The Straits Times, 2 February 1959

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  • 22 1 AVERAGE DAILY CEBTIFIEP SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Hat*** New*"!* 1 Estd. 1845. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1959 eK M 15 CENTS
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  • 379 1  -  JACK SAM CROWD OF 2,000 STAMPEDES FOR ANG POWS Aged folk fall in Singapore Buddhist Lodge compound Iron gate is torn from its hinges By Singapore, Sun. THREE aged people were trampled 1 to death early today when a crowd of more than 2,000 stampeded into
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  • 425 1 UNWARRANTED INTERFERENCE' CBARGE SINGAPORE, Sunday. 'J'HE Singapore City Council Services Union today accused the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, of intimidating the council staff. In a letter to the Chief Administrative officer, Mr. P. C. Marcus, the union general-sec-retary, Mr. P. Ramasamy, deplored the Mayor's "vicious
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  • 352 1 The Comet lands twice at Colombo By R. CHANDRAN COLOMBO. Sun. The BOAC Comet 4 surprised a large crowd with a doable landing at Katunayake military airfield here today. When it streaked in for a landing, touched down and •oared off again, the 19 passengers, including myself, were told: "There
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  • 105 1 LONDON, Sun. Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, the Colonial Secretary, described as an "absurd illusion" the suggestion that Britain was making use of a Communist threat to Singapore to prevent federation with Malaya. "It will be one of the happiest days in my life when the Communist
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  • 112 1 Iraq plans to stay in the pact fAIRO, Sun The semi-offi-cial Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram said today that Iraq had decided to remain a member of the Bagdad Pact but not to subscribe to the pact's "secret clauses." In a report from Its London correspondent splashed on its front page,
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  • 187 1 DONG KONG, Sun. 11 Mr. Nan Han-chen. chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of China in Peking, said yesterday that the Malayan Government was being "extremely unfriendly" in forcing the bank's branch in Malaya to suspend operations. The branch
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  • 176 1 KOTA BHARU. Sunday. "no study" strike by 100 students of two re- liglous schools today spread to the Irshad Arabic School, at Pasir Mas. 12 miles from here, when 109 of the 120 students failed to turn up for The headmaster of the Irshad School.
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  • 22 1 TAIPEH. Sun. Chinese Communist artillery today broke a two-day silence oy firing 79 shells at the Na-tionalist-held Quemoy Islands. Reuter.
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  • 21 1 TAIPEH. Sun.— Seven people Including five womenwere Injured critically last night In an explosion at a firecracker factory.— U.P.L
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  • 578 1 The big fair: Plan for a 'community chest' SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Cons t i t u t i on Exposition will aim at raising enough money to set up a "community chest" to provide for local charities and a relief fund in the event of a national disaster. Mr.
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  • 56 1 WASHINGTON. Sun.— The U.S. Chief Justice Mr. Ear! Warren, yesterday denied a request by the school board at Arlington. (Virginia), to delay the admission of four Negro pupils into a previously all-white school. The four Negro pupils are due to enter the Statford Junior High School
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  • 46 1 CRAVENEY MAY STAND IN FOR EVANS MHIMDK. Sun. —Tom Graveney may keep wicket if Fvans unable to play tomorrow. Evans will not decide whether to play until he sees doctor. Graveney deputised for him when be broke finger against South Africa in 1953.— Renter.
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  • 129 1  - $300,000 opium haul by Customs EE BOON LEE By SINGAPORE. Sun. Singapore Customs today seized opium worth $300,000 from a house in Wolskel Road, off Upper Serangoon Road. The haul, reported to weigh 750 lb.. fell Into the hands of a Customs raiding party. A man has been detained A
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  • 96 2 These girls are some of the 20 receptionists at the Sjnuapore Constitution Exponition. In their peacock blue cheongsams and air hostess cape, they are one of the attractions of the fair. Their job is to conduct V.LP.s around, and to provide information about the fair.
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  • 24 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Jaffar has been appointed to be In charge of the newly-estab-lished Land Development Board. Johore.
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  • 135 2 LONDON, Sunday. THE wedding took place at the Methodist city temple here yesterday between Mr. Albert Looi Cheng Keat, of Penang, and Dr. Dorothy Chua Poh Luan, of Singapore. About 40 people attended the ceremony at the temple, built to replace the old temple which
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  • 51 2 I KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Five Rovers belonging to the Second Group Rover Crew. Port swettenham. cycled here yesterday on their way to Penang. They are on a journey and exploration test. They have been given 14 days to cover the 280 miles Journey to Penang and
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  • 44 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. A ronggeng and satay party was held last night to mark the opening of the CaldbecK Macgregor staff association by My. P. O. Strickland. The party was held on the roof-garden of the association's premises In Cantonment Road.
