpur,
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      368 10 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION ALL MEMBERS of tbe above Association In the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Monday 4th August 1958. being First Monday In August. APPLICATIONS are Invited for the Post of Stenographer In the Department of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
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      316 10 NOTICES" 1 TELECOMIiUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. MALAYA. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be leoarved from Licenced Second Hand Ooods Dealers by the Controller of Stores tc Workshops Telecoms. Department, Brickfields Road, Kuala Lumpur up to 12.00 noon on Friday the 15th August, 1958 for the purchase of Scrap Stores comprising Copper Wire, Cast
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      374 10 NOTICES KDCHAI TIN ltS7 UNITED (Incorporated ta the Colony of Singapore* Mriaeaa Ne. 1 NOTICE IS HBRSTBT OIVSN that at tbe tod Ordinary Oeneral Meeting of the Company which will be held In the Board Room of Ms Stane Darby (Singapore > Ltd., at Crosby House, No. 11. Robinson Road,
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      327 10 NOTICE The public Is hereby notified that Mr. Soh Boon Meng la not authorised to transact buatnaas or collect any monies on our behalf Alkaff brothers. 70-A. The Arcade. Singapore. SHIPPING NOTICES t.».». "STATE OF MADRAS" Saillnt ft Nagapattinam and Madras on 9J.SS We would advice that there v still
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      632 12 AS a former resident of International House, Melbourne, I would like to comment on the report (S.T. July 22) on student discontent in the House To begin with. 1 think It is extremely bad taste and urualr to the Warden and to other
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      Scope for victory over extremism
      216 12 rIE by-election at Kallang indicates that a combination of all rightthinking people can still give the extreme Left a hard fight. If the Labour Front and Liberal Socialists had worked a little bit harder they could even win the fight If one ventured into the
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      LET VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS BY THEMSELVES
      188 12 TOHE Education Depart--1 ment is investigating whether schoolchildren participated In the Kallang by-election canvassing. To my mind this is simply a farce after the event I have seen with my own eyes a number of students of both sexes stopping cars, giving
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      280 12 IN his further letter (S.T. July 19), "DR." asks why letter posted in London on May 29 was not delivered to him in Singapore until July 11. In the absence of the envelope I cannot commit the United Kingdom Post Office, which was
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      CONTRAST Of MALAYAN MAIL DELIVERED IN BRITAIN
      65 12 WITH reference to D. R s. letter about surface mall. (ST. July 19). ctreu lan postmarked SlnKaoore June 13 and 15 and July 12 were all delivered here on the moraine of Ju* 28. The air mall edition of the BtralU Budget for
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      MALAYAN FARMING IS A GAMBLE
      239 12 MALAYAN FARMING IS A GAMBLE rE warning by the Minister of Agriculture that Japanese farmers would be imported Into Malaya If Malayan farmers did not take a keener interest In agriculture was misplaced. In fact, agriculture in Malaya Is a gamble in the rain. The farmers, particularly padl planters, depend
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      ELECTION OFFENCES
      101 12 ELECTION OFFENCES «PHE Kallang by -election JL was held without any ugly incident. However, glaring offences were seen, such as supporters and workers wearing caps and singlets bearing large symbols while cars were pasted all over with symbols. The Commissioner of Elections and the Commissioner of Police should see that
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      303 12 fjf-BELTSj^ All Fenner V-BeHo operaU within narrow limiU of rlonjallon. and at thr uune time prevision is made for an ample safety margin of tensile strength. HA Fenner V-BelU are suitable for tenpenitarea up 12* f- 'own to— s F. Frnner V-BeJta nave an unrivalled reputation far consistency In manufacture
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      262 12 ANNOUNCING the opening of SOUTH EAST MOTOR SUPPLY CO. nos. 207/209 Lavender Street, Singapore. Regular shipments of locks, stock A barrels expected and we are able to offer ex stock, and a comprehensive range of Replacement Genuine Fiat parts, spares, accessories, equipment, ornaments etc. Catering tor Wholesale retail trod: Enquiries
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