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  • 26 2 IPOH Sun.— The PeopleProgressive Party yesterday held a "get together" tea party here at the Jubilee Cabaret. About 300 supporters and party-workers attended.
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  • 328 3 How to co-exist by Mikoyan 'AMERICANS APPEAR TO BE FEP UP WITH COLD WAR... NOW LET THE DEEDS FOLLOW WORDS' MOSCOW, Sunday. MR. ANASTAS MIKOYAN, the Soviet First Deputy Prime Minister, yesterday called on the United States to follow "words by deeds" to prove their desire for peaceful co-existence. Mr.
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  • 23 3 TAIPEH. Sun—Nationalist China has submitted to the International Co-operation Administration in Wahsington an application for a $100 million loan Renter.
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  • 51 3 A RICHLY GARBED elephant, one of the Maharajah of Jaipur's personal herd, raised its trunk in salute to Prince Philip at the entrance to the Maharajah* palace. Prince Philip was the guest of the Jaipur royal family last week during his Commonwealth tour. IP
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  • 85 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. Mr. John Foster Dulles will ily to Europe on Tuesday for talks in London. Paris and Bonn on Berlin and Germany, the State Department announced yesterday. "This trip does not reflect any emergency," the announcement said. "It does reflect the importance which the Western allies
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  • 337 3 Mr. DULLES ACCUSES REDS OF 'DOUBLE DEALING' IN U.N. NEW YORK, Wn. Mr. John Foster Dulles, the U.S. Secretary of State, said last night that there was a pressing need for more condemnation and less tolerance of what he called the "double standards" practised by Communist countries in the United
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  • 189 3 MADRAS. Sunday. rpHE PEOPLE of Madras turned out in th"ir thou- sands today and gave Prince Philip the warmest, most colourful and most informal reception he has yet had in India. Scores of arches Had been put up along the palm-fring-ed route along the
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  • 115 3 NAIROBI. Sun— A 50-year-old illiterate African tether of 10 children has given VI (M.s?)— nearly a week's wages to buy flowers to decorate the hospital where he works for a visit by the Queen Mother on Feb. 17. Jeremiah Mutiku Munyasya, a
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  • 214 3 HUME IS CHARGED IN ZURICH WITH TAXI MURDER 7URICH, Sun. Do*J nald Hume has been charged in his own name here on three counts murder, attempted murder and armed robbery in Zurich on Friday, Dr. Hugo Horvath. Zurich's public prosecutor, said today. Dr. Horvath said Hume, who is also wanted
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  • 136 3 MOSCOW, Sun. Ex- Premier Bulßanin and an ex-Foreign Minister Vyshinski are missing from the new edition of the Soviet Encyclopaedia, now being issued. Marshal Bulganin was dropped from the party presidium and accused of being a member of the anti-party group. Mr. Vyshinski. who was public
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  • 216 3 HUSBAND of DIANA DORS, 32, DIES IN CLINIC I ONDON, Sun.— Dennis Hamilton, husb a n d of Britain's blonde film star Diana Dors, died in the London Clinic last night. He was 32. Hamilton entered the clinic recently because of the recurrence of a heart complaint. Hamilton s name
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  • 50 3 SHREWSBURY. Sun. Too many tramps in urgent need of a free night's lodging deliberately smash shop windows to get arrested, insurance officials here complain. Appealing to tramps to I pick on smaller wind jwv I they said this damage cost them £164 last year.—Reuter.
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  • 36 3 I TEHERAN, Sun —The Bri- tish Defence Minister. Mr. Duncan Sandys, who led the British delegation at last week s Bagdad Pact council meeting In Krachi. arrived here today for a two-day visit Reuter.
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  • 427 4  - Ismail: 'We need U.S.-type capitalism in Malaya FELIX .'BISHEGANADEN NEW EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER FLIES HOME THAT IS THE TYPE TO BENEFIT ALL -By KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. MALAYA'S former ambassador in Washington, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, returned to Kuala Lumpur today and recommended the building of a "Little America"
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  • 153 4 PROBLEM OF THE 2,000 JOBLESS TEENAGERS IZUCHING, Sun. More than 2,000 teenagers who, according to the Labour Ordinance, are too young to be employed because they are all under 16, have been thrown out of schools in Sarawak this year. Most of them are in Kuching and they are running
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  • 148 4 Ritson pay row for arbitration today SINGAPORE. Sun. A demand by the Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation for the implementation of certain recommendat ions under the Ritson pay scheme comes up for arbitration tomorrow in the Fourth District Court. The same Issues were the subject of a court of
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  • 174 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Director of Broadcasting, Mr. H. H. Beamish, announced last night that Radio Singapore's studio at the Constitution Exposition would broadcast some of the programmes on all the language services for the next month. In a broadcast over Radio Singapore, Mr.
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    205 4 'Singapore 9 calypso -in Malayais tipped for success SINGAPORE, Sun. A bouncy calypso with Malay lyrics may soon become a hit in the field of popular music. Its title— "Bingapura." Its composer Eddie Tonkin, formerly of Singapore and now a fast-rising "pops" composer In Britain. Eddie composed "Singapura" while he
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  • 59 4 MR. ANDREW LI.M BENG ENG and his bride, tbe former Miss One Ai Hong, after their wedding in Singapore yesterday. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Tee Seng of Singapore. The bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 129 4 SINGAPORE, Sunday. INDEPENDENT Assemblyman, Mr. Seah Peng Chuan, is behind a move to form a new leftwing political party in Singapore named the Citizens' Party. The party is being formed primarily with the object of fighting the forthcoming general election. A four-man organising
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  • 66 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Datin Kamariah binte Ja'afar, wife of Dato Abdul Rahman bin Yassim. a member of the Council of Ministers. Johore was bunj ed yesterday. She was a daughter of the late Dato Ja'afar, a former Mentri Besar of Johore and sister of Dato
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  • 185 4 BIG PLAN FOR A MALAYAN LIBRARY SINGAPORE, Sun. The University of Malaya's Department of History in Singapore plans to make its library the most comprehensive on Malayan history in the world. Mr. K. G. Tregonning. the acting head of the department, told the Straits Times today that his department had
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  • 67 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. Urn. Scow Peck Leng. local chairman of the Pan-Paclnc and South-East Asia Women's Association, left by Air India today for New York on a two months' tour of the United States. While in America. Mrs. Scow will attend the ninth session of the
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  • 27 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Goh Kirn Chong, a lorry attendant was fined $500 in the Magistrate's Court today for being in possession of character lottery tickets.
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  • 404 5  -  VINCENT NG MINISTRY MAN REPLIES TO DOCTOR'S WARNING By Singapore, Sunday A MINISTRY oi Health spokesman today said il was NOT ;i "grave mistake" to have used the Sabin vac cine on more than 180,000 children in the drive to stem the recent
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  • 133 5 A crisis looms for 200 'temporary shop' traders SANDAKAN, Sunday. VfORE than 200 traders here who occupy "tern*** porary shops" are faced with a crisis: they may have to go out of business after June this year. The 200 shopkeepers in tern porary premises have bee given trade licences whic
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  • 110 5 It's back to school for Thomas SINGAPORE, Sun. Mr. Francis Thomas, who resigned his portfolio as Minister for Communications and Works yesterday, will resume teaching at St. Andrew's School tomorrow. His resignation was announced in a Government statement after he had been asked by the Chief Minister. Tun Lim Yew
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  • 38 5 PENANG, Sun. The St. Vincent de Paul society, a Catholic organisation looking after the poor, will hold a charity fun fair in the Assumption Cathedral grounds here on March 1 from 3 to 11 p.m.
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  • 287 5 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore People^ Alliance and the Liberal Socialist Party today described Petir's appeal to the Malayan Chinese to help the Malays as "mere political trickery." Petir. organ of the People's Action Party, in an editorial In its Chinese edition, warned that
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    • 587 5 Singapore diary... SHELL THEATBETTE (Collyer p.m.; Judo for juniors 4.45 p.m.: Quay i Free film show "Dri- civil service exam. prep. std. 1 vers Beware" 1.15 pjn. 5.15 p.m.; judo practice tor seniors RAFFLES MUSEUM (Stamford 5.45 p.m.; leadership course 7 Road) An exhibition of photo- p.m. graphs of Sarawak
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  • 26 6 it Word, tit (Minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Cling Teong Cheong thank all Friends and Relatives lor their condolence* In their recent beieavement.
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  • 32 6 20 Wordt tit (Minimum). PRAYERS FOR SOUL of late Swaml Jeganath of Tapah will be held on February sth and 24th at COO p.m. and 1.00 p.m. respectively. Public invited.
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  • The Straits Times
    • 358 6 Some sixty thousand people crowded through the gates of the Singapore Constitutional Exposition when it was opened on Saturday. Weather permitting, it is not unlikely that this number will be repeated on each of the I thirty nights of the Exposition's life. A good show will always
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    • 522 6 A very ctfbtious and lukewarm attitude towards the teaching of civics in the nations schools seem to have been taken by the Federation's General Syllabus Committee If not exactly alarmed, the committee reveals an unmistakably nervous twitch. The idea of introducing civics into the classroom was first
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    • 280 6 Death sentences or long terms of imprisonment for twelve Muslim leaders accused by the Peking Government of suberversion do not necessarily disclose a new campaign of repression against the Huis in Chinghai. But reports in the Chinese newspapers which allege that conspiracies against the State and the
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  • 1404 6  - THERE IS NO SHORT CUT TO DEVELOPMENT Dr. Lim Tay Boh import restrictions and industrial growth by Dean of Arts and Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Malaya In his second article on a development policy for Singapore, the writer warns against relying too much e on selective protection to
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    • 209 6 I hear that under a new regulation students residing in the Federation can only join the Kuala Lumpur division of the University of Malaya This might make things difficult for students living in Johorp Bahru and its neighbourhood. If they attend lectures in
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    • 111 6 I dread the approach of Chinese New Year because of the continuous, unnecessary, and noisy firing of crackers. I do not mind if the crackers are fired at appropriate moments, but I think It is most inconsiderate and selfish to keep up a non-stop barrage from early morning
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    • 357 6 fPHE director of a Siamese m. travel agency is reported to have stated that Malaya should offer amenities for "big game hunting" to earn American dollars. And an American shipping company manager has welcomed the idea as a "smashing" one. This suggestion should be
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  • 424 7 Local law degrees: It's 'y es DELAY WAS DUE TO A MISUNDERSTANDING OVER PERIOD OF 'BEADING IN CHAMBERS* TWO-YEAR BATTLE FOR RECOGNITION IS WON: YOU CAN NOW REJOICE STUDENTS ARE TOLD SINGAPORE, Sunday. 'pIK GOVERNMENTS of Singapore and the Federation have agreed at last to recognise degrees conferred by the
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  • 125 7 SHE WILL STUDY FORMER STUDENTS AT HOME SINGAPORE, Sun. An Australian anthropologist, Mrs. Mary Hodgkin, will investigate the readjustment of Malayan and Singapore students when they have returned home from Australia and also the jobs they are doing. Mrs. Hodgkin who has made a survey of the problems of Asian
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  • 106 7 Provident Fund and cheating SINGAPORE, Sun.—Employers in Singapore cannot recover any money from the Central Provident Fund account of an employee who has cheated his firm, Mr. CE. Green, the general manager of the Central Provident Fund Board, said today Mr. Green said there was no corresponding provision in the
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  • 18 7 PENANO. Sun. The Penang Gardening Society will resume its annual flower show in July this year.
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  • 108 7 JOEL ROSEN THRILLS AUDIENCE SINGAPORE, Sun— Music brimming with power and fire thrilled an appreciative audience at the Cultural Centre tonight during the recital by the young American pianist. Joel Rosen. There was magic in his rendering of Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperln" and Liszt's "Mephlsto Waltz" a devilish difficult
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  • 36 7 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, will speak on "Asia's Economic Challenge" at the Rotary Club's weekly luncheon meeting on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Cathay Hotel.
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  • 89 7 SINGAPORE. Sun. Newsreels featuring the grand opening of the Constitution Exposition were flashed at Cathay and Shaw cinemas here today. An eight-minute film. taken by Cathay Kerls Film Studios and a seven-minute one by Shaw's Malay Films Productions record the excitement of the big night. Technicians
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  • 43 7 A SECTION of a crowd of more than 2,044 at the Singapore Buddhist Lodge yesterday stunned after hearing that three people had lost their lives in a rush for Chinese New Year ang pows Straits Times picture.
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  • 109 7 BEGGARS? NONE IN SIBU, HE SAYS KUCHING, Sun. At the recent meeting of the Sibu Benevolent Society held in Sibu, Mr. Ting Lik Hung, chairman, said there were no beggars in Sibu town. The poor and the destitute, he said, were all well taken care of by the society. In
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  • 108 7 POLICE SAY: DON'T SELL REDS' GOODS JESSELTON. Sun. Police have told the Overseas Chinese School Committee that they should nol sell Communist goods at a bazaar and fair they are holding for the Chinese New Year holiday period. The North Borneo News and Sabah Times reported that some of those
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  • 156 7 Stockpiled rice price is cut SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Government today announced a reduction in the selling price of Its stockpile rice owing to the decrease of prices in the producing countries. It comes into effect from tomorrow. In a statement, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J.M. Jumabhoy.
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  • 186 7 SINGAPORE. Sunday. OA^LEZ-VOUS Francais? If the answer is "oui" you will have a chance to stay in gay Paree for one year with an income of 36,000 francs a month and a return ticket to boot. But to qualify you must: PAY
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  • 43 7 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Governor, Sir William Goode, and the Chief Minister. Tun Llm Yew Hock, will be guests of honour at a Friends of Singapore dinner at Raffles Hotel on Friday to commemorate the founding of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles.
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  • 53 7 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. R. Ramallngam. chairman of the Bukit Panjang/Jurong District Council, today opened a $12,000 community centre on a two-acre site at the Ama Keng village, off Lim Chu Kang Road. Plans for the centre were started in 1956 and the building was completed In
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  • 312 7 SINGAPORE, Sun. 13 A pretty Singapore girl today walked nervously into the Great World cabaret. Miss Ina Lopez had gone there with six other girls for an interview to join the John calvert Show. She was so nervous
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  • 130 7 Pauline Szeto wedding today I^UALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Federal capital will see one of the grandest weddings since the war tomorrow when Miss Pauline Szeto. 24, a Singapore model, marries Mr. Stanley Leong Thoe Seng, 28, an architect and racing motorist. More than 1,000 people, including Cabinet Ministers and Government
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  • 59 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. The State Government has made a loan of $50,000 to the Johore Bahru Town Council to enable it to build shelters for passengers at the new stand for hire cars and buses at Jalan Ah Fook opposite the railway station. The council in addition
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  • 21 7 MRS. ROSE AMSON on February 1. Cortege leaves Home of Aged, Thornton Road 5 p.m February 2 for Bidadarl Cemetery.
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  • 832 8  -  Harold Bunting By days to dry his clothes "I presume," said his company commander, "You do not expect me to accept that tale?" Prompt was the response "No, sir." There is criticism, too, of officers, especially of those whose "common characteristic was the capacity for talking
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  • 202 8 B BERRY AND I LOOK BACK. By Dornford Yates. (Ward Lock. 155.) IT must be nearly forty years since Dornford Yates. In his first book, "The Brother of Daphne," traduced us to the Inimitable Berry ti Co. Now, in his seventy-third year, he has published his thirty-fourth
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  • 433 8  -  ALLINCTON KENNARD By NATIONALISATION IN BRITAIN. By R. Keif-Cohen. (Mocmil lon. 255.) rTHE socialisation of Industry is not for the time being an issue in Malaya, even with elections in Singapore four months off and the left wing licking its lips in anticipation. Nationalisation is a dirty
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    • 1358 9 able object in the harbour Hundreds of Chinese, barred from these boats, crammed into the rusty old ferry-schooner Terhune and attempted to manoeuvre it out of the bay. As they rounded a headland, a fast rip caught the ramshackle vessel broadside Crazy with
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    • 379 9 :S:s:S:si V La ze for floo* 5 J lSs:s:s:| x&xjxjxY N D furniture y •X*!vX*X •X'X'J'X* WM Keeps floors and furniture bright! x&xS XwlvX Silicon**, brightest newt in polish, are here, now. in »»X«>! X*X*X*& Goddvd's Silicone Wax -the wax for a brilliant, XvX'X; •X'XvX; lasting, mark-reaistant protective thine that
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 91 9 Carmen A Co. By Ma* \T WHAT'S Th6 1 M5U KNOW A f I CON' TO BUCN HIM f SOMiTMING SOftTLtR i'VE 1 Li/')' C^ HCQE /i i^^~> f Al L OVER A -Jl^^fc. I AT TV 1 0" m s Flie Saint By Leslie Charteris 'Fsu ppose I ryO'JV
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 869 10 By Our Market Correspondent REASONABLE volume of business was written on the Malayan Share Market last week and prices were generally steady. Despite the approach of the Chinese New Year, the market was not as quiet as might have been expected, although a smaller
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    • 200 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported on Saturday: All sections on the local share market were quietly steady and the turnover was small." Singapore brokers reported the following business: Fed. Dispensary $1.11; FltzpatrKks $1.03 'Oi; Praser Neave ords $1.58' Oammon $1.75; W. Hammer $161.. cd; Henry Waugh $1.30
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    • 544 10 DUBBER went to lower levels in Singapore last I%> week, the decline being sparked off by the announcement that December rubber production was an all-time record at 71,000 tons. February first grade closed _^^^^«^m^^^^^^^^»^ the week at its lowest level, the official price being 84 i
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    • 57 10 < urirnt l)»t<- ,if luymrnt patmrnt m, iUmmrr and to. LW. 10 cU. March 31 Kamuntlnc Tin Dredging Ud. 4iod.+ Mwch 3 Southrrn Kinta Consolidmt^d l.m 9.6d t March 6 The Bento Rubbrr Estates >••««• 15% Ttb. 13 t Interim Total Tntal for f»r prrvious yetr yrar 30
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    • 665 10 rE following list of revised quotations was issued by 'he Malayan Share Brokers' Association after its last meeting on Saturday (Jan. 31). S. Tronoh 10/- m' 6 ad Hur.,e] B<-M 14/. 14/3 v Sunen Bidor (J/-) 1/- 3/3 sungei Kmtm 1J 3 13/» Sungei Way I ]j
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 392 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens for the post of Building Inspector In the Town Council, Kudla Kangsar. The salary scale of the post Is $419x Al4-545/562xA18-652 per mensem plus cost of living allowance at (.urrent rates Qualifications: Candidates for this appointment must: (I) have obtained a Diploma
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    • 768 10 NOTICES NOTICE Posts of Chief Clerk and Accounts Clerks In the Federation of Malaya Police Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Limited, Kuala Lumpur have been filled. Applicants thanked. NOTICE The Public are hereby notified that, as from the Ist February. 1959. Mr. Llm Wen e Yew Is no longer in
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    • 446 10 NOTICES BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Singapore NASSIM CO.. LIMITED will sell by Public Auction at the Police Traiuport Workshop Thomson Rpad. On TUESDAY. 3RD FEBRI'ARY. 1959. AT 10.30 A.M. Eight 1951 HUMBER Super Snipe. 26 h.p. Cars Three 1946 FORD Saloon. 32.5 h.p. Cars. These Tehlcles can
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    • 1008 10 "K LINE" f Japan «c USA Pacific Atlantic Coast Service Spore P. S>im Ppnan| [TANK ETA Kobe EIA LA EIA Nt MMtMi Mar Ist ein I' I Ftt 11,11 Fi« 11 FH 2M call 13/14 Ftt tl Ftt 73 Ftt 11 M« :t Mm Nt.wi Wmr tit can 911 Mai
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    • 1593 11 t.jl: 1405 MANSFIELD 6e CO.. LTD. Mi 141 M lines) (Incorporated in Singapore (11 Inn! IVpT" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE C! SAILINGS TO LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON A CONTINENTAL PORTS (Vit Smi witt liberty tl proceed na Panama or Capo of Boat Nopoj Carrion option to proceed via other ports to
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    • 1229 11 w^J^^^^m^^^^^UL// m j/LM^J^M^LFl£^^^^^PA "iiLAMir— 11/11 fm 20/21 fh 22/21 fm a.t. -iimr— nr*t/4M« s i«i- i/tm» CMU Bijrrntt. Lattttu 1 Nam. Can i LiMii Mr passengers. Sitcui Enprtts S»iii»|. OUTWARD SAIUNCS FOR MMKN AM/OR Ml EAST PtMng P. S'h«n Spore •t#««UIU" 7/ I FM 0/0 FH 10/11 FH 'FAISTIIA" 11/11
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    • 1333 11 Sh7. m THE BEN LOIE STEAMERS LTD. TU jSti SIRJUPOH [Incorporated ia tie Until Ueejtea) S LINES SAIIINCS Tt ADEN. U.K. A CONTINENTAL PORTS S port P. S 'am Penang HNBORAN for London, Rotterdam. Bremen. Hamburg 6.35-I*/ S Frt London direct arrives Frt 17 BfNALUNACH for Aden, jeddah. Port Sudan.
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    • 1353 11 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. TEL: Nt.: ***** ELLERMAN LINES KLAVENESS LINE LONBON. HAVRE. ROTTERDAM. NAMBURS 10S ANtEIES, SAN FRANCISCO and for U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports SEATTLE. VANCOUVER I PORTLAND and Canada Acceftiag large far Cealrel I Seett tin OF BROOKLYN S'poro P. S'hem Penang IRONXVILLE 71 21 Frt 77 Ftl/
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  • 38 12 NORTH Captain and fullback lan Chandler eludes a tackle by Labram, South wing threequarter, in the Malayan Rugby Union's annual match at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday. North won 13-9. Straits Times picture.
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  • 61 12 MATTHEWS,44: 'I FEEL AS FIT AS EVER' BLACKPOOL. Sun.— Stanley Matthews. 44 today and still one p* football's greatest personalities, denied rumours of retirement as he received birthday congratulations at his home here. "I shall go on playing until I cannot go on any longer. 1 feel as fit as
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  • 554 12 THREE PLAYERS SENT OFF— AND REF GETS BODYGUARD LONDON, Sunday ENGLISH soccer went on a scoring spree yesterday and the bis name teams of the First Division led the way with a grand-slam which produced a total of 50 goals. There were EIGHT goals at Old Trafford, where
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  • 115 12 New blood must be found— Soh SINGAPORE. Sun. The importance of finding "new blood' 1 lest Singapore's dependence on old-timers leads to further deterioration ol the standard of soccer was stressed by the Singapore Amateur F.A. president. Mr. Soh Ghee Soon, at the Association's annual dinner at the Chinese Swimming
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  • 756 12 LATEST POSITIONS IN LEAGUE Arsenal 28 16 3 9 68 45 35 Wolves 26 16 2 8 60 30 34 Bolton 26 13 7 6 50 38 33 Man. United 27 13 6 8 64 4 32 Preston 29 14 4 10 51 46 32 West Brom. 25 12 7
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  • 326 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Teachers Training College, the .second division champions, made their exit from the senior knockout hockey tournament when they went down 3-2 to S.H.B. Police at Serangoon Road today. S.H.B. Police were, however, lucky to survive a late rally by Teachers who all
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  • 444 12 Northampton run up the biggest score of the day LONDON. Sun— Birkenhead Park crashed at home to Northampton by 27 points to three the biggest -core of the day among top class Rugby Union matches yesterday. Park, clearly out of touch against their strong midland
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 617 12 ULTRA J*4 r V Op4>ltH I I ill, H t m HOniRN N. tit ft.. '/O ft. fit. Gala Charity Premiere in aid of NEW ST. JOHN HEADQUARTERS BIILDING FUND J X GLENN FORD TORPEDO RUN m ERNEST BORGNINE Season Commences Saturday 7th Feb. v 5 SHOWS DAILY at 1
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    • 607 12 i y CAI HAY ORcajii satioH If i i ■4C Phone: DEFINITELY 11 a.m., 1.45, 4.15, H w [»]t]tlJkl 2111* LAST 2 BAYS! 6.45 9.30 p.m. j X Van Johnson 'Tfte LAST BLITZKRIEG" -..lu..ihiai. T Pins! Special Cathay Organisation —Mil "THE SINGAPORE C'OXSTITI TIOX EXPOSITION". BLEED EX; ww showing; J
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 831 13 Check Before Posting i Replies to Box Number? 1 I 1 Utmost core should be raka* i I when replying to box number ads. to use rhe CORRECT I i NUMBER and Address to the 1 Strotts Times, Trmos Houm. River ValLv Rood. Cosh must bt sent by rooi»- j
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    • 444 13 SITUATIONS WANTED 20 Word, ti (Mi*.)— Box i$ ct,. txira SERVANTS AGENCY (ESTD 1911) for trained domestic servants in European and Asian homes, 17. 1 Dhoby Ghaut, near Cathay Tel: 34-897. ACCOMMODATION VACANT '20 Word, tt (Mi*.)— Box tt tt: txtrm i EUROPEAN FLAT overlooking Sea adjacent Seavlew $255. Ring
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    • 492 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 2» Wtrdt U (Mm.)— Box tt ct: txtrm ROOM IN LUXURIOUSLY Fur- nished Flat at Clemenceau Avenue. All modern facilities and conveniences including alrcondl- Honing. Also unfurnished room with attached bathroom suitable for single person. Particulars TeL ***** between Id a.m. 1 pjn. P.O. Box 2304. FIRST CLASS
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    • 855 13 t HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 1. 2$ Word, U Mi*.)— Box M ell. txtro 3 STOREY OFFICE good locat ion In Market Street Is available 1 vacant possession at 1120,000.-. Able to rent out 11,000. per 1 month. 9 cents per sq. ft. restt dentlal land Is available 80 acres
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    • 658 13 HIRE PURCHASE 20 Word. $i i Mi* Box tt ct,. txtrm. FINANCE HIRE PURCHASE on Motor Cars. New and second hand (late models only), Easy terms. Apply Ann Peng Traders Ltd., 59 Stamford Road, Singapore. Tel. ***** and *****. JUST A FINE present for your beloved wife to daughter an
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    • 384 13 VEHICLES WANTED 2t Word, tt (Him.) Box tt ct,. txtrm WANTED 6-ton, Second-hand lorry, popular make, under 2 years old or 15.000 miles. Willing to take over hire-purchase. Reply Box A 6097 B.T. FOR SALE M Word, U (Mi*.)— Box tt cte. extra FIRESTONE 30 HP Outboard Motor used ten
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    • 127 13 MHMV WORLD FAMOUS SWISS WATCH Mf u '^JE/ ~n^r\ a*** > V X fliW Autoaitic Calendar ki t^y <« f> p o Clear out P clogging CATARRH fVjLLl the finest rub ever made jT^llfe lu«t likr this! Wbenerer toui nose i» clopgH i |K with catarrh, tou need Menlholatum at
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  • 316 14 WARD 'BAITED' FORTE INTO MAKING A RUN TOO SOON SINGAPORE. Sunday. I 1 3 1 I lA i a THEY say that "the bigger the field, the greater the certainty" and Prince of Lalita's Governor's Cup victory in a field of 17 yesterday bears that out. Prince of Lallta started
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  • 170 14 SINGAPORE. Sun.— The tirst "public" trials by 23 of the Singapore Turf Club's two-year-old maidens Imported last year under an yearling scheme were held at Bukit Tlmah yesterday. The horses were sent out in three different batches after the last race. They were ridI den
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  • 22 14 TEO YENC CHUAN CHUAN CHENG TECK LIM SU BOON LIM FOOK WAH TONC SIEW TIN ONC CHOO LAN
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  • 937 14  -  NORMAN SIEBEL By SINGAPORE, Sun. Seventy-two Chinese middle schools' students 56 boys and 16 Rirls— with an average age of 18 years have been attending the Singapore Badminton Association's course for grooming champions at the Sin.ap or c Badminton Stadium since Dec. 14. What
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  • 99 14 Malayan touring team held to 3-3 draw BANGKOK. Sun.— The visiting M ala y a n soccer team and a Bangkok Combined side drew 3-3 before 20.000 fans at the National Stadium here yesterday. Bangkok started aggressively but in the 22nd minute Robert Choc netted the first goal for Malaya.
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  • 117 14 FIBA SUSPENDS RUSSIA AND BULGARIA SANTIAGO. Sun. Russia i and Bulgaria have been suspended by the Inter- J national Basketball Federa- t.on (F.1.8.A.) for refusing to play Formosa in the world championships here. They have also lost the: points they gained in the championships, which the I Russians stood a
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  • 50 14 MELBOURNE. Sun— John Potter scored 119. his first century, in the Sheffield Shield match for Victoria who were all out for Ml against South Australia her* yesterday. By the close South Australia had replied with 126 for one wicket. Gavin Stevens being 56 not out— Reuter
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  • 51 14 HYDERABAD. Sun. The West Indies cricket team scored the eighth successive win of their tour when they beat Hyderabad by ten wickets with 141 minutes to spare on the third and final day of their match here today. Scores: Hyderabad 232 and 137. West Indies 315 and
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  • 21 14 SINGAPORE. Sun. Royal Military Police trounced Gymkhana 10-0 in a friendly soccer match at Farrer ParK today.
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  • 151 14 SIANG HOCK FACES SUSPENSION KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. MALAYAN soccer star Pang Siang Hock of ITI Penang will be suspended for two years, with effect from Jan. 18. unless he can explain to the F.A. of Malayan why he did not turn up for the match between Malaya and Korea at
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  • 80 14 ADELAIDE. San. An x-ray of Godfrey Evans's left hand, which was hurt during the Test match here yesterday, showed that a bone in his lit tit- Anger is cracked Evans, the England wicketkerper. is to decide on Monday whether to continue in the match Arthur .Milton, who
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  • 229 14 'Unfair" charge by Rangers ITUALA LUMPUR Sun. —A charge that the Football Association of Selangor and the F.A. of Malaya were not giv*** ing "fair consideration to clubs" was made by the Selangor Rangers at thp annual general meeting of the F.A.S. here last night. Rangers' main objection was against
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  • 45 14 ROME, Sun.— A total of 51 countries out of the 89 members of the International Olympic Committee have so far agreed to take part in the track and field events at the 1960 Olympics Games in Rome, the organisers announced yesterday. U.P.I.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 98 14 HUGGER Srvrn-»-Mdr (Ist round): RASC v Changi "B" (5.00): Seletar "A" v Naval Base "B" (5.20)- S.C.C. "B" v Royal Signals "C"" (5.40); Totoiti v RE ME (6.00); padang. SOCCER SGSFA league. Dlv. 2B: Marines "B" v P. Sc T. "B". Serangoon Road: T.T.S.H. "B" v P.W.D. "B". Kallang: T.T.C.
